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Issue: Hit Comics #3 Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1940
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Issues: #3 of 65 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines, Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/03/1940
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ed Cronin
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 3.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was on-going series
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Thunder on the Seas

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Lou Fine
Inker(s): Lou Fine
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Hercules
Character(s): Hercules [Joe Hercules]
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Pages: 1
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The Burns Koffin Gang

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Greg Powers] (signed)
Penciller(s): Dan Zolnerowich
Inker(s): Dan Zolnerowich
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Hercules
Character(s): Hercules [Joe Hercules]; Burns Koffin (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Hercules demonstrates his car and boat lifting skills bringing the Burns Koffin Gang to justice.
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Pages: 7
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Assignment: Spain

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Will Eisner ? [as Cary Weyt]
Penciller(s): Courtney Thompson
Inker(s): Courtney Thompson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Feature(s): X-5 Super Agent
Character(s): X-5; Fred Ricks (introduction); The Bothnians (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 6
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The Two Aunt Agathas

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Lowell Riggs]
Penciller(s): John Lindermayer ?
Inker(s): John Lindermayer ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Jack and Jill
Character(s): Jack Doe; Jill Doe; "Aunt Agatha" (a female impersonator, villain, introduction)
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Pages: 6
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The Photographer's Murder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Charles Nicholas [as B. H. Apiary] (signed)
Inker(s): Charles Nicholas [as B. H. Apiary] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Red Bee
Character(s): The Red Bee [Rick Raleigh] (Assistant District Attorney); Michael (a bee); Henry Graff (villain, introduction); Fred (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 6
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The Dope Pearls

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): S. M. Iger [as S. M. Regi]
Penciller(s): Alex Blum
Inker(s): Alex Blum
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): The Strange Twins
Character(s): Rod Strange; Douglas Strange; Vera De Vain (villain, introduction); Sari (introduction)
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Pages: 7
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Spies in Puerto Rico

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Klaus Nordling (signed)
Penciller(s): Klaus Nordling (signed)
Inker(s): Klaus Nordling
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous
Feature(s): Bob and Swab
Character(s): Bob Masters; Swab Decker; Luisa (villain, introduction); other spies (villains, introductions)
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Pages: 6
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The Chicago Run

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Pad Docke]
Penciller(s): Munson Paddock
Inker(s): Munson Paddock
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Casey Jones
Character(s): Casey Jones
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Pages: 5
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The Cat's Ninth Life

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Toni Blum (Tony Boon)
Letterer(s): Typeset
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The Tale of the Ghost Cavaliers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Pierre Winter]
Penciller(s): Pierre Winter
Inker(s): Pierre Winter
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): Old Witch
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Pages: 5
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Voyage to the Center of the Earth

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Roy Talon]
Penciller(s): Henry Kiefer
Inker(s): Henry Kiefer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Blaze Barton
Character(s): Blaze Barton; Beatica (Queen of the Jewelled Caves, introduction); The Core-men (villains)
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Pages: 5
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Treasure on Koko's Island

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Sandy Klauz]
Penciller(s): George Tuska
Inker(s): George Tuska
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Tommy Tinkle
Character(s): Tommy Tinkle
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Pages: 2
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The Savage Land

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): S. M. Iger [as Tagor Maroy] (signed)
Penciller(s): Alex Blum
Inker(s): Alex Blum
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Neon the Unknown
Character(s): Neon [Tom Corbet]; Sir Humphrey Walker (introduction)
Synopsis: Neon continues his freelance adventures at the North Pole rescuing a British polar explorer from a strange tropical isle hidden beneath the glaciers.
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Pages: 7

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