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Issue: Hit Comics #9 Public Domain
Publication Date: March 1941
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines, Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/03/1941
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (14 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): S. M. Iger
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 1.
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Lou Fine
Lou Fine
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Neon the Unknown
Neon [Tom Corbet]
Reprinting
FlagAce Comics Presents #4 published November 1987
as Lou Fine Cover Gallery - Part 2 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
In the Asylum

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
John Celardo
John Celardo
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Hercules
V: Mug Mullin (villain, introduction); other crooks (villains, introduction); Hercules
Hercules gets briefly committed to an insane asylum
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
9
Case of the Reluctant Robber

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bob Powell?
Nick Cardy
Nick Cardy
?
?
Subject Matter
Betty Bates
Mr. Carey (introduction); Mrs. John Carey (introduction); Dottie Carey (introduction); A gang of crooks (villains, introductions)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
6
Sapphire Eyes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
S. M. Iger
Alex Blum
Alex Blum
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
The Strange Twins
Sapphire Eyes (villain, introduction); Japanese (villains)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
5
The Coming of Togo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Henry Kiefer
Henry Kiefer
?
?
Subject Matter
jungle
Lion Boy
Togo (introduction)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
5
The Man-into-Dog Formula

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Cole
Jack Cole [as B. H. Apiary](signed)
Jack Cole [as B. H. Apiary](signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Dan Tootin
Dan Tootin (introduction)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Fiend Called Fang

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Klaus Nordling
Klaus Nordling
Klaus Nordling
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, humorous
Bob and Swab
Fang (villain, introduction)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
5
Sabotage on the High Seas

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Toni Blum ?
Witmer Williams [as B. H. Apiary] (signed)
Witmer Williams [as B. H. Apiary] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
The Red Bee
The Red Bee [Rick Raleigh] (Assistant District Attorney); Von Storm (villain, introduction); Hansen (villain, introduction)
When American ships were raided at the Panama Canal, the Red Bee does his part to show that war is not necessary for the United States.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
6
The President's Vacation

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Maurice Gutwirth
Maurice Gutwirth
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Blaze Barton
A band of savages (introductions)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
4
The Phantom Coach

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Nick Cardy?
Nick Cardy?
?
?
Subject Matter
occult
Old Witch
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
4
Sir Thornley, Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
George Appel
George Appel
?
?
Subject Matter
espionage
G-5 Super Agent
Von Libbrop [Sir Thornley] (villain, introduction, death); Lord Charleton (introduction)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
4
Afraid To Tell

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Toni Blum (Toni Boone)
Typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Arthur Beeman
Arthur Beeman
Arthur Beeman
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Tommy Tinkle
Woodman, spare that tree!
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
All Quiet at Gibraltar

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
S. M. Iger
Alex Blum ?
Alex Blum ?
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Neon the Unknown
Neon [Tom Corbet]; the Nazis (villains)
Corbet returns to aid his friends in the French Foreign Legion and reveals his identity to his comrades who believed that he was dead. However, he keeps a very low profile (lest he brought in for desertion) and defeats an Axis plot to tunnel from Morocco to Gibraltar.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
5
It's a good bet that Blum did the art on this story as the only other artist identified with the strip (in 1941) was Lou Fine, whose style is easily recognizable.
In South America

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Nick Cardy
Nick Cardy
?
?
Subject Matter
sports
Don Glory
Mr. Brent (June's father, introduction); Bundists (villains, introductions)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
7

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