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Issue: Hit Comics #27 Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1943
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Issues: #27 of 65 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines, Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/10/1943
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): John Beardsley
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 2.
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Ruben Moreira [as Rubimor] (signed)
Inker(s): Josephine Elgin ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Kid Eternity
Character(s): Kid Eternity; Mr. Keeper; Stormy Foster; Betty Bates; Bill the Magnificient; Willie the Wisp; Bob; Swab; Dan Tootin; Woopy
First Line: Humor? Gee, folks, I'm certainly up against a funny situation in this issue!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: While the Who's Who doesn't indicate Moreira doing any art on Kid Eternity, Busy Arnold, in a 1972 interview, states that Moreira did some early pencils on Kid Eternity material, and his likely inker was Elgin.
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Enter: Silk and Her Highness

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Millard ?; Otto Binder ?
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Feature(s): Kid Eternity
Character(s): Kid Eternity; Mr. Keeper; Samson (historical character); Silk (villain); Her Highness (villain; introduction)
Synopsis: Kid Eternity's powers are removed by Mr. Keeper when the Kid mis-uses them to transform two ordinary guys into "he-men." However, two crooks witnessed this scene and informed Her Highness of this, and she ordered Silk to capture the men and bring them to her. Mr. Keeper then restored the Kid's powers, and he called upon Solomon to defeat Her Highness' gang so the Kid could restore the he-men to normal.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: The Who's Who does not indicate Moreira doing art on this feature, but Busy Arnold said he penciled some early Kid Eternity material. However, these pencils, according to many, are not by Moreira.
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Scarpaw Smythe

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Bryant (credited)
Inker(s): Al Bryant (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Betty Bates
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Goodies' Battle Royal

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Art Gates (credited)
Inker(s): Art Gates (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Woopy
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Burp Car

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Cole
Penciller(s): Jack Cole
Inker(s): Jack Cole
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Dan Tootin
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Four Feathers of Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Rudy Palais ?
Inker(s): Rudy Palais ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Stormy Foster
Character(s): The Great Defender [Stormy Foster]; The Archer [Joseph Villard] (villain, death)
Synopsis: Stormy faces his only costumed foe, The Archer, in an exciting battle of wits before his adversary falls out a window to his death.
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Pages: 8
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At Liberty

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Klaus Nordling (credited)
Penciller(s): Klaus Nordling (credited)
Inker(s): Klaus Nordling (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous
Feature(s): Bob and Swab
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Jackson Peak Holdup

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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Willie Meets His Spark

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Willie the Wisp
Character(s): Willie Wisp and Willie the Wisp (a lightning bug, introduction); Neptune
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Pages: 6
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Grego the Grisly Heading East

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Gustavson
Penciller(s): Paul Gustavson
Inker(s): Paul Gustavson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Paul Gustavson
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Bill the Magnificent
Character(s): Bill the Magnificent [Bill Hanson]; Peggy (Bill's sweetheart); Sheriff Poodle; Grego the Grisly (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Bill gets a little disturbed because the local Sheriff has gotten into the habit of asking Bill to do all of his dirty work for him, including having the face up to the likes of Grego.
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Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

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