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Issue: Hit Comics #30 Public Domain
Publication Date: November 1943
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Issues: #30 of 65 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines
On Sale Date: 09/15/1943
Volume: none
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): George Brenner
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. 4.
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Ruben Moreira
Inker(s): Josephine Elgin ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Feature(s): Kid Eternity
Character(s): Kid Eternity; Mr. Keeper
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: According to Busy Arnold in an interview, he stated that Moreira did some early pencil work on Kid Eternity material, but his inker was most likely Elgin, so her credit is here.
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Julius Caesar at Yankee Stadium

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Feature(s): Kid Eternity
Character(s): Kid Eternity; Mr. Keeper; Vercingetorix (historical character); Hercules (historical character); Jim Jeffries (boxer, historical character); Zybisco (historical character); Julius Caesar (villain, historical character)
Synopsis: Kid Eternity's powers were broadened to include fictional characters, and he uses them to call upon a variety of personages to help solve the problem of Father Time's broken time clock.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: The Who's Who does not indicate Moreira doing art on this feature, however Busy Arnold states that he did do some early pencils on Kid Eternity material. However, this art, according to many, is not by Moreira.
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Oil Found

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
Disclose Notes: story takes place around July 20, 1943
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The Prince of Rajmataj

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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The Spiritualist Racket

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Alex Kotzky?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): Alex Kotzky?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Her Highness
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Love Potion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Cole
Penciller(s): Jack Cole (Ralph Johns)
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 Reanimation of Matilda

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Rudy Palais [as R. Palais] (signed)
Inker(s): Rudy Palais [as R. Palais] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Stormy Foster
Character(s): The Great Defender [Stormy Foster]; Ah Choo; Asbestos
Synopsis: Ah Choo meets a new black friend named Asbestos.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bernard Dibble
Penciller(s): Bernard Dibble
Inker(s): Bernard Dibble
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Billy Blackfeet
First Line: Me got plenty wampum -- go bettum horse race
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Pages: 1
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Escape of Queen Osiris

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Dr. Batso Belfry

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Bill the Magnificent
Character(s): Bill the Magnificent [Bill Hanson]; Jean (Bill's sweetheart); Dr. Batso Belfry (villain)
Synopsis: Bill comes to defend Jean's honor against the diminutive Dr. Belfry.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Previously attributed to Harvey Kurtzman. Possibly Paul Gustavson on pencils, or other unidentified artist imitating Gustavson in order to provide stylistic continuity for the feature.

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