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Issue: Hit Comics #2 Public Domain
Publication Date: August 1940
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Issues: #2 of 65 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines, Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/22/1940
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
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Lou Fine
Inker(s): Lou Fine
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Neon the Unknown
Character(s): Neon the Unknown [Tom Corbet]; the Nazis
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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A Town's Ransom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Greg Powers] (signed)
Penciller(s): Dan Zolnerowich (signed)
Inker(s): Dan Zolnerowich (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Hercules
Character(s): Hercules [Joe Hercules]; Mr. Portle (introduction, science teacher); un-named town Mayor; Crinch (villain, introduction, town Board member)
Synopsis: Hercules battles saboteurs who blow up a school and a dam.
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In Issue: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #89 published May 2013
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Assignment: Ruina

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Will Eisner [as Cary Weyt]
Penciller(s): Charles Sultan
Inker(s): Charles Sultan
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Feature(s): X-5 Super Agent
Character(s): X-5; The Black Guards (Intro, villains)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Baby on the Doorstep

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; Rocky Ford (villain, intro); Slobber Mike (villain, intro); Stella Ford (intro); Butch Ford (intro)
Synopsis: Someone leaves a baby on the Doe's doorstep. Hijinks, including gunplay, ensue.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Phantom Scaffold

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Pierre Winter] (signed)
Penciller(s): Pierre Winter
Inker(s): Pierre Winter
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): Old Witch
Character(s): The Witch
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: formerly Weird Tales
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The Escape of Roderick Strange

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): Doug Strange; Rod Strange (villain); Wing Low (villain); Wendy Hale
Synopsis: Rod captures Doug and takes his place.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Tyrant's Death

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Toni Blum
Letterer(s): Typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Hospital Grafters

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Toni Blum ?
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): Red Bee [Rick Raleigh] (Assistant District Attorney); Tom Darrow (District Attorney); Captain Dooley; Michael (the Red Bee's bee); Al Snead (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: The Red Bee must combat an influenza plague that infects the city since the hospitals can't afford to give treatment because city coffers have been bled dry by grafting politicians led by Al Snead.
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In Issue: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #89 published May 2013
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The strip was signed with a by-line of B. H. Apiary, which was not a real person.
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Costa Rica Shore Leave

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Klaus Nordling (signed)
Penciller(s): Klaus Nordling (signed)
Inker(s): Klaus Nordling (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous
Feature(s): Bob and Swab
Character(s): Bob Masters; Swab Decker; Nina Costa (intro)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Railroad Saboteurs

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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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Venusian Expedition

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Roy Talon] (signed)
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 (assistant of Professor Solis); Professor Solis; Betty Solis; Venusians (introduction); The Bat Men; King of the Core-Men (villain); Core-men (villains)
Synopsis: After the Earth has been burned to a cinder, from passing too close to the Subn, Blaze has to face a group of monsters emerging from Earth's core.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Oddity: Blaze was a Flash Gordon type hero who lived in a time after the year 5029 when the Earth's orbit was nearer to the Sun. However, in this one story, the year is 3000.

Roy Talon is a company by-line for the strip and not the name of a real personage.
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Max the Toy Lion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Sandy Klauz]
Penciller(s): Pauline Comanor
Inker(s): Pauline Comanor
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Tommy Tinkle
Character(s): Tommy Tinkle; Mary Lou; The Professor; Max (a toy lion, intro); King Neptune; Snipp (intro, villain) and Snapp (intro, villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Defeat of Radolf

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]; Radolf (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Neon heads for Dunland to free the inhabitants of a concentration camp in Dunland from the evil and tyranical rule of a dictator.
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In Issue: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #89 published May 2013
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: It is easy to see from all the elements contained in this story that Radolf is actually Hitler in another personage.

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