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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
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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
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hercules [Joe Hercules]
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Pages: 1
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The Burns Koffin Gang

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (signed as Gregg Powers])
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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
Penciller(s): Courtney Thompson (signed as Cary Weyt)
Inker(s): Courtney Thompson (signed as Cary Weyt)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
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)
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Writer(s): ? (signed as Lowell Riggs)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
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)
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Writer(s): ? (signed as B. H. Apiary)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Michael (a bee); Henry Graff (villain, introduction); Fred (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Nicholas's credits suggested by the Who's Who.
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The Dope Pearls

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous
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)
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Writer(s): ? (signed as Pad Docke)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Casey Jones
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Final appearance of "Casey Jones" feature at Quality. As Casey Jones was a real person, other publishers will revive the feature for their own take on Casey Jones.
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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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Pages: 2
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The Tale of the Ghost Cavaliers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (signed as Pierre Winter)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
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Pages: 5
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Voyage to the Center of the Earth

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Tommy Tinkle
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Pages: 2
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The Savage Land

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): 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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