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Issue: Hit Comics #3 Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1940
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
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
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
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Thunder on the Seas

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Hercules [Joe Hercules]
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Miscellaneous
1
The Burns Koffin Gang

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (signed as Gregg Powers])
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Hercules [Joe Hercules]; Burns Koffin (villain, introduction)
Hercules demonstrates his car and boat lifting skills bringing the Burns Koffin Gang to justice.
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Miscellaneous
7
Assignment: Spain

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Courtney Thompson (signed as Cary Weyt)
Courtney Thompson (signed as Cary Weyt)
?
?
Subject Matter
espionage
X-5; Fred Ricks (introduction); The Bothnians (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
6
The Two Aunt Agathas

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (signed as Lowell Riggs)
?
?
Subject Matter
mystery
Jack Doe; Jill Doe; "Aunt Agatha" (a female impersonator, villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
6
The Photographer's Murder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (signed as B. H. Apiary)
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Michael (a bee); Henry Graff (villain, introduction); Fred (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
6
Nicholas's credits suggested by the Who's Who.
The Dope Pearls

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Rod Strange; Douglas Strange; Vera De Vain (villain, introduction); Sari (introduction)
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Miscellaneous
7
Spies in Puerto Rico

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, humorous
Bob Masters; Swab Decker; Luisa (villain, introduction); other spies (villains, introductions)
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Miscellaneous
6
The Chicago Run

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (signed as Pad Docke)
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Casey Jones
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Miscellaneous
5
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.
The Cat's Ninth Life

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Toni Blum (Tony Boon)
Typeset
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Miscellaneous
2
The Tale of the Ghost Cavaliers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (signed as Pierre Winter)
?
?
Subject Matter
horror, occult
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Miscellaneous
5
Voyage to the Center of the Earth

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Blaze Barton; Beatica (Queen of the Jewelled Caves, introduction); The Core-men (villains)
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Miscellaneous
5
Treasure on Koko's Island

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Tommy Tinkle
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Miscellaneous
2
The Savage Land

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Sir Humphrey Walker (introduction)
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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Miscellaneous
7

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