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Issue: Hit Comics #16 Public Domain
Publication Date: October 1941
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Issues: #16 of 65 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/06/1941
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (13 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, 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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Title Page
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Penning in masthead.
 
 
Cover, Front
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Title Page
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Marked Image
Penning in masthead.
 
 
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hercules [Joe Hercules]
First Line: Hercules in another sensational thriller!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Pencil and ink credits were given to Reed Crandall by the original indexer. Pencil credits changed to Lou Fine with an unknown inker through the consensus of the members of the Facebook group The Reed Crandall Appreciation Society (17 August 2021).
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The Dockside Saboteurs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hercules [Joe Hercules]; Saboteurs [Kurtz; others unnamed] (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: Hercules hears of the sinking of an Allied supply vessel and races to the scene to save the ship. He then volunteers for guard duty to stop the saboteurs responsible.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Script credits suggested by the Who's Who.
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The Murder of Moe Jukes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, mystery
Character(s): Betty Bates; Tim Donner (introduction); Moe Jukes (villain, introduction, death); Ratty Mulvain (villain, introduction); Jeff (villain, elevator operator); unnamed murderer (villain)
Synopsis: While meeting a friend at the airport, Betty witnesses the death of a noted racketeer, and, when the smoke clears, a young man holding the gun is nabbed by the police. Betty knows the man is innocent and sets out to prove it.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Script credit suggested by Bails' Who's Who.
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Headbanger

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Death of a Director

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): The Strange Twins; Darleen (villain, introduction); an Indian (villain, introduction); Hitch (introduction, death)
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Pages: 5
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Prisoner of the Hunters

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (signed as Merton Holmes)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Lion Boy; Two hunters (villains, introductions)
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Pages: 5
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The Fake Buoy of Mozambique

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous
Character(s): Bob; Swab; Three crooks (villains, introductions); Dominic (introduction)
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Pages: 5
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Murder in Chinatown

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Red Bee [Rick Raleigh] (Assistant District Attorney); Michael (Red Bee's pet bee); Dan (Policeman); Zipper (villain, introduction); Zipper's gang (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: Rick is sent on an assignment to Chinatown to investigate the murder of a Chinese, only to find that opium is behind the whole thing.
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Pages: 8
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The Seizure of the Pana

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (signed as Ace N. Hoell)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Hell Diver; The Japanese (villains)
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Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Hi there Mary Lou!
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Pages: 1
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The Anti-Neon Machine

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Neon [Tom Corbet]; Scar Lioni (villain, introduction); Rackets, Inc. (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: Neon must face Scar Lioni, who has created a formidable tractor beam of sorts that Neon could not escape from (unless he turned his body into energy).
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Pages: 5
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Plunder from the Deep

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gene Miller (credited)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Pages: 2
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U.S. Destroyer Mysteriously Sunk

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (signed as Cary Weyte)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Character(s): G-5
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Pages: 4
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The Sirocco Saboteurs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (signed as Lincoln Ross)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Character(s): Don Glory; saboteurs (villains, introductions)
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Pages: 9

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