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Issue: Hit Comics #19 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1942
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Issues: #19 of 65 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: Quality Comic GroupView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/05/1941
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 1.
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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
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Great Defender [Stormy Foster]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The original indexer listed Reed Crandall as the inker. Per Roger Hill on the Facebook page The Reed Crandall Appreciation Page, creator Rudy Palais told him that the inks for this cover were done by Mac Elkan (18 August 2021).
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Tokoyan Sabotage

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Great Defender [Stormy Foster]; Doc Vaughn; Ah Choo; Tokoyans (villains, introduction for all)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
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The Important Job

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Theft of the Scouting Plane

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero, war
Character(s): Ghost of Flanders ["Rip" Graves]; Carl; Fred; Hans Sheink (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: The Ghost must take on a Nazi menace named Hans Sheink.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Pipeline Saboteurs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (signed as Gregg Powers)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hercules; Brock (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Phony Private Detective

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (signed as Stanley Charlot)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Betty Bates; The Boss (villain, introduction, death); Gram (villain, introduction); Merritt (introduction)
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Bryant Plaza mentioned
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Ratznestski the Car Crook

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Red Bee [Rick Raleigh] (District Attorney); Valerie Ransome (introduction); Ratznestski (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Raleigh meets a young spitfire named Valerie Ransome who comes into the D.A.'s office to seek help in regards to a stolen car that she had bought. Rick didn't hesitate to involve her in the case, including physically, as she wades into the crooks herself, fists swinging.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The Who's Who indicates that Toni Blum wrote this feature in 1941-42.

Artist verification for Williams by the Who's Who. The strip was signed B. H. Apiary, which is a by-line on the strip and not a real person.

In the last few adventures of the Red Bee, a brunette girl, similar to Valerie, but never named as such. She ostensibly became "Nancy", mentioned in the splash in issue #20, but never seen in the story.
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San Pedro Shore Duty

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous
Character(s): Swab Decker; Bob Masters; Mitzi (introduction); Fritzi (introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Burma Road Bombers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Doug Strange; Rod Strange; Wing Low
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Pages: 5
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Death House Detour

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jo Moss (credited)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Hi- Mary Lou! Wait a minute!
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Pages: 1
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Liberating the Lion Cubs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (signed as Merton Holmes)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Lion Boy; Barden (villain, introduction); Kruger (villain, introduction); Moto (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 5
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Shipyard of Saboteurs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (signed as Lincoln Ross)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, sports
Character(s): Don Glory; June Brent; Varke (villain, introduction); Walther (villain, introduction); Shaeffer (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 9

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