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Issue: Hit Comics #20 Public Domain
Publication Date: February 1942
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Issues: #20 of 65 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: Quality Comic GroupView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/03/1941
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Statement of Ownership
Publisher: Comic Magazines, Inc. 322 Main St, Stamford, CT
Editor: S. M. Iger 202 E. 44th ST NY, NY
Owners: Clare C. Arnold, Everett M. Arnold, Henry P. Martin
Indicia Address: 8 Lord ST, Buffalo, NY

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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Great Defender [Stormy Foster]
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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, the inks for this cover were done by Mac Elkan (19 August 2021).
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The Deadly Scheme of Dr. Bork

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Great Defender [Stormy Foster]; Ray Cooper (introduction); Ah Choo; Doc Vaughn; Dr. Bork (villain); Pincus (villain); Kritz (villain); Gaddis (villain)
Synopsis: Dr. Bork plans to start an epidemic by infecting the milk supply, and they stand to make a fortune since they've cornered the supply of the treatment serum.
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Pages: 11
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Elephant Extract

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
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Pages: 1
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Mail Duty

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Genres: adventure, humorous
Character(s): Bob Masters; Swab Decker; Nazis
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Pages: 5
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Murder's Last Act

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Betty Bates; Victor Ralley (introduction, dies); Rene Balbo; Inez (villain); Biff (villain)
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Look what I've found
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Pages: 1
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The Spy Snatchers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero, war
Character(s): Ghost of Flanders ["Rip" Graves]; Egbert Weever (introduction, Chief of the FBI); Haggenschmidt (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: FBI Chief Weever asks the Ghost to deliver sensitive documents to the War Department, which he does.....but only after battling a German brute, who was a giant with near superhuman strength.
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Pages: 7
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The Elevator Murders

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Red Bee [Rick Raleigh] (District Attorney); Nancy (mention only in the splash); Jasper Skinner; Mary Skinner; Abner Twist (villain)
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The Who's Who indicates that Toni Blum wrote this feature in 1941-42 and that Williams was an artist only on this feature.

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.

The "Nancy", mentioned only in the splash and never seen in this story, may very well be a name change from Valerie Ransome, introduced in the last issue.
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The Photo Hunters

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Genres: jungle
Character(s): Lion Boy; Yussuf (villain); Ali; Jim Helder (introduction); Mrs. Helder (introduction)
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Pages: 5
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Hot Rocks in a Lunch Box

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Genres: adventure, mystery
Character(s): Doug Strange; Rod Strange; Drum (villain); John Haddon; Chief Inspector Grant
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Pages: 5
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Thunderbolt Comeback

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, sports
Character(s): Mighty Mac Burdock
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Pages: 1.67
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Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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Deviltry at the Defense Exposition

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
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Pages: 6
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The War Games That Weren't Games

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: adventure, sports
Feature(s): Don Glory
Character(s): Don Glory
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Pages: 9

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