Hit Comics #18

(December 1941)

[As war clouds warn America...] (Table of Contents)

Stormy Foster / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Max Elkan [as Maxwell Elkan] (signed)

Inks:

Max Elkan [as Maxwell Elkan] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Great Defender [Stormy Foster] (drugstore clerk, introduction); Doc Vaughn; Ah Choo (Chinese delivery boy); Detective Cooper; Oshinto Karu (villain); Doc Falk (villain)

Synopsis:

When thieves come in to pillage Doc Vaughn's drugstore, Stormy applies a fake moustache and pops a super-vitamin which imbues him with the strength of ten men.

["Try Tootin's Super Gas"] (Table of Contents)

Dan Tootin / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Cole

Inks:

Jack Cole

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

["In 1918-15 year old Rip Graves enlists in the army and leaves for combat in the First World War..."] (Table of Contents)

Ghost of Flanders / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

George Brenner [as Wayne Reid] (signed)

Pencils:

George Brenner [as Wayne Reid] (signed)

Inks:

George Brenner [as Wayne Reid] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

occult; war

Characters:

Ghost of Flanders ["Rip" Graves] (introduction, origin); Fritz (villain); Karl (villain); Rudolph (villain)

Synopsis:

Supposedly dead in the First World War, "Rip" Graves operates as a superhero from a crypt beneath the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

Indexer Notes

Credit correction 2009-4-29 courtesy of Darci386.

["I will prove my client, Mr. William Reid did not murder Lef Cotter!"] (Table of Contents)

Betty Bates, Lady-at-Law / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Stanley Charlot]

Pencils:

Al Bryant ?

Inks:

Al Bryant ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

"Say- There might be something to this after all!" (Table of Contents)

Tommy Tinkle / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Arthur Beeman (signed)

Inks:

Arthur Beeman (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

["The newly-commissioned U.S.S. Brimstone drops anchor at Bananaport..."] (Table of Contents)

Bob and Swab / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Klaus Nordling

Inks:

Klaus Nordling

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; humor

Characters:

Bob Masters; Swab Decker

[At the District Attorney's country home, Rick spends a quiet weekend."] (Table of Contents)

The Red Bee / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as B.H. Apiary]

Pencils:

Witmer WIlliams

Inks:

Witmer WIlliams

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Red Bee [Rick Raleigh]; Mary Jellicoe; Martin Jellicoe

Indexer Notes

Compare artwork to signed story in Police #2.

["Wait a moment Rod. I'll step in here for a tin of Shag Smoking Mixture!"] (Table of Contents)

The Strange Twins / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as S.M. Regi]

Pencils:

Alex Blum

Inks:

Alex Blum

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Douglas Strange; Rodney Strange; Spud McGuire (villain)

[One day, as Lion Boy and his brother Tawny...] (Table of Contents)

Lion Boy / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Merton Holmes]

Pencils:

H. Kiefer

Inks:

H. Kiefer

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

jungle

A Killer's Last Chance (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

David Roberts

Letters:

Typeset

["Hercules passes a monument works"] (Table of Contents)

Hercules / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

George Tuska [as Gregg Powers]

Pencils:

George Tuska

Inks:

George Tuska

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Hercules

[Don Glory returns to the ring...] (Table of Contents)

Don Glory / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Toni Blum [as Lincoln Ross]

Pencils:

Arthur Peddy

Inks:

Arthur Peddy

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

sports

Characters:

Don Glory; June