Hit Comics #21

(April 1942)

[King Korman's Castle] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

? [as Maxwell Elkan] (signed) (see notes)

Pencils

Max Elkan (signed as Maxwell Elkan)

Inks

Max Elkan (signed as Maxwell Elkan)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Great Defender [Stormy Foster]; Ah Choo; Count Manfred Von Grebe (villain); Heinz (villain); Manuel (villain); Ortiz (villain); Jose (villain); Hanz (villain); King Korman (villain)

Synopsis

On a delivery to nearby Death Valley, Foster and Ah Choo find a dying man and decide to trail his killers.

Keywords

Paralysis gas

Indexer Notes

While the only signature on the story is "Maxwell Elkan", implying he is the writer and artist, there is no historical evidence that Max Elkan ever was a writer.

[Tootin's Goldfish] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Jack Cole (signed as Ralph Johns)

Pencils

Jack Cole (signed as Ralph Johns)

Inks

Jack Cole (signed as Ralph Johns)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; science fiction

[The Dutch Guiana Incident] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Klaus Nordling (signed as Nordling)

Pencils

Klaus Nordling (signed as Nordling)

Inks

Klaus Nordling (signed as Nordling)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; humor

[The Whissler Building Case] (Table of Contents: 4)

Betty Bates / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Stanley Charlot (signed) (house name)

Pencils

Al Bryant (signed as Stanley Charlot)

Inks

Al Bryant (signed as Stanley Charlot)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; crime

Characters

Betty Bates; Dode Van Huysen; Moe; John Holdes

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Arthur Beeman (signed as Arthur Beeman)

Pencils

Arthur Beeman (signed as Arthur Beeman)

Inks

Arthur Beeman (signed as Arthur Beeman)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A hike through the countryside is lots of fun in the springtime

Genre

humor; fantasy-supernatural

[Captured by Axel Kopf] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

George Brenner (signed as Wayne Reid)

Pencils

George Brenner (signed as Wayne Reid)

Inks

George Brenner (signed as Wayne Reid)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Ghost of Flanders [Rip Graves]; Axel Kopf (introduction)

[Blacky Meyer Is Back in Town] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

Toni Blum (signed as B. H. Apiary)

Pencils

Witmer Williams (signed as B. H. Apiary)

Inks

Witmer Williams (signed as B. H. Apiary)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Red Bee [Rick Raleigh] (District Attorney); Blacky Meyer (villain)

[The Top-Hatters Mob] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

S. M. Iger (signed as S. M. Regi)

Pencils

Alex Blum (signed as S. M. Regi)

Inks

Alex Blum (signed as S. M. Regi)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Doug Strange; Rod Strange; The Top-Hatters Mob; Nevins

[The Fluid of Fury] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

Merton Holmes (signed) (house name)

Pencils

Henry Kiefer (signed as Merton Holmes)

Inks

Henry Kiefer (signed as Merton Holmes)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

jungle; adventure

Characters

Wangalo; Mahli; Mary Carney; John Carney

Indexer Notes

Final appearance.

Death Bowls a Strike (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Hugo F. Flynn (credited) (house name)

Letters

typeset

Genre

crime; sports

[Three-Ring Chaos] (Table of Contents: 11)

Hercules / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Gregg Powers (signed) (house name)

Pencils

Lou Ferstadt (signed as Gregg Powers) (sourced)

Inks

Lou Ferstadt (signed as Gregg Powers) (sourced)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hercules [Joe Hercules]; Daniel Nichols (circus owner); Laura Nichols (Daniel's daughter); Bozo (circus clown); Red Jake Mazola (villain)

Synopsis

Hercules came upon a circus and helps protect its owner from a mobster.

Indexer Notes

The final appearance of Quality's "Hercules" feature.

Final Golden Age appearance of Joe Hercules. He appears next in The Golden Age (DC, 1993 Series) #4 (May 1994).

[Cloud of Doom] (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script

Lincoln Ross (signed) (house name)

Pencils

Art Peddy (signed as Lincoln Ross)

Inks

Art Peddy (signed as Lincoln Ross)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

sports; adventure

Characters

Don Glory