Hit Comics #1

(July 1940)

[Origin of Hercules] (Table of Contents)

Hercules / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dan Zolnerowich ? [as Dan Enloz] (signed)

Pencils:

Dan Zolnerowich (signed)

Inks:

Dan Zolnerowich (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Hercules [Joe Hercules] (origin); Mrs. Hercules (Joe's mother, death); Pete Birch (introduction); J. Willistone Jyppe (villain, banker)

Synopsis:

After Joe Hercules' mother dies of a heart attack, Joe goes after the unscrupulous banker who caused it. But his enthusiasm lands him in jail, where his cellmate encourages him to put on a costume, become a superhero, and break out of jail to avenge his mother's murder at the hands of Jyppe, who had wanted to own the town of Maryville.

Reprints:

• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #31

[The Plot To Sink the ARKIAN] (Table of Contents)

X-5 Super Agent / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner [as Cary Weyt]

Pencils:

Charles Sultan

Inks:

Charles Sultan

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

spy

Characters:

X-5 (intro); Baroness Verber (Intro, villain)

Reprints:

• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #31

Keywords:

Nazis

[Clock of Doom] (Table of Contents)

Jack and Jill / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Lowell Riggs]

Pencils:

Leonard Frank

Inks:

Leonard Frank

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Jack Doe (intro); Jill Doe (intro); Joseph Eberhart (dies); Edward Eberhart; Phipps (villain)

Reprints:

• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #31

[Origin of the Red Bee] (Table of Contents)

Red Bee / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Toni Blum ? [as B. H. Apiary]

Pencils:

Charles Nicholas ?

Inks:

Charles Nicholas ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Red Bee [Rick Raleigh]; Tom Darrow; Boss Storm (villain)

Synopsis:

Assistant DA Rick Raleigh takes on the corrupt political bosses at City Hall, armed only with his pet bee, Michael.

Reprints:

• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #31

Indexer Notes

There is no actual origin in this story. It is written like the Red Bee has had previous adventures.

[Origin of the Strange Twins] (Table of Contents)

The Strange Twins / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

S. M. Iger [as S. M. Regi]

Pencils:

Alex Blum

Inks:

Alex Blum

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Douglas Strange; Rodney Strange (villain); Wendy Hale; Wing Low; Sin Chow (villain)

Synopsis:

25 years ago, Sin Chow kidnapped one of the sons of Neville Strange and raised him in his den of pirates. Only Wing Low know that Douglas and Rodney are brothers. Douglas spends 5 years in prison for a crime Rodney committed and then tries to prove his innocence by tracking down the brother he doesn't even know exists.

Reprints:

• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #31

Keywords:

origin

The Lost Moment (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Toni Blum (Toni Boon)

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Reprints:

• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #31

[Neutrality Patrol] (Table of Contents)

Bob and Swab / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Klaus Nordling (signed)

Pencils:

Klaus Nordling (signed)

Inks:

Klaus Nordling

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; humor

Characters:

Bob Masters (intro); Swab Decker (intro)

Reprints:

• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #31

Keywords:

spies

[The Triple Train Wreck Robbery] (Table of Contents)

Casey Jones / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Munson Paddock ? [as Pad Docke]

Pencils:

Munson Paddock

Inks:

Munson Paddock

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Casey Jones (intro); Deegan (villain)

Reprints:

• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #31

The Tale of the Haunted Inn (Table of Contents)

Weird Tales / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Pierre Winter]

Pencils:

Pierre Winters

Inks:

Pierre Winters

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Characters:

The Old Witch (intro)

Reprints:

• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #31

Indexer Notes

This is the first installment of a recurring horror feature and is the first such horror feature in comics, predating "Eerie Comics" by seven years, which is considered the first supernatural comic. The Old Witch character is very similar to the Old Witch who narrated EC comics horror tales, which debuted ten years later.

[Origin of Neon the Unknown] (Table of Contents)

Neon the Unknown / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

S. M. Iger [as Tagor Maroy]

Pencils:

Alex Blum

Inks:

Alex Blum

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Neon the Unknown [Tom Corbet] (intro, origin); Morgan Crookes (villain); Lt. Cracket

Synopsis:

Corbett, a member of the French Foreign Legion, drinks from a mysterious pool and gains strange "neonic" powers. Meanwhile Morgan Crookes tries to organize all the black races of the world to help him conquer the white countries.

Reprints:

• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #31

Keywords:

origin

Indexer Notes

More racist than usual for this time period.

In Tinkle Town (Table of Contents)

Tommy Tinkle and Mary Lou / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Pauline Comanor (signed)

Pencils:

Pauline Comanor

Inks:

Pauline Comanor

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; children

Characters:

Tommy Tinkle (an animated puppet, intro); Mary Lou; Prof. Grund; Sam Snipe (villain); Pat Pokem (villain); Lotta Lure (villain)

Reprints:

• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #31

Keywords:

puppet

[Doomsday and Afterward] (Table of Contents)

Blaze Barton / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Henry Kiefer

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Blaze Barton (intro); Prof. Solis (intro); Betty Solis (intro); Core-Men (villains)

Reprints:

• in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #31

Keywords:

origin