Hit Comics #2

(August 1940)

A Town's Ransom (Table of Contents: 1)

Hercules / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

? (signed as Gregg Powers)

Pencils

Dan Zolnerowich (signed as Gregg Powers)

Inks

Dan Zolnerowich (signed as Gregg Powers)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hercules [Joe Hercules]; Mr. Portle (introduction, science teacher); un-named town Mayor; Crinch (villain, introduction, town Board member)

Synopsis

Hercules battles saboteurs who blow up a school and a dam.

Reprints

• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #89 ([May] 2013) [black and white]

Keywords

Couver Dam; Meadowland

[Assignment: Ruina] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Will Eisner (signed as Cory Weyt)

Pencils

Charles Sultan (signed as Cory Weyt)

Inks

Charles Sultan (signed as Cory Weyt)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Feature Logo

X-5 Super Agent

Genre

spy

Characters

X-5; The Black Guards (Intro, villains)

[The Baby on the Doorstep] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Coulton Riggs ? (signed as Lowell Riggs)

Pencils

John Lindermayer ? (signed as Lowell Riggs)

Inks

John Lindermayer ? (signed as Lowell Riggs)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Jack Doe; Jill Doe; Rocky Ford (villain, intro); Slobber Mike (villain, intro); Stella Ford (intro); Butch Ford (intro)

Synopsis

Someone leaves a baby on the Doe's doorstep. Hijinks, including gunplay, ensue.

The Phantom Scaffold (Table of Contents: 4)

The Old Witch / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

? (credited as Pierre Winter)

Pencils

Pierre Winters (credited as Pierre Winter) (house name)

Inks

Pierre Winters (credited as Pierre Winter) (house name)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

The Witch

Reprints

• in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #18 (2013)

Indexer Notes

formerly Weird Tales

[The Escape of Roderick Strange] (Table of Contents: 5)

The Strange Twins / comic story / 7 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 (villain); Wing Low (villain); Wendy Hale

Synopsis

Rod captures Doug and takes his place.

Tyrant's Death (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Toni Blum

Letters

Typeset

[The Hospital Grafters] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

Toni Blum ? (signed as B. H. Apiary)

Pencils

Charles Nicholas (signed as B. H. Apiary)

Inks

Charles Nicholas (signed as B. H. Apiary)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Red Bee (Assistant District Attorney); Tom Darrow (District Attorney); Captain Dooley; Michael (the Red Bee's bee); Al Snead (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

The Red Bee must combat an influenza plague that infects the city since the hospitals can't afford to give treatment because city coffers have been bled dry by grafting politicians led by Al Snead.

Reprints

• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #89 ([May] 2013) [black and white]

[Costa Rica Shore Leave] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

Klaus Nordling (signed as K. Nordling)

Pencils

Klaus Nordling (signed as K. Nordling)

Inks

Klaus Nordling (signed as K. Nordling)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; humor

Characters

Bob Masters; Swab Decker; Nina Costa (intro)

[The Railroad Saboteurs] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

? (signed as Pad Docke)

Pencils

Munson Paddock (signed as Pad Docke)

Inks

Munson Paddock (signed as Pad Docke)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; biography

Characters

Casey Jones

[The Venusian Expedition] (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script

? (signed as Roy Talon)

Pencils

Henry Kiefer (signed as Roy Talon)

Inks

Henry Kiefer (signed as Roy Talon)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction; western-frontier

Characters

Blaze Barton (assistant of Professor Solis); Professor Solis; Betty Solis; Venusians (introduction); The Bat Men; King of the Core-Men (villain); Core-men (villains)

Synopsis

After the Earth has been burned to a cinder, from passing too close to the Subn, Blaze has to face a group of monsters emerging from Earth's core.

Reprints

• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #109 (2018)

Indexer Notes

Oddity: Blaze was a Flash Gordon type hero who lived in a time after the year 5029 when the Earth's orbit was nearer to the Sun. However, in this one story, the year is 3000.

Roy Talon is a company by-line for the strip and not the name of a real personage.

[Max the Toy Lion] (Table of Contents: 11)

Tommy Tinkle / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Sandy Klauz (signed)

Pencils

Pauline Comanor (signed as Sandy Klauz)

Inks

Pauline Comanor (signed as Sandy Klauz)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Tommy Tinkle; Mary Lou; The Professor; Max (a toy lion, intro); King Neptune; Snipp (intro, villain) and Snapp (intro, villain)

[The Defeat of Radolf] (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script

S. M. Iger (signed as Tagor Maroy)

Pencils

Alex Blum (signed as Tagor Maroy)

Inks

Alex Blum (signed as Tagor Maroy)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Neon the Unknown; Radolf (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

Neon heads for Dunland to free the inhabitants of a concentration camp in Dunland from the evil and tyranical rule of a dictator.

Reprints

• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #89 ([May] 2013) [black and white]

Keywords

Dunland; Rachaw (concentration camp)

Indexer Notes

It is easy to see from all the elements contained in this story that Radolf is actually Hitler in another personage.