Hit Comics #3

(September 1940)

[The Burns Koffin Gang] (Table of Contents: 1)

Hercules / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script:

? [as Greg Powers] (signed)

Pencils:

Dan Zolnerowich

Inks:

Dan Zolnerowich

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Hercules [Joe Hercules]; Burns Koffin (villain, introduction)

Synopsis:

Hercules begins demonstrates his car and boat lifting skills bringing the Burns Koffin Gang to justice.

Indexer Notes

The Powers credit removed from artist listing as it was only a by-line and not a real person, and that the Who's Who does not indicate Powers as a by-line for Zolne.

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

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

Script:

Will Eisner ? [as Cary Weyt]

Pencils:

Courtney Thompson

Inks:

Courtney Thompson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

spy

Characters:

X-5; Fred Ricks (introduction); The Bothnians (villain, introduction)

[The Two Aunt Agathas] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script:

? [as Lowell Riggs]

Pencils:

John Lindermayer ?

Inks:

John Lindermayer ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Jack Doe; Jill Doe; "Aunt Agatha" (a female impersonator, villain, introduction)

[The Photographer's Murder] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script:

?

Pencils:

Charles Nicholas [as B. H. Apiary] (signed)

Inks:

Charles Nicholas [as B. H. Apiary] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Red Bee [Rick Raleigh] (Assistant District Attorney); Michael (a bee); Henry Graff (villain, introduction); Fred (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

Artist verification for Nicholas by the Who's Who. The strip was signed with a by-line of B. H. Apiary, which was not a real person.

[The Dope Pearls] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script:

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

Pencils:

Alex Blum

Inks:

Alex Blum

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Rod Strange; Douglas Strange; Vera De Vain (villain, introduction); Sari (introduction)

[Spies In Puerto Rico] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script:

Klaus Nordling (signed)

Pencils:

Klaus Nordling (signed)

Inks:

Klaus Nordling

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

adventure; humor

Characters:

Bob Masters; Swab Decker; Luisa (villain, introduction); other spies (villains, introductions)

[The Chicago Run] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script:

? [as Pad Docke]

Pencils:

Munson Paddock

Inks:

Munson Paddock

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Casey Jones

Indexer Notes

last appearance

The Cat's Ninth Life (Table of Contents: 8)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Toni Blum (Tony Boon)

Letters:

Typeset

The Tale of the Ghost Cavaliers (Table of Contents: 9)

Old Witch / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script:

? [as Pierre Winter]

Pencils:

Pierre Winter

Inks:

Pierre Winter

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

horror-suspense

[Voyage To the Center of the Earth] (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script:

? [as Roy Talon]

Pencils:

Henry Kiefer

Inks:

Henry Kiefer

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Blaze Barton; Beatica (Queen of the Jewelled Caves, introduction); The Core-men (villains)

[Treasure On Koko's Island] (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script:

? [as Sandy Klauz]

Pencils:

George Tuska

Inks:

George Tuska

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Tommy Tinkle

[The Savage Land] (Table of Contents: 12)

Neon the Unknown / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script:

S. M. Iger [as Tagor Maroy] (signed)

Pencils:

Alex Blum

Inks:

Alex Blum

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Neon [Tom Corbet]; Sir Humphrey Walker (introduction)

Synopsis:

Neon continues his freelance adventures at the North Pole rescuing a British polar explorer from a strange tropical isle hidden beneath the glaciers.