Hit Comics #6

(December 1940)

The Swords of Death (Table of Contents: 1)

The Red Bee / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

? (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

The Red Bee [Rick Raleigh] (Assistant District Attorney); the Swordsmen (villains, introduction for all, some die); Kulak (villain, introduction, death); Rog (villain, introduction, death)

Indexer Notes

B. H. Apiary is a house by-line and not the name of an actual person.

Art credits revised from Dan Zolnerowich ? to Charles Nicholas by Craig Delich 2013-5-30.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

The Strange Twins / comic story / 6 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

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The legendary city of Eldorado,...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Rod Strange; Douglas Strange

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Betty Bates / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Powell ? (signed as Stanley Charlot)

Pencils

Nick Cardy (signed as Stanley Charlot)

Inks

Nick Cardy (signed as Stanley Charlot)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Into the beautiful lawyer's office stalk two stalwart thugs...

Genre

detective-mystery; adventure; crime

Characters

Betty Bates; The Gorman Brothers (villains, introductions); Jimmy Meke (introduction); Mabel Meke (introduction); the D. A. (introduction)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Cruising in South Amerian waters, the U.S.S. Scarab lays anchor off the city of Para...

Genre

adventure; humor

Characters

Bob Masters; Swab Decker

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

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

Script

? (signed as Pierre Winter)

Pencils

John Celardo (signed as Pierre Winter)

Inks

John Celardo (signed as Pierre Winter)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

As a cold penetrating rain splashes down on the old witch's house...

Genre

horror-suspense

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Hercules / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

? (as Gregg Powers)

Pencils

Dan Zolnerowich (signed as Gregg Powers)

Inks

Dan Zolnerowich; Dan Zolnerowich (signed as Gregg Powers)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A startling scheme to cripple the United States of America by diverting her oil supply to a foreign power is smashed!!!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hercules [Joe Hercules]; Mr. Nolan (introduction); Lois Nolan (introduction); The Japanese (villains)

Synopsis

Hercules comes to the aid of a bored Texas oil heiress, descending underwater to fix her father's oil rig. In doing so, Hercules discovers that Japanese are stealing Texas oil via a great pipeline, so he personally carries a huge vat of oil back to Texas.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

? (signed as Roy Talon)

Pencils

Maurice Gutwirth (signed as Roy Talon)

Inks

Maurice Gutwirth (signed as Roy Talon)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The planet of Venus is threatened with destruction by the inhabitants of Mercury...

Genre

science fiction; western-frontier

Characters

Blaze Barton; The Mercurians (villains, introductions); The Venusians

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Jack and Jill / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

? (signed as Lowell Riggs)

Pencils

Nick Cardy (signed as Lowell Riggs)

Inks

Nick Cardy (signed as Lowell Riggs)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Sorry, I'm working late tonight!

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Jack Doe; Jill Doe

Blood of the Wolf (Table of Contents: 9)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Toni Blum (credited)[as Toni Boone]

Letters

Typeset

Introducing Lion Boy (Table of Contents: 10)

Lion Boy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

? (signed as Merton Holmes)

Pencils

George Tuska (signed as Merton Holmes)

Inks

George Tuska (signed as Merton Holmes)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

jungle; adventure

Characters

Lion Boy (introduction, origin); John (introduction, Lion Boy's father, death); John's wife (introduction, Lion Boy's mother, death)

Synopsis

A baby, orphaned by a plane crash, is raised by lions and becomes their leader.

Indexer Notes

Story credits noted by Kenneth Cooper per info sent to Contact List, December 2010.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script

? (signed as Sandy Klauz)

Pencils

Arthur Beeman ? (signed as Sandy Klauz])

Inks

Arthur Beeman ? (signed as Sandy Klauz])

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gosh! The professor is busy!

Genre

humor; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Tommy Tinkle; Stoop-Pendous (a robot, introduction); Sniff (villain)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script

S. M. Iger (signed as Tagor Maroy)

Pencils

Lou Fine (signed as Tagor Maroy)

Inks

Lou Fine (signed as Tagor Maroy)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A thunderstruck world hear news of coastal forts blowing up simultaneously...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Neon [Tom Corbet]; Fritz Cardif (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

Neon must overcome an evil scientist who has invented an invisible ray.