Hit Comics #11

(May 1941)

[The Seaside Saboteurs] (Table of Contents: 1)

Hercules / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

? (signed as Gregg Powers)

Pencils

Reed Crandall (signed as Gregg Powers)

Inks

Reed Crandall (signed as Gregg Powers)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hercules [Joe Hercules]; a gang of saboteurs (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis

Hercules accepts an invitation from a movie producer to play a jungle hero, only to suffer through the production and become faint at the movie premier. When the movie was beginning to become a hit, he flees again to the solitude of the country.

[Murder in the Machine Factory] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Bob Powell ? (signed as Stanley Charlot)

Pencils

Al Bryant (signed as Stanley Charlot)

Inks

Al Bryant (signed as Stanley Charlot)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; crime

Characters

Ed Grover (introduction); Kale (villain, introduction); Kurt (villain, introduction); their accomplices (villains, introductions)

Reprints

• in Divas, Dames & Daredevils (Exterminating Angel Press, 2013 series) (2013)

[The Squirt] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Jack Cole

Pencils

Jack Cole

Inks

Jack Cole

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; science fiction

Reprints

• in Prime Cuts (Fantagraphics, 1986 series) #5 (November 1987)

[The Case of London Joe] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

London Joe (villain, introduction)

[Visitor's Day] (Table of Contents: 5)

Bob and Swab / comic story / 5 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

[The Missionary's Niece] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

? (signed as Merton Holmes)

Pencils

Henry Kiefer (signed as Merton Holmes)

Inks

Henry Kiefer (signed as Merton Holmes)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

jungle; adventure

Characters

Molly Snood (introduction); Mary Blake (introduction)

[Armored Cars of Crime] (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

Boldoni (villain, introduction); his gang (villains, introductions)

[A War of Roses] (Table of Contents: 8)

The Old Witch / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

? (signed as Pierre Winter)

Pencils

George Appel (signed as Pierre Winter)

Inks

George Appel (signed as Pierre Winter)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

There's something I've always wanted to get into...

Genre

humor; fantasy-supernatural

[Damus the Wizard] (Table of Contents: 10)

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 [Tom Corbet]; Damus (villain, introduction); Otto Shickler (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

A European dictator is discovered by Neon in South America, where he worked with an ancient wizard named Damus. Damus conjured up evil demons and a dragon, but when Shickler turned his wrath upon the old man, Neon convinced Damus to defect.

Indexer Notes

It's a good bet that Blum did the art on this story as the only other artist known to have done it was Lou Fine in 1941 and his style is easily recognizable. Added by Craig Delich 2013-10-10.

Gangster's Ghost (Table of Contents: 11)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Toni Blum (Tony Boone)

Letters

Typeset

[The Graveyard Spies] (Table of Contents: 12)

G-5 Super Agent / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

? (signed as Cary Weyt)

Pencils

George Appel (signed as Cary Weyte)

Inks

George Appel (signed as Cary Weyte)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

spy

Characters

Ronald Morgan (villain, introduction); other spies (villains, introductions)

[The Oxygen Thieves] (Table of Contents: 13)

Blaze Barton / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

? (signed as Roy Talon)

Pencils

Maurice Gutwirth (signed as Roy Talon)

Inks

Maurice Gutwirth (signed as Roy Talon)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction; western-frontier

Characters

A race of aliens (villains, introductions)

[The Morale Murderers] (Table of Contents: 14)

Don Glory / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

? (signed as Lincoln Ross)

Pencils

Nick Cardy (signed as Lincoln Ross)

Inks

Nick Cardy (signed as Lincoln Ross)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

sports; adventure

Characters

Gabby (journalist, introduction); Sam (journalist, introduction); A gang of spies (villains, introductions)