Hit Comics #13

(July 1941)

[A Dream of Riverboats] (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; V: Cottonmouth Smith (I); Bill Sedley

Indexer Notes

much of this story is Hercules's dream

Guilty! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

? (signed as Stanley Charlot)

Pencils

Al Bryant (signed as Stanley Charlot)

Inks

Al Bryant (signed as Stanley Charlot)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

crime; adventure

Characters

Betty Bates; V: Jake Rilling, Joe Rilling and their gang (I for all)

[The Bread World] (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

[The Revenge of Limehouse Lew] (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

Rodney Strange; Douglas Strange; V: Limehouse Lew (I)

[The Foreign Recruiters] (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

Characters

Swab Decker; Bob Masters; V: Spies (as usual)

[The Poisoners] (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

Lion Boy; V: Biff and Mac (I for both);

[Hammond's Milk Racket] (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

The Red Bee [Rick Raleigh] (Assistant District Attorney); D. J. Hammond (villain, introduction); Hammond's gang (villains, introduction for all)

[The Ghost of the Clipper Ship] (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

Gosh - I've never seen such a dull party!

Genre

humor; fantasy-supernatural

Is This Sabotage? (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 the Unknown [Tom Corbet]; Dr. Enfield (introduction); Dr. Marko (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

Neon returns to the United States amid a rash of kidnappings and sabotage perpetrated by the treacherous Dr. Marko, who worked with Indians.

Shot in the Dark (Table of Contents: 11)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Toni Blum [as Tony Boone]

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

[Assignment: Lisbon] (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script

? (signed as Cary Weyte)

Pencils

George Appel (signed as Cary Weyte)

Inks

George Appel (signed as Cary Weyte)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

spy

Characters

G-5

[Mission to Uranex] (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Maurice Gutwirth

Inks

Maurice Gutwirth

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction; western-frontier

Characters

Blaze Arton; Chief Areli; some dictators

Indexer Notes

last appearance

[The Yellow Shirts] (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Script

? (signed as Lincoln Ross)

Pencils

Art Peddy (signed as Lincoln Ross)

Inks

Art Peddy (signed as Lincoln Ross)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

sports; adventure

Characters

Don Glory; V: Max Cline, Schnitzel, and the Yellow Shirts (I for all)