Hit Comics
#15
(September 1941)
Quality Comics,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1941-07-09
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Magazines Inc.
- Brand
-
Quality Comic Group
- Editing
- S. M. Iger
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 4.
[Cave-In at the Wolf Gulch Gold Mine]
Hercules / comic story / 9 pages
- 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; Jake Buzzard (villain, introduction); Dead Eye Buzzard (villain, introduction); the Buzzard Gang (villains, introductions); George Marlin (villain, introduction); Rosemary Cabot (introduction)
[The Payroll Plunderers]
Betty Bates / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ? (signed as Stanley Charlot)
- Pencils
- Al Bryant (signed as Stanley Charlot)
- Inks
- Al Bryant (signed as Stanley Charlot)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure; crime
- Characters
- Betty Bates; Jimmy (introduction); A gang of crooks (villains, introductions, two deaths)
[The Life-Speeding Pills]
Dan Tootin / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Jack Cole (signed as Ralph Johns)
- Pencils
- Jack Cole (signed as Ralph Johns)
- Inks
- Jack Cole (signed as Ralph Johns)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- Dan Tootin
[Dead River Lou]
The Strange Twins / comic story / 5 pages
- 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; Dead River Lou (villain, introduction)
[Boris and Morris]
Bob and Swab / comic story / 5 pages
- 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; Boris (villain, introduction); Morris (villain, introduction)
[Battle with a Lion]
Lion Boy / comic story / 5 pages
- 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; Chief of Bama (villain, introduction, death)
[War with the Madden Gang]
The Red Bee / comic story / 8 pages
- 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); Ed Brown (introduction, death); Madden (villain, introduction); Madden's gang (villains, introduction for all); Gus Lund (villain, introduction, death)
Indexer Notes
Credits suggested by Bails' Who's Who.
[The Canada Convoy]
Hell Diver / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ? (signed as Ace N. Hoell)
- Pencils
- Chuck Winter ? (signed as Ace N. Hoell)
- Inks
- Chuck Winter ? (signed as Ace N. Hoell)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Danger Darrow; Max (villain, introduction); Herr Commander (villain, introduction); other Nazis (villains)
[no title indexed]
Tommy Tinkle / comic story / 1 page
- 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
- Darn it - he's still out there!
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Tommy Tinkle
[The Plot To Blow Up New York City]
Neon the Unknown / comic story / 5 pages
- 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]; Otto Shickler (villain, introduction)
- Keywords
- New York City
[The Masked Agent]
G-5 Super Agent / comic story / 4 pages
- 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; A masked agent (villain, introduction, death)
[Return to the Ring]
Don Glory / comic story / 9 pages
- 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; June Brent; Kid Kayo (introduction); Heinrich Hauptmann (villain, introduction); Bo (villain, introduction)
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Hercules in a gripping action feature"]
Hercules -
1.
[Cave-In at the Wolf Gulch Gold Mine]
Hercules -
2.
[The Payroll Plunderers]
Betty Bates -
3.
[The Life-Speeding Pills]
Dan Tootin -
4.
[Dead River Lou]
The Strange Twins -
5.
[Boris and Morris]
Bob and Swab -
6.
[Battle with a Lion]
Lion Boy -
7.
[War with the Madden Gang]
The Red Bee -
8.
[The Canada Convoy]
Hell Diver -
9.
["Darn it - he's still out there!"]
Tommy Tinkle -
10.
[The Plot To Blow Up New York City]
Neon the Unknown -
11.
A Scrap of Paper
-
12.
[The Masked Agent]
G-5 Super Agent -
13.
[Return to the Ring]
Don Glory
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- Katie
- Craig Delich
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Bob Hughes
- Clint Maxwell
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
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