Hit Comics
#38
(Winter 1945)
Quality Comics,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1945-10-19
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Magazines
- Brand
-
Quality Comic Group
- Editing
- George Brenner
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1945, New Series, Vol. 40, No. 4.
[no title indexed]
Kid Eternity / comic story / 15 pages
- Script
- Joe Millard
- Pencils
- William "Red" Mohler ?
- Inks
- John Rosenberger ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Our feathered friends aren't the only 'birds' who go south in winter!
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Kid Eternity; Mr. Keeper; Thor; Andrew Jackson; Ponce De Leon; Osceola; Captain Kidd (villain)
- Synopsis
- When the Kid summons Thor on a case, and his hammer misses its target, the god was incensed. He later manages his own return, and, with Kid Eternity, together they solved the mystery: his bolt missed the target because of a hidden antenna.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Eternity
in Indexer Notes
Pencils tentatively credited to William "Red" Mohler through consensus art identification on the GCD-Man discussion list (September 10, 2013)
Ink credit from James Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Free Demonstration Tootin's Miracle Hair Tonic!
Dan Tootin / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
[no title indexed]
Egbert and the Count / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Ernie Hart (signed as Hart)
- Pencils
- Ernie Hart (signed as Hart)
- Inks
- Ernie Hart (signed as Hart)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- On what day of the week were you born?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
[no title indexed]
Jonesy / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Is he brooding again?
- Genre
- humor; teen
[no title indexed]
Her Highness / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Janice Valleau (signed as Ginger)
- Inks
- Janice Valleau (signed as Ginger)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Your highness, the time has come to crown you!
- Genre
- humor; crime
- Characters
- Her Highness; Silk
[no title indexed]
Big Brother / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 'Big' Feller and his little brother, Mitie, are always ready to help anyone, anywhere!
- Genre
- adventure
[no title indexed]
Marmaduke Mouse / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Ernie Hart (signed as Hart)
- Pencils
- Ernie Hart (signed as Hart)
- Inks
- Ernie Hart (signed as Hart)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here is a true life story...
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
[no title indexed]
Bob and Swab / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Janice Valleau (signed as J. Valleau)
- Inks
- Janice Valleau (signed as J. Valleau)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The U.S.S. Brimstone puts in at Bombay....
- Genre
- adventure; humor
[no title indexed]
Betty Bates / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When Betty Bates, lady-at-law, caught the bridal bouquet....
- Genre
- adventure; crime
- Characters
- Betty Bates; Norma (Betty's friend); Dick (Betty's husband); Alice (Betty's acquaintance); unnamed bearded man (Dick's uncle); Dick (villain, Norma's husband)
- Synopsis
- District Attorney Betty Bates catches the wedding bouquet at her friend's wedding indicating she'll be the next to get married. However, a strange, bearded gentleman, seeing the departing couple getting ready to leave, announces that it was a "wedding of death" and intimates that the wedding flowers will bring death. Dick thinks the whole thing revolves around the ghost legend of his estate, called The Hallows. It's up to Betty to discover the truth.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- The Hallows (estate)
Indexer Notes
Art credits from Jim Vadeboncouer.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Kid Eternity follows a trail of treasure and adventure!"]
Kid Eternity -
1.
["Our feathered friends aren't the only 'birds' who go south in winter!"]
Kid Eternity -
2.
Free Demonstration Tootin's Miracle Hair Tonic!
Dan Tootin -
3.
["On what day of the week were you born?"]
Egbert and the Count -
4.
["Is he brooding again?"]
Jonesy -
5.
["Your highness, the time has come to crown you!"]
Her Highness -
6.
["'Big' Feller and his little brother, Mitie, are always ready to help anyone, anywhere!"]
Big Brother -
7.
["Here is a true life story..."]
Marmaduke Mouse -
8.
Feathered Heroes
-
9.
["The U.S.S. Brimstone puts in at Bombay...."]
Bob and Swab -
10.
["When Betty Bates, lady-at-law, caught the bridal bouquet...."]
Betty Bates
This issue was modified by, among others
- Craig Delich
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Bob Hughes
- Daniel Martinez
- Clint Maxwell
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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