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18December 1941
$0.10

Hit Comics #18

Quality Comics · December 1941 · on sale 1941-10-03

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Identification plate

Series
Hit Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 series)
Issue
#18
Publication date
December 1941
Key date
1941-12-00
On-sale date
1941-10-03
Indicia publisher
Comic Magazines Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Introducing 'Stormy Foster' the Great Defendercover1pencils: Reed Crandall; inks: Reed CrandallThe Great Defender [Stormy Foster]
1-comic story11script: Max Elkan; pencils: Max Elkan; inks: Max ElkanThe Great Defender [Stormy Foster] (drugstore clerk, introduction); Doc Vaughn; Ah Choo (Chinese delivery boy); Detective Cooper; Oshinto Karu (villain); Doc Falk (villain)
2-comic story1script: Jack Cole; pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack Cole
3-comic story7pencils: George Brenner; inks: George BrennerGhost of Flanders ["Rip" Graves] (introduction, origin); Fritz (villain, death); Carl (villain); Rudolf (villain); Eric (villain, death)
4-comic story6pencils: Al Bryant; inks: Al Bryant
5-comic story1script: Arthur Beeman; pencils: Arthur Beeman; inks: Arthur Beeman
6-comic story5script: Klaus Nordling; pencils: Klaus Nordling; inks: Klaus NordlingBob Masters; Swab Decker
7-comic story6script: Toni Blum; pencils: Witmer Williams; inks: Witmer WilliamsThe Red Bee [Rick Raleigh] (District Attorney); Mary Jellicoe; Martin Jellicoe
8-comic story5pencils: Alex Blum; inks: Alex BlumDouglas Strange; Rodney Strange; Spud McGuire (villain)
9-comic story5pencils: Henry Kiefer; inks: Henry Kiefer
10A Killer's Last Chancetext story2script: David Roberts
11-comic story6script: ? (signed as Gregg Powers]); pencils: ? (signed as Gregg Powers]); inks: ? (signed as Gregg Powers])Hercules [Joe Hercules]; two un-named monument works employees; Mr. Clinton (owner of the monument works); Sledge (villain, foreman at monument works); Ferret (villain, manager at monument works)
12-comic story9script: Toni Blum; pencils: Art Peddy; inks: Art PeddyDon Glory; June

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ISBN 978-1-60699-987-5		2017On eBay ›
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