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21April 1942
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Hit Comics #21

Quality Comics · April 1942 · on sale 1942-02-04

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Series
Hit Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 series)
Issue
#21
Publication date
April 1942
Key date
1942-04-00
On-sale date
1942-02-04
Indicia publisher
Comic Magazines Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Max Elkan; inks: Max ElkanThe Great Defender [Stormy Foster]
1King Korman's Castlecomic story11pencils: Max Elkan; inks: Max ElkanThe Great Defender [Stormy Foster]; Ah Choo; Count Manfred Von Grebe (villain); Heinz (villain); Manuel (villain); Ortiz (villain); Jose (villain); Hanz (villain); King Korman (villain)
2Tootin's Goldfishcomic story1script: Jack Cole; pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack Cole
3The Dutch Guiana Incidentcomic story5script: Klaus Nordling; pencils: Klaus Nordling; inks: Klaus Nordling
4The Whissler Building Casecomic story6script: Stanley Charlot; pencils: Al Bryant; inks: Al BryantBetty Bates; Dode Van Huysen; Moe; John Holdes
5-comic story1script: Arthur Beeman; pencils: Arthur Beeman; inks: Arthur Beeman
6Captured by Axel Kopfcomic story7script: George Brenner; pencils: George Brenner; inks: George BrennerGhost of Flanders [Rip Graves]; Axel Kopf (introduction)
7Blacky Meyer Is Back in Towncomic story6script: Toni Blum; pencils: Witmer Williams; inks: Witmer WilliamsThe Red Bee [Rick Raleigh] (District Attorney); Blacky Meyer (villain)
8The Top-Hatters Mobcomic story5script: S. M. Iger; pencils: Alex Blum; inks: Alex BlumDoug Strange; Rod Strange; The Top-Hatters Mob; Nevins
9The Fluid of Furycomic story5script: Merton Holmes; pencils: Henry Kiefer; inks: Henry KieferWangalo; Mahli; Mary Carney; John Carney
10Death Bowls a Striketext story2script: Hugo F. Flynn
11Three-Ring Chaoscomic story6script: Gregg Powers; pencils: Lou Ferstadt; inks: Lou FerstadtHercules [Joe Hercules]; Daniel Nichols (circus owner); Laura Nichols (Daniel's daughter); Bozo (circus clown); Red Jake Mazola (villain)
12Cloud of Doomcomic story9script: Lincoln Ross; pencils: Art Peddy; inks: Art PeddyDon Glory

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