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23August 1942
$0.10

Hit Comics #23

Quality Comics · August 1942 · on sale 1942-06-03

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Identification plate

Series
Hit Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 series)
Issue
#23
Publication date
August 1942
Key date
1942-08-00
On-sale date
1942-06-03
Indicia publisher
Comic Magazines Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Reed Crandall; inks: Reed CrandallThe Great Defender [Stormy Foster]
1-comic story9pencils: Reed Crandall; inks: Reed CrandallThe Great Defender [Stormy Foster]; Ah Choo
2-comic story6pencils: Al Bryant; inks: Al Bryant
3-comic story5script: Vern Henkel; pencils: Vern Henkel; inks: Vern Henkel
4-comic story5script: Klaus Nordling; pencils: Klaus Nordling; inks: Klaus Nordling
5-comic story6script: Toni Blum; pencils: Witmer Williams; inks: Witmer WilliamsThe Red Bee [Rick Raleigh] (District Attorney); Joe Phillips (villains)
6-comic story1script: Jack Cole; pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack Cole
7-comic story9script: George Brenner; pencils: George Brenner; inks: George Brenner
8-comic story5script: Toni Blum; pencils: Alex Koda; inks: Alex Koda
9-comic story5script: S. M. Iger; pencils: Alex Blum; inks: Alex Blum
10Outlaw's Doomtext story2pencils: Gill Fox (illustrations, signed); inks: Gill Fox (illustrations, signed); letters: typeset
11-comic story1script: Arthur Beeman; pencils: Arthur Beeman; inks: Arthur Beeman
12-comic story5script: Fred Guardineer; pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred Guardineer
13-comic story7pencils: Art Peddy; inks: Art Peddy

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