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39Spring 1946
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Hit Comics #39

Quality Comics · Spring 1946 · on sale 1946-01-15

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Identification plate

Series
Hit Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 series)
Issue
#39
Publication date
Spring 1946
Key date
1946-04-00
On-sale date
1946-01-15
Indicia publisher
Comic Magazines
Price
$0.10
Pages
60

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Runaway River Boat!cover1pencils: Al Bryant; inks: Al BryantKid Eternity; Mr. Keeper
2Runaway River Boat!comic story15script: Joe Millard; pencils: Pete Riss; inks: Pete RissKid Eternity; Mr. Keeper; Sandow; Stephen Decatur; John W. Cannon; Mark Twain; Fate Marable and his Levee Serenaders; The Cherry Sisters; Lillian Russell; Harry Houdini; Lew Dockstader and his Minstrels
3Hatching Eggscomic story6script: Ernie Hart; pencils: Ernie Hart; inks: Ernie Hart
4-comic story1script: Bernard Dibble; pencils: Bernard Dibble; inks: Bernard Dibble
5-comic story5pencils: Janice Valleau; inks: Janice Valleau
6The Barracudacomic story8pencils: Mort Leav; inks: Mort LeavThe Barracuda [Mansfield] (villain, first appearance, dies in this story)
7-comic story1script: Jack Cole; pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack Cole
8-comic story5script: Ernie Hart; pencils: Ernie Hart; inks: Ernie Hart
9Twins Are Bad Medicinetext story1.67letters: typeset
10Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc.statement of ownership0.33script: Everett M. Arnold
11-comic story5pencils: Janice Valleau; inks: Janice Valleau
12-comic story8pencils: Pete Riss; inks: Pete Riss

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

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