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40May 1946
$0.10

Hit Comics #40

Quality Comics · May 1946 · on sale 1946-03-01

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Series
Hit Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 series)
Issue
#40
Publication date
May 1946
Key date
1946-05-00
On-sale date
1946-03-01
Indicia publisher
Comic Magazines
Price
$0.10
Pages
60

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0A Monster from the Past!cover1pencils: Al Bryant; inks: Al BryantKid Eternity; Mr. Keeper
2Kid Eternity Battles Mr. Keepercomic story15script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Pete RissKid Eternity; Mr. Keeper; False Face; Harry Greb Attila the Hun (villain); Genghis Khan (villain)
3Murder at Farnes Manorcomic story8pencils: Mort LeavBetty Bates; Charles Belson
4Ghost Storycomic story5script: Ernie Hart; pencils: Ernie Hart; inks: Ernie Hart
5Movie Starscomic story8pencils: Charlie Tomsey; inks: Pete Riss
6Her Highness Beautifiercomic story5pencils: Janice Valleau; inks: Janice Valleau
7Solomon Hotfoottext story2letters: typeset
8-comic story1script: Bernard Dibble; pencils: Bernard Dibble; inks: Bernard Dibble
9Prison Breakcomic story5pencils: Janice Valleau; inks: Janice Valleau
10-comic story1script: Jack Cole; pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack Cole
11Pet Dogcomic story6script: Ernie Hart; pencils: Ernie Hart; inks: Ernie Hart

Plus 3 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

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