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22June 1942
$0.10

Hit Comics #22

Quality Comics · June 1942 · on sale 1942-04-03

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Series
Hit Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 series)
Issue
#22
Publication date
June 1942
Key date
1942-06-00
On-sale date
1942-04-03
Indicia publisher
Comic Magazines Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Gill Fox; inks: Gill FoxThe Great Defender [Stormy Foster]
1Make-Up for Murdercomic story9pencils: Max Elkan; inks: Max Elkan, Lou FineThe Great Defender [Stormy Foster]; Ah Choo; Johnson (introduction); Smithers (introduction); three un-named spies (villains, introduction for all)
2Case of the Cat's Skeletoncomic story6pencils: Al Bryant; inks: Al BryantBetty Bates; Jabez Crane (villain, introduction); Boho (villain, introduction)
3Peanuts and Spiescomic story5script: Klaus Nordling; pencils: Klaus Nordling; inks: Klaus NordlingBob Masters; Swab Decker
4War!comic story5script: Vern Henkel; pencils: Vern Henkel; inks: Vern HenkelComet Kelly (introduction); The Japanese (villains)
5The Silken Gang Warcomic story6script: Toni Blum; pencils: Witmer Williams; inks: Witmer WilliamsThe Red Bee [Rick Raleigh] (District Attorney); Casey (villain, introduction); Franco (villain, introduction)
6Painless Dentistcomic story1script: Jack Cole; pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack Cole
7Prisoner of Von Kimmelcomic story7script: George Brenner; pencils: George Brenner; inks: George BrennerGhost of Flanders ["Rip" Graves]; Von Kimmel (villain, introduction)
8Totoya Adventurecomic story5script: S. M. Iger; pencils: Alex Blum; inks: Alex BlumDoug Strange; Rod Strange; Kimmel (villain, introduction, death)
9The Coming of Captain Flaggcomic story5script: Toni Blum; pencils: Alex Koda; inks: Alex KodaCaptain Flagg (a Marine, introduction)
10Accidental Murdertext story2script: J. T. Flagg; letters: Typeset
11-comic story1script: Arthur Beeman; pencils: Arthur Beeman; inks: Arthur Beeman
12The Swordfish Strikescomic story5script: Fred Guardineer; pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred GuardineerEnsign Jack Smith (introduction); The Japanese (villains)
13Bout with the Vichy Frenchcomic story7pencils: Art Peddy; inks: Art PeddyDon Glory; Marko (villain, introduction); Andre (villain, introduction)

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