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5November 1940
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Hit Comics #5

Quality Comics · November 1940 · on sale 1940-09-04

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Identification plate

Series
Hit Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 series)
Issue
#5
Publication date
November 1940
Key date
1940-11-00
On-sale date
1940-09-04
Indicia publisher
Comic Magazines Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Lou FineThe Red Bee [Rick Raleigh]
2Murder on the Assembly Linecomic story7pencils: Dan Zolnerowich; inks: Dan ZolnerowichHercules; Wolf Stead (no actual appearance, villain, introduction); Judd Haskin (introduction)
3Murder of a Peddlercomic story5script: Bob Powell; pencils: Nick Cardy; inks: Nick CardyBetty Bates; Jerry Corona (villain, introduction)
4The Emerald of Egyptcomic story7script: S. M. Iger; pencils: S. M. Iger; inks: S. M. IgerDoug Strange; Rod Strange (villain); Anitra (intro); her father (intro); her fiance (intro)
5The Panama Canal Incidentcomic story6script: Klaus Nordling; pencils: Klaus Nordling; inks: Klaus Nordling
6Assignment: Quanallacomic story6pencils: Charles Sultan; inks: Charles SultanG-5; Gen. Gorzel (introduction); Jean Carrolla (introduction)
7Flatboat No. 96comic story6pencils: Charles Nicholas; inks: Charles NicholasThe Red Bee [Rick Raleigh]; Number 26 (villain, introduction); un-named gangsters (villains, introduction for all)
8The House on the Moorscomic story5pencils: John Celardo; inks: John CelardoThe Old Witch
9Voyage to Marscomic story5pencils: Maurice Gutwirth; inks: Maurice GutwirthBlaze Barton; Betty; The Martians (villains, introductions); their king (villain, introduction)
10Ghosts of the Unborn To-Morrowtext story2script: Toni Blum
11Wild Goose Chase with a Real Goosecomic story6pencils: John Lindermayer; inks: John LindermayerJack Doe; Jill Doe; Suli (a cook, introduction); a Chinese crimelord (villain, introduction)
12The Invisibility Cloakcomic story2pencils: Arthur Beeman; inks: Arthur BeemanTommy Tinkle; Mary Lou; Sniff (villain)
13In a Metropolis of Madmencomic story7script: S. M. Iger; pencils: S. M. Iger; inks: S. M. IgerNeon [Tom Corbet]; Foreign agents (villains, introduction for all)

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

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