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| Name | Hit Comics 1 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | On sale date from the fanzine, Fantasy News, dated April 14, 1940 (on page 3). The comic was scheduled for release during the week of April 14-20, 1940. Information shared by Bart Bush through the Comics History Exchange page on Facebook (4 October 2016). |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Red Bee [Rick Raleigh] |
| Pencils | Lou Fine |
| Inks | Lou Fine |
| Fellows, Here's Your Bike! / Schwinn Bicycles (1 page) | |
| Synopsis | A boy gets a new bike. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Arnold, Schwinn & Co. |
| Comic Story | Origin of Hercules / Hercules (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | After Joe Hercules' mother dies of a heart attack, Joe goes after the unscrupulous banker who caused it. But his enthusiasm lands him in jail, where his cellmate encourages him to put on a costume, become a superhero, and break out of jail to avenge his mother's murder at the hands of Jyppe, who had wanted to own the town of Maryville. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Hercules [Joe Hercules] (origin); Mrs. Hercules (Joe's mother, death); Pete Birch (introduction); J. Willistone Jyppe (villain, banker) |
| Script | Dan Zolnerowich (signed) ? |
| Pencils | Dan Zolnerowich (signed) ? |
| Inks | Dan Zolnerowich (signed) ? |
| First Line | Comic magazine fans have for some time now been following the adventures of various "strong men"... |
| Notes | Dollman is the comic hero that inspires Joe. |
| Comic Story | The Plot to Sink the Arkian / G-5 Super Agent (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | X-5 overhears a plot to sink an American ship in a neutral port. |
| Genre | Spy |
| Characters | X-5 (intro); Baroness Verber (Intro, villain) |
| Script | Will Eisner (signed) |
| Pencils | Charles Sultan |
| Inks | Charles Sultan |
| First Line | Secretly, the sea raider, "Wolf", takes on supplies in the neutral port of San Miguel..... |
| Comic Story | Clock of Doom / Jack and Jill (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A man invites Jack and Jill to witness his murder. |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Jack Doe (intro); Jill Doe (intro); Joseph Eberhart (dies); Edward Eberhart; Phipps (villain); Dr. Graham |
| Script | Coulton Riggs (signed) |
| Pencils | Leonard Frank |
| Inks | Leonard Frank |
| First Line | It's been a hard day at the office... but now for a nice, quiet evening at home. |
| Comic Story | Origin of the Red Bee / The Red Bee (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Assistant D.A. Rick Raleigh, as the Red Bee, gets a conviction of Boss Storm, a corrupt leader of a political machine seeking to run City Hall. The Red Bee is armed only with his trained pet bee, Michael. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Michael (a bee); Tom Darrow (District Attorney); Boss Storm (villain); Red (thug); Pete (thug) |
| Script | Toni Blum ? |
| Pencils | B. H. Apiary (signed) |
| Inks | B. H. Apiary (signed) |
| First Line | Angered by the slack, grafting administration, citizens of Superior City demonstrate for better government, before the city hall.. |
| Notes | There is no actual origin in this story. It is written as though the Red Bee has had previous adventures. |
| Comic Story | Origin of the Strange Twins / The Strange Twins (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | 25 years ago, Sin Chow kidnapped one of the sons of Neville Strange and raised him in his den of pirates. Only Wing Low know that Douglas and Rodney are brothers. Douglas spends 5 years in prison for a crime Rodney committed and then tries to prove his innocence by tracking down the brother he doesn't even know exists. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Douglas Strange; Rodney Strange (villain); Wendy Hale; Wing Low; Sin Chow (villain); Blimey Joe; Hung Fu; Lady Chutney; Barclay; Wan Low; Slipfinger; Stubborn Pete |
| Script | S. M. Iger (signed) |
| Pencils | Alex Blum |
| Inks | Alex Blum |
| First Line | Twenty five years ago, the crafty Chinese pirate, Sin Chow, visited London's shadowy underworld on an evil mission of revenge... |
| Text Story | The Lost Moment (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Danny is given a second chance to avoid killing a man. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Characters | Father Donovan; Danny Grew; Hans Schmidt |
| Script | Toni Blum |
| First Line | The silence of the death-house was broken by the shuffling of feet as Father Donovan walked to the cell of the murderer, Danny Grew. |
| Comic Story | Neutrality Patrol / Bob and Swab (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Bob and Swab don't get along so the captain assigns them to keep the crew of a foreign sub under control. |
| Genre | Adventure; Humor |
| Characters | Bob Masters (intro); Swab Decker (intro) |
| Script | Klaus Nordling (signed) |
| Pencils | Klaus Nordling (signed) |
| Inks | Klaus Nordling (signed) |
| First Line | On neutrality patrol off Panama, the U. S. S. Scarab hovers over a foreign submarine, which is to be convoyed out of American territorial waters..... |
| Comic Story | The Triple Train Wreck Robbery / Casey Jones (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Deegan uses an autogyro to try to rob Casey's train. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Casey Jones (intro); Deegan (villain) |
| Script | Munson Paddock ? |
| Pencils | Munson Paddock (signed) |
| Inks | Munson Paddock (signed) |
| First Line | Deegan, chief of a band of crooks, plans a daring mail train hold-up. |
| Comic Story | The Tale of the Haunted Inn / The Old Witch (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Whites are forced to take shelter at an old inn run by a strange woman who claims the inn is unfilled. |
| Genre | Horror-suspense |
| Characters | The Old Witch (intro); Harvey White; Joan White |
| Script | Pierre Winters ? |
| Pencils | Pierre Winters (signed) |
| Inks | Pierre Winters (signed) |
| First Line | Hidden deep in th heart of the forest, sheltered by watchful old trees... |
| Notes | This is the first installment of a recurring horror feature and is the first such horror feature in comics, predating "Eerie Comics" by seven years, which is considered the first supernatural comic. The Old Witch character is very similar to the Old Witch who narrated EC comics horror tales, which debuted ten years later. |
| Comic Story | Origin of Neon the Unknown / Neon the Unknown (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Corbett, a member of the French Foreign Legion, drinks from a mysterious pool and gains strange "neonic" powers. Meanwhile, Morgan Crookes tries to organize all the black races of the world to help him conquer the white countries. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Lt. Cracket; Morgan Crookes (villain); Wilson |
| Script | Tagor Maroy (signed) |
| Pencils | Alex Blum |
| Inks | Alex Blum |
| First Line | Secret preparations for a world invasion by the combined forces of all the primitive races of man -- in the dark continent. |
| Notes | More racist than usual for this time period. |
| Comic Story | In Tinkle Town / Tommy Tinkle (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Sam Snipe wants to mess up Tommy Tinkle's contract with Santa Claus. |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Tommy Tinkle (an animated puppet, intro); Mary Lou; Prof. Grund; Sam Snipe (villain); Pat Pokem (villain); Lotta Lure (villain) |
| Script | Pauline Comanor (signed) |
| Pencils | Pauline Comanor (signed) |
| Inks | Pauline Comanor (signed) |
| First Line | Boy, oh boy! This toy order sure pulls us out of the "red." |
| Comic Story | Doomsday and Afterward / Blaze Barton (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | In the year 50,020 the heat of the sun cracks the planet Earth and unleashes core-men to take over the surface. |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Blaze Barton (intro); Prof. Solis (intro); Betty Solis (intro); Core-Men (villains) |
| Pencils | Henry Kiefer |
| First Line | What's the meaning of this chart, Professor Solis? |
| Advertisement | New Departure Bicycle Brakes (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | The heart of the bicycle |
| Notes | Ad for New Departure coaster brake. Back cover. |
| Story | Uncle Sam (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Uncle Sam |
| First Line | Greatest comic character is here |
| Notes | House ad for National Comics #1. |
| The data in the additional content section is courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution License. More details about this comic may be available in their page here | |
