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HIT COMICS #18

Cover Date: December 1941
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1941-10-03

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Cover Credits:
Art: Reed Crandall (signed)


Story: "Stormy Foster, The Great Defender" (11 Pages)

Credits:

ArtMax Elkan
EditingS. M. Iger

Feature Character(s):

Stormy Foster (also known as The Great Defender; first appearance; takes a "potent super-vitamin" for enhanced strength and speed; uses a sleep gun)

Supporting Character(s):

Ah Choo (first appearance; a young Chinese delivery boy)
Doc Vaughn (first appearance; druggist and Stormy's employer)

Villain(s):

Dr. Gilbert Falk (first appearance; working with Japanese agents killing defense workers)
Japanese agents (first appearance for all)


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Second Story: "The Ghost of Flanders" (7 Pages)

Credits:

ArtGeorge Brenner
EditingS. M. Iger

Feature Character(s):

Ghost of Flanders (Rip Graves; first appearance; a mistakenly identified as KIA, builds a headquarters under the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier)

Villain(s):

Rudolph, Fritz and Carl (first appearance for all; three Nazi agents)

Location(s):

Washington, DC

Comment(s):

Graves has his own airplane.


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Third Story: [No Title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryToni Blum
ArtWitmer Williams
EditingS. M. Iger

Feature Character(s):

Red Bee

Villain(s):

Thugs looking for money (first appearance for all)

Comment(s):

? and Witmer Williams credited as B. H. Apiary.


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Fourth Story: [No Title] (5 Pages)

Credits:

StoryS. M. Iger
ArtAlex Blum
LetteringAlex Blum
EditingS. M. Iger

Feature Character(s):

Douglas Strange (wears a mustache, but shaves it off)
Rodney Strange

Villain(s):

Spud McGuire and his gang (first appearance for all; stealing war supplies from the docks)

Location(s):

New York City, NY

Comment(s):

S. M. Iger and Alex Blum credited as S. M. Regi


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Fifth Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

EditingS. M. Iger

Feature Character(s):

Hercules

Supporting Character(s):

Villain(s):

Sledge and Ferret and their men (first appearance for all; cruel managers of a monument factory)


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Sixth Story: [No Title] (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryToni Blum
ArtArthur Peddy
EditingS. M. Iger

Feature Character(s):

Don Glory (boxes in a charity bout)

Supporting Character(s):

June Brant

Villain(s):

Gyp Malon and his gang (first appearance for all; rob Fort Knox using Don's car.)

Location(s):

Fort Knox, KY

Comment(s):

The Brants have a home a days drive from Louisville, KY.
Don's car is destroyed.


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