Hit Comics #12

Betty Bates, a sharp-witted lawyer, springs into action when a diner owner is preyed upon by Mike Renella's gang—hoodlums who eat and dash without paying. Rather than let the thugs intimidate their victim into silence, Betty devises a clever scheme to serve them subpoenas and draw them out into the open. When the gang makes their move on the diner, Betty and the police she's arranged are ready to meet them head-on.

Dan Tootin the Madcap Chemist finally cracks the formula for an odorless perfume—but in true mad-scientist fashion, the discovery comes with a bang! This one-pager delivers the kind of quick, silly payoff that made Hit Comics' humor shorts perfect for a good laugh.

Reared by lions on the African veldt, Lion Boy has lived his entire life in the jungle—until the arrival of schoolteacher Mary Blake awakens his heart. When District Commissioner Jim sets out to track down two dangerous ex-convicts seeking revenge, Lion Boy pledges to protect him for Mary's sake, calling on his lion brother Sambar to help him guard Jim through the perilous bush.

When a vengeful aristocrat commandeers an island to strike back at the military presence on his land, two American servicemen find themselves caught in his twisted revenge scheme—complete with dangerous imported reptiles he plans to unleash on the country. With menace mounting and no way off the island, the two men must outwit Baron Revals and his deadly menagerie to survive his wrath.

In "The Secret Pact," Neon stands firm against Shickler’s invasion of Slovia, using his powers not just to defend but to inspire a nation toward self-rule. With quiet determination, he helps the people of Slovia take their first steps toward building a democratic future.

Blaze and Pat rocket to the dark side of the moon only to discover a world of beautiful gardens hiding something far more sinister—carnivorous plants and man-eating vines that separate the two explorers and threaten to drag them into a nightmarish alien ecosystem. Trapped on an extraterrestrial landscape where even the flowers are weapons, they must fight their way back to their rocket before the moon's hostile flora claims them both.