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Hit Comics #18

Dec 1941 · Quality Comics · 0.10 USD
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Hit Comics #18 is an anthology featuring multiple heroes. The Red Bee story involves the character battling criminals and escaping from a scuttled launch by straining ropes to break free, ultimately pursuing the mob to waiting lifeboats. The Hercules story depicts the mythological hero battling thugs and enduring various physical hazards, including sand attacks, spinning saws, and sharp discs hurled by adversaries. The Ghost of Flanders storyline features an aerial dogfight between planes, with the protagonist pursuing a fleeing spy and later discovering a burning wreckage on an island.

Contains 11 stories
Untitled Superhero story
11 pp · Superhero
The Great Defender [Stormy Foster] (drugstore clerk, introduction)Doc VaughnAh Choo (Chinese delivery boy)Detective CooperOshinto Karu (villain)Doc Falk (villain)

When thieves target Doc Vaughn's drugstore, young clerk Stormy Foster dons a fake moustache and takes a super-vitamin that unlocks his hidden strength—just in time to face the chaos. With Doc Vaughn, Ah Choo, and Detective Cooper caught in the crossfire, the real danger may not be the robbers, but the sinister forces behind them, including the mysterious Oshinto Karu and the enigmatic Doc Falk.

Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor
Untitled Superhero story
7 pp · Superhero
Ghost of Flanders ["Rip" Graves] (introduction, origin)Fritz (villain, death)Carl (villain)Rudolf (villain)Eric (villain, death)

In this 1941 tale from Hit Comics #18, the Ghost of Flanders—Rip Graves, presumed dead since the First World War—rises from his crypt beneath the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier to thwart a Nazi sabotage plot. As Fifth Columnists Fritz, Carl, Rudolf, and Eric attempt to steal vital defense plans from Fort Brigg, the spectral hero emerges to stop them, his origin still shrouded in wartime mystery.

Untitled Detective-Mystery story
6 pp · Detective-Mystery
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor
Untitled Adventure story
5 pp · Adventure, Humor
Bob MastersSwab Decker
Untitled Superhero story
6 pp · Superhero
The Red Bee [Rick Raleigh] (District Attorney)Mary JellicoeMartin Jellicoe
Untitled Adventure story
5 pp · Adventure
Douglas StrangeRodney StrangeSpud McGuire (villain)
Untitled Jungle story
5 pp · Jungle
Untitled Superhero story
6 pp · Superhero
Hercules [Joe Hercules]two un-named monument works employeesMr. Clinton (owner of the monument works)Sledge (villain, foreman at monument works)Ferret (villain, manager at monument works)

In "null," Joe Hercules steps in when two monument works employees struggle with a heavy tombstone, only to uncover troubling welts on their backs. As he investigates further, the hero uncovers a hidden exploitation at the works—where the foreman and manager are abusing workers, siphoning their wages, all while the owner remains unaware.

Untitled Sports story
9 pp · Sports
Don GloryJune

ComicBooks.com Value

Our Model is In Beta
Raw (Good) $232
CGC 9.6 · 1 in census $12,664*
CGC 9.4 none in existence
CGC 9.2 none in existence
CGC 9.0 none in existence
CGC 8.5 none in existence
CGC 8.0 · 2 in census $2,062
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CGC 7.5 none in existence
CGC 7.0 · 3 in census $1,092
CGC 6.5 none in existence
CGC 6.0 none in existence
CGC 5.5 none in existence
CGC 5.0 · 1 in census $633*
CGC 4.5 · 1 in census $541*
CGC 4.0 · 1 in census $467
CGC 3.5 · 1 in census $418
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Our model’s value — refined as new sales data arrives · CGC census counts shown where available

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Full credits

cover pencils, inks Reed Crandall

Reprints

Reprinted in Men of Mystery Comics #91 (2013), Take That, Adolf!: The Fighting Comic Books of the Second World War #[nn] (2017), Gwandanaland Comics #1067

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