Hit Comics #2

When a mysterious extortionist threatens to blow up the Couver Dam and flood the town of Meadowlane unless paid half a million dollars, Hercules finds himself caught between a duplicitous town board member named Crinch and a kidnapped science teacher, Mr. Portle, forced to aid the criminals. With the town council's ransom money in play and the dam literally cracking under pressure, Hercules must race to stop the sabotage, rescue his friend, and bring the crooks to justice before the valley is destroyed.

A young man seeking shelter in a London lodging house stumbles into something far stranger when phantom sounds from a long-ago execution ground begin to haunt the night, pulling him into a spectral reenactment of witchcraft trials. As he tries to help an innocent woman accused of sorcery, he discovers the house's dark history is far more entangled with his own bloodline than he ever imagined. The Witch spins a tale that blurs past and present in ways that defy easy explanation.

In "The Hospital Grafters," the Red Bee races to stop an influenza outbreak gripping the city, where hospitals are forced to turn away patients due to a scandal of political corruption—led by the ruthless Al Snead, who has siphoned funds meant for care. With lives hanging in the balance, the hero must confront a crisis that’s as much about greed as it is about disease.

When Tommy and Mary Lou are mysteriously swept into an underwater kingdom, they discover King Neptune's hospitality—but back on land, the mysterious villains Snipp and Snapp have stolen Max, a toy lion, from the Professor's shop. Max recognizes his captors and springs into action with surprising determination. This playful two-pager blends adventure and humor as a toy lion becomes the unlikely hero of the day.