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Hit Comics #4 (1940)

Quality Comics · 1940 · 68 pages

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ContinueHit Comics #5 →
Contains 11 stories
The Future Society
7 pp · superhero · script ? (signed as B. H. Apiary)
Vanger (introduction)Dr. Marah (villain)Lizak (villain)

When a string of wealthy suicides all leave their fortunes to the mysterious "Future Society," the D.A. suspects foul play—and his hunch leads him straight to the hypnotic influence of Dr. Marah and his accomplice Lizak. The Red Bee infiltrates Dr. Marah's operation to uncover a sinister scheme involving a rigged crystal ball and a hidden needle designed to bend victims to the villain's will. It's a race against time to stop the macabre plot before another soul falls under the society's dark control.

The Budapest Crime Syndicate
7 pp · adventure
Rod Strange (villain)Doug StrangeWing Low
The Case of the Crooked Eights
5 pp · detective-mystery
Betty Bates (intro)Roland Lawson (villain)Harvey Barth (villain)Fred Conlin (intro)

When lawyer Betty Bates takes on Fred Conlin's case—he's been accused of strangling a young woman named Peggy—she refuses to believe her client guilty. As Bates digs deeper, a suspicious phone call and a peculiar handwriting detail put her on the trail of the real culprit: Harvey Barth's employer, Roland Lawson, who had darker motives for the crime than anyone realized.

Assignment: Tradheim
6 pp · spy · script ? (signed as Cary Weyt)
X-5Von Setz (villain)
The Modern Art Robbery
6 pp · detective-mystery · script ? (signed as Lowell Riggs)
Jack DoeJill DoeSquee (villain)
The Overland Bus Mystery
6 pp · superhero · script ? (signed as Gregg Powers)
HerculesWilliam Onslow (villain)Pike (villain) Blacky (villain)
Black Starred Skull
5 pp · horror-suspense · script ? (signed as Pierre Winter)
The Old Witch

The Old Witch spins a cautionary tale of a vain Queen who grows obsessed with a mystical black star after a hideous Princess reveals she possesses it, leading her to coerce a magician into granting her the mark—only to discover the star comes with a terrible price. When the Queen's cruelty spirals into tyranny and bloodshed, the magic she sought takes its final, devastating form. A darkly satisfying reminder, the Old Witch tells us, of what greed and jealousy can cost.

King of the Rockmen
5 pp · science fiction · script ? (signed as Roy Talon)
Blaze BartonBettyThe Rockmen (villains)their King (Intro)
Cockroach Detail
6 pp · adventure; humor
Antigravitol
2 pp · humor
Tommy TinkleMary LouSniff (Intro, villain)

When Tommy Tinkle and Mary Lou stumble upon the Professor's antigravity formula, they race to stop the villain Sniff from stealing it—but in a comedic twist, they end up covered in the experimental compound themselves. This lighthearted two-pager from *Hit Comics* #4 (1940) proves that even the best-laid plans to catch a cloud can take an unexpected turn.

The Transatlantic Bridge
7 pp · superhero
President Franklin D. RooseveltDictator of Kampfland (villain, introduction)

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