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Hit Comics #19 is an issue of the series [[{{{Title}}} Vol {{{Volume}}}|{{{Title}}} (Volume {{{)]] with a cover date of January, 1942.
Synopsis for Stormy Foster: "Tokoyan Sabotage"
Caption: "Yellow termites, scheming to destroy the lives of American soldiers enroute to Panama, become the targets of Stormy Foster, a shy drug clerk, in his smashing role as The Great Defender!"
He saves one of two troopships, and performs rescue work aboard a second one, which is badly damaged by a Tokoyan firebomb planted in its coal bunker.
Appearing in Stormy Foster: "Tokoyan Sabotage"
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- Doc Vaughan
- Ah Choo
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- Monte, getaway driver
- Monte's unnamed partner
- Consul Yogoda
- Yogoda's bodyguards, Kurach et.al.
- Tokoyan saboteurs
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Synopsis for Ghost of Flanders: "The Theft of the Scouting Plane"
The Ghost must take on a monocle-wearing Nazi-style foreign spy named Hans Sheink. Sheink's gang's insignia is a capital "X", and it operates at least two modern warplanes of its own. They force a new Navy scout plane to land, 40 miles from Metropole City, and steal it.
Appearing in Ghost of Flanders: "The Theft of the Scouting Plane"
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- Hans Sheink
- his gang
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- Metropole City
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- New Navy scout plane
Synopsis for Hercules: "The Pipeline Saboteurs"
Caption: "The one-man Axis-buster Hercules plows under a heap of sabotage, proving again that one free American can beat ten dictator-bossed aliens."
Joe shows up at an oil-pipeline construction site, dressed in his super suit, and asks for permission to help out, gets it, and starts laying pipe. Bad guys try to stop him, but he stops them. A crane operator drops half a ton of iron piping on Hercules' head; he shrugs it off. No concussions for him. A volley of bullets bounces off Hercules' body. "A little playful shooting I can understand ... but tossing axes around is not ethical!" Hercules gets run over by a large construction tractor, but flips it over with one kick. In the end the saboteurs are out of energy and ideas and under arrest.
Appearing in Hercules: "The Pipeline Saboteurs"
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- Brock
- at least a dozen other saboteurs
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Synopsis for Betty Bates, Lady at Law: "The Phony Private Detective"
Appearing in Betty Bates, Lady at Law: "The Phony Private Detective"
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Synopsis for The Red Bee: "Ratznestski the Car Crook"
Caption: "Terror of the rats who swarm through the underworld, the Red Bee, in reality Rick Raleigh, assistant to the District Attorney, tackles a vicious racket where human lives come second to a bloody dollar."
At his office, Rick Raleigh meets a very angry young lady named Valerie Ransome, who wants the D.A.'s help in regard to a stolen car that she had bought. She tags along and involves herself in the case way more than is appropriate, and participates victoriously in the fisticuffs as well.
Appearing in The Red Bee: "Ratznestski the Car Crook"
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- District Attorney Hawkes
- Michael, the Red Bee's bee
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- Ratznetski, a crooked used-car dealer
- his two henchmen
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- Red Bee's bright red motorcycle with sidecar
Synopsis for Bob and Swab: "San Pedro Shore Duty"
Appearing in Bob and Swab: "San Pedro Shore Duty"
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Synopsis for The Strange Twins: "The Burma Road Bombers"
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Synopsis for Lion Boy: "Liberating the Lion Cubs"
Appearing in Lion Boy: "Liberating the Lion Cubs"
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Synopsis for Don Glory: "Shipyard of Saboteurs"
Appearing in Don Glory: "Shipyard of Saboteurs"
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Notes
- Stormy Foster: "Tokoyan Sabotage"
- Stormy Foster can punch his way through a solid steel door, and can tear thick steel bars out of a sturdy cage. He can't catch a car going 70 mph. He can dodge machine-gun bullets.
- The Great Defender is konked unconscious with a rifle butt, the first known concussion of his career.
- Poking the Great Defender with a narcotic-loaded hypodermic needle has the effect of reviving him back into the fight.
- The Great Defender uses a hand grenade to wipe out at least one Tokoyan soldier; his body count is now at least 5, and probably significantly higher.
- Military Transport authorities recognize The Great Defender on sight and let him borrow a speedboat with no questions asked, so he's already established a favorable reputation.
- In the Quality Universe, the Axis Powers included: Aryania, Austria, Barbaria, Bothnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Darmania, Dunland, Germany, Govania, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Jarmania, Kampfland, Latavia, Nordicha, North Germany, Romania, Tokoya, Tuvania, and others.
- Ghost of Flanders: "The Theft of the Scouting Plane"
- The Ghost of Flanders' only weapon is a bayonet, which he throws with deadly accuracy.
- The Red Bee: "Ratznestski the Car Crook"
- On page 3 of this story, Rick Raleigh gets punched unconscious, from behind, and on page 4 he is knocked out by a scalp-grazing bullet. These are the (at least) 9th and 10th concussions of his career.
- This issue of Hit Comics also featured:
- Dan Tootin: "The Important Job", by Jack Cole
- Tommy Tinkle, by Arthur Beeman
See Also
- [[:Category:{{{Title}}} Vol {{{Volume}}}|Cover gallery for the Hit Comics series]]
- Images from Hit Comics Vol 1 19