''Hit Comics'' was a

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anthology title published by

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during the

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from 1940 until 1950. The first issue of ''Hit Comics '' featured the debut of Red Bee and Neon the Unknown, among others. The comic book series had a series of other rotating cover features, including ''

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'', ''Stormy Foster'', and ''Lion Boy''. In December 1942 (issue #25), the entire line-up of features at ''Hit Comics'' changed, with a new additional character called

Kid Eternity Kid Eternity is a fictional character, a comic book superhero that premiered in '' Hit Comics'' #25 written by Otto Binder, drawn by Sheldon Moldoff, and published by American company Quality Comics in December 1942. All of Quality's intellectual ...

. The character proved to be popular enough that even his antagonists, Her Highness and Silk, were given their own strip in ''Hit Comics'' issues #29 through #57. When Quality Comics began expanding their

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line of titles in the spring of 1946, Kid Eternity got his own self-titled comic book. By the late 1940s, however, Quality Comics experienced the same post-war bust that most superhero comics were. In November 1949, Kid Eternity's self-titled magazine was discontinued (with issue #18) and his lead slot in ''Hit Comics'' was given over to Jeb Rivers, a riverboat captain (with issue #61). Steranko, Jim. ''The Steranko History of Comics'' Volume 2 (Supergraphics, 1972). The anthology title would end in July 1950.

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