Golden Age Appearances of the Red Bee (1940-1955)
Issue |
Cover Appearance? |
Comment |
Reprinted In |
Hit Comics #1 |
Yes |
"The Origin of the Red Bee" - origin and 1st appearance |
Flashback #31, Gwandanaland Comics #794 |
Hit Comics #2 |
No |
(no title) - busts up Al Snead and his gang of crooked politicans profiting at the expense of cities suffering from a plague |
Gwandanaland Comics #794 |
Hit Comics #3 |
No |
(no title) - solves the murder of a photographer who accidently witnesses a crime |
Gwandanaland Comics #794 |
Hit Comics #4 |
No |
(no title) - vs. Dr. Marah, a crooked "spiritualist" drugging wealthy men and compelling them to commit suicide |
Gwandanaland Comics #794 |
Hit Comics #5 |
Yes |
(no title) - captures murder ring operating out of a flatbed barge |
Gwandanaland Comics #794 |
Hit Comics #6 |
Yes |
"Swords of Death" - vs. Kalak and Rugi |
Gwandanaland Comics #794 |
Hit Comics #7 |
Yes |
(no ttile) - thwarts Buddan's racket |
Gwandanaland Comics #794 |
Hit Comics #8 |
No |
(no title) - reforms street toughs |
Gwandanaland Comics #794 |
Hit Comics #9 |
No |
(no title) - thwarts submarine assualt off the West Coast |
Gwandanaland Comics #794 |
Hit Comics #10 |
No |
(no ttile) - thwarts crooks operating out of Chinatown |
Gwandanaland Comics #794 |
Hit Comics #11 |
No |
(no title) - thwarts crime at auto factory |
Gwandanaland Comics #794 |
Hit Comics #12 |
No |
(no title) - vs. Grotoff and gang |
Gwandanaland Comics #794 |
Hit Comics #13 |
No |
(no title) - breaks up milk racketeering racket with sidekick Micheal the Bee |
Gwandanaland Comics #794 |
Hit Comics #14 |
No |
(no title) - vs. a jilted lover turned to murder |
Gwandanaland Comics #794 |
Hit Comics #15 |
No |
(no title) - brings murderer Leo Madden to justice |
Gwandanaland Comics #794 |
Hit Comics #16 |
No |
(no title) - Solves the murder of a Chinese man by an opium smuggling ring |
Gwandanaland Comics #794 |
Hit Comics #17 |
No |
(no title) - reforms Billy Callahan and breaks up local gang |
Gwandanaland Comics #794 |
Hit Comics #18 |
No |
(no title) - A framed man's daughter is kidnapped and rescued by the Red Bee, who also clears the father's name |
Gwandanaland Comics #794 |
Hit Comics #19 |
No |
(no title) - captures Ratzenski and gang with the help of Valerie Ransome |
Gwandanaland Comics #794 |
Hit Comics #20 |
No |
(no title) - captures Abner Twist, who sabotages skyscrapers to ruin a competitor |
Gwandanaland Comics #794 |
Hit Comics #21 |
No |
(no title) – Blacky Meyers finishes his prison sentence and fires up his old protection racket until the Red Bee shuts him down |
Gwandanaland Comics #794 |
Hit Comics #22 |
No |
(no title) – Red Bee breaks up a flare-up in hostilities between the Clancey and Franco gangs |
Gwandanaland Comics #794 |
Hit Comics #23 |
No |
(no title) - captures the Gordan Gang after they frame Joe Phillips |
Gwandanaland Comics #794 |
Hit Comics #24 |
No |
(no title) - breaks up a gang of thugs hijacking medical supplies |
Gwandanaland Comics #794 |
Uncle Sam Comics #2 |
No |
"Revolt of the Villains" - cameo appearance only |
Gwandanaland Comics #1525-A |