the red bee

[Snowy-migration]

Can anybody give me a quick description of the Red Bee from Hit comics. I have done a search on the Web and got very little. However the one thing I did find said

 

"A pathetic also-ran to the Green Hornet was the (don't laugh) Red Bee, a guy with no superpowers to speak of. When confronted with bad guys, he would release a really mean bee he kept in his belt."

 

Is this really true or a wind up?

[Snowy-migration]

I've done more searching and found it is true and the bee (the insect not the human) has a name: Michael.

[PUNYHUMAN]

Lame hero ,that's for sure. But if you collect the title , you get Reed Crandall art inside amongst others which ain't bad also !!!! The Quality comics group is worth checking out if your into the art !!!! Great covers , mostly by Lou Fine , Reed Crandall, Will Eisner, which it was his shop!!! The best cover in the run is Hit# 5 , Awesome Red Bee cover ,by Eisner & Fine!!!! IMHO!!! I'll post mine sometime, it has some Restoration, but it's a beauty!!!!!! Great series to collect!!!!

[goldust40]

Lame hero ,that's for sure. But if you collect the title , you get Reed Crandall art inside amongst others which ain't bad also !!!! The Quality comics group is worth checking out if your into the art !!!! Great covers , mostly by Lou Fine , Reed Crandall, Will Eisner, which it was his shop!!! The best cover in the run is Hit# 5 , Awesome Red Bee cover ,by Eisner & Fine!!!! IMHO!!! I'll post mine sometime, it has some Restoration, but it's a beauty!!!!!! Great series to collect!!!!

 

Agreed, Hit 5 is one of the great GA covers. Most of Fine's Hit covers were brilliant. Fantastic Comics 3 may shade 'em though - I've never seen a copy sadly.

Anybody got one?

[PUNYHUMAN]

AHHHH!!!! That my man ,is my Grail!!!!

[PovertyRow]

When confronted with bad guys, he would release a really mean bee he kept in his belt.

 

Researhed a bit and apparantly he controlled a swarm of bees but one, Michael, was his favorite!

[PUNYHUMAN]

When crime got to tough, he whipped out his stinger!!!!

[Timely]

I've always liked Hit Comics #3 (over #5) where Hercules is lifting the huge destroyer out of the water!

 

West

[PovertyRow]

When crime got to tough, he whipped out his stinger!!!!

 

You are just TOOOOO BAADDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Solar]

Agreed, Hit 5 is one of the great GA covers. Most of Fine's Hit covers were brilliant. Fantastic Comics 3 may shade 'em though - I've never seen a copy sadly.

Anybody got one?

 

Wow! I never realized the premium on this book. I just searched Heritage completed auctions to refresh my memory on this cover. A Fantastic Comics 5 in unrestored CGC 6.0 went for $517.50, while a CGC 5.5 of Fantastic Comics 4 brought in a measly $12,650!

 

I'm impressed. I am a GA newbie though...