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Harvey Hits was an American comic book series, published by
Harvey Comics Harvey Comics (also known as Harvey World Famous Comics, Harvey Publications, Harvey Comics Entertainment, Harvey Hits, Harvey Illustrated Humor, and Harvey Picture Magazines) was an American comic book publisher, founded in New York City by A ...
. The series ran from September 1957 to November 1967; in all, 122 issues were published.Overstreet, Robert (2009). ''The Official Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, 39th Edition'', p. 641. House of Collectibles, New York. . ''Harvey Hits'' was similar to DC Comics' ''Showcase'' in that it was an anthology tryout series which often featured characters that did not have their own comic series. ''Harvey Hits'' should not be confused with ''Harvey Comics Hits'', which ran in the early 1950s, or ''Harvey Hits Comics'', which ran from 1986-87 during a revival of the Harvey Comics line. Several issues of ''Harvey Hits'' are notable. Issue #3 (November 1957) was the first comic book to feature Richie Rich prominently; #7 (March 1958) was the first comic devoted to Wendy, the Good Little Witch. Besides Richie Rich and
Wendy Wendy is a given name now generally given to girls in English-speaking countries. In Britain, Wendy appeared as a masculine name in a parish record in 1615. It was also used as a surname in Britain from at least the 17th century. Its popularity ...
, many other characters featured in ''Harvey Hits'' later received their own comic magazine, including Little Sad Sack and Stumbo the Giant. By the mid-1960s, ''Harvey Hits'' settled on a rotating cast of characters that appeared every few months, including Muttsy, G.I. Juniors, and Gabby Gob. G.I. Juniors were featured in the last issue of ''Harvey Hits'', #122, cover dated November 1967.Overstreet, Robert (2009). ''The Official Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, 39th Edition'', p. 642. House of Collectibles, New York. . In 2017, a new version of ''Harvey Hits'' was published by Joe Books, a Canadian-based publishing house and book packager. The book features art by various artists, including
Art Baltazar Arthee "Art" Baltazar (born 1968) is an American comics artist and writer who currently works for DC Comics. Career Art Baltazar started making comic books with his self-published comic book, ''The Cray-Baby Adventures''. Since then he has crea ...
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