"The Hit!" is the main story from issue #523 of the American ongoing superhero fantasy comic series Adventures of Superman, published by DC Comics. It was written by Karl Kesel with artwork by Stuart Immonen. Inks were provided by José Marzan, Jr. with coloring by Glenn Whitmore and lettering by Albert De Guzman. The cover art for this issue was illustrated by Stuart Immomen on pencils, José Marzan, Jr. on inks with Glenn Whitmore as cover colorist and Android Images doing the color separations. It was edited by Mike Carlin with Chris Duffy as assistant editor. This issue shipped with a May, 1995 cover date and carried a cover price of $1.95 per copy (US).
The S-shield logo beneath the publisher information box on the cover now includes Clark Kent's glasses laying over top of it. This is part of the banner design for the "The Death of Clark Kent" storyline.
Lois Lane makes a one-panel cameo appearance in this issue only.
After witnessing Clark Kent rocket off while wearing a cowboy hat, a Denver civilian compares him to a "super Lone Ranger type". The Lone Ranger is a fictional Western pulp hero created by Fran Striker and George W. Trendle. He is a masked ex-Texas Ranger who, with his Indian companion Tonto, fights injustice in the American Old West.
One of the snacks that Superman gets for Pa Kent is a package of Twinkles. These are a pastiche of the popular American pastry snack, Twinkies.
Superman chronologically appeared last in Superman, Volume 2 #100. He appears next in Action Comics #710.
