XOW Logo
Issue: Top Notch Comics #12 Public Domain
Disclose Detail
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/15/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 CAD
$0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Harry Shorten
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 3.
  Does this data need corrections? Become an editor.
Disclose Format
Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover, newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
Disclose Reprinted In0
There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted anywhere.
Disclose Reprinted From0
There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 

Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets0
 
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Black Hood [Kip Burland]; Wizard [Blane Whitney]; Roy
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Ghost of Blanden Castle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
William Blanden (intro, death); Stokes (intro, death); Another Blanden (intro, death); Sir Oliver Blanden (intro, flashback, death); Margaret Blanden (intro, flashback, death); Sir Kingsley Blanden (intro, flashback, death); Joe Strong (intro); Ghost of Blanden Castle [John Blanden] (villain, intro)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
14
The Dentist of Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
A dentist (villain, intro); Ike (villain, intro); Joe (villain, intro); other smugglers (villain, intro)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
8
Mission in Moscograd

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
espionage
Fran Frazer (photographer); Hal Davis (reporter); Herr Fibbentop (villain, introduction); Hitwunoff (introduction)
Fran is in Moscograd, and finds a secret Axis document on the street, dropped by a German agent.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
4
Originally credited to Irv Novick, but inking, faces and awkward movements are not his work.
Louis Zorelli's Last Ride

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
Louis Zorelli (villain, intro)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
5
The Return of the Mummy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
The Mummy (Villain)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
8
Introducing the St. Louis Kid

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
St. Louis Kid [Jim Jennings] (intro, origin); Windy Mill (intro); Flossie (intro); Beef McGlown (villain, intro); Butcher Bell (villain, intro)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
6
Attack on a Train

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
aviation
The Nazis (Villains)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
6
The Explosive Light Beam

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
Prof. Charles Ehret (villain, intro)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
6
Sports Slants

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
fantasy, occult
Kardac (magician); Lorna Dorne; Balthar; The Brahmins (villains, introduction); their King (villain, introduction)
Kardak, help!
Kardak and his friends are the first mortals ever to reach the Land of the Master Brahmins, and the king will dispose of them himself.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
5
conclusion of serial

The art matches very well Hubbell's signed Kardak story in #15.

Site designed and hosted by XOWTech, Inc..
Any questions or problems with this site should be directed to REMOVE-webmaestro-THESE@xowcomics.com.

XOW, XOWComics.com, XOWTech and XOWTech.com are registered trademarks of XOWTech, Inc.
© XOWTech, Inc., 2010 - 2025. All rights reserved.

Some data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution license.