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Issue: Top Notch Comics #14

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Publication Date: April 1941

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Issues: #14 of 27 Issues

Title:

Variant: unnamed

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Publisher: Flag

Archie Publications, Inc.

Brand: none

Indicia Publisher: M. L. J. Magazines Inc.

On Sale Date: 02/15/1941

Volume: 1

Pages: 68

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 11 (10 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Abner Sundell

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.

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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

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Content Items (11 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Al Camy

Inker(s): Al Camy

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Black Hood; Wizard

Character(s): Black Hood [Kip Burland]; Roy; The Skull

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Pages: 1

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Panther Man [Helmsley] (villain; introduction; death); Cooper (villain); Mrs. Sutton (introduction); Mr. Sutton (introduction; death in flashback)

First Line: A queer feeling of danger for Barbara Sutton -- the girl he loves -- is felt by the Black Hood.

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Pages: 14

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Harley (villain; introduction); Wizard; Roy

First Line: In an everyday home [sic]

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Pages: 10

The Bombing of Taranto

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

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Subject Matter

Feature(s): Fran Frazer

Character(s): Adolf Hitler (Villain); Benito Mussolini (Villain); Josef Goebbels (Villain); the Fascists (Villain)

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Pages: 4

The Kidnappers

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Nick Zuraw

Inker(s): Nick Zuraw

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Subject Matter

Feature(s): Keith Kornell

Character(s): Jupe (Villain; Intro); Alvan (Villain; Intro)

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Pages: 5

The Claws of the Cat

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Harry Shorten

Penciller(s): Warren King [as King] (signed)

Inker(s): Warren King [as King] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Firefly

Character(s): Firefly [Harley Hudson]; Wiley (Villain; Intro; Death); Dr. Wright (Intro); Dr. Wright's daughter (Intro)

Synopsis: A girl rumored to be a jungle cat in human form.

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Pages: 6

Notes: Signed King in lower right corner of panel four.

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Writer(s): ?

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Subject Matter

Genres: sports

Character(s): St. Louis Kid [Jim Jennings]; King Terry (introduction); two gamblers (villain; introduction); Windy; Mary Malloy; Mrs. Malloy; Timothy Malloy; Flossie

First Line: Jim Jennings, the St. Louis Kid, is battling Mike McCormick in a return bout!

Synopsis: The Kid wants to throw the match to save Tim Molloy's skin, but his daughter runs a bluff.

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Pages: 6

The Inlet Invasion

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Joe Blair

Penciller(s): Ed Smalle

Inker(s): Ed Smalle

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Wings Johnson

Character(s): The Nazis (Villain)

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Pages: 6

The Broadway Jewel Robbery

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Harry Shorten?

Penciller(s): Bernard Klein [as Bobby King] (signed)

Inker(s): Bernard Klein [as Bobby King] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Bob Phantom

Character(s): Bob Phantom [Walt Whitney]; Inez (Villain; Intro); Inez's partner (Villain; Intro; Death)

Synopsis: A man and a girl rob a jewelry shop on Broadway and get away with a fortune in diamonds.

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Pages: 6

Notes: Originally credited to Warren King, but the art is identical to Klein's many signed stories in Top-Notch Comics. Notice tiny, narrow heads with angry eyebrows in sideview, and angular chin.

Breaking the Tape

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Genres: occult

Character(s): Kardac; Balthar; Alderman Hokum (introduction)

First Line: One day, as Kardak and Balthar stroll through the slums...

Synopsis: A grafting politician prevents the building of a playground for kids.

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Pages: 5

Notes: This artwork resembles Hubbell's signed story in #15.