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Issue: Top Notch Comics #20 Public Domain
Publication Date: October 1941
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Issues: #20 of 27 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/15/1941
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (9 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. 4.
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
Character(s): Black Hood [Kip Burland]; Wizard [Blane Whitney]; Roy
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Camy's signature is cropped from the GCD scan. It appears on the lower right, just below the red cape in the can at the Digital Comics Museum (https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/preview/index.php?did=229&page=1).
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jackpot Comics; Shield-Wizard Comics
Character(s): Dusty; Roy
First Line: Big guns of the comics
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Mark of the Monster

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Character(s): The Monster [Mark Horley] (villain, introduction, death); Black Hood [Kip Burland]; Harvey Willard; Barbara Sutton; Barnes; McGinty
First Line: As Harvey Willard, District Attorney, sits in his home reading...
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Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: Barbara reveals to Kip that she knows he's the Black Hood.
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Murder and Politics

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Subject Matter
Character(s): James Talcott (introduction); Paul Travers (introduction); Townley (villain, introduction); Bates (villain, introdution); Hawley (villain, introduction); Roy; Wizard [Blane Whitney]; Jane Barlow
First Line: As James Talcott is sitting at his desk working late one evening, a figure steps out...
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Pages: 10
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The Russian Border Raid Incident

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Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Character(s): Fran Frazer (news-photographer); Hal Davis (reporter); Nazis (villain); Strunsky
First Line: In a Russian border town, high in the mountains, the following scene is taking place...
Synopsis: Their car stopping in the mountains of Russia, Fran and Hal must find a place to spend the night, and stumble into a German-Japanese spy center.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Originally credited to Irv Novick, but the faces with narrow pointed ears are not his work, nor anything else.
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The Payroll Truck Robbery

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Keith Kornell; Robbers; Whitey (horse)
First Line: As a U.S. Army payroll truck travels along the lonely road...
Synopsis: A U.S. Army payroll truck is hijacked.
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Pages: 5
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The Whirling Dervish

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Firefly [Harley Hudson]; Whirling Dervish (villain, introduction); Dr. Forbes (introduction, death); Lucille Forbes (introduction)
First Line: As the Firefly speeds homeward, a strange new weapon is directed at him...
Synopsis: A Hindu fakir is attempting to send the Firefly to his death by using remote control hypnosis.
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Genres: sports
Character(s): St. Louis Kid; Lou Romelli (villain, introduction); Benson (villain, introduction); Windy Mills
First Line: In the last issue, the St. Louis Kid lost an opportunity for a crack at the champ [...]
Synopsis: The crook, Romelli, wants to buy Mills' contract with the Kid.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Black Jack; Zip Comics
Character(s): Black Jack [Jack Jones]
First Line: Fate shuffles the cards and gives you... Black Jack
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Black Jack and for Zip Comics.
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The Sinking of the Shroud

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Genres: war
Character(s): Nazis (villain); Wings Johnson; Henry
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Pages: 6
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The Doctor's Double

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Subject Matter
Character(s): Bob Phantom [Walt Whitney]; Anne Clark (introduction); Dr. Clark (introduction); A gang of crooks (villain, introduction)
First Line: A fast moving car skids as it is crossing a bridge...
Synopsis: Criminals has learned of a new type of gas which Dr. Clark was working on and they wanted to get control of it.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Originally credited to Bernard Klein, but the faces, and hands with very long fingers, and narrow, pointed ears are not his work. The same unknown artist as on the Fran Frazer story in this issue.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Art Seymour [as Seymour] (signed)
Inker(s): Art Seymour ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Captain Flag; Blue Ribbon Comics
Character(s): Captain Flag; Yank (eagle)
First Line: "Death Spans the Ocean" the newest Captain Flag adventure appears in the current issue of Blue Ribbon Comics!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Captain Flag appearing in Blue Ribbon Comics.
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Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): Nazis (villain); Kardak; Balthar; Heinrich; Butch
First Line: Why don'cha go back where ya came from ya refugee!
Synopsis: Kardak exposes a street ruffian to intolerance when he witnesses the bully abusing a refugee.
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Pages: 5
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Peck Brothers bring you their latest finds
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Ad by the Peck Brothers for mail order items.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Remington Noiseless Deluxe Portable Typewriter
First Line: This beautiful desk for only $1.00
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad for the Remington Noiseless Deluxe Portable Typewriter.

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