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Issue: Top Notch Comics #21 Public Domain
Publication Date: November 1941
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Issues: #21 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: 09/15/1941
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (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
Credits
Penciller(s): Al Camy (signed)
Inker(s): Al Camy (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Black Hood, Wizard, Roy
Character(s): Black Hood [Kip Burland]; Wizard [Blane Whitney]; Roy
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Pages: 1
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The Animal Man Strikes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Shorten
Penciller(s): Al Camy
Inker(s): Al Camy
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Black Hood
Character(s): The Animal Man (villain, introduction, death); Black Hood [Kip Burland]; Frank Thomas; Bonga (gorilla); Barbara Sutton; David Crane; Tanto (elephant); Sgt. McGinty
First Line: Grrrr!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
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The Voodoo Murders

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Shorten
Penciller(s): Warren King ?
Inker(s): Warren King ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): Wizard
Character(s): Wizard [Blane Whitney]; Roy; Jane; Dr. Strong (villain, intro, death); Dr. Strong's gang (villains, intro)
Synopsis: Woodo murders Professor Lang, noted explorer.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Originally credited to Al Camy, but this is not him. Compare the gaping square faces in his signed Black Hood story. More probably by King, when looking at all the tilted heads and the slender girl.
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The Two New Harem Additions

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Biern
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Feature(s): Fran Frazer
Character(s): Fran Frazer (photographer); Hal Davis (reporter); Von Berg (villain); Arab chieftain (villain, intro)
Synopsis: Fran and Hal find themself in a harem in Arabia.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Originally credited to Irv Novick, but the movements of the figures are too stiff and clumsy, and none of his faces are found here. This unknown artist with narrow pointed ears and vey long fingers, are found in several other stories, like Zambini and Fran Frazer.
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The Glider Incident

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Shorten
Penciller(s): Warren King
Inker(s): Warren King
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Keith Kornell
Character(s): Col. Crawford (Intro)
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Pages: 5
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The Return of the Dervish

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Shorten
Penciller(s): Warren King
Inker(s): Warren King
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Firefly
Character(s): Whirling Dervish (villain, death); Rico Lopez (villain, intro, death); Lucille Forbes [Tallon] (guest star)
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Pages: 6
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Lou Morelli Muscles Out

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Shorten
Penciller(s): Bob Montana (signed on splash panel)
Inker(s): Bob Montana?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): St. Louis Kid
Character(s): Lou Morelli (villain); St. Louis Kid; Mary; Windy Mills
First Line: Here's where you get yours for double-crossing Morelli, wise guy!
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Pages: 6
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The Remote-Controlled Armada

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Blair
Penciller(s): Ed Smalle
Inker(s): Ed Smalle
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Wings Johnson
Character(s): Nazis (villain); Wings Johnson; Henry Higgins; Marty Blakeman; Marshall Von Kittle
First Line: Wings Johnson, with Henry Higgins, an observer and Marty Blakeman as rear gunner, lead a squadron...
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The Murder of Carmen Yolanda

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Shorten
Penciller(s): Warren King ?
Inker(s): Warren King ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Bob Phantom
Character(s): Bob Phantom [Walt Whitney]; Jinx Friday (secretary); Beecher [Little Bear Beecher] (villain, intro); Carmen Yolanda (intro, death); Wallace McLaglen (intro)
Synopsis: A movie star is killed on a cruise ship.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Originally credited to Bernard Klein. None of his angry eyed faces in side view are present. More probably King, with his heads and figures popping up along the panel borders.
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Battle Boy's Big Race

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Shorten
Penciller(s): Paul Reinman
Inker(s): Paul Reinman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Kardak
Character(s): Mr. Lindsay (introduction); Joan Lindsay (introduction); Kardak; Balthar
First Line: Boy, that's speed!
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Pages: 5

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