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Issue: Top Notch Comics #24

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Publication Date: February 1942

Issue #24
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- #19
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- #21
- #22
- #23
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Issues: #24 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: 12/10/1941

Volume: 1

Pages: 68

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 13 (9 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s):

Notes: Wizard and St. Louis Kid art credits, and promo pages information supplied by Gary Watson, April 2008.

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 1.

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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 (13 total)

Black Hood Smashes Murder Ring

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Black Hood [Kip Burland]; Wizard [Blane Whitney] (inset); Roy (inset)

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Pages: 1

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Genres: superhero

First Line: The thick stillness of night is shattered by the staccatto spitting… [sic]

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Pages: 14

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Genres: superhero

First Line: Did you hear that, Blane?

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Pages: 10

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Genres: espionage

Character(s): Fran Frazer (news-photographer); Hal Davis (reporter)

First Line: Hey Fran! For Pete's sake put that camera away!

Synopsis: Germans are confiscating American food shipments meant for the French, and Fran is taking pictures.

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Pages: 4

Notes: Originally credited to Irv Novick, but the movement of the figures are too stiff and awkward, and none of his faces are found here. Notice inking, the narrow pointed ears and long hands and fingers, which can be found in some other stories in Fran Frazer and Zambini, Zip Comics #23.

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Genres: adventure

First Line: What th’! Where are those bullets coming from?

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Pages: 5

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First Line: That ship looks as if it’s been through a monsoon!

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Pages: 6

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Genres: sports

First Line: I should have been champion!

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Pages: 6

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Pages: 1

Notes: Ad for Jackpot Comics #4 featuring Archie sporting blond hair.

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Genres: aviation

First Line: Quick, grab your gun!

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Pages: 6

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Bob Phantom [Walt Whitney]; Captain Casey (Police); Big Nick (Greek gambler)

First Line: Captain Casey and his squad...

Synopsis: A police raid on the gambling den of Big Nick brings no results, but Captain Casey will not give up.

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Pages: 6

Hangman Comics

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Pages: 0.9

Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 0.1

Notes: Date of filing: October 1, 1941. No circulation data included. Printed at reduced size, rendering it illegible.

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Genres: occult, superhero

Character(s): Kardak; George (gambler); Hook (villain); Hotel Detective

First Line: It is Cristmas eve!

Synopsis: A gambling man tries to commit suicide, but is stopped by Kardak.

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Pages: 5

Notes: Originally credited to Paul Reinman, but his heads are much more wedge-shaped, and with eyes far apart and out of line. This is the same artist as on many Fran Frazer stories, with very narrow, pointed ears, and long hands and fingers. There is a possible, but unreadable signature on the head light of the train. Or perhaps just a railroad name.