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Issue: Top Notch Comics #2 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1940
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Issues: #2 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: 11/01/1939
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 11 (10 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, January-December 1940, Numbers 1-4. Second class permit. Copyright number 444866. Produced by Chesler Publications for the fledgling M.L.J Magazines, Inc. Louis H. Silberkleit is recorded as editor on the first published Statement of Ownership for October 1st, 1939. Abner J. Sundell was working as editor for Louis Silberkleit's pulp publications and could have acted as editor on the early M.L.J comic books.
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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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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, superhero
Character(s): Wizard [Blane Whitney]; German pilots
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In Issue: FlagAction! Mystery! Thrills! Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age: 1933-45 #[nn] published December 2011
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Sybernians Attack Alaska

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Wizard [Blane Whitney]; The Sybernians (Villains; Introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Visit to 2000 A.D.

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Scott Rand; Thor (viking); Princess Elda; Dr. Meade; Martians (Villains; Introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Don Carlos Has Risen from the Grave--Or Has He?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: crime
Character(s): Rex Swift; Tony (Villain; Introduction); Joe (Villain; Introduction); other counterfeiters (Villain; Introduction); Don Carlos (Introduction; Death before story opens)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The faces and the thin shading inklines, and hands, chins and noses look very much like Biro on Steel Sterling in Zip Comics #1.
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In the Foreign Legion

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Dick Storm (Introduction); Captain Dumont (Introduction); Arabs (Villains); Gollas (Villain; Introduction); Zurko (Villain; Introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Drum Language

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Barton; Lee; Ivers
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Pages: 2
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The Return of Von Schiller

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Genres: aviation, war
Character(s): Ben Johnson (pilot); Captain Von Schiller (Villain); Nazis (Villain)
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Pages: 8
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The Rifle Spies

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Character(s): Keith Kornell; Docker (Villain; Introduction); other spies (Villains; Introduction)
Synopsis: A stranger meets Keith Kornell seemingly by accident, but he is offering him money for having a look at one of the new style Army rifles.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Originally credited to Ed Wexler, but it is not near his signed art on West Pointer in #6. The faces, figures and inking are totally different. This is unmistakably the work of Kiefer, with his very peculiar eyes that never seem to focus on anything, and faces with no variation. Compare with his credited story in Planet Comics #1, and in Fantastic Comics #3, both from the same period.
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Shooting on Center Street

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Genres: crime
Character(s): Stacey Knight (Introduction); Derby Morgan (Villain; Introduction); Red Mullin (Villain; Introduction); dope smugglers (Villains; Introduction)
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Pages: 6
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The Phony Spiritualists

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Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): Joe (villain; introduction); his gang (Villains; Introduction)
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Originally credited to C. A. Winter, but this has the unmistakeable faces of Meskin, squinting eyes and long jaws, and tall figures with small heads.
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California's Kidnap-Murder Mystery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: crime
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: true-crime story

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