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Issue: Top Notch Comics #3 Public Domain
Publication Date: February 1940
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Issues: #3 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: 01/02/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (12 stories, 1 cover)
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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
Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Wizard [Blane Whitney]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Blasting the Borentals

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Character(s): Borentals (Villain; Intro)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
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Kang the Terrible

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Character(s): Kang (Villain; Intro; Death)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Trigger Slum Gang

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Character(s): Trigger Slum (Villain; Introduction; a gangster)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The "Bob Phantom" feature used to appear in Blue Ribbon Comics (Archie, 1939 Series), but has now moved to Top Notch Comics.
The last appearance of Bob Phantom (Walt Whitney) was in Blue Ribbon Comics (Archie, 1939 Series) #3 (January 1940).
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Biscuits and Six-Guns

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Butch Cassidy; Pearl Hart
Synopsis: True story of Pearl Hart, lady gunslinger.
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Pages: 2
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The Bo Driscoll Case

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Character(s): Stacey Knight, M. D. (Intro); Bo Driscoll (Villain; Intro)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Sky Raiders of the Western Front

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Character(s): Von Schiller (Villain)
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: formerly Air Patrol
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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Noodle; Dorothy
First Line: Hello, Dorothy--Wot'cha thinkin' about?
Synopsis: Despite having no money, Noodle treats his friend Dorothy to a soda--and pays the price in another way.
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Pages: 1
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Count Sarlo and the Smugglers

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Character(s): Count Sarlo (Villain; Intro)
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Final appearence of the "Swift of the Secret Service" feature.
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The Rescue of Princess Elda

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Scott Rand; Kruzzo (villain)
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Final appearence of the "Scott Rand in the Worlds of Time" feature.
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Genres: non-fiction
First Line: "Rubber" actually got its name from the fact that it is used to erase or 'rub' out--
Synopsis: Four factoids with one spot illustration each.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A caricature of Bob Wood at the drawing board appears on this feature.
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Quarterback with a Wounded Wing

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Character(s): Keith Kornell; Bob Seymour; Gerry Stevens
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Pages: 5
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: Now on sale at your news stand
Synopsis: House ad for "Blue Ribbon Comics."
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The cover of issue 3 of "Blue Ribbons Comics" is reproduced in the ad, but it is slightly different than the final version. The artwork is the same, but the masthead is different, there is no date or price shown, and the illustration in the ad has only one text box, whereas the printed cover has two.
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This Is the True Story of Herman Taylor

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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Final appearance of the "Manhunters" feature in Archie Comics. This feature will later be revived by Chesler / Dynamic in 1944, under the expanded names "Manhunters Guardians of the Law" and "Manhunters -- Crime on the Run", starting with Snap Comics (Chesler / Dynamic, 1944 Series) #9.

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