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Issue: Top Notch Comics #4 Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1940
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Issues: #4 of 27 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/01/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Abner Sundell ?
Disclose Notes: Some info verified using a DCM scan (http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/).

On sale date from the publication date found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Second class permit. Copyright number 447041.
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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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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Notation
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Pencilling below masthead.
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Wizard [Blane Whitney]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Bundonians Bomb Texas!!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): I: Jane (Wizard's fiancee) and her father (both are Texans!); V: The Bundonians (I)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
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In South America

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): I: Sr. Valera, Rana Valera; V: Pruvians (I), Gen. Callero (I)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Death of Prospector Joe

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Moore of the Mounted
Character(s): Sgt. Moore (a Mountie, introduction)), Prospector Joe (introduction, death); Vladimir (villain, introduction); Vladimir's partner partner (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: An old prospector is killed by two men, and Sergeant Moore sets after them on skis.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Only appearance.

The very long legs wide apart, and small heads often seen from below and sqeezed from above, are all signs of Meskin. Compare with the previous story.
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The Devil Is a Mule

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? [as JR] (signed)
Inker(s): ? [as JR] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Buffalo Bill Cody
Synopsis: An Army mule cast the die that almost nipped Buffalo Bill's career in the bud.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Signed JR in the second illustration
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The Landing on Mars

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): I: Streak Chandler, Prof. Finlay, Vola Finlay, Lokis, Ferrugas; V: Two gangsters (I)
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Pages: 6
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Captured by the British

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): V: The Nazis
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Pages: 8
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Noodle; Queenie
First Line: Hi'ya, Queenie--wot's new in storyland?
Synopsis: Noodle tries to prove he could rescue a damsel in distress.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The Noodle story in the previous issue was signed by Kin Platt, and this art looks very similar to that story. This feature is the only credit for "Quincy" in Bails.
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Immigrant Smugglers Meet with Doom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Bob Phantom [Walt Whitney]; The Master (villain, introduction, death?); Princess Ah-Ku (villain); Trigger Slumm (villain); Butch (villain); other smugglers (villains, introduction for all)
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Pages: 6
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Moriarity, the Sports Gambler

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): V: Moriarity and his gang (I for all); I: Kid Burns, Pedro Lang
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Final appearance of the "Stacey Knight, M.D." feature.
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Frozen Out of the Game

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Keith Kornell; Bob Seymour; Gerry Stevens; Two holdup men (villains)
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Pages: 5
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): The Shield; The Wizard; Midshipman; The West Pointer
First Line: The Shield Meets the Wizard
Synopsis: Promo for Pep Comics 4 and Top Notch Comics 5, which will have cross-overs between 4 different features who "combine to smash the most dastardly of plots ever conceived for the destruction of the life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness of the United States of America."
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Pages: 1
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The Underseas Men

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Kardak; The Anderran Fishtails (mermen), Lorna Dorne; The Mocha Men and their Magator (villains, introduction for all)
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Pages: 6

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