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Issue: Top Notch Comics #5 Public Domain
Publication Date: May 1940
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Issues: #5 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: 03/15/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 13 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Abner Sundell ?
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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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Genres: fantasy
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Pages: 1
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The Mosconian Menace: Part 3

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): J. Edgar Hoover; Mosconians (villains)
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Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Story continued from The Midshipman feature in Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #4. Continued in The West Pointer feature in this issue.
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The Knighting of Galahad

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Character(s): Sir Galahad (introduction); King Arthur (introduction); Sir Kay (introduction); Lynette (introduction); Round Table Knights (introduction); Sir Gilbert (villain, introduction, death)
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Pages: 6
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Origin of Shanghai Sheridan

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Chan Sing-Tan (introduction); Madame and General Kang Shy-Check (introduction for both); Ah Mee (introduction); Wu-Fang (villain, introduction); Japanese spies (villains)
Synopsis: When Jack Sheridan’s father was killed by the invaders in 1931, young Jack was adopted by his father’s wise and wealthy old friend, Chan Sing-Tan. Jack vowed to avenge his father’s death and swore never to rest until he had driven the invaders from the land of the peaceful Chinese, and to this end he trains himself to become a marvel in the sciences, the Hindu art of escape, boxing and jiu-jitsu, and ancient Chinese magic and illusion.
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Pages: 6
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Dances of the Wild West

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Synopsis: Article discussing dancing and music in the Old West.
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Pages: 2
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Gas-Men of Mars

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Character(s): The Gas-Men (introduction); Rega (introduction); Kalox (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 6
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The Court-Martial of Wings Johnson

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Character(s): Wings Johnson; Von Schiller (villain, death); Nazis (villain)
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Pages: 8
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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Noodle; Mom
First Line: Mom--can I have a quarter to go to the movies?
Synopsis: Noodle's mother tells him to work for his spending money. This backfires on her.
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On the Island of the Devil Devil Doctor

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Character(s): Dick Storm; Burton (villain, introduction); a tribe of headhunters (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 6
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The Kidnapping of Sally Iver

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Sally Iver (introduction); Mortimer Iver (introduction); Ah-Ku and her gang (villains)
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Pages: 6
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First Line: Bigger and Better Than Ever Before!
Synopsis: House ad for "Blue Ribbon Comics" 4.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover of issue 4 reproduced.
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The Mosconian Menace: Part 4

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Character(s): The Mosconians (villains)
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Story continued from The Wizard feature in this issue. Continued in the Shield feature in Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #5.
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Conquest of the Mocha Men

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Mocha Men and their Magator (Villain)
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Pages: 6

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