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Issue: Top Notch Comics #7 Public Domain
Publication Date: August 1940
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Issues: #7 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: 06/03/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Harry Shorten ?
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 3.
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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
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Wizard; The Shield
First Line: Ready Shield!
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Pages: 1
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The Mosconians Attack California

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Character(s): The Shield (Guest Star); Mosconians (Villains)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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The Knight of the Griffin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Character(s): The Knight of the Griffin (Villain; Intro; Death); Lady Morgana De Fay (Villain; Intro); Merlin (Intro); Gawain (Intro)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Kidnapping in Dragon Alley

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Foley (Villain; Introduction); Ling Chung (Villain; Introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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A Disappearing River

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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The Space Pirate from Venus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): King Quantus (Villain; Introduction); Ionians (Villain)
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Pages: 6
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The Diamond Flight Mystery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Character(s): The Nazis (Villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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In India

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Jessup (Intro); Margie Conway (Intro); Ah Ming (Villain; Intro)
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: continued in next issue
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Noodle; a lady; baby
First Line: Wonder what that lady wants
Synopsis: Noodle accepts ten cents to "watch" a baby while the child's mother shops. He doesn't realise "watch" means "take care of" the infant.
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Disclose Notes: Final appearance of the "Noodle" feature.
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The Insurance Fire Racket

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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Killer Maloney (Villain; Intro; Death); J. P. Bloater (Villain; Intro); Vivian Coral (Intro)
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Pages: 6
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Sham Battle at Fort Riley

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Subject Matter
Character(s): Keith Kornell; a spy ring (Villains, Introduction, Death)
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Pages: 5
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
First Line: The secret of The Shield Revealed!
Synopsis: House ad for Shield-Wizard Comics 1.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover of Shield-Wizard 1 is shown, art by Edd Ashe.
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The Master Brahmins: Part 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Brahmins (Villain); Balthar (Intro)
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Pages: 6

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