XOW Logo
  • Location
    • Home
    • Issue Detail, List Content Items
in for
   
by
Facebook Logo
Report a Bug Ask for Support Review Site Apply to be an Editor
Issue: Top Notch Comics #8 Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1940
Previous Base Issue Previous Issue Variant Next Issue Variant Next Base Issue
 
Disclose Detail
Issues: #8 of 27 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/15/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (10 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, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 3.
  Does this data need corrections? Become an editor.
Disclose Format
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
Format Notes:  
Disclose Reprinted In0
There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted anywhere.
Disclose Reprinted From0
There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
Notation
Needs Cropping
 
 
Assets0
 
spacer
Disclose Content Items (11 total)
Disclose Issue Images
The Marvel of 1940 Roy... The Super-Boy!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Wizard [Blane Whitney]; Roy the Super-Boy [Roy Carter]; The Firefly [Harley Hudson] (inset)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose
Roy the Super-Boy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): The Wizard [Blane Whitney]; Roy the Super-Boy [Roy Carter] (introduction, origin); John Howard (introduction, death); James Reagan; Mayor Beadle (villain, introduction); Boss Schultz (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: The Wizard becomes a newspaper publisher.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Roy's last name revealed in Shield-Wizard Comics #10.
Disclose
Origin of the Firefly

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Firefly [Harley Hudson] (chemist. biologist, introduction, origin); Joan Burton (Harley's girlfriend, introduction); Dr. Dread [aka The Professor] (villain, introduction); Selig (villain, introduction); monsters (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: An accomplished scientist, Harley Hudson discovers the secret of the tremendous strength of insects. Suddenly, the lights in the lab go out and some fireflies flicker in, lighting up the darkness. And Harley knows that he must adopt that guise of a firefly in order to light up the darkness that shrouds the underworld.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose
The Danish-Irish Attack

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): King of Pellinore (Introduction); The Irish King (Villain; Introduction); The Danish King (Villain; Introduction)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose
Ma-Ma Mosquito

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Madame Chao Yu-Tang (Introduction); The Japanese (Villains)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Final appearance of the "Shanghai Sheridan" feature.
Disclose
Lariat Law

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): The Trail Boss
Penciller(s): ? [as H.] (signed) (illustration)
Inker(s): ? [as H.] (signed) (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose
Escape on Io

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Quantus (Villain); Lura (Villain)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Final appearance of the "Streak Chandler" feature.
Disclose
The Camouflaged Air Base

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): The Nazis (Villain)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose
In India (Part 2)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Jessups (Guest Star); Margie Conway (Guest Star); Ah Ming (Villain); cannibals (Villain; Intro)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Final appearance of the "Dick Storm" feature.
Disclose
The Mystery of the Kidnapped Policemen

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Bob Phantom [Walt Whitney]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose
The Master Brahmins: Part 3

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Master of the Valley of Death (Villain; Intro)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6

Site designed and hosted by XOWTech, Inc..
Any questions or problems with this site should be directed to REMOVE-webmaestro-THESE@xowcomics.com.

XOW, XOWComics.com, XOWTech and XOWTech.com are registered trademarks of XOWTech, Inc.
© XOWTech, Inc., 2010 - 2025. All rights reserved.

Some data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution license.