Top Notch Comics
#13
(March 1941)
Archie,
1939 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1941-01-22
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
- Printer
- Printed in the U. S. A.
- Editing
- Harry Shorten (editor)
Issue 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. 1.
[no title indexed]
Black Hood; The Wizard with Roy the Super-Boy / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Black Hood [Kip Burland]; Roy; Wizard [Blane Whitney]; The Skull
[no title indexed]
Black Hood / comic story / 14 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look! Look! That murder victim! It’s me!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Black Hood [Matthew "Kip" Burland]; The Skull
[no title indexed]
The Wizard / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Back everybody!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Roy the Super-Boy [Roy Carter]; The Wizard [Blane Whitney]
[no title indexed]
Fran Frazer / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In Serbania, the powder keg of the Balkans...
- Genre
- crime; adventure
- Characters
- Fran Frazer (photographer); Hal Davis (reporter); King of Serbania; King's double
- Synopsis
- The king of Serbania is kidnapped and a double takes his place.
Indexer Notes
Originally credited to Irv Novick, but the movement of the figures are too stiff and clumsy, and none of his faces are found here.
[no title indexed]
The West Pointer / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Harry Shorten
- Pencils
- Nick Zuraw (signed)
- Inks
- Nick Zuraw (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Cadets! Your country calls for your aid in this national emergency!
- Feature Logo
- Keith Kornell
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Keith Kornell
[no title indexed]
Firefly / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Stop! …Please stop!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Firefly [Harley Hudson]
[no title indexed]
St. Louis Kid / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Holy cow! What a sock!
- Genre
- sports
[no title indexed]
Wings Johnson / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There’s that same Hurricane that fired on us yesterday!
- Genre
- aviation
[no title indexed]
Bob Phantom / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Police! Come quick!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bob Phantom [Walt Whitney]
[no title indexed]
Kardak / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The boss warned ya to get off his land!
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Kardak; Balthar; Judy Lane; Mike Lane; Kate Lane; Simon Skinner
- Synopsis
- The town's miser wants to take away the farm of the Lane family because they can't meet the notes.
Indexer Notes
The art matches very well Hubbell's signed Kardak story in #15.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Black Hood; The Wizard with Roy the Super-Boy -
1.
["Look! Look! That murder victim! It’s me!"]
Black Hood -
2.
["Back everybody!"]
The Wizard -
3.
["In Serbania, the powder keg of the Balkans..."]
Fran Frazer -
4.
["Cadets! Your country calls for your aid in this national emergency!"]
The West Pointer -
5.
["Stop! …Please stop!"]
Firefly -
6.
["Holy cow! What a sock!"]
St. Louis Kid -
7.
["There’s that same Hurricane that fired on us yesterday!"]
Wings Johnson -
8.
["Police! Come quick!"]
Bob Phantom -
9.
["The boss warned ya to get off his land!"]
Kardak
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steinar Ådland
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Clint Maxwell
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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