Top-Notch Comics #20

(October 1941)

[The Mark of the Monster] (Table of Contents)

Black Hood / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harry Shorten

Pencils:

Al Camy

Inks:

Al Camy

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

The Monster [Mark Horley] (Villain; Intro; Death)

[Murder and Politics] (Table of Contents)

Wizard / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harry Shorten

Pencils:

Al Camy

Inks:

Al Camy

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

James Talcott (Intro); Paul Travers (Intro); Townley Bates (Villain; Intro); Hawley (Villain; Intro)

[The Russian Border Raid Incident] (Table of Contents)

Fran Frazer / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Biern

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

Spy

Characters:

Fran Frazer (news-photographer); Hal Davis (reporter); Nazis (Villain)

Synopsis:

Their car stopping in the mountains of Russia, Fran and Hal must find a place to spend the night, and stumle into a German-Japanese spy center.

Indexer Notes

Originally credited to Irv Novick, but the faces with narrow pointed ears are not his work, nor anything else.

[The Payroll Truck Robbery] (Table of Contents)

Keith Kornell / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ed Bresnick (signed)

Pencils:

Warren King [as King] (signed)

Inks:

Warren King [as King] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Adventure

Characters:

Keith Kornell; Robbers

Synopsis:

A U.S. Army payroll truck is hijacked.

The Whirling Dervish (Table of Contents)

Firefly / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harry Shorten

Pencils:

Warren King [as King] (signed)

Inks:

Warren King [as King] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

The Firefly [Harley Hudson]; Whirling Dervish (Villain; Intro); Dr. Forbes (Intro; Death); Lucille Forbes (Intro)

Synopsis:

A Hindu fakir is attempting to send the Firefly to his death by using remotecontrol hypnosis.

[Lou Romelli Muscles In] (Table of Contents)

St. Louis Kid / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harry Shorten

Pencils:

George Storm

Inks:

George Storm

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Sports

Characters:

St. Louis Kid; Lou Romelli (Villain; Intro); Benson (Villain; Intro)

Synopsis:

The crook, Romelli, wants to buy Mills' contract with the Kid.

Indexer Notes

Originally credited to Lin Streeter, but this is Storm, who is credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. Compare the art with his credited Hangman story in Pep Comics #19. Very unique artwork.

[The Sinking of the Shroud] (Table of Contents)

Wings Johnson / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Blair

Pencils:

Ed Smalle

Inks:

Ed Smalle

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Nazis (Villain)

[The Doctor's Double] (Table of Contents)

Bob Phantom / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harry Shorten

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

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Content Information

Characters:

Bob Phantom [Walt Whitney]; Anne Clark (Intro); Dr. Clark (Intro); A gang of crooks (Villain; Intro)

Synopsis:

Criminals has learned of a new type of gas which Dr. Clark was working on and they wanted to get control of it.

Indexer Notes

Originally credited to Bernard Klein, but the faces, and hands with very long fingers, and narrow, pointed ears are not his work. The same unknown artist as on the Fran Frazer story in this issue.

[A Lesson In Tolerance] (Table of Contents)

Kardak / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Eddie Brecnick (signed)

Pencils:

Paul Reinman (signed)

Inks:

Paul Reinman (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Occult

Characters:

Nazis (Villain)