Top-Notch Comics #2

(January 1940)

[The Sybernians Attack Alaska] (Table of Contents)

Wizard / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Harr (signed)

Pencils:

Edd Ashe (signed)

Inks:

Edd Ashe (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Wizard [Blaine Whitney]; The Sybernians (Villain; Intro)

[Visit To 2000 A.D.] (Table of Contents)

Scott Rand / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder?

Pencils:

Jack Binder (signed)

Inks:

Jack Binder (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Science Fiction

Characters:

Scott Rand; Thor (viking); Princess Elda; Dr. Meade; Martians (Villain; Intro)

[Don Carlos Has Risen From the Grave--Or Has He?] (Table of Contents)

Swift of the Secret Service / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Charles Biro

Inks:

Charles Biro

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Crime

Characters:

Rex Swift; Tony (Villain; Intro); Joe (Villain; Intro); other counterfeiters (Villain; Intro); Don Carlos (Intro; Death before story opens)

Indexer Notes

The faces and the thin shading inklines, and hands, chins and noses look very much like Biro on Steel Sterling in Zip Comics #1.

In the Foreign Legion (Table of Contents)

Dick Storm / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harry Shorten

Pencils:

Mort Meskin

Inks:

Mort Meskin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Adventure

Characters:

Dick Storm (Intro); Capt. Dumont (Intro); Arabs (Villain); Gollas (Villain; Intro); Zurko (Villain; Intro)

Drum Language (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Jungle

Characters:

Barton; Lee; Ivers

[The Return of Von Schiller] (Table of Contents)

Air Patrol (Wings Johnson) / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Blair

Pencils:

Irv Novick (signed)

Inks:

Irv Novick (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Aviation; War

Characters:

Ben Johnson (pilot); Capt. Von Schiller (Villain); Nazis (Villain)

[The Rifle Spies] (Table of Contents)

West Pointer / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harry Shorten?

Pencils:

Henry Kiefer

Inks:

Henry Kiefer

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Keith Kornell; Docker (Villain; Intro); other spies (Villain; Intro)

Synopsis:

A stranger meets Keith Kornell seemingly by accident, but he is offering him money for having a look at one of the new style Army rifles.

Indexer Notes

Originally credited to Ed Wexler, but it is not near his signed art on West Pointer in #6. The faces, figures and inking are totally different. This is unmistakably the work of Kiefer, with his very peculiar eyes that never seem to focus on anything, and faces with no variation. Compare with his credited story in Planet Comics #1, and in Fantastic Comics #3, both from the same period.

[Shooting On Center Street] (Table of Contents)

Stacey Knight, M.D. / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Lin Streeter (signed)

Inks:

Lin Streeter (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Crime

Characters:

Stacey Knight (Intro); Derby Morgan (Villain; Intro); Red Mullin (Villain; Intro); dope smugglers (Villain; Intro)

[The Phony Spiritualists] (Table of Contents)

Mystic (Kardak) / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harry Shorten?

Pencils:

Mort Meskin

Inks:

Mort Meskin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Occult

Characters:

Joe and his gang (Villain; Intro)

Indexer Notes

Originally credited to C. A. Winter, but this is the unmistakeable faces of Meskin, squinting eyes and long jaws, and tall figures with small heads.

California's Kidnap-Murder Mystery (Table of Contents)

Manhunters / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Cole (signed)

Pencils:

Jack Cole (signed)

Inks:

Jack Cole (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Crime

Indexer Notes

true-crime story