Top Notch Comics
#11
(January 1941)
Archie,
1939 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1940-11-15
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
- Editing
- Harry Shorten
Issue Notes
Available as a scan at digitalcomicmuseum.com.
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.
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.
The Marvel of 1941
Black Hood; The Wizard / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Black Hood [Kip Burland]; Wizard [Blane Whitney]; Roy; The Skull
The Case of the Infants of Death
Black Hood / comic story / 13.5 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Skull (Villain); Sgt. McGinty (Introduction); Black Hood
Indexer Notes
Page 3 is only a half page of art with the other half being an advertisment.
[The Mission House Murders]
The Wizard / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Crone and her gang (Villain; Introduction); The Wizard; Roy the Super-Boy (introduction)
[Intrigue in Istanbul]
Fran Frazer / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Harvey Biern (signed as Harvey A. Biern)
- Pencils
- Irv Novick (signed as Irving Novick)
- Inks
- Irv Novick (signed as Irving Novick)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Madame Olga (villain, introduction); her spy ring (Villains; Introduction); Fran Frazer
[The Canadian Hockey Game]
The West Pointer / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Harry Shorten (signed as H. Shorten)
- Pencils
- Nick Zuraw (signed as N. Zuraw)
- Inks
- Nick Zuraw (signed as N. Zuraw)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Feature Logo
- Keith Kornell
- Genre
- sports; spy; adventure
- Characters
- Kimball (Villain; Introduction); Keith Kornell; Tubby
- Synopsis
- West Point hosts the annual hockey game with Canadian rivals from the Royal Military Academy, but the Canadian who Kornell is hosting isn't actually a hockey player... he's a fifth columnist!
Introducing the Mummy
Firefly / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Mummy (Villain; Introduction); The Firefly [Harley Hudson]
[The Viking Attack]
Galahad / comic story / 5.66 pages
- Script
- Harry Shorten (signed as Shorten)
- Pencils
- Lin Streeter (signed as Streeter)
- Inks
- Lin Streeter (signed as Streeter)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Galahad; Thorg (Villain; Introduction); Vikings (Villains)
Indexer Notes
Galahad swears, "God's blood!" on page 5.
Final appearance of the "Galahad [Archie]" feature.
[Assignment: Calais]
Wings Johnson / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- aviation; war
- Characters
- Nazis (Villain); Wings Johnson; Henry Higgins
Death Stalks the Prize Ring
Bob Phantom / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Harry Shorten
- Pencils
- Bernard Klein (signed as Bobby King)
- Inks
- Bernard Klein (signed as Bobby King)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Mack Jack (Villain; Introduction; Death); Mark Jack's gang (Villain; Introduction); The Masked Mauler (Introduction); Snowball (Introduction); Bob Phantom
In the Land of Ice [Part 6]
Kardak / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Harry Shorten
- Pencils
- Bernard Klein (signed as Bobby King)
- Inks
- Bernard Klein (signed as Bobby King)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- The Ice People and their King (Villain; Intro)
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Marvel of 1941
Black Hood; The Wizard -
1.
The Case of the Infants of Death
Black Hood -
2.
[The Mission House Murders]
The Wizard -
3.
[Intrigue in Istanbul]
Fran Frazer -
4.
[The Canadian Hockey Game]
The West Pointer -
5.
Introducing the Mummy
Firefly -
6.
East Meets West
-
7.
[The Viking Attack]
Galahad -
8.
[Assignment: Calais]
Wings Johnson -
9.
Death Stalks the Prize Ring
Bob Phantom -
10.
In the Land of Ice [Part 6]
Kardak
This issue was modified by, among others
- Keith Chandler
- Peter Croome
- Del Gruber
- Clint Maxwell
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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