Top Notch Comics
#20
(October 1941)
Archie,
1939 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1941-08-15
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
- Editing
- Harry Shorten
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. 4.
[no title indexed]
Black Hood; The Wizard with Roy the Super-Boy / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Black Hood [Kip Burland]; Wizard [Blane Whitney]; Roy
Indexer Notes
Camy's signature is cropped from the GCD scan. It appears on the lower right, just below the red cape in the can at the Digital Comics Museum (https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/preview/index.php?did=229&page=1).
[no title indexed]
Jackpot Comics; Shield-Wizard Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Big guns of the comics
- Characters
- Dusty; Roy
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
[The Mark of the Monster]
Black Hood / comic story / 14 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- As Harvey Willard, District Attorney, sits in his home reading...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Monster [Mark Horley] (villain, introduction, death); Black Hood [Kip Burland]; Harvey Willard; Barbara Sutton; Barnes; McGinty
Indexer Notes
Barbara reveals to Kip that she knows he's the Black Hood.
[Murder and Politics]
The Wizard / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- As James Talcott is sitting at his desk working late one evening, a figure steps out...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- James Talcott (introduction); Paul Travers (introduction); Townley (villain, introduction); Bates (villain, introdution); Hawley (villain, introduction); Roy; Wizard [Blane Whitney]; Jane Barlow
[The Russian Border Raid Incident]
Fran Frazer / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In a Russian border town, high in the mountains, the following scene is taking place...
- Genre
- spy; adventure
- Characters
- Fran Frazer (news-photographer); Hal Davis (reporter); Nazis (villain); Strunsky
- Synopsis
- Their car stopping in the mountains of Russia, Fran and Hal must find a place to spend the night, and stumble 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]
The West Pointer / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Ed Bresnick (signed)
- Pencils
- Warren King (signed as King)
- Inks
- Warren King (signed as King)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- As a U.S. Army payroll truck travels along the lonely road...
- Feature Logo
- Keith Kornell
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Keith Kornell; Robbers; Whitey (horse)
- Synopsis
- A U.S. Army payroll truck is hijacked.
The Whirling Dervish
Firefly / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Harry Shorten
- Pencils
- Warren King (signed as King)
- Inks
- Warren King (signed as King)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- As the Firefly speeds homeward, a strange new weapon is directed at him...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Firefly [Harley Hudson]; Whirling Dervish (villain, introduction); Dr. Forbes (introduction, death); Lucille Forbes (introduction)
- Synopsis
- A Hindu fakir is attempting to send the Firefly to his death by using remote control hypnosis.
[no title indexed]
St. Louis Kid / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In the last issue, the St. Louis Kid lost an opportunity for a crack at the champ [...]
- Genre
- sports
- Characters
- St. Louis Kid; Lou Romelli (villain, introduction); Benson (villain, introduction); Windy Mills
- Synopsis
- The crook, Romelli, wants to buy Mills' contract with the Kid.
[no title indexed]
Black Jack; Zip Comics / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Fate shuffles the cards and gives you... Black Jack
- Characters
- Black Jack [Jack Jones]
Indexer Notes
House ad for Black Jack and for Zip Comics.
[The Sinking of the Shroud]
Wings Johnson / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- war; aviation
- Characters
- Nazis (villain); Wings Johnson; Henry
- Keywords
- Chancellor (battleship)
[The Doctor's Double]
Bob Phantom / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A fast moving car skids as it is crossing a bridge...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bob Phantom [Walt Whitney]; Anne Clark (introduction); Dr. Clark (introduction); A gang of crooks (villain, introduction)
- 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.
[no title indexed]
Captain Flag; Blue Ribbon Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- "Death Spans the Ocean" the newest Captain Flag adventure appears in the current issue of Blue Ribbon Comics!
- Characters
- Captain Flag; Yank (eagle)
Indexer Notes
House ad for Captain Flag appearing in Blue Ribbon Comics.
[no title indexed]
Kardak / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Ed Bresnick (signed as Eddie Bresnick)
- Pencils
- Paul Reinman (signed)
- Inks
- Paul Reinman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Why don'cha go back where ya came from ya refugee!
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Nazis (villain); Kardak; Balthar; Heinrich; Butch
- Synopsis
- Kardak exposes a street ruffian to intolerance when he witnesses the bully abusing a refugee.
- Keywords
- Germany
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Black Hood; The Wizard with Roy the Super-Boy -
1.
["Big guns of the comics"]
Jackpot Comics; Shield-Wizard Comics -
2.
[The Mark of the Monster]
Black Hood -
3.
[Murder and Politics]
The Wizard -
4.
[The Russian Border Raid Incident]
Fran Frazer -
5.
[The Payroll Truck Robbery]
The West Pointer -
6.
The Whirling Dervish
Firefly -
7.
["In the last issue, the St. Louis Kid lost an opportunity for a crack at the champ [...]"]
St. Louis Kid -
8.
["Fate shuffles the cards and gives you... Black Jack"]
Black Jack; Zip Comics -
9.
[The Sinking of the Shroud]
Wings Johnson -
10.
[The Doctor's Double]
Bob Phantom -
11.
[""Death Spans the Ocean" the newest Captain Flag adventure appears in the current issue of Blue Ribbon Comics!"]
Captain Flag; Blue Ribbon Comics -
12.
["Why don'cha go back where ya came from ya refugee!"]
Kardak -
13.
["Peck Brothers bring you their latest finds"]
-
14.
["This beautiful desk for only $1.00"]
Remington Noiseless Deluxe Portable Typewriter
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steinar Ådland
- Steve Coates
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Clint Maxwell
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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