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| Publication | September 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Contents | Contents Page (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Header from the table of contents in issue #28 |
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| Synopsis | Pokey evicts and then arrests his family, and meets Omar Starpool, poet. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Pokey Oakey; Maaw Oakey; Paaw Oakey; Omar Starpool; Plum |
| Notes | continuing serial.
Story contains tombstone of "Harry Shorten Bread, editor", a reference to Harry Shorten, editor of Top Notch Laugh Comics. |
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| Letters Page | Readers' Page (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Reproduction of winning letter and family photographs of other winners. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset;? |
| Notes | Winner: Lois Jeanne Friedman (Long Beach, CA). Honorable mention: George Green (Knox, IN); Kenneth Schmitz (Milwaukee, Wi); Eugene Paige (Newark, NJ); Nancy Ann Lee (Cicero, Il); Albert Singer (Bronx, NY); Skippy West (Silverdale, Wa); Dorothy Marthohue (New Britian, CN); Louis Dugal Jr (Vinton,LA); Jimmy Bates (Philadelphia, Pa); Ramer Wooderson(Spickard, Missouri); Charlie Prater (TN); Jack Pennito (Bristol, CN); Manuel Panarra (Crous Landing, Ca); Anna Dubria, Brooklyn NY); Don Trautman (Cincinnati, OH); Patricia Hall (Claremont, Ca); John Reisch (Aspin Wall, Pa); Don Stotz (E. Springfield, MA) |
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| Comic Story | The Mold Strikes! (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Mold is killing people by turning them into mold. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Black Hood [Kip Burland]; The Mold; Dr. Emlin; Barbara; Sergeant McGinty |
| Notes | Same art as in Cooper's signed story in #31 and #32. |
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| Text Story | The Dark Swamp of Death (1 page) |
| Featuring | Black Hood |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero |
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| Synopsis | Senorita La Tamale flatters Senor Siesta to get him to do her a favor. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Senor Siesta; Senorita La Tamale |
| Notes | continuing serial. |
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| Comic Story | Chapter One of the Case of the Whistlers (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Snoop gets a job to find the Crown Princess' jewels. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Detective-mystery | Characters: Snoop McGook; Waldo; Crown Princess Julianna |
| Notes | Continuing serial |
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| Text Story | Crooks Are Where You Find Them (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Detective-mystery |
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| Publisher advertisement | Pep Comics Is Never Satisfied!! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | New feature, Boy Soldiers, now appearing in Pep Comics. |
| Content | Characters: The Hangman; The New Shield; Archie; Boy Soldiers |
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| Comic Story | Homeless Ghost (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | The death of Gus Gloompuss, and the origin of Gloomy Gus. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Gloomy Gus (introduction, origin); Saint Peter; Joe Blitz; Mrs. Gloompuss |
| Notes | continuing serial. |
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| Synopsis | Suzie tries the job of a chorus line dancer. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Miss Delovely; Mr. Witherspoon; Miranda |
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| Comic Story | Lt. Commander Dr. Corydon M. Wassell (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dr. Corydon M. Wassell's work in Java during World War Two is honored. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Military | Characters: Corydon M. Wassell: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (cameo) |
| Notes | first appearance of feature. |
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| Synopsis | Percy's first day in the public high school. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Percy Plummer; Gabby Garson; Mrs. Twerlip [Mrs. Swerlip]; A. Swan |
| Notes | Teacher called by both names.
List of the 5 greatest American writers includes Top Notch Laugh's editor, Harry Shorten. |
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| Illustration | The Irish Potato (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Publisher advertisement | Watch for This Cover on Your Newsstands! (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero |
| Notes | Full-page reproduction of the cover of Hangman #3. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Continuing serial.
Vivian Berg who is known to have written and drawn this strip in 1942-1943, and the name "Vivian" is on a window on the front page, suggesting she might have done this episode. Previous indexer thought this was the word of Ed Groggin, but the work signed by Groggin next issue does not look like this work. |
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| Illustration | Amazons (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero |
| Notes | Final appearence of the "Kardak" feature.
Final Golden Age appearence of Kardak. He appears next in The Mighty Crusaders (Archie, 1965 Series) #4 (April 1966).
Previous indexer missed Paul Reinman's signature in the bottom left hand corner, thinking the strip was drawn by Jim Phillips. |
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