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| Date | | Number: 8 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Top Notch Comics 8 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly | Editing: Harry Shorten |
| 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. 3. |
| Cover | The Marvel of 1940 Roy... The Super-Boy! / 1 page |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Wizard [Blane Whitney]; Roy the Super-Boy [Roy Carter]; The Firefly [Harley Hudson] (inset) |
| Pencils | Edd Ashe (signed) Edd Ashe (signed) |
| Inks | Edd Ashe (signed) Edd Ashe (signed) |
| Comic Story | Roy the Super-Boy / The Wizard (13 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Wizard becomes a newspaper publisher. |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Characters | The Wizard [Blane Whitney]; Roy the Super-Boy [Roy Carter] (introduction, origin); John Howard (introduction, death); James Reagan; Mayor Beadle (villain, introduction); Boss Schultz (villain, introduction, death) |
| Script | Harry Shorten |
| Pencils | Edd Ashe |
| Inks | Edd Ashe |
| Notes | Roy's last name revealed in Shield-Wizard Comics #10. |
| Comic Story | Origin of the Firefly / Firefly (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | An accomplished scientist, Harley Hudson discovers the secret of the tremendous strength of insects. Suddenly, the lights in the lab go out and some fireflies flicker in, lighting up the darkness. And Harley knows that he must adopt that guise of a firefly in order to light up the darkness that shrouds the underworld. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Firefly [Harley Hudson] (chemist. biologist, introduction, origin); Joan Burton (Harley's girlfriend, introduction); Dr. Dread [aka The Professor] (villain, introduction); Selig (villain, introduction); monsters (villains, introduction for all) |
| Script | Harry Shorten (signed) |
| Pencils | Bob Wood (signed) |
| Inks | Bob Wood (signed) |
| Comic Story | The Danish-Irish Attack / Galahad (6 pages) |
| Characters | King of Pellinore (Introduction); The Irish King (Villain; Introduction); The Danish King (Villain; Introduction) |
| Script | Harry Shorten |
| Pencils | Lin Streeter |
| Inks | Lin Streeter |
| Comic Story | Ma-Ma Mosquito / Shanghai Sheridan (6 pages) |
| Characters | Madame Chao Yu-Tang (Introduction); The Japanese (Villains) |
| Script | Joe Blair (signed) |
| Pencils | Irv Novick (signed) |
| Inks | Irv Novick (signed) |
| Notes | Final appearance of the "Shanghai Sheridan" feature. |
| Text Story | Lariat Law (1 page) |
| Script | The Trail Boss |
| Pencils | ? [as H.] (signed) (illustration) |
| Inks | ? [as H.] (signed) (illustration) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Comic Story | Escape on Io / Streak Chandler (6 pages) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Quantus (Villain); Lura (Villain) |
| Script | Harry Shorten (signed) |
| Pencils | William Wills |
| Inks | William Wills |
| Notes | Final appearance of the "Streak Chandler" feature. |
| Comic Story | The Camouflaged Air Base / Wings Johnson (6 pages) |
| Characters | The Nazis (Villain) |
| Script | Joe Blair (signed) |
| Pencils | Ed Smalle (signed) |
| Inks | Ed Smalle (signed) |
| Comic Story | In India (Part 2) / Dick Storm (6 pages) |
| Characters | Jessups (Guest Star); Margie Conway (Guest Star); Ah Ming (Villain); cannibals (Villain; Intro) |
| Script | Harry Shorten (signed) |
| Pencils | Mort Meskin (signed) |
| Inks | Mort Meskin (signed) |
| Notes | Final appearance of the "Dick Storm" feature. |
| Comic Story | The Mystery of the Kidnapped Policemen / Bob Phantom (6 pages) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Bob Phantom [Walt Whitney] |
| Script | Harry Shorten (signed) |
| Pencils | Gerry Thorp (signed) |
| Inks | Gerry Thorp (signed) |
| Comic Story | The Master Brahmins: Part 3 / Kardak (6 pages) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Master of the Valley of Death (Villain; Intro) |
| Script | Harry Shorten (signed) |
| Pencils | Bernard Klein (signed) |
| Inks | Bernard Klein (signed) |
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