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| Name | Top Notch Comics 4 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly | Editing: Abner Sundell? |
| Notes | Some info verified using a DCM scan (http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/). On sale date from the publication date found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Second class permit. Copyright number 447041. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Wizard [Blane Whitney] |
| Pencils | Edd Ashe (signed) |
| Inks | Edd Ashe (signed) |
| Comic Story | The Bundonians Bomb Texas!! / The Wizard (11 pages) |
| Characters | I: Jane (Wizard's fiancee) and her father (both are Texans!); V: The Bundonians (I) |
| Script | Will Harr |
| Pencils | Edd Ashe |
| Inks | Edd Ashe |
| Comic Story | In South America / Dick Storm (6 pages) |
| Characters | I: Sr. Valera, Rana Valera; V: Pruvians (I), Gen. Callero (I) |
| Script | Harry Shorten |
| Pencils | Mort Meskin |
| Inks | Mort Meskin |
| Comic Story | The Death of Prospector Joe (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | An old prospector is killed by two men, and Sergeant Moore sets after them on skis. |
| Feature | Moore of the Mounted |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | Sgt. Moore (a Mountie, introduction)), Prospector Joe (introduction, death); Vladimir (villain, introduction); Vladimir's partner partner (villain, introduction) |
| Pencils | Mort Meskin |
| Inks | Mort Meskin |
| Notes | Only appearance. The very long legs wide apart, and small heads often seen from below and sqeezed from above, are all signs of Meskin. Compare with the previous story. |
| Text Story | The Devil Is a Mule (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | An Army mule cast the die that almost nipped Buffalo Bill's career in the bud. |
| Pencils | ? [as JR] (signed) |
| Inks | ? [as JR] (signed) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | Buffalo Bill Cody |
| Notes | Signed JR in the second illustration |
| Comic Story | The Landing on Mars / Streak Chandler (6 pages) |
| Characters | I: Streak Chandler, Prof. Finlay, Vola Finlay, Lokis, Ferrugas; V: Two gangsters (I) |
| Script | Harry Shorten |
| Pencils | William Wills (signed) |
| Inks | William Wills (signed) |
| Comic Story | Captured by the British / Wings Johnson (8 pages) |
| Characters | V: The Nazis |
| Script | Joe Blair |
| Pencils | Ed Smalle (signed) |
| Inks | Ed Smalle (signed) |
| Story | Noodle (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Noodle tries to prove he could rescue a damsel in distress. |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Noodle; Queenie |
| Script | Kin Platt (signed) ? |
| Pencils | Kin Platt (signed) ? |
| Inks | Kin Platt (signed) ? |
| Letters | Kin Platt (signed) ? |
| First Line | Hi'ya, Queenie--wot's new in storyland? |
| Notes | The Noodle story in the previous issue was signed by Kin Platt, and this art looks very similar to that story. This feature is the only credit for "Quincy" in Bails. |
| Comic Story | Immigrant Smugglers Meet with Doom / Bob Phantom (6 pages) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Bob Phantom [Walt Whitney]; The Master (villain, introduction, death?); Princess Ah-Ku (villain); Trigger Slumm (villain); Butch (villain); other smugglers (villains, introduction for all) |
| Script | Harry Shorten |
| Pencils | Irv Novick (signed) |
| Inks | Irv Novick (signed) |
| Comic Story | Moriarity, the Sports Gambler / Stacey Knight, M.D. (6 pages) |
| Characters | V: Moriarity and his gang (I for all); I: Kid Burns, Pedro Lang |
| Pencils | Lin Streeter (signed) |
| Inks | Lin Streeter (signed) |
| Notes | Final appearance of the "Stacey Knight, M.D." feature. |
| Comic Story | Frozen Out of the Game / The West Pointer (5 pages) |
| Characters | Keith Kornell; Bob Seymour; Gerry Stevens; Two holdup men (villains) |
| Script | Harry Shorten ? |
| Pencils | Elmer Wexler (signed) |
| Inks | Elmer Wexler (signed) |
| Publisher advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Promo for Pep Comics 4 and Top Notch Comics 5, which will have cross-overs between 4 different features who "combine to smash the most dastardly of plots ever conceived for the destruction of the life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness of the United States of America." |
| Characters | The Shield; The Wizard; Midshipman; The West Pointer |
| First Line | The Shield Meets the Wizard |
| Comic Story | The Underseas Men / Kardak (6 pages) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Kardak; The Anderran Fishtails (mermen), Lorna Dorne; The Mocha Men and their Magator (villains, introduction for all) |
| Script | Harry Shorten ? |
| Pencils | Chuck Winter |
| Inks | Chuck Winter |
| The data in the additional content section is courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution License. More details about this comic may be available in their page here | |
