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| Date | | Number: 20 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Top Notch Comics 20 | 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. 4. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Characters | Black Hood [Kip Burland]; Wizard [Blane Whitney]; Roy |
| Pencils | Al Camy (signed) Al Camy (signed) |
| Inks | Al Camy (signed) Al Camy (signed) |
| 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). |
| Publisher advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Jackpot Comics; Shield-Wizard Comics |
| Characters | Dusty; Roy |
| First Line | Big guns of the comics |
| Notes | Inside front cover. |
| Comic Story | The Mark of the Monster / Black Hood (14 pages) |
| Characters | The Monster [Mark Horley] (villain, introduction, death); Black Hood [Kip Burland]; Harvey Willard; Barbara Sutton; Barnes; McGinty |
| Script | Harry Shorten |
| Pencils | Al Camy |
| Inks | Al Camy |
| First Line | As Harvey Willard, District Attorney, sits in his home reading... |
| Notes | Barbara reveals to Kip that she knows he's the Black Hood. |
| Comic Story | Murder and Politics / The Wizard (10 pages) |
| Characters | James Talcott (introduction); Paul Travers (introduction); Townley (villain, introduction); Bates (villain, introdution); Hawley (villain, introduction); Roy; Wizard [Blane Whitney]; Jane Barlow |
| Script | Harry Shorten |
| Pencils | Al Camy |
| Inks | Al Camy |
| First Line | As James Talcott is sitting at his desk working late one evening, a figure steps out... |
| Comic Story | The Russian Border Raid Incident / Fran Frazer (4 pages) |
| 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. |
| Genre | Spy |
| Characters | Fran Frazer (news-photographer); Hal Davis (reporter); Nazis (villain); Strunsky |
| Script | Harvey Biern |
| First Line | In a Russian border town, high in the mountains, the following scene is taking place... |
| Notes | Originally credited to Irv Novick, but the faces with narrow pointed ears are not his work, nor anything else. |
| Comic Story | The Payroll Truck Robbery / The West Pointer (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | A U.S. Army payroll truck is hijacked. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Keith Kornell; Robbers; Whitey (horse) |
| Script | Ed Bresnick (signed) |
| Pencils | Warren King (signed) |
| Inks | Warren King (signed) |
| First Line | As a U.S. Army payroll truck travels along the lonely road... |
| Comic Story | The Whirling Dervish / Firefly (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A Hindu fakir is attempting to send the Firefly to his death by using remote control hypnosis. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Firefly [Harley Hudson]; Whirling Dervish (villain, introduction); Dr. Forbes (introduction, death); Lucille Forbes (introduction) |
| Script | Harry Shorten |
| Pencils | Warren King (signed) |
| Inks | Warren King (signed) |
| First Line | As the Firefly speeds homeward, a strange new weapon is directed at him... |
| Story | St. Louis Kid (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The crook, Romelli, wants to buy Mills' contract with the Kid. |
| Genre | Sports |
| Characters | St. Louis Kid; Lou Romelli (villain, introduction); Benson (villain, introduction); Windy Mills |
| Script | Harry Shorten |
| Pencils | George Storm |
| Inks | George Storm |
| First Line | In the last issue, the St. Louis Kid lost an opportunity for a crack at the champ [...] |
| Advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Black Jack; Zip Comics |
| Characters | Black Jack [Jack Jones] |
| First Line | Fate shuffles the cards and gives you... Black Jack |
| Notes | House ad for Black Jack and for Zip Comics. |
| Comic Story | The Sinking of the Shroud / Wings Johnson (6 pages) |
| Genre | War |
| Characters | Nazis (villain); Wings Johnson; Henry |
| Script | Joe Blair |
| Pencils | Ed Smalle |
| Inks | Ed Smalle |
| Comic Story | The Doctor's Double / Bob Phantom (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Criminals has learned of a new type of gas which Dr. Clark was working on and they wanted to get control of it. |
| Characters | Bob Phantom [Walt Whitney]; Anne Clark (introduction); Dr. Clark (introduction); A gang of crooks (villain, introduction) |
| Script | Harry Shorten |
| First Line | A fast moving car skids as it is crossing a bridge... |
| 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. |
| Publisher advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Captain Flag; Blue Ribbon Comics |
| Pencils | Art Seymour [as Seymour] (signed) |
| Inks | Art Seymour ? |
| Characters | Captain Flag; Yank (eagle) |
| First Line | "Death Spans the Ocean" the newest Captain Flag adventure appears in the current issue of Blue Ribbon Comics! |
| Notes | House ad for Captain Flag appearing in Blue Ribbon Comics. |
| Story | Kardak (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Kardak exposes a street ruffian to intolerance when he witnesses the bully abusing a refugee. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Nazis (villain); Kardak; Balthar; Heinrich; Butch |
| Script | Ed Bresnick (signed) |
| Pencils | Paul Reinman (signed) |
| Inks | Paul Reinman (signed) |
| First Line | Why don'cha go back where ya came from ya refugee! |
| Advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Peck Brothers bring you their latest finds |
| Notes | Inside back cover. Ad by the Peck Brothers for mail order items. |
| Advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Remington Noiseless Deluxe Portable Typewriter |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | This beautiful desk for only $1.00 |
| Notes | Back cover. Ad for the Remington Noiseless Deluxe Portable Typewriter. |
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