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| Date | | Number: 56 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Additional Information | |
| Name | Tip Top Comics 56 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Humor |
| Pencils | Al Capp |
| First Line | This time, McGoon, ah's packin' Li'l Abner's punch! |
| Comic Story | Roll Call of the Dead! / Strange as It Seems |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Script | John Hix |
| Story | Li'l Abner (4 pages) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Al Capp |
| Pencils | Al Capp |
| First Line | Look! It says 'Dining, Dancing, Moosic'! It also says 'Kum On Inn'! |
| Story | Iron Vic (5 pages) |
| Genre | Sports |
| Characters | Iron Vic; Buck O'Brien; |
| Pencils | Bernard Dibble (signed) |
| Inks | Bernard Dibble (signed) |
| First Line | Trouble on the Panther ball club! |
| Notes | Signed on last page at bottom. |
| Story | The Captain and the Kids (5 pages) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Rudolph Dirks Rudolph Dirks |
| Pencils | Rudolph Dirks (signed) Rudolph Dirks (signed) |
| Notes | The 2 strips share 5 pages. |
| Activity | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | What's Your Hobby? |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Story | Ella Cinders (3 pages) |
| Genre | Domestic |
| Script | Bill Conselman |
| Pencils | Charlie Plumb |
| Story | Tarzan (3 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Jungle |
| Characters | Tarzan [John Clayton, Lord Greystoke]; Queen Nakonia |
| Script | Don Garden |
| Pencils | Hal Foster (signed) Burne Hogarth (signed) |
| Inks | Hal Foster (signed) Burne Hogarth (signed) |
| First Line | For long hours, Tarzan observed Flint's army; then, with his prisoner... |
| Story | Fritzi Ritz (5 pages) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Ernie Bushmiller Ernie Bushmiller |
| Pencils | Ernie Bushmiller Ernie Bushmiller |
| Notes | The two strips share 5 pages. |
| Story | Tailspin Tommy (4 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Aviation |
| Script | Hal Forrest |
| Pencils | Hal Forrest |
| First Line | Tomkins, take full control... with Mr. Milligan as co-pilot. |
| Text Article | Guiana's Famous Stamps / Stamp Tips (2 pages) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Notes | With stamp ads. |
| Story | The Mirror Man (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mirror Man saves young Benton from the clutches of the evil Professor, but takes a bullet in the should doing so. Benton assists him to a mirror, through which the hero passes, rests and recovers from his wound. After Gregg is jailed, Alder is informed of young Tommy Britt being cheated out of money at the Cattail Club, so Mirror Man takes a hand before Tommy's brother Bob takes on the thugs at the club alone. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Mirror Man [Dean Alder]; Benton (student at Alder Academy); unnamed Police Captain; Bennett (Academy instructor); Drew Thorne (member of the State Boys Reformatory); Bob Britt (Tommy's brother); Tommy Briit; Professor Gregg (villain) |
| Script | Fred Methot |
| Pencils | Reg Greenwood |
| Inks | Reg Greenwood |
| First Line | To save young Benton from mad professor Gregg, The Mirror Man becomes visible... |
| Notes | Continued from previous issue. Blurb at the bottom of the last page states: "Continued in Tip Top Comics No. 57 top be published Friday, November 29, 1940." |
| Story | Jim Hardy (5 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Script | Dick Moores |
| Pencils | Dick Moores |
| First Line | The mysterious murder of 'Clocker' Colik is the talk of Hub City. |
| Story | Abbie an' Slats (4 pages) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Bathless Groggins |
| Script | Raeburn Van Buren |
| Pencils | Raeburn Van Buren |
| First Line | So this is that phoney's big idea! Jasper Hagstone and all his chiselling pals think... |
| Story | Broncho Bill (4 pages) |
| Genre | Humor; Domestic; Western-frontier |
| Script | Harry O'Neill Harry O'Neill |
| Pencils | Harry O'Neill Harry O'Neill |
| Notes | The two strips share 4 pages. |
| Story | Little Mary Mixup (3 pages) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | R. M. Brinkerhoff |
| Pencils | R. M. Brinkerhoff (signed) |
| Story | The Triple Terror (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Having rescued the daughter of Professor Walters, whose death ray is in the possession of the villainous Glove and his gang, the Triple Terror are happy to have recovered the radium stolen by the Glove, even though the inventor was murdered by the Glove's men. When Diana points out that Mario was somehow involved with the Glove, the theft of the invention and the murder of her father, the Triple Terror vow to return the stolen radium, capture the Glove and Mario, and destroy the Glove's island hideout. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Triple Terror [Chemix [Barton Brandon]; Lectra [Richard Brandon]; Menta [Bruce Brandon]]; Professor Walters (inventor, death); Diana Walters (daughter of Professor Walters); Dr. Mario (villain, Walter's lab assistant); The Glove (villain, death); the Glove's gang (villains, all die) |
| Script | Fred Methot |
| Pencils | Reg Greenwood |
| Inks | Reg Greenwood |
| First Line | This burning oil is closing in on us -- |
| Notes | Story continued from previous issue and continued next issue. Some told in flashback. Inks credit suggested by the Who's Who. |
| Story | Frankie Doodle (4 pages) |
| Genre | Domestic |
| Script | Ben Batsford |
| Pencils | Ben Batsford |
| Comic Story | America, Begorra! / Strange as It Seems |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Script | John Hix |
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