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| Notes | Nice 68p c2c copy. Credit to the original scanner. Not actually a one-shot; there were two issues, although #2 has yet to be indexed at comics.org. Packaged by Harry A. Chesler, this was a Remington Morse title, like Mirth of a Nation, Riggin' Bill and Yankee Comics, already listed on site also under Chesler-Dynamic. There is more information about this book at the bottom of the page | |||
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| Name | Tops in Humor 1 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.12 USD | Pages: 36 | Frequency: quarterly |
| Notes | No ads in this issue. All 36 pages are comics or comics-related text material. Cover code: 10000-303. On sale date confirmed from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume 17, Part 2, Number 1, Periodicals, January-June 1963. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B19676. A known copy has stamped arrival date of December 7 ("DEC 7"). |
| Cover | Fire and Ice / 1 page |
| Synopsis | Using his power, Solar generates great heat to open a mysterious door at the end of a frozen corridor. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Adventure; Science Fiction; Superhero |
| Characters | Doctor Solar |
| Pencils | George Wilson (painting) |
| Inks | George Wilson (painting) |
| Colors | George Wilson (painting) |
| First Line | Solar fights with fire and ice to uncover the secret of the hidden hands! |
| Text Story | The Sea, Number 7: Islands / Keys of Knowledge (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Illustrated text feature on the different types of islands. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Math & Science |
| First Line | Most ocean islands are the tops of underwater mountains. |
| Notes | Five illustrations on the different types of islands with accompanying text. © 1962, Western Publishing Company, Inc. Black and white on inside front cover. |
| Comic Story | The Hidden Hands / Doctor Solar (16 pages) |
| Synopsis | Scientist Doctor Gantry develops an "invisibility suit" and tests it with attention-getting pranks, which become more and more serious as Nuro takes control of the suit - and its wearer. |
| Genre | Adventure; Science Fiction; Superhero |
| Characters | Doctor Solar; Doctor Clarkson; Doctor Gail Sanders; Biskra High Dam operations crew; United Nations delegates; Louvre Museum guard; Louvre Museum patron; airplane passenger with briefcase; Bank of England executives; Doctor Gantry; Nuro; Pentagon technical staff; the (nameless) United States President; U.S. Secret Service agents; truck driver |
| Script | Paul S. Newman |
| Pencils | Bob Fujitani |
| Inks | Bob Fujitani |
| Colors | Western Publishing Production Shop |
| First Line | As terrified construction workers watch, the huge flood gates of the nearly-completed Biskra High Dam mysteriously open! |
| Notes | The fictional *"Biskra High Dam"* existing in 1962 (the year of this story) is likely based upon Egypt's *"Aswan High Dam"* across the Nile River, which began construction in 1960. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aswan_Dam Biskra is an actual city in Algeria, the use of which in the story creates a "real-world sense" of being in the same region as Egypt. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biskra |
| Text Article | Bug Power (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Text article on the generation of electricity... from bacteria. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Math & Science |
| Colors | Western Publishing Production Shop |
| First Line | For centuries man has been searching for new sources of power to do the world's work. |
| Notes | Includes two pencil and ink color illustrations. © 1962, Western Publishing Company, Inc. |
| Comic Story | Seeds of Trouble / Professor Harbinger (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Professor Harbinger speculates on the possible results if "alien plant seeds" ever fell to Earth. |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Math & Science |
| Characters | Professor Harbinger; Professor Harbinger's unnamed colleague; aliens |
| Script | Paul S. Newman |
| Pencils | Mel Crawford |
| Inks | Mel Crawford |
| Colors | Western Publishing Production Shop |
| Comic Story | Solar's Deadly Double / Doctor Solar (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | Sunspots wreak havoc with a weather-control satellite. When Solar intervenes, he is split into positive and negative energy forms - duplicates of himself, one red and one blue. |
| Genre | Adventure; Science Fiction; Superhero |
| Characters | Doctor Solar; Doctor Clarkson; Doctor Gail Sanders; Solar-Red; Solar-Blue |
| Script | Paul S. Newman |
| Pencils | Bob Fujitani |
| Inks | Bob Fujitani |
| Colors | Western Publishing Production Shop |
| First Line | At the edge of space, an experimental satellite beams signals to create weather conditions on the Earth beneath... |
| Notes | This story echoes *"The Amazing Story of Superman-Red and Superman-Blue"* from Superman (DC, 1939 Series) #162 (July 1963) https://www.comics.org/issue/17762/ but would seem too close together in publication to this issue's March 1963 cover date to be much more than a coincidence. |
| Text Article | The Sea, Number 9: Coral Formations / Keys of Knowledge (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Illustrated text feature on coral formations. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Math & Science |
| First Line | Coral is a soft, tiny sea creature found in tropical waters. |
| Notes | Five illustrations on coral formations with accompanying text. © 1962, Western Publishing Company, Inc. Black and white on inside back cover. |
| Illustration | Solar Pin-Up No. 3 / Doctor Solar (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Using his power, Solar generates great heat to open a mysterious door at the end of a frozen corridor. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Adventure; Science Fiction; Superhero |
| Characters | Doctor Solar |
| Pencils | George Wilson (painting) |
| Inks | George Wilson (painting) |
| Colors | George Wilson (painting) |
| Notes | Color on back cover. The front cover image is repeated on the back cover, sans logo and all cover copy. |
| 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 | |
