Digital Comic Museum - Top-Notch Comics 09 (now c2c)


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Top-Notch_Comics_#09 [Oct'40][ibc added]-c2c
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Same scan as before but Missing Page added to complete the book by Ontology from fiche scan.

Issue: #9
Published: October 1940, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Harry Shorten
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover, Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing
Notes: Some info verified using a DCM scan (http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/) The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 4.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Featuring:	The Black Hood; Roy the Super-Boy
Credits:	Pencils: Edd Ashe ? \| Inks: Edd Ashe ?
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Black Hood [Kip Burland] Roy The Super-Boy [Roy Carter]

Comic Story (13 pages)
Synopsis:	Policeman Kip Burland is framed by the Skull, resulting in Kip being discharged from the force in disgrace. He is taken "for a ride" by the Skull's minions and left in the woods to die. He is discovered by an old hermit -- a self-taught scientist and philosopher, who had also been wronged by the Skull. The Hermit ends up turning Kip into a super crime fighter by putting him through rigid training, teaching him science and all knowledge. The Black Hood then confronts the Skull at a masquerade party. The Skull kills a young girl with a poison pill before being unmasked and escaping.
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Black Hood [Kip Burland] (introduction, Origin) The Hermit (introduction) Mrs. Sutton (introduction) Barbara Sutton (introduction) David Seymon (introduction) The Skull (villain, Introduction)

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Earning of the Magic Sword
Featuring:	Galahad
Credits:	Script: Harry Shorten (signed) \| Pencils: Lin Streeter (signed) \| Inks: Lin Streeter (signed)
Characters:	The Lady Of The Lake (introduction) Garlan (introduction) Lady Morgana (villain) A Monster (villain, Introduction, Death)

Comic Story (8 pages)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Dr. Dread (villain, Introduction, Death) Zombies (villain, Introduction, Death) Sneaky (villain, Introduction)

Comic Story (4 pages)	The Invasion of Luxeria
Featuring:	Fran Frazer
Credits:	Script: Joe Blair (signed) \| Pencils: Irv Novick [as Irving Novick] (signed) \| Inks: Irv Novick [as Irving Novick] (signed)
Characters:	Fran Frazer (introduction) Hal Davis (introduction)

Comic Story (8 pages)	The Bail Bond Racketeers
Featuring:	Wizard
Credits:	Script: Harry Shorten \| Pencils: Edd Ashe \| Inks: Edd Ashe
Characters:	Bail Bond Racketeers (villains, Introductions)

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Nazis' Hidden Guns
Featuring:	Wings Johnson
Credits:	Script: Joe Blair (signed) \| Pencils: Ed Smalle [as Ed Smalle Jr.] (signed) \| Inks: Ed Smalle [as Ed Smalle Jr.] (signed)
Characters:	The Nazis (villains)

Comic Story (6 pages)	Ah Ku and the Council of Seven
Featuring:	Bob Phantom
Credits:	Script: Harry Shorten [as H. Shorten] (signed) \| Pencils: Bernard Klein [as Bernie Klein] (signed) \| Inks: Bernard Klein [as Bernie Klein] (signed)
Characters:	Ah Ku (villain) Her Gang (villains) The Council Of Seven (introduction, Three Deaths)

Text Story (1 page)	The Mother Lode
Synopsis:	Gold is where you find it, the trick is to know how to hold on to it!
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Non-fiction Western-frontier
Characters:	Thomas F. Walsh

Comic Story (5 pages)	The Army-Colby Game
Featuring:	Keith Kornell, West Pointer
Synopsis:	Espionage before the Army-Colby Game in football.
Credits:	Script: Harry Shorten \| Pencils: Bob Wood \| Inks: Bob Wood
Characters:	Keith Kornell Janet

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Master Brahmins: Part 4
Featuring:	Kardak
Credits:	Script: Harry Shorten (signed) \| Pencils: Bernard Klein [as Bernie Klein] (signed) \| Inks: Bernard Klein [as Bernie Klein] (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Great Rexa (villain, Introduction) The Transparent People (villains, Introduction)

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