Issue: #1
Published: December 1939, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Louis Silberkleit
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover, Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing
Notes: On sale date from the publication date found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 34, 1939, Number 4. Second class periodical. Copyright number 431784.
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| Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page) |
Meet Rang-A-Tang The Wonder Dog |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Irv Novick [as Novick] (signed) | Inks: Irv Novick [as Novick] (signed) |
| Cartoon (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Laughing At Life |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Jack Cole ? | Inks: Jack Cole ? |
| Genre: |
Humor |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
In the Worlds of Time |
| Featuring: |
Scott Rand |
| Synopsis: |
Scott, a traveler through time with Dr. Meade in the "time car" (which is more of a rocket ship), the rwo they pick up Thor the viking and the lovely Elda in the past. |
| Credits: |
Script: Otto Binder [as Eando Binder] (credited) | Pencils: Jack Binder | Inks: Jack Binder |
| Genre: |
Science Fiction |
| Characters: |
Scott Rand (introduction) Dr. Joel Meade Thor (a Viking) Princess Elda |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
To-nite! Saved from the Flames! |
| Featuring: |
Jungle Town Show Boat |
| Credits: |
Script: Dick Ryan (signed) | Pencils: Dick Ryan (signed) | Inks: Dick Ryan (signed) | Letters: Dick Ryan |
| Genre: |
Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Characters: |
Billy Hippo |
| Text Story (4 pages) |
Murder Rap |
| Featuring: |
Lucky Coyne |
| Credits: |
Script: Ken Fitch | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Crime |
| Characters: |
Lucky Coyne |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
It's Really A Fact! |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Bob Wood (signed) | Inks: Bob Wood (signed) |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
Kornell Goes to West Point |
| Featuring: |
West Pointer |
| Synopsis: |
Keith Kornell, a physical and mental marvel, a 19-year-old Kentucky mountaineer who is a collateral descendant of President Andrew Jackson and the son of a World War hero, is orphaned at the age of 5, when both of his parents succumbed to the ravages of pneumonia epidemic. Reared by a poor relative, Keith's life is one of dire poverty until a newspaper runs a story on him and he meets an old Army buddy of his father's who is now a U.S. Senator. Keith gets himself admitted to West Point where he further distinguishes himself and soon fights spies. |
| Credits: |
Script: Harry Shorten ? |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Characters: |
Keith Kornell [The West Pointer] (introduction And Origin) Senator Crockett (introduction) Uncle Joe John Kornell (Keith's Father, Cameo In Flashback) Ned Norton |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
The Ice Cream Cone |
| Featuring: |
Impy |
| Credits: |
Script: Bob McCay [as Winsor McCay II] (signed) | Pencils: Bob McCay [as Winsor McCay II] (signed) | Inks: Bob McCay [as Winsor McCay II] (signed) | Colours: Bob McCay ? | Letters: Bob McCay |
| Genre: |
Fantasy |
| Characters: |
Impy |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Speaking Of Sports |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Bob Wood (signed) | Inks: Bob Wood (signed) |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
Case 1: Master Forgers |
| Featuring: |
Manhunters! |
| Credits: |
Script: Jack Cole (signed) | Pencils: Jack Cole (signed) | Inks: Jack Cole (signed) |
| Genre: |
Crime |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
Forgets To Remember |
| Featuring: |
Pokey |
| Credits: |
Script: Dick Ryan (signed) | Pencils: Dick Ryan (signed) | Inks: Dick Ryan (signed) | Letters: Dick Ryan |
| Genre: |
Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Text Article (1 page) |
Spouting Wings |
| Featuring: |
Yours Truly |
| Synopsis: |
Editorial about what a great comic, Top Notch Comics, is. |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
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