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Issue: Top Notch Comics #25 Public Domain
Publication Date: March 1942
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Issues: #25 of 27 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/10/1942
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 10 (9 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 1.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover, newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Black Hood [Kip Burland]; Wizard [Blane Whitney]; Roy
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Pages: 1
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The Will of the Four Keys

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Genres: superhero
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Pages: 14
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Genres: superhero
First Line: A little refreshment will do you good after the ordeal of the funeral, Jane!
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Pages: 10
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Genres: espionage
Character(s): Fran Frazer (news-photographer); Hal Davis (reporter); German spy
First Line: Somewhere in Russia...
Synopsis: Fran and Hal are in Russia when observing a German landing in parachute.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Final appearance of the "Fran Frazer" feature.
Originally credited to Irv Novick, but the movement of the figures are too stiff and awkward, and none of his faces are found here. Notice inking, the narrow pointed ears and long hands and fingers, which can be found in some other stories in Fran Frazer and Zambini, Zip Comics #23.
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Genres: adventure
First Line: They got me holed up!
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Firefly
First Line: The big top, place of gaiety and amusement, suddenly becomes a sinister play ground for death as the merciless cult of elephant worshippers launches a campaign of killing! [sic]
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Genres: sports
Character(s): St. Louis Kid [Jim Jennings]; Windy; Pop Molloy; Pittsburg Panther (boxer); Mr. Dixon (crook); Mr. Dacon (crooked engineer)
First Line: It's Pittsburg!
Synopsis: During a match in Pittsburg, a coal mine caves in. It was no accident, but due to inferior construction materials.
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Genres: aviation
First Line: Slowly, an English tugboat pulls a repair scow back to English shores…
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Bob Phantom [Walt Whitney]; Jinx Friday; Rita Reilly; Jerry Malone (villain)
First Line: The Metropole Museum -- where are the elite are gathered to see the old masters' exhibition [sic]
Synopsis: Masked figures steals valuable paintings from the Metropole Museum's new Rockmorg Collection.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Final appearance of the "Bob Phantom" feature in Top Notch Comics. It appears next in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 Series) #297 (May 2019).

Final Golden Age appearance of Bob Phantom [Walt Whitney]. He appears next in The Mighty Crusaders (Archie, 1965 Series) #4 (April 1966).
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Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): Kardak; Jimmy (troublemaker)
First Line: Around the corner comes the screeching of tires...
Synopsis: A kid turns in false fire alarms.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Originally credited to Paul Reinman, but his heads are much more wedge-shaped, and with eyes far apart and out of line. This is the same artist as on many Fran Frazer stories, with very narrow, pointed ears, and long hands and fingers.

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