Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	December 1939
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Editing	Abner Sundell?

Cover Details - "Top-Notch Comics"

11 page Wizard story "The Pearl Harbor Peril"

Characters	The Wizard [Blane Whitney] (introduction and origin); Wizard I [Blane Whitney] (called "Steven", introduction); Capt. Ambrose Whitney; Maj. Thomas Whitney; James Whitney; Thomas Whitney, Jr.; John Whitney; Grover Whitney (Wizard's brother); Jatsonians (villain, introduction)
Script	Will Harr?
Pencils	Edd Ashe
Inks	Edd Ashe

1 page Laughing At Life filler "humor filler"

Genre	humor
Script	Jack Cole?
Pencils	Jack Cole?
Inks	Jack Cole?

6 page Scott Rand story "In the Worlds of Time"

Characters	Scott Rand (introduction); Dr. Joel Meade; Thor (a Viking); Princess Elda
Script	Otto Binder (Eando Binder)
Pencils	Jack Binder
Inks	Jack Binder

6 page Swift of the Secret Service story "Murder By Sock"

Characters

Rex Swift (introduction); Mr. Swift (his father); Aubrey J. Snite (Dies); Jack Snite (villain, introduction)

2 page Jungle Town Show Boat story "To-nite! Saved From the Flames!"

Script	Dick Ryan
Pencils	Dick Ryan
Inks	Dick Ryan
Notes	only appearance

5 page Air Patrol (Wings Johnson) story "Vendetta With Von Schiller"

Characters	Ben "Wings" Johnson (introduction and origin); Mrs. Johnson (Wings's mother, introduction in flashback); Capt. Von Schiller (villain, introduction); Nazis
Script	Joe Blair
Pencils	Ed Smalle
Inks	Ed Smalle

4 page text story "Murder Rap"

Characters	Lucky Coyne
Script	Ken Fitch
Letters	typeset

5 page Lucky Coyne story "The Bat and the Bull"

Characters	Jean Markham (introduction); The Bull and his gang (villains, introduction for all)
Script	Ken Fitch
Notes	Lucky Coyne called "Bat Yardley" in this story.

1 page Lonesome Luke filler "humor filler"

Characters	Lonesome Luke (introduction and only appearance)
Genre	humor
Script	Jack Cole
Pencils	Jack Cole
Inks	Jack Cole

5 page Mystic [Kardak] story "The Fortune Teller's Revenge"

Characters	Kardak (a magician, introduction); Kardak's fiancee; Chuck and his gang (villains, introduction for all)
Script	Harry Shorten?
Pencils	C. A. Winter
Inks	C. A. Winter

5 page West Pointer story "Kornell Goes To West Point"

Characters	Keith Kornell [the West Pointer] (introduction and origin); Sen. Crockett (introduction); Uncle Joe; John Kornell (Keith's father, cameo in flashback); Ned Norton
Script	Harry Shorten?
Pencils	Ed Wexler
Inks	Ed Wexler

1 page Impy story "The Ice Cream Cone"

Characters	Impy
Script	Windsor McKay
Pencils	Windsor McKay
Inks	Windsor McKay
Notes	features Impy from the LITTLE NEMO strip

6 page Manhunters story "Case 1: Master Forgers"

Genre	crime
Script	Jack Cole
Pencils	Jack Cole
Inks	Jack Cole
Notes	true-crime story; story packaged by the Harry Chesler shop
Reprinted	in Authentic Police Cases #5 (St. John, 1948)