Top-Notch Comics (1939) comic books 1942-1944
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Issue #23
Published Feb 1942 by MLJ Magazines.- Heavy spine split (taped) with some splitting through interior wraps. Staples added (not manufacturing). Edge/corner chipping, oxidation.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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Cover by Al Camy. Edited by Harry Shorten. Stories by Harry Shorten, Al Camy, Harry Lucey, Harvey Biern, Warren King, Joe Blair, Ed Smalle, and Paul Reinman. Heroic tales of action and adventure—these are Top Notch Comics! 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #25
Published Mar 1942 by MLJ Magazines.- INCOMPLETE. Multiple pages missing (missing story "Kardak" and an additional page piece). Full length spine split.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Other items consigned by humble cow
Cover by Al Camy. Edited by Harry Shorten. Stories by Harry Shorten, Al Camy, Harvey Biern, Warren King, Bob Montana, Joe Blair, and Ed Smalle. Heroic tales of action and adventure—these are Top Notch Comics! 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #26
Published Apr 1942 by MLJ Magazines.$298.00
View scans- Full length spine split. Cover oxidation.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Cover by Al Camy. Edited by Harry Shorten. Stories by Harry Shorten, Al Camy, Bill Woolfolk, Paul Reinman, Bob Montana, Ed Smalle, Joe Blair, and Jim Phillips. Heroic tales of action and adventure—these are Top Notch Comics! 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #27
Published May 1942 by MLJ Magazines.$295.00
View scans- Full length spine split. Cover and interior oxidation.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
$60.00
View scan- INCOMPLETE. First wrap missing, affects art and story. Tear in last page.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Next issue the series will change to Top Notch Laugh. Cover by Al Camy. Edited by Harry Shorten. Stories by Harry Shorten, Al Camy, Bill Woolfolk, Paul Reinman, Carl Hubbell, Warren King, Bob Montana, Joe Blair, Ed Smalle, and Jim Phillips. Heroic tales of action and adventure—these are Top Notch Comics! 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #33
Published Feb 1943 by MLJ Magazines.$200.00
View scans- Three center wraps detached at single center staple. Soiling and staining throughout interior.
Cover by Red Holmdale. Edited by Harry Shorten. Stories by Don Dean, Sam Cooper, Don Dean, Carl Hubbell, Vivian Lipman, Red Holmdale, Ed Groggin, and Bill Woggon. Super-heroic and humorous tales, many of them filled with action and adventure—these are Top Notch Laugh comics! 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #36
Published May 1943 by MLJ Magazines.$215.00
View scans- 1.5" Cumulative spine split, cover detached at single center staple, centerfold torn at staple.
Cover by Don Dean. Edited by Harry Shorten. Stories by Don Dean, Irv Novick, Carl Hubbell, Gerald Kean, Red Holmdale, Ed Groggin, and Bill Woggon. Super-heroic and humorous tales, many of them filled with action and adventure—these are Top Notch Laugh comics! $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #41
Published Nov 1943 by MLJ Magazines.- Interior is complete. Full length spine split. Several pages loose/detached.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Other items consigned by humble cow
Cover by Don Dean. Edited by Harry Shorten. Stories by Don Dean, Ed Groggin, Claire Moe, Red Holmdale, and Bill Woggon. Super-heroic and humorous tales, many of them filled with action and adventure—these are Top Notch Laugh comics! 60 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #44
Published Apr 1944 by MLJ Magazines.$130.00
View scans- 5.5" Cumulative spine split, staples added (not manufacturing), edge staining to interior.
- Paper: Off white to white
- 2 center wraps missing & panel cut out of page 3, affects story. Cover detached. Tape on interior cover. Incomplete.
- Label #2034710008
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Cover by Harry Sahle. Edited by Harry Shorten. Stories by Ed Goggin, Virginia Drury (as Ginger), Don Dean, Bill Vigoda, Carl Hubbell, Red Holmdale, Clem Weisbecker, Pen Shumaker, Robert C. Blackman, Ed Goggin, and Bill Woggon. Super-heroic and humorous tales, many of them filled with action and adventure—these are Top Notch Laugh comics! 60 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
