Top Comics comic books issue 12

Stories and art by Hal Foster, Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Bill Conselman, Charlie Plumb, Bernard Dibble, Gus Mager, Mo Leff, Paul Berdanier, Becky Sharp, Laverne Harding, Harry O'Neill, H. E. Homan, R. M. Brinkerhoff, Robert Dickey, and Fred Methot. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 1 #12. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Tarzan discovers the secret of the Egyptians, the long-imprisoned barbarian king known as Kamur, in "The Egyptian Saga" with art by Hal Foster. When Jim Hardy gets a job driving an armored car, gangster "Rocks" Roscal sees a chance for revenge. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. The Captain and the Kids; Tarzan of the Apes; Peter Pat; Percy Penguin; Frankie Doodle; Be a Cartoonist; Cynical Susie; Broncho Bill; Looy Dot Dope; Opportunity Knox; Benny; Freddie and Fritz; How to Make It; Bucky and His Pals; Mr. and Mrs. Beans; Hawkshaw the Detective; How It Began; Of All Things; For Junior Readers; Phil Fumble; Fritzi Ritz; Back Home Again; All In The Family; Billy Make Believe; Drums of Doom; Joe Jinks; Grin and Bear It; Little Mary Mixup; Ella Cinders; Chris Crusty; Danny Dingle; Li'l Abner; The Young Idear. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Mervin Megabucks is back again. And so are the scientists Drs. Frank 'N' Stein. And all are anxious for revenge against Top Dog and Joey and this time they have a mind transfer machine to help in their evil scheme in "The Revenge of Frank 'N' Stein 'N' Mervin," "Revenge is Bitter" and "Revenge is Sweet." Script by Dave Manak and art by Warren Kremer & Jon D'Agostino & Roberta Edelman. Cover price $0.75.

Cover by Al Camy. Edited by Harry Shorten. Stories by Al Camy, Harry Shorten, Harvey Biern, Nick Zuraw, Bob Wood, Lin Streeter, Ed Smalle, Bernard Klein, and Carl Hubbell. Heroic tales of action and adventure—these are Top Notch Comics! 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Sam Leff, Henning Mikkelsen, and George Jahns. Tip-Topper Comics collected some of United Features Syndicates most popular comic strips of the 1940s in full color, including Lil Abner and Fritzi Ritz. Fritzi was later known as "Aunt Fritzi" in the Nancy comic strip. Fritzi gives bearded beachgoers helium balloons, so they don't get their beards wet, in a strip whose final panel would be a delight to Dr. Seuss or Salvador Dali. After defeating Curly Kayoe for the world championship, boxer Dynamite Dunn refuses Happy Daye's demand for a rematch. Abner takes the place of a statue he broke, in a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Plus the Ripley-like Strange as It Seems. Fritzi Ritz; Li'l Abner; Curly Kayoe; Ferd'nand; Stamp Tips; Strange as It Seems. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Jack Kamen and others. Cover by Matt Baker. A collection of adventure and superhero comics from Fox Feature Syndicate. The Cat Women of the jungle capture Saber, Rulah's pet panther; Blue Beetle battles the beautiful redheaded jungle queen who leads a city crime ring; The Phantom Lady tracks a killer who is stalking the subway tunnels of the city. Featuring art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker. Rulah: Cat Killers!; Jo-Jo: Mistress of the Apes; Blue Beetle: The Headhunter Queen; A Pattern for Murder; Phantom Lady: The Subway Slayer. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.