Top Notch Laugh Comics #42 (1943) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Harry Sahle; inks: Harry Sahle	Black Hood; Pokey Oakey; Suzie; Señor Siesta; Dotty and Ditto
1	-	comic story	6	script: Don Dean; pencils: Don Dean; inks: Don Dean	Pokey Oakey; Doctor Zook; Ali Baba; Jesse James
2	-	comic story	6	pencils: Bill Vigoda; inks: Bill Vigoda	Senor Siesta; Senor M.J.R.Q.V. Mopo
3	-	comic story	6	script: Claire S. Moe; pencils: Claire S. Moe; inks: Claire S. Moe	Suzy; Mrs. Snobsnoot
4	-	comic story	5	pencils: Carl Hubbell; inks: Carl Hubbell	Snoop McGook; Waldo (squirrell); Sam (robber); Joe (robber)
5	-	comic story	6	script: Ed Goggin; pencils: Red Holmdale; inks: Red Holmdale	Gloomy Gus [Gus Gloompuss]; St. Pete; Gabby; Caveman
6	-	comic story	9	pencils: Clem Weisbecker; inks: Clem Weisbecker	Black Hood [Kip Burland]; Barbara Sutton; Sergeant McGinty; Mrs. Marion; Kalimar [Glass Eye Gannet]
7	A True Fact Story	text story	2	script: ? [as Black Hood]; letters: typeset	Ephraim Littlefield; Dr. John Webster
8	-	comic story	6	script: Ed Goggin; pencils: Ed Goggin; inks: Ed Goggin	The 3 Monkey-Teers [Sassafras; Small Fry; Yehudi]; Stupidman [Egbert]; Hermit
9	-	comic story	6	script: Bill Woggon; pencils: Bill Woggon; inks: Bill Woggon	Dotty; Ditto (parrot); Dottum (indian); Smokey (tramp); Stinkey (tramp)

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