Top-Notch Comics #9 Mile High pedigree (MLJ, 1940) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages. MLJ was the publisher that became Archie, and th...
Auction amount: $21,850.00
Sold: Oct 15, 2005
Top Notch Comics #9 Values
Publisher: Archie, 1940
About Top Notch Comics #9
Gerber rates this issue a "7" ("scarce") on the Photo-Journal Guide to Comic Books Scarcity Index. The origin and first appearance of the Black Hood. First appearance of the skull. Fran Fraser begins. Irv Novick, Bob Wood, and Ed Ashe art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Pencils: Edd Ashe ?
Inks: Edd Ashe ?
STORY DETAILS
Characters: The Black Hood [Kip Burland] (introduction, origin); The Hermit (introduction); Mrs. Sutton (introduction); Barbara Sutton (introduction); David Seymon (introduction); The Skull (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: A uniformed Policeman, Kip Burland was framed by the Skull, resulting in Kip being discharged from the force in disgrace. He was taken "for a ride" by the Skull's minions and left in the woods to die until discovered by an old hermit: a self-taught scientist and philosopher, who, himself, had been wronged by the Skull. The Hermit ends up turning Kip into a super crime fighter by putting him through rigid training, teaching him science and all knowledge. The Black Hood then confronted the Skull at a masquerade party, who killed a young girl with a poison pill before being unmasked and escaping.
Pages: 13.000
Script: Abner Sundell [as Cliff Campbell] (signed)
Pencils: Al Camy (signed)
Inks: Al Camy (signed)
Notes: Script credit by Craig Delich. Cliff Campbell was a by-line on the strip when Sundell was writing it according to the Who's Who.
Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license
GoCollect Price Guide Report for this comic
CGC Census Report*
| Grade | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 10.0 | Total |
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Universal |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
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Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Restored |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
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