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Top-Notch Comics #9 (MLJ, 1940) CGC VG+ 4.5 Cream to off-white pages. 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. Overstreet 2024 VG 4.0 value = $1,622. CGC census 9/25: 5 in 4.5, 27 higher.

CGC Grader Notes:
staple detached top of cover
multiple crease cover
scuff left center of back cover breaks color
wear spine breaks color

View the certification for CGC Certification ID 2120749005, including grader's notes if available and a link to the latest full census report for the issue.*

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Sold on Oct 16, 2025 for: $1,320.00
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