New Tops Volume 1 (1961)

January 1961 - December 1961
Abbott's Magic Manufacturing Company
Recil Bordner, Publisher
Neil Foster Editor

591 pages

1. Pre-Publication Advertising sheet
1. The New Tops - Volume 1, Number 1 - January 1961 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Sid Lorraine
2. Cover Portrait - Sid Lorraine
3. Contents
4. Sketch of Percy Abbott
5. In Memoriam - re: Percy Abbott - 1886-1960
6. Gone, But Never Forgotten ... Howard Melson - by Gene Gordon
8. From the Editor's Desk - Neil Foster
9. Doves Doves Doves - Jack LaWain
12. Oriental Cabinets - W. W. Durbin
14. Snap It - Mike Miller
16. Tops & Bottoms - Don Alan
    • How to Make a Million Dollars - spring bills
17. Roughingly Yours - Aldini
    • Touch-A-Rama
19. From the Magic Capitol of the World - Recil Bordner
20. Toots from the Calliope - L. E. Roba Collins
21. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
23. People, Places & Things Magical - Dick Du Bois
24. Hen Presents Fetsching Magic - Hen Fetsch
    • Sammy the Soldier
25. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson
26. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • production of a dove from an unprepared sheet of newspaper
27. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
    • Motor City Magical Mutterings
    • Going to the Dogs
28. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • A Routine with Stock Apparatus
30. Tops-Tips
31. Johnstone's Column - George Johnstone
    • Random Thoughts While Brushing the Velvet
    • In and Outjogging the Chicagoland Area
    • The Bottom of The Tops
32. Curtain Down
    • George La Follette (Rush Ling Toy)
33. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • IBIDEM
      • The Magical Digest
      • Abracadabra
      • Lines from Lawton
      • X-Salted Shaker - Bob Haskell
      • Lu rent's Dollar Bill to Matches
      • Six Card Mental Test - Don Tanner
      • Sorcar - publicity
      • Barnstormer
      • The New Phoenix, No. 351
      • Magic with Canes - Hen Fetsch
      • Spotted
34. Dragon Reincarnate - Vernon E. Lux
36. Atmosphere - poem - Harry Opel
36. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
37. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
39. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
40. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
41. The Presto Pitch - Tommy Windsor
43. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops" - Neil Foster

1. The New Tops - Volume 1, Number 2 - February 1961 - 44 pages
1. Cover - Reneaux
2. Cover Portrait - Reneaux - by Frances Ireland Marshall
3. Contents
4. In Memoriam - Hen Fetsch - 1912-1961
5. From the Editor's Desk - Neil Foster
6. Detroit's Wizards of Baghdad - Silky Sullivan
7. Walking thru a Ribbon
8. The Far East Far Out Coins - Ron Bauer
10. Tops & Bottoms - Don Alan
11. Roughingly Yours - Aldini
    • Cardincidence
12. From the Magic Capitol of the World - Recil Bordner
13. Toots from the Calliope - L. E. Roba Collins
14. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
15. Curtain Down - by Robert Lund
    • Albert F. Monroe
16. People, Places & Things Magical - Dick Du Bois
16. Ronnie & Sherrie Stroup Injured in Auto Accident
17. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • P.G. (Pretty Good) Watch Restoration
18. photo - Karrell Fox
19. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
    • Potted - Posies
20. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • Ten and Ten - routine
22. Johnstone's Column - George Johnstone
23. photo - Clarke 'Senator' Crandall
25. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • What's New with the Dealers and Publishers
      • Further Thought On Cards - J. Stewart Smith
      • The Wave of the Hands - J. Stewart Smith
      • A.I.M.C. Bulletin
      • Edgar Heyl - book catalogue No. 53
      • The New Phoenix, No. 353
      • The Word Association Test Expanded - Stephen A. Applebaum, PhD. - in September Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic
      • Abracadabra, No. 774
      • Trick Talk, Fall & Winter issue - Ireland's
      • Madball - Van Cleve
      • Flame - The Elders
      • Gagbag - Van Cleve
      • Rolon - case - The Elders
      • Zot - Van Cleve
27. Dragon Reincarnate - Vernon E. Lux
    • Jon Kirby's Streamlined Vanish
29. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
30. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
31. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
32. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
34. The Presto Pitch - Tommy Windsor
35. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops" - Neil Foster
    • News from Hollywood
37. Princess Has Vanished

1. The New Tops - Volume 1, Number 3 - March 1961 - 44 pages
1. Cover - Okito
2. Cover Portrait - Okito - by Robert Parrish
4. Contents
5. From the Editor's Desk - Neil Foster
6. My "Silken Lady" Presentation - Douglas Feben
7. photo - Carl Fyhrie performing Abbott's Super X Levitation
8. Attention Suckers - Tony Kardyro
9. Roughingly Yours - Aldini
   • Aces on Stand
10. From the Magic Capitol of the World - Recil Bordner
12. Magic for Ministers - Rev. Donald Bodley
13. Toots from the Calliope - L. E. Roba Collins
14. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
15. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson
16. People, Places & Things Magical - Dick Du Bois
17. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • a card rise
18. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
    • The Names the Same
19. Benjamin J. Kleinman Honored
20. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
22. Johnstone's Column - George Johnstone
    • The Gettysburg Income Tax Address
25. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • What's New
      • Comedy A' La Card - Karrell Fox
      • Mammoth Printing and Publicity Portfolio - Tommy Windsor
      • The New Phoenix, No. 354
      • The Magical Bookie - S. R. Patrick, editor
      • Mellon Mental Mysteries - list
    • Scrapbook Material
    • Tip of the Month
      • Made in Japan gag
27. Dragon Reincarnate - Vernon E. Lux
    • A Prediction
28. Streamlined - poem - Harry Opel
28. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
29. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
30. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
32. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
34. The Presto Pitch - Tommy Windsor
36. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops" - Neil Foster
    • News from India
    • Magic Thru A Keyhole - H. Adrian Smith
    • Pacific Coast News - Caryl S. Fleming
    • Listen In - Tricks, Tips & News - U. F. Grant
    • Code for Magicians

1. The New Tops - Volume 1, Number 4 - April 1961 - 48 pages
1. Cover - Christopher's Wonders
1. Contents
2. Cover Portrait - Milbourne Christopher - by Edgar Heyl
4. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops" - Neil Foster
   • Howard Thurston
5. The Collector's Page - poster - Thurston, Kellar's Succesor
6. Trouping With Thurston - Herman Hanson
   • Abbott's Keyo - Walking Thru a Keyhole
10. Impressions of "Christopher's Wonders" - Stuart Cramer
    • The Girl in the Cage
    • Miracle in Las Vegas
12. Tops & Bottoms - Don Alan
    • Impress You
13. Roughingly Yours - Aldini
    • More Thoughts Anticipated
14. Magic for Ministers - Rev. Donald Bodley
15. Toots from the Calliope - L. E. Roba Collins
16. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
18. People, Places & Things Magical - Dick Du Bois
19. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • adding music to club table
21. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
    • Blendo idea
22. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • The Gollywog Egg - Capt. Robert K. Spencer
    • Golf Routine and Patter - Ray Porfido
24. Johnstone's Column - George Johnstone
    • Random Thoughts While Ironing Silks
    • In and Outjogging Chicagoland
27. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • The Slapstick World of Buster Keaton
      • Dove Production - Neil Foster
      • Center Tear - Neil Foster
      • Anthony A. Vander Linden - magazine lists
      • Hede-E-Gram
      • Abracadabra, Nos. 776-780
      • The Great Sorcar - program
    • Henry Ray was June Barrows Mussey
    • Tip of the Month
      • magician's wax substitute
29. Dragon Reincarnate - Vernon E. Lux
31. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Tommy Nite Out - Herb Runge
32. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
33. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
    • I've Seen It Before
35. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
37. The Presto Pitch - Tommy Windsor
38. A Letter To The Editor from Senator Crandall

1. The New Tops - Volume 1, Number 5 - May 1961 - 48 pages
1. Cover - Suzy Wandas
2. Cover Portrait - Suzy Wandas - by Zina B. Bennett
4. Contents
5. The Collector's Page - poster - Carter the Great
6. Impalpability - Theo Bamberg, The Great Okito
8. The Story of the Cards - with a Memo by Sid Lorraine
9. The Trick That Fooled Blackstone - North Bigbee
10. Tops & Bottoms - Don Alan
11. Roughingly Yours - Aldini
    • A Presidential Election - Mariano Palhinha
11. New Acts
12. Magic for Ministers - Rev. Donald Bodley
13. From the Magic Capitol of the World - Recil Bordner
14. Toots from the Calliope - L. E. Roba Collins
15. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
16. People, Places & Things Magical - Dick Du Bois
17. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • Super X 100
18. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
    • Instant Pop-Korn
18. From the Magic Land of Alakazam
19. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • The Chinese Sticks
    • A Burglar in the House - Herb Runge
21. Johnstone's Column - George Johnstone
    • Random Thoughts While Folding the Spring Flowers
24. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • Scrapbook Material
    • reviews
      • Anthony A. Vander Linden - magazine lists
      • Edgar Heyl - book lists
      • Martin's Magic - lists
      • Abbott's - circulars
      • Sympathetic Silks - Harold Rice
      • Bookie, March
      • Ralph Badley - book list
      • A.I.M.C. Bulletins (India)
      • He Bee-She Bee - The Elders
      • The Magnet, November-December
      • Allen's Attic
      • Magicol [Magic Collectors Association]
      • Abracadabra
      • The New Phoenix, March & April
      • Barnstormer
    • Tip of the Month
      • Card Sword idea - John de Castro
27. Dragon Reincarnate - Vernon E. Lux
    • House for Rent - Jon Kirby
29. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
30. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
31. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
33. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Aces Forever
35. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
36. The Presto Pitch - Tommy Windsor
38. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops" - Neil Foster
    • The Amateur Is "Tops" - George A. Holly
    • Marvelo Says - Lester Lake

1. The New Tops - Volume 1, Number 6 - June 1961 - 44 pages - be sure to read "From the Editor's Desk" to understand this layout
1. Cover - Jay Marshall
2. Cover Portrait - Jay Marshall - by Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
3. Contents
4. From the Editor's Desk - Neil Foster
4. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops" - Neil Foster
   • By the Man Who Knows ... Do You Know That ... - George LaFollette
5. The Collector's Page - poster - Chung Ling Soo
6. Ghost Slate - North Bigbee
7. The Trick I Never Forget - Okito (Theo Bamberg)
8. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson
10. Roughingly Yours - Aldini
    • ESP- Gone
11. From the Magic Capitol of the World - Recil Bordner
11. Attention Magic Ministers
12. Toots from the Calliope - L. E. Roba Collins
13. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
15. People, Places & Things Magical - Dick Du Bois
16. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • Simplex Dove in The Balloon and 4th Dimension Vanish
18. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
    • Golf Tee routine - Russ Walsh
19. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Ace Stop
3. Raer Cover - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
22. Cover Portrait - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall by Jay Marshall
23. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • Vanishing Wand - Wilbur C. Kinyon
    • The Hydrostatic Glass - Wilbur C. Kinyon
25. Johnstone's Column - George Johnstone
    • Thoughts While Cleaning the Rabbit Pen
28. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • Kid Show Showmanship - Bruce Posgate
      • Vernon Inner Secrets
      • Sick Sorcery - Bob Pearce & Bob Olson
      • Criss-Cross - John J. Lind
      • The Half Wit Deck - Winston Freer
      • Hole Collection - Billy McComb
      • Pips, the journal of Magical Youths International
    • Tip of the Month
      • gummed Kraft tape
30. Dragon Reincarnate - Vernon E. Lux
32. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • vent stunt - Charles Hook
33. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
34. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
36. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
38. The Presto Pitch - Tommy Windsor

1. The New Tops - Volume 1, Number 7 - July 1961 - 48 pages
1. Cover - Harry Blackstone
2. Cover Portrait - Blackstone - The Leader of His People - by George Boston
4. Contents
5. The Collector's Page - poster - Blackstone, The World's Master Magician
6. The Old Opera House [Colon] - Monk Watson
8. Numismagic - North Bigbee
8. Acknowledgement - for contributions to Blackstone issue
9. The Invisible Martain Invasion - A One Man Close-Up Ghost Show Malcolm McCallum
10. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson
11. Roughingly Yours - Aldini
    • The Goofy Deck - Aldini
12. Magic for Ministers - Rev. Donald Bodley
12. Curtain Down
    • Robert McCleary
13. Toots from the Calliope - L. E. Roba Collins
14. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
16. People, Places & Things Magical - Dick Du Bois
18. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • Polaroid Mental Impression Camera
19. Attention Magicians! - re: Get-Together rooms
20. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
    • Comedy Blow Up - Ireland's
24. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • The Spark with the Human Brain
26. Johnstone's Column - George Johnstone
29. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • Bits and Pieces
    • Scrapbook Material
    • reviews
      • Allen Lambie - list
      • Scientific American - Martin Gardner column
      • IBIDEM
      • Bean Box - Grant
      • Liquick
      • The Tie Pitch
      • Medicine Show Tonite
    • Scrapbook Material
    • Tip of the Month
      • Koki Felt Liquid Chalk
32. Dragon Reincarnate - Vernon E. Lux
34. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Be A Beggar and Pay No Taxes - Col. Bill Boley
35. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
36. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
38. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • The Observation Test
39. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
41. The Presto Pitch - Tommy Windsor

1. The New Tops - Volume 1, Number 8 - August 1961 - 48 pages
1. Cover - Jack Gwynne
2. Cover Portrait - Jack Gwynne - by Robert Parrish
4. Contents
5. photo - Jack Gwynne & His "Royal Family of Magic"
6. The Last "Great" Doesn't Bother to Say So Anymore - re: Blackstone - by the late George 'Alabama' Florida
7. Fred Keating 1901-1961 - by Monk Watson
8. Televination - North Bigbee
9. Abbott's Silken Loops
9. ??? Tops Late ???
10. Abbott's Catch a Ghost Illusion
12. Roughingly Yours - Aldini
    • The Genie Deck
13. Toots from the Calliope - L. E. Roba Collins
14. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
15. Around the World with Frances - Frances Ireland Marshall
    • Melbourne, Australia
16. People, Places & Things Magical - Dick Du Bois
17. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • For Magicians Only
19. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
    • Korn-ation Kream
20. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
22. The Bill Neff Bonanza
24. Johnstone's Column - George Johnstone
27. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • Further Inner Secrets of Card Magic - Dai Vernon
      • Magic ... World's Most Fascinating Hobby - John Mounier
      • Mightier Than The Bullet - Arnold Furst
      • Medicine Show Tonite - The Elders
      • The Pitch - Tom Palmer
      • The Magnet
      • The Barnstormer
      • Doc Weiss - publicity
      • Tannen - list
      • Ireland - list
      • Martin's Magic - list
      • Abbott's Catalog 15
29. Dragon Reincarnate - Vernon E. Lux
    • A Series of Surprises
31. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • dialog - Billy Boley
32. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
33. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Super X Illusion with a dummy
34. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
35. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson
36. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • The Jumping Jacks
38. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
39. The Presto Pitch - Tommy Windsor

1. The New Tops - Volume 1, Number 9 - September 1961 - 48 pages
1. Cover - Don Alan
2. Cover Portrait - Don Alan - Chicago's Pride - by Frances Ireland Marshall
3. Contents
4. Final Curtain
   • Augustus "Gus" Rapp
5. The Rest of the Way Around the World - Frances Ireland Marshall
6. Magic's TV Ambassador ... "Magic Ranch" - re: Don Alan - by George Anderson
10. An Open Letter to All Magicians - Don Alan
11. The Danbury Force - Norman Houghton
    • The Indoor Eye-Watcher
12. Roughingly Yours - Aldini
    • Harlequin Deck
    • Correction - July Issue
13. Toots from the Calliope - L. E. Roba Collins
16. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
17. People, Places & Things Magical - Dick Du Bois
18. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • TV Production Illusion
19. Van Cleve in Theatre Under the Stars
20. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
    • three dollar bill gag
21. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • The Traveling Block - Joseph White
    • Tissue to Bouquet - Bill Madden
    • Ball - Glasses & Silks - Doc Robert Hubert
22. New I. G.P. President - re: Benjamin J. Kleinman
23. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson
25. Johnstone's Column - George Johnstone
27. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • American Magic Club Bulletin
      • Abbott's Catalog Number 15
      • The Magnet
      • Pips
      • Magicol
      • A.I.M.C. Bulletin
      • Magic Net
      • Bookie
      • Hade-E-Gram
      • Magical Digest
      • The New Phoenix
      • ABRAcadabra, Nos. 790-806
    • Tape Recorders
    • Announcements, lists and stff
      • Tommy Windsor
      • N.Y.C.A.N.
      • Doc Weiss
      • Edgar Heyl - Catalogue No. 58
      • Ireland's Trick Talk
      • Tannen's Top Hat Topics
      • Teral Garrett - lists
      • Houdini-Gram
    • Scrapbook Material
    • Requests
    • Tip of the Month
      • Scotch Brand Mending Tape
29. Dragon Reincarnate - Vernon E. Lux
30. Clyde Cairy to Lecture in Iran
31. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • janitor's talking dummy - Billy Boley
32. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
    • Astrolepathy - North Bigbee
34. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • rope trick - Dr. Ray C. Finkle
35. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
36. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Elusive Aces
38. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
    • More about Double or Nothing
39. The Presto Pitch - Tommy Windsor
41. Tele-Ad - North Bigbee

1. The New Tops - Volume 1, Number 10 - October 1961 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Ron Urban
2. Contents
3. Houdini - April 6, 1974 - October 31, 1926
4. From the Magic Capitol of the World - Recil Bordner
4. From the Editor's Desk - Neil Foster
5. Abbott's 1961 Magic Get-Together Exceeds Expectations - John Braun
7. photos - Nite Before Show
9. photos - Thursday Night Public Show
11. photos - Friday Night Public Show
13. photos - Saturday Night Public Show
14. Roughingly Yours - Aldini
    • Pre-Cardiction
15. Toots from the Calliope - L. E. Roba Collins
15. Silent Mora's 75th Birthday
16. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
17. People, Places & Things Magical - Dick Du Bois
18. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • tablecloth gag
20. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
    • three bill gags
21. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
22. Cover Portrait - Ron Urban - by Gene Tuttle
27. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson
28. Johnstone's Column - George Johnstone
    • Adios Suzie
30. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • Tommy Windsor Super 1962 Publicity Portfolio
      • The Card Magic of Bro. John Hamman S.M. - Paul LePaul
      • Telepathy In Action - Orville Meyer
      • Cigs to Cash - Allan Lambie
      • Instanto - Allan Lambie
      • Grand Flash - Allan Lambie
      • Hade-E-Gram
      • Time Out For a Smoke - Micky Hades
      • The High Cost of Smoking - Micky Hades
      • SPLOT - The Elders
      • Write Your Own Patter - tape recordings - Sid Lorraine
      • Allan's Attic
      • Ralph Hadley - lists
      • Mental-Wise
      • Genii, August
    • Tip of the Month
      • glycerin for the hands
32. Dragon Reincarnate - Vernon E. Lux
34. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
35. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
36. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Out To Lunch
37. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
38. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • card effect
40. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
41. The Presto Pitch - Tommy Windsor
43. Any Slate a Clipboard - North Bigbee
43. Clarification - Astrolepathy in the September Issue

1. The New Tops - Volume 1, Number 11 - November 1961 - 52 pages - Special 'Twenty-Tricks' Issue
1. Cover - Karrell Fox
2. Cover Portrait -
2. Letters to the Editor
3. Contents
4. Cover Portrait - Karrell Fox "The King of Korn" - by "Monk" Watson
   • W. C. Fox
7. Something About Myself - Harry Blackstone
7. Blackstone Ave., Colon, Michaigan
8. Grandfather's Clock Illusion - Jesse Thornton
9. Tied Box & Ring
10. Chinese Straight Jacket
11. Double Exchange Illusion
11. Suspenso
12. Pip-Pip - Sid Lorraine
14. Bill in Egg - Joseph M. White
15. Chameleon Ball - Joseph M. White
16. State of Mine - North Bigbee
17. Snappy Dove Vanish
18. Roughingly Yours - Aldini
    • Aldini's Hydrogen Aces
19. Toots from the Calliope - L. E. Roba Collins
20. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
    • Vanishing Half Dollar
    • The Green Red Head
    • Houdini Club Convention
    • Frances' 30th Year
22. People, Places & Things Magical - Dick Du Bois
23. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • One Fast Buck
25. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
    • Don Alan's Sponge Ball and Brass Bowl
26. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • Afghan Bands Patter - Harry Carmer (El Zorro)
27. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson
28. Johnstone's Column - George Johnstone
    • Random Thoughts While Bandaging The Hand after The Vanishing Cane
31. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • Bits and Pieces
    • What's New
      • SNARK - The Elders
      • In Sp-Ace - Don Lawton
      • Magic Square and Master Memory - Orville Meyer
      • Flash - Allan Lambie
      • Look Again Folder - Allan Lambie
      • Petrie Lewis - list
      • Edgar Heyl Book List No. 59
      • Magical Book News - Axel Rasmussen
      • LeWains House of Magic - lists
      • Davenport's - book list
      • Gospel Maginews - periodical - Jimmy Lake
    • Letters, Comments and Requests
    • Tip of the Month
      • hand lotion - Okito
34. Dragon Reincarnate - Vernon E. Lux
    • Kirby's Stocking Cabinet
36. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Dialog - Bob McAllister
38. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
    • Séance Seership - North Bigbee
40. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Paper Cutting Routine
41. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
    • Christmas Routine
43. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Card-in-Case
44. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
    • Face to Face - Doc Harad
45. The Presto Pitch - Tommy Windsor

1. The New Tops - Volume 1, Number 12 - December 1961 - 52 pages
1. Cover - "Monk" Watson
2. Letters to the Editor
3. Contents
4. Cover Portrait - 'Monk' Watson - by John Braun
6. From the Editor's Desk - Neil Foster
7. Final Curtain
   • My Friend, Long Tack Sam - by Milo Lum (Short Tack Sam)
8. Subtle Problems You Will Do - John Braun & Stewart Judah
   • Sidelights on the Giant Fan
11. Roughingly Yours - Aldini
    • Aldini's Predict-O-Deck
12. Tops & Bottoms - Don Alan
    • One Hot Humid Evening
12. Col. Beaman and Herman Yerger [founder of TAOM]
13. Toots from the Calliope - L. E. Roba Collins
14. The Collector's Page - poster - Kellar, Self Decapitation
15. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
16. People, Places & Things Magical - Dick Du Bois
17. Final Curtain
    • Harry Baker - by Monk Watson
18. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • A Christmas Routine
19. Oscar - re: Oscar Hackler
20. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
    • more gag bills
21. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • Atomic Ray Gun - John De Castro
    • Routine Tips - Dale "Leroy" Gardner
    • Square Ball Sponge
23. Card V - Stewart James
24. Johnstone's Column - George Johnstone
    • George's Gems
    • Flash Tray
    • Random Thoughts While Sweeping Up After the Rice Bowls
    • George's Dept. of Collossal [sic] Insignificant Facts
26. Ejecting the Intruders - Eddie Joseph
28. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • What's New
      • Comedy Fillers - Robert Orben
      • locating a mentally selected card - John P. Hamilton
      • copy of a Houdini poster - Tommy Windsor
      • Ireland's Trick Talk
      • Bookie, October
      • Edgar Heyl's List No. 60
      • Top Hat Topics
      • Barnstormer
      • American Magic Club Bulletin
      • The Prestidigitator Speaks
      • Hade-E-Gram, September
      • Abracadabra, Nos. 807-819
      • The New Phoenix
      • Genii, September
    • Just What You Want for Christmas
      • C'est Terrifique - Neil Foster
      • Rainbow Golf Ball Routine - Neil Foster
      • Houdini's Fabulous Magic - Walter Gibson & Morris N. Young
    • Tip of the Month
      • flesh colored pastel for marking cards
31. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops" - Neil Foster
32. Gagbag Routine - Ron Bauer
33. Dragon Reincarnate - Vernon E. Lux
    • An Added Effect with the Chinese Rings - Henry Walton
    • A Selected Card Turns Over
    • A New Feke for Producing Cigarettes
34. Our Christmas Party - poem - Harry Opel
35. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • It's Magic
36. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
    • Love Chain - North Bigbee
38. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • trick in September issues was published as Bachelor's Needle
    • paper folding for Christmas shows
39. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
41. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Elimination
42. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
43. The Presto Pitch - Tommy Windsor

Publisher: Abbott Magic