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Issue: Top Dog #1
Publication Date: April 1985
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Issues: #1 of 15 Issues (31 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Star ComicsView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 1985
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.75 CAD
£0.30 GBP
$0.65 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (4 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, childrens
Character(s): Top Dog; Joey Jordan
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In Content Item: FlagStar Comics All-Star Collection #1 published January 2009
as Top Dog #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Dog-Gone Beginning

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, childrens
Character(s): Top Dog; Joey Jordan; Mr. Jordan; Mrs. Jordan; Lizzie Jordan
First Line: Now you're getting it Joey!
Synopsis: Top Dog and Joey reminisce about how they met and how Top Dog came to live with the Jordans, pretending to be a regular (non-talking) dog.
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In Content Item: FlagStar Comics All-Star Collection #1 published January 2009
as The Dog-Gone Begining [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagX-Babies #3 [unnamed variant] published February 2010
as The Dog-Gone Beginning [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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House About a Dog, Mom? - Part 2 The Doggone Beginning

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, childrens
Character(s): Top Dog; Joey Jordan; Mr. Jordan; Mrs. Jordan; Lizzie Jordan
First Line: You're going to love my folks, Top Dog!
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In Content Item: FlagStar Comics All-Star Collection #1 published January 2009
as The Dog-Gone Begining [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Character(s): Strawberry Shortcake; Heathcliff
First Line: Can You Name These Famous Stars?
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: House ad for subscriptions to Star Comics. Includes small cover reproductions of Royal Roy #1, Strawberry Shortcake #1 and Fraggle Rock #1.
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Dognapped

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, childrens
Character(s): Top Dog; Joey Jordan; Mervin Megabucks; Slyme; Bruno
First Line: I'll race you Joey!
Synopsis: Mervin Megabucks overhears Top Dog talking, so he and his butler Slyme kidnap the dog, replacing his own dog Bruno.
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In Content Item: FlagStar Comics Magazine #2 published February 1987
as Dognapped [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagStar Comics All-Star Collection #1 published January 2009
as Dognapped [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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The Big Breakout - Part 2 Dognapped

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, childrens
Character(s): Top Dog; Joey Jordan; Mr. Jordan; Mrs. Jordan; Lizzie Jordan; Mervin Megabucks; Slyme
First Line: No chance getting through the front gate with all that surveillance equipment!
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In Content Item: FlagStar Comics Magazine #2 published February 1987
as Dognapped [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagStar Comics All-Star Collection #1 published January 2009
as Dognapped [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
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In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Synopsis: Star Comics Executive Editor DeFalco talks about the Star Comics line. Page also includes checklist of Marvel Comics cover-dated April 1985.
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Pages: 1
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, science fiction
Feature(s): Planet Terry
Character(s): Terry
First Line: They have already begun to talk about...Planet Terry
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House advertisement for Planet Terry from Star Comics; includes small cover reproduction of Planet Terry #1.
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Advertisements

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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Page 2 Super Sugar Crisp
Page 7 Fig Newtons
Page 9 SpaghettiOs
Page 12 Quik
Page 14 Bonkers
Page 23 NFL SuperPro Club
Page 25 Lucky Charms/Cocoa Puffs
Page 35 Cabbage Patch Kids
Page 36 Get Along Gang Club

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