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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published April 1985
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.65 USD; 0.30 UK; 0.75 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Sid Jacobson

Cover Details

Characters Top Dog; Joey Jordan
Genre children
Pencils Warren Kremer (signed)
Inks Warren Kremer ?
Letters Grace Kremer ?
Reprinted in Star Comics All-Star Collection (Marvel, 2009 series) #1

6 page Top Dog story "The Dog-Gone Beginning"

Characters Top Dog; Joey Jordan; Mr. Jordan; Mrs. Jordan; Lizzie Jordan
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.
Genre children
Script Lennie Herman
Pencils Warren Kremer
Inks Jacqueline Roettcher
Colors Peter Kremer
Letters Grace Kremer
Reprinted in Star Comics All-Star Collection (Marvel, 2009 series) #1

5 page Top Dog story "House About A Dog, Mom? - Part 2 The Doggone Beginning"

Script Lennie Herman
Pencils Warren Kremer
Inks Jacqueline Roettcher
Colors Peter Kremer
Letters Grace Kremer
Reprinted in Star Comics All-Star Collection (Marvel, 2009 series) #1

2 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Can You Name These Famous Stars?"

Genre children
Pencils ? (illustrations)
Inks ? (illustrations)
Notes House ad for subscriptions to Star Comics. Includes small cover reproductions of Royal Roy #1, Strawberry Shortcake #1 and Fraggle Rock #1.

6 page Top Dog story "Dognapped"

Characters Top Dog; Joey Jordan; Mervin Megabucks; Slyme; Bruno
Synopsis Mervin Megabucks overhears Top Dog talking, so he and his butler Slyme kidnap the dog, replacing his own dog Bruno.
Genre children
Script Lennie Herman
Pencils Warren Kremer
Inks Jacqueline Roettcher
Colors Grace Kremer
Letters Peter Kremer
Reprinted in Star Comics All-Star Collection (Marvel, 2009 series) #1

5 page Top Dog story "The Big Breakout - Part 2 Dognapped"

Script Lennie Herman
Pencils Warren Kremer
Inks Jacqueline Roettcher
Colors Grace Kremer
Letters Peter Kremer
Reprinted in Star Comics All-Star Collection (Marvel, 2009 series) #1

1 page Star Signals promo (ad from the publisher)

Synopsis Star Comics Executive Editor DeFalco talks about the Star Comics line. Page also includes checklist of Marvel Comics cover-dated April 1985.
Genre children
Script Tom DeFalco
Pencils ? (illustrations)
Inks ? (illustrations)
Colors ? (illustrations)
Letters typeset