(November 1957)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- Dell
- Editing:
- ?
- Color:
- Color
- Dimensions:
- Standard Golden Age U.S.; Standard Silver Age U.S.
- Paper Stock:
- Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior
- Binding:
- Saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format:
- Was Ongoing Series
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "TOPPER AND NEIL, No. 859". Code number is TOPPER O.S. #859-5711. "Authorized edition based on characters created by Thorne Smith from the novel "Topper", copyright 1926 by Thorne Smith; renewed 1954 by June Smith Delaney and Marion Smith Connor." This title is partially based on the "Topper" TV series which aired on CBS from 1953 to 1955. In the TV series, Topper had to deal with the ghosts of George and Marion Kerby and the St. Bernard dog Neil, which only he could see or hear. In the comic, the Kerbys don't appear and Neil becomes a talking St. Bernard, who can appear or vanish at will. Topper is still the only one who can hear him talk or see him when he is invisible.
Who Took the Hot Dog
Topper / activity / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Bill Williams
- Inks:
- Bill Williams
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- fantasy
- Characters:
- Cosmo Topper; Neil
- Synopsis:
- A connect the dots puzzle.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover
Something Fishy
Topper and Neil / comic story / 13 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Bill Williams
- Inks:
- Bill Williams
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- fantasy
- Characters:
- Cosmo Topper; Henrietta Topper; Neil
- Synopsis:
- Mr. Schuyler, the president of the Town Bank where Topper works, observes Topper talking to the invisible Neil and decides he needs to take Topper on a fishing trip for some relaxation.
Magic Mischief
Topper and Neil / comic story / 11 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Don R. Christensen
- Pencils:
- Bill Williams
- Inks:
- Bill Williams
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- fantasy
- Characters:
- Cosmo Topper; Henrietta Topper; Neil
- Synopsis:
- Neil pulls a series of pranks while invisible that lead people to think that Topper is a magician.
Indexer Notes
Script credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
The Wonderful Dubber
Topper and Neil / comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Bill Williams
- Inks:
- Bill Williams
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- fantasy; sports
- Characters:
- Cosmo Topper; Neil
- Synopsis:
- Topper is roped into playing Chips Brogan in a golf match. Brogan will donate $25,000 to the club if a member can beat him in a round of golf. With help from invisible Neil, Topper is leading after 11 holes. Then Neil decides its time for a nap.
Indexer Notes
Chips Brogan's name is a take-off on Hall of Fame pro golfer Ben Hogan.
[Sit, Neil, Sit]
Topper and Neil / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Bill Williams
- Inks:
- Bill Williams
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- fantasy
- Characters:
- Cosmo Topper; Neil
- Synopsis:
- Topper tries to get an invisible Neil to sit, but passers-by think he is talking to a statue.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover
[Practicing Putting]
Topper and Neil / illustration / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Bill Williams
- Inks:
- Bill Williams
- Colors:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- fantasy; sports
- Characters:
- Cosmo Topper; Neil
- Synopsis:
- Topper practices putting while Neil provides a backstop behind the hole.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. One large illustration. An almost identical scene occurs in the story "The Wonderful Dubber" (Sequence 4). Also has Dell's "A Pledge to Parents".
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Topper and Neil -
1.
Who Took the Hot Dog
Topper -
2.
Something Fishy
Topper and Neil -
3.
Magic Mischief
Topper and Neil -
4.
The Wonderful Dubber
Topper and Neil -
5.
[Sit, Neil, Sit]
Topper and Neil -
6.
[Practicing Putting]
Topper and Neil
- Karl Wilcox
- Tony R. Rose
- Merlin Haas
- Alberto Becattini
- Gene Reed
- Roger A. Budnick
- John P. Selegue
- Merlin Haas
- Ken Lemons
- Chris Launder
- Jim Walls
- Terry Vraspir
- Gary Perlman
- Jerry Hillegas
- Craig Delich
- James Ludwig
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Kenneth Blair
- Mike Nielsen
- David Porta
- Matthew Torrance
- Ken Kwilinski
- Gary L. Watson
- Gregg Whitmore
- Max Capp
- Tony R. Rose
- Lou Mazzella
- Rodney Hinkle
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Donald Dale Milne
- Karl Wilcox
- Darrel McCann
- Peter Croome
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