Top Cat #[1964]
(1963)

Peveril Books, 1962 Series
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Price
?
Pages
96
On-sale Date
1963-09
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Peveril Books
Brand
A Giant T.V. Picture Book
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Remaining contents are probably British produced text stories.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Top Cat / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (painting)
Inks
? (painting)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humour
Characters
Top Cat; Benny the Ball; Choo Choo; Brain; Officer Dibble
No image yet

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

statement of ownership / 1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Getting the Business (Table of Contents: 4)

Top Cat / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Veve Risto ?
Inks
?
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humour
Characters
Top Cat; Choo Choo; Benny the Ball; Spook; The Brain; Goldie; Fancy Fancy; Pierre; Mr. Schultz
Reprints

Snagglepuss In Spain (Table of Contents: 5)

Snagglepuss / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Pete Alvarado
Inks
Pete Alvarado
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ah, here I am in Madrid, the capital of romantic Spain, where the strumming of guitars and the rhythm of the castanets fills the brisk air with excitement!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Snagglepuss; Bandero (bull); Estelitta (Bandero's girl friend); Bernard (bull)
Synopsis
Snagglepuss becomes a matador in order to help cowardly Bandero put on a good show and impress Estelitta. But Bandero beats Bernard so badly that Estelitta turns on him, after which he turns on Snagglepuss.
Reprints
Keywords
Bull fight; matador; Spain; TV cartoon

Indexer Notes

Second appearance of Snagglepuss.

A Shady Deal (Table of Contents: 6)

Top Cat / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Carey
Inks
John Liggera ?
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humour
Characters
Top Cat; Choo Choo; Benny the Ball; Spook; The Brain; Goldie; Fancy Fancy; Pierre; Officer Dibble
Reprints

Luck of the Duck (Table of Contents: 7)

Yakky Doodle / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Title change in table of contents.

The Robin Wasn't a Bird (Table of Contents: 8)

Hokey Wolf / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Kay Wright
Inks
Kay Wright
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Hokey Wolf
Reprints

Quiz Fizzle (Table of Contents: 9)

Augie Doggie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Veve Risto
Inks
Steve Steere
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Augie Doggie; Doggie Daddy
Reprints

The Mechanical Marvel (Table of Contents: 10)

Ruff and Reddy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?

Genre
humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Reprints

Itty Bitty Buddyguard (Table of Contents: 11)

Yakky Doodle / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
Harvey Eisenberg
Inks
?
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Yakky Doodle; Chopper; Fibber Fox
Synopsis
Yakky decides the be Chopper's bodyguard. He keeps getting Chopper into mayhem, but insists that he's actually saving the day. Chopper finally hires a bodyguard to protect him from the bodyguard.
Reprints
Keywords
Dog; duck; fox

Indexer Notes

Newman script per biblio in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol. 31, No. 5, May 2020.

Title changed in contents list.

The Helpless Helper (Table of Contents: 12)

Huckleberry Hound / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harvey Eisenberg
Inks
Harvey Eisenberg
Letters
Harvey Eisenberg; Rome Siemon

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Traffic! Smog! Noise! There comes a time in every hound's life when he just can't take the city anymore!
Feature Logo
Huckleberry Hound [Dell Harvey Eisenberg Logo 1]
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Huckleberry Hound; Myopic Q. Mole, Esquire
Synopsis
Fleeing the city for the peace and quiet of the country, do-gooder Huck becomes the self-appointed protector of a nearsighted mole who has decided to live on the surface, rather than remain underground. He should have minded his own business.
Reprints
Keywords
best of intentions; city; country; forest setting; fourth-wall-breaking; leave-well-enough-alone; mole; need-for-peace-and-quiet; protector; series of mishaps; unintended slapstick consequences

Indexer Notes

As a former animator, Harvey Eisenberg nicely renders several instances of cartoon slapstick violence – all of which happen to Huck. Fourth-Wall Flouting: Huck directly addresses the readers on page seven, panel six.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Top Cat / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (painting)
Inks
? (painting)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humour
Characters
Top Cat; Benny the Ball; Choo Choo; Brain; Officer Dibble

Indexer Notes

Back cover identical to front cover.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Top Cat
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
  5. 4. Getting the Business
    Top Cat
  6. 5. Snagglepuss In Spain
    Snagglepuss
  7. 6. A Shady Deal
    Top Cat
  8. 7. Luck of the Duck
    Yakky Doodle
  9. 8. The Robin Wasn't a Bird
    Hokey Wolf
  10. 9. Quiz Fizzle
    Augie Doggie
  11. 10. The Mechanical Marvel
    Ruff and Reddy
  12. 11. Itty Bitty Buddyguard
    Yakky Doodle
  13. 12. The Helpless Helper
    Huckleberry Hound
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Top Cat
This issue was modified by
  • Paul Green
  • Stephen Mitchell