Top 10 #2

([May] 2002)

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

Top 10 / insert or dust jacket / 0 pages (report information)

Pencils

Gene Ha

Colors

José Villarrubia (painting)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero; detective-mystery

Indexer Notes

Cover art credits from José Villarrubia via email.

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

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

The massive, multilayered city of Neopolis...

Genre

detective-mystery; superhero

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• in Top 10 (DC, 2001 series) #2 ([May] 2003)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover flap of dust jacket.

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

Top 10 / cover / 1 page (report information)

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Genre

superhero; detective-mystery

Indexer Notes

Embossed with the logo of the 10th Precinct.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

blank page(s) / 3 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover and front endpage.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Gene Ha (credited)

Colors

José Villarrubia (credited) (painting)

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typeset

Characters

Hyperdog; King Peacock; Joe Pi

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• in Top 10 (DC, 2001 series) #2 ([May] 2003)

[Editorial Credits] (Table of Contents: 6)

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• in Top 10 (DC, 2001 series) #2 ([May] 2003)

Top 10 Collected Edition Book 2 (Table of Contents: 7)

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• in Top 10 (DC, 2001 series) #2 ([May] 2003)

Indexer Notes

Title page.

Girl One and Dust Devil Character Sketches by Gene Ha (Table of Contents: 8)

Top 10 / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Gene Ha (credited)

Pencils

Gene Ha (credited)

Inks

Gene Ha (credited)

Colors

Gene Ha (credited)

Letters

Gene Ha (credited); typeset

Genre

superhero; detective-mystery

Characters

Girl One; Dust Devil

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• in Top 10 (DC, 2001 series) #2 ([May] 2003)

Chapter One (Table of Contents: 9)

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• in Top 10 (DC, 2001 series) #2 ([May] 2003)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Top 10 / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Zander Cannon (credited) (layouts); Gene Ha (credited)

Inks

Gene Ha (credited)

Colors

Chris Garcia

Letters

Todd Klein

Genre

superhero; detective-mystery

Characters

Girl One; Irma Geddon; Smax; Toybox; Peregrine; Jack Phantom; Dust Devil

Reprints

• from Top 10 (DC, 1999 series) #8 (June 2000)

The Overview (Table of Contents: 11)

Top 10 / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Moore (credited)

Pencils

Zander Cannon (credited) (layouts); Gene Ha (credited)

Inks

Gene Ha (credited)

Colors

Wildstorm FX (credited)

Letters

Todd Klein (credited)

Genre

superhero; detective-mystery

Characters

Peregrine; McCambridge; Janus; Jack Phantom; Jetman; Dust Devil; Synaesthesia; King Peacock; Irma Geddon; Girl One; Commissioner Ultima; Mr. Nebula; Saroona (dead); Kapela; The Hound; The Black Boomerang [Gil Marchioness]; M'rrgla Qualtz; The Night 'Porter [Neville Bennet]; Plastic Man (cameo); Elastic Lad (cameo); Elongated Man (cameo); Mr. Fantastic (cameo); Thomas the Tank Engine (cameo); Ronald Reagan (portrait) (cameo); the Fantastic Four (in portrait, as Les Demoiselles d'Avignon) (cameo); flying monkeys (cameo); Spaceman Spiff (cameo); Astro Boy (cameo); Man-Bat (cameo); the Angel (X-Men) (cameo); the Vulture (Adrian Toomes)(cameo); the Wizard (Frightful Four)(cameo); Professor X (cameo); Barbara Gordon (cameo); the Chief (Doom Patrol) (cameo); R2-D2 (cameo); Mirror Master (cameo); Bat-Mite (cameo); Mr. Mxyztplk (cameo); Evil Spock (Mirror, Mirror) (cameo); Evil Kirk (Mirror, Mirror) (cameo); Evil Uhura (Mirror, Mirror) (cameo); Crime Syndicate of America [Ultraman; Superwoman; Power Ring] (cameo); Nightmare (Marvel) (cameo); robot from Metropolis (cameo); Alfred E. Neuman (on poster) (cameo); Will Robinson (cameo); Dr. Smith (cameo); Robot (Lost in Space) (cameo); Loki (Marvel) (cameo)

Synopsis

Peregrine works a traffic accident, Girl One plays the Top Ten game, and King Peacock leaves for Grand Central.

Reprints

• from Top 10 (DC, 1999 series) #8 (June 2000)

Indexer Notes

The story includes several references to other comics or literature, sometimes in artwork or in wordplay. These include: Yellow Submarine; Sentinel (X-Men); Zeta Beam; Boom Tube; Superman: The Movie; Crisis on Infinite Earths

Chapter Two (Table of Contents: 12)

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• in Top 10 (DC, 2001 series) #2 ([May] 2003)

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

Top 10 / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Zander Cannon (credited) (layouts); Gene Ha (credited)

Inks

Gene Ha (credited)

Colors

Chris Garcia

Letters

Todd Klein

Genre

superhero; detective-mystery

Characters

King Peacock; Technozoic

Reprints

• from Top 10 (DC, 1999 series) #9 (October 2000)

Rules of Engagement (Table of Contents: 14)

Top 10 / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Moore (credited)

Pencils

Zander Cannon (credited) (layouts); Gene Ha (credited)

Inks

Gene Ha (credited)

Colors

Alex Sinclair (credited)

Letters

Todd Klein (credited)

Genre

superhero; detective-mystery

Characters

Dust Devil; Shock-Headed Peter; Hyperdog; Jetman; King Peacock; Jack Phantom; Synaesthesia; Smax; Toybox; Wolfspider; Monsoon; Irma Geddon; Girl One; Ex-Verminator; Cosmouse; Saturnian Scrap-Hunter; Galactapuss; Neural 'Nette; M'rrgla Qualtz; Legionnaire Briareus; Legionnaire Hercula; Centurion Midas; Technozoic [Delta 2401]; Reynard; The Caryatid [Gina Marconi]; Ron Wornow; Cherry Bomb; Cerebra; The Night 'Porter; Forever People (cameo); Hercules (DC version) (cameo); Hercules (Marvel version) (cameo); Hercules (as played by Steve Reeves) (cameo); Hercules (the Mighty Hercules) (cameo); Mars (Wonder Woman) (cameo); Cerberus (cameo); Little Caesar (pizza billboard) (cameo); Atlas (cameo); Hawkgirl (cameo); Bouncing Beatnik (Astro City) (cameo); Cleopatra (Astro City) (cameo); Hamburglar (cameo); Elsie Borden (cameo); Elmer Borden (cameo); Hippolyta (Wonder Woman) (cameo); Etta Candy (cameo); Asterix (cameo); Obelix (cameo); Dogmatix (cameo); Batman (cameo); Owlman (Earth 3) (cameo); Nite Owl (Watchmen) (cameo); Marvin the Martian (cameo); Cyclops (X-Men) (cameo)

Synopsis

The cat and mouse war goes cosmic, King Peacock fights in the arena in Grand Central, Shock-Headed Peter sees Hyperdog kissing Neural 'Nette, and Ron Wornow gets a bad feeling.

Reprints

• from Top 10 (DC, 1999 series) #9 (October 2000)

Indexer Notes

The story includes numerous references to other comics or literature, often in artwork or in wordplay. These include: Holiday Girls; the Huntress (Batman); Wolverine; Tales of Suspense; Journey Into Mystery; Strange Tales; Amazing Adult Fantasy; Iron Man; Captain America; Kang the Conqueror; Hourman; Hydra; Comics Code Seal of Approval; The Fly (movie); N.W.A.; the Trojan horse; Apocalypse Now; O'Ni; Omni-Man; Posthuman; Fantastic Four # 48-50 ("Galactus Trilogy"); The Beverly Hillbillies.

Chapter Three (Table of Contents: 15)

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• in Top 10 (DC, 2001 series) #2 ([May] 2003)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Top 10 / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Zander Cannon (credited) (layouts); Gene Ha (credited)

Inks

Gene Ha (credited)

Colors

Chris Garcia

Letters

Todd Klein

Genre

superhero; detective-mystery

Characters

Jetman; Smax

Reprints

• from Top 10 (DC, 1999 series) #10 (January 2001)

Music for the Dead (Table of Contents: 17)

Top 10 / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Moore (credited)

Pencils

Zander Cannon (credited) (layouts); Gene Ha (credited)

Inks

Gene Ha (credited)

Colors

Alex Sinclair (credited)

Letters

Todd Klein (credited)

Genre

superhero; detective-mystery

Characters

Smax; Toybox; Hyperdog [Kemlo]; Jetman; Jack Phantom; Dust Devil; Shock-Headed Peter; Irma Geddon; Girl One (dies); Peregrine; Synaesthesia; Monsoon; Micromaid; Wolfspider; The Word; G Whiz; Bluejay (dead); Commissioner Ultima (dies); The Night 'Porter (dies); M'rrgla Qualtz (dies); The Rumor; Boy Commandos (cameo); Newsboy Legion (cameo); Josie and the Pussycats (cameo); Captain Caveman (cameo)

Synopsis

When Commissioner Ultima visits Top Ten, Synesthesia recognizes her perfume as the scent on Graczik's body. Synesthesia attempts to arrest her and Commissioner Ultima goes on a rampage, killing Girl One, M'rrgla Qualtz, and The Night 'Porter and injuring Toybox before she is subdued.

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• from Top 10 (DC, 1999 series) #10 (January 2001)

Chapter Four (Table of Contents: 18)

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• in Top 10 (DC, 2001 series) #2 ([May] 2003)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

Top 10 / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Zander Cannon (credited) (layouts); Gene Ha (credited)

Inks

Gene Ha (credited)

Colors

Alex Sinclair

Letters

Todd Klein

Genre

superhero; detective-mystery

Characters

Smax; Toybox; Hyperdog; Shock-Headed Peter; Irma Geddon; Joe Pi; Captain Traynor

Reprints

• from Top 10 (DC, 1999 series) #11 (May 2001)

His First Day on the New Job (Table of Contents: 20)

Top 10 / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Moore (credited)

Pencils

Zander Cannon (credited) (layouts); Gene Ha (credited)

Inks

Gene Ha (credited)

Colors

Alex Sinclair (credited)

Letters

Todd Klein (credited)

Genre

superhero; detective-mystery

Characters

Smax; Toybox; Hyperdog [Kemlo]; Jack Phantom; Shock-Headed Peter; Irma Geddon; Peregrine; Joe Pi; Captain Traynor [Jetman]; Shirley Teller; Mickey Millions; Roy Radium [Science Lad]; Johnny Thunder's Thunderbolt (cameo); Wonder Woman ("updated" version from 1968) (cameo); Philip J. Fry (cameo); Turanga Leela (cameo); Bender (cameo); Red Tornado [Ma Hunkel] (cameo); Forbush-Man (cameo); the Invisible Man (Claude Rains movie) (cameo); Larry Trainor (Negative Man) (cameo); Nurse Spratt (Fables) (cameo); Oscar Wilde (cameo); Odin (cameo); Fu Manchu (cameo); Deadman (cameo); Ghost Rider (Marvel Comics version) (cameo); the Ghostly Trio (cameo); Casper the Friendly Ghost (cameo); the Spirit (cameo); Ebony (cameo); the Hanged Man (cameo); Powerpuff Girls (cameo); Beppo the Supermonkey (cameo); Peter Parker (cameo)

Synopsis

Joe Pi meets great resistance when he joins Top 10, both because he's replacing the late Girl 1 and because many officers resent working with an Artificial Intelligence. By his high skills and his deep empathy, he begins to win acceptance.

Reprints

• from Top 10 (DC, 1999 series) #11 (May 2001)

Indexer Notes

The story contains numerous references to other comics or literature, often in artwork or in wordplay. These include: Stan Lee; Plastic Man; Spider-Man No More! (The Amazing Spider-Man # 50); Tetsuo; Futurama; Batman (1966 TV show); Superman, King of Earth (Action Comics # 311-312); Dr. Fate; Soylent Green; Elektra; Professor X; Jean Gray; Scott Summers; Reed Richards; Warren Worthington; Richie Rich; Chibi; George W. Bush; Justice League of America; Monster League of Evil; Boy George; Animal Man; Vykin the Black; Mother Box; Thor; Engels & Marx; Iron Man; Silver Surfer; Elzie Segar [E. C. Segar]; Blackhawks; NYPD Blue; Tetsuo.

Chapter Five (Table of Contents: 21)

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Letters

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• in Top 10 (DC, 2001 series) #2 ([May] 2003)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

Top 10 / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Zander Cannon (credited) (layouts); Gene Ha (credited)

Inks

Gene Ha (credited)

Colors

Alex Sinclair

Letters

Todd Klein

Genre

detective-mystery; superhero

Characters

Dust Devil; Shock-Headed Peter; Smax; Synaesthesia; Irma Geddon; Jack Phantom; King Peacock; Joe Pi; Hyperdog; Multi-Girl; Peregrine; The Word

Reprints

• from Top 10 (DC, 1999 series) #12 (October 2001)

Court on the Street (Table of Contents: 23)

Top 10 / comic story / 32 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Moore (credited)

Pencils

Zander Cannon (credited) (layouts); Gene Ha (credited)

Inks

Gene Ha (credited)

Colors

Alex Sinclair (credited)

Letters

Todd Klein (credited)

Genre

detective-mystery; superhero

Characters

Dust Devil; Shock-Headed Peter; Smax; Synaesthesia; Irma Geddon; Jack Phantom; King Peacock; Joe Pi; Hyperdog [Kemlo]; Multi-Girl; Peregrine; The Word; Seven Sentinels; Captain Traynor [Jetman]; Young Sentinels; Dr. Dolittle (as played by Eddie Murphy) (cameo); Dr. Dolittle (as played by Rex Harrison) (cameo); Speedy Alka-Seltzer (cameo); Frito Bandito (cameo); Sandy Dennis (cameo); George Peppard (cameo); Dastardly (cameo); Muttley (cameo); Dr. Strangelove (cameo); Groucho Marx (cameo); E.T. (cameo); Peter Pan (cameo); Tinkerbelle (cameo); Wendy (cameo); Michael (cameo); John (cameo); Detective Chimp (cameo)

Synopsis

Drama unfolds as the Top Ten crew attempts to capture the rogue superhero group the Seven Sentinels.

Reprints

• from Top 10 (DC, 1999 series) #12 (October 2001)

Indexer Notes

The story includes numerous references to other comics or literature, often in artwork or in wordplay. These include: Justice League of America; Green Arrow; Superman; Batman; Aquaman; Green Lantern; the Flash (Silver Age); Supergirl; Robin; Aqualad; Kid Flash; Snapper Carr; Wonder Woman; Holliday Girls; Snoopy; Fortress of Solitude; Ma and Pa Kent; Kandor; Wayne Manor; Alfred; Batcave; Batmobile; the Beatles; Blue Beetle; Robotman; Popuppians; Golden Age of Comics; Hendrickson and Andre (Blackhawks); Ernst Blofeld; Secret Sanctum of the Justice League; Jonah Hex; Neal Adams; Denny O'Neill; Green Lantern/Green Arrow logo; the Maltese Falcon; the Flash (Silver Age); Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966 film); power ring; Bill Clinton; General Immortus; Teen Titans; Wacky Races (1968 TV show); kryptonite; sea monkeys; Amazo; Stan Lee; Monsieur Mallah; Mr. Mxyzptlk; Topo (Aquaman's octopus); Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang; The Nightmare Before Christmas; Jeeves; Count Nefaria; International Harvester; Slave Ship of Space.

Dedications (Table of Contents: 24)

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Alan Moore; Gene Ha; Zander Cannon; ?

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Synopsis

Dedications from the artists and a short biography of each.

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• in Top 10 (DC, 2001 series) #2 ([May] 2003)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25) (Expand) /

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 26)

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Indexer Notes

Back endpage, inside back cover, and back cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27)

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• in Top 10 (DC, 2001 series) #2 ([May] 2003)

Indexer Notes

Biographies of the main artists on the inside back cover flap.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 28)

Top 10 / insert or dust jacket / 0 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Zander Cannon (layouts); Gene Ha

Inks

Gene Ha

Colors

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Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero; detective-mystery

Characters

Dust Devil; Smax; Synaesthesia; Irma Geddon; Jack Phantom; King Peacock; Joe Pi; Hyperdog; Multi-Girl; Peregrine

Indexer Notes

On the back cover portion of the dust jacket.