Top Dog #4
(October 1985)

Marvel, 1985 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.65 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Star Comics; Marvel
Editing
Sid Jacobson (editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Top Dog / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Warren Kremer (signed)
Inks
Warren Kremer ?
Colors
?
Letters
Grace Kremer ?
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; children
Characters
Top Dog; Joey Jordan; Morrison (partial)
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The Secret of Top Dog (Table of Contents: 1)

Top Dog / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Len Herman
Pencils
Warren Kremer
Inks
Jacqueline Roettcher
Colors
George Roussos
Letters
Grace Kremer
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; children
Characters
Top Dog; Joey Jordan; Morrison; Eddie Etch; Lizzie Jordan (cameo flashback); Mr. Jordan (cameo flashback); Mrs. Jordan (cameo flashback)
Synopsis
A portion of Top Dog's past is revealed when Morrison, a government agent, comes looking for him because Top Dog is the only one who knows how to operate the supercomputer Braindrain. They learn that Eddie Etch plans to release $100 billion in counterfeit currency, which would destroy the economy, and only Top Dog can stop him.
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Big News! (Table of Contents: 2)

Star Signals / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Tom DeFalco
Letters
typeset
Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

news about upcoming Star Comics titles; page also includes checklist of Marvel comics on sale this month

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

Care Bears / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Come live where the fun is forever
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; fantasy-supernatural; children

Indexer Notes

Back cover; advertisement for the Care Bears line of toys.
Care Bears © 1985 American Greetings Corporation.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Top Dog
  2. 1. The Secret of Top Dog
    Top Dog
  3. 2. Big News!
    Star Signals
  4. 3. ["Come live where the fun is forever"]
    Care Bears
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  • Mike Nielsen
  • Richard Thomson
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