Top Dog #8 [Direct]
(June 1986)

Marvel, 1985 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD; 0.40 GBP; 0.95 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1986-02-25
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Star Comics; Marvel
Editing
Sid Jacobson (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #88.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

The Strange Disappearance of Top Dog (Table of Contents)

Top Dog / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Warren Kremer (signed)
Inks
Warren Kremer ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; children
Characters
Top Dog; Joey Jordan
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Missing (Table of Contents: 1)

Top Dog / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Dave Manak
Pencils
Warren Kremer
Inks
Jacqueline Roettcher; Jon D'Agostino
Colors
George Roussos
Letters
Grace Kremer
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; children
Characters
Top Dog; Joey Jordan; Lizzie Jordan; Mrs. Jordan; Mr. Jordan; Mr. Wilson; Mrs. Wilson
Synopsis
When Top Dog is injured in an accident he loses his memory (forgetting that he can talk) and is adopted by the Wilsons. They see that he is very intelligent and get him accepted as the commercial spokes-dog for Gummy Yummies dog food. Meanwhile, Joey is heartbroken, thinking that Top Dog has run away.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Star Signals / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Tom DeFalco
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Happy Birthday to us!
Synopsis
celebrating the first birthday of the Star Comics line
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Strange Disappearance of Top Dog
    Top Dog
  2. 1. Missing
    Top Dog
  3. 2. ["Happy Birthday to us!"]
    Star Signals
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