comic book
A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or (in the United Kingdom and Ireland) simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are of ...
of the same name, published by
Star Comics
Star Comics was an imprint of Marvel Comics that began in 1984 and featured titles that were aimed at child readers and were often adaptations of children's television series, animated series or toys. The last comic published under the imprint ...
(an imprint of
Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics is an American comic book publishing, publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Co ...
). Top Dog was created by writer Lennie Herman and artist
Spider-Man
Spider-Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, he first appeared in the anthology comic book '' Amazing Fantasy'' #15 (August 1962) in the ...
team-up. Although it was actually an actor in a Spider-Man suit, the real
Peter Parker
Spider-Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, he first appearance, first appeared in the anthology comic book ''Amazing Fantasy'' #15 (August ...
does make an appearance. The series ran for fourteen issues after which, the character continued to make appearances in ''Heathcliff'' comic books (starting in issue #22) in both crossovers and backup stories.
Top Dog reappeared in the 2009-2010
X-Babies
The X-Babies are a group of fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. They are depicted as being Mojo-manufactured child clones of the X-Men. They first appeared in ''Uncanny X-Men Annual'' #12 and were cre ...
miniseries ''Stars Reborn'', as both a copy of himself produced by Mr. Veech to throw the X-Babies off his trail, and an Earth-616 version of himself, who happens to be a cyborg canine, rather than just an intelligent talking dog.
Titles
''Top Dog''
The titles of the main 14-issue ''Top Dog'' series:
#"The Secret Life of Top Dog" (AKA "The Dog-Gone Beginning")
#"Spies"
#"Mad Biter"
#"Top Dog's Secret Past is Revealed" (AKA "The Secret of Top Dog")
#"Mr. Invisible"
#"Frank N Stein"
#"Special Team Up: Royal Roy and Top Dog" (AKA "Crisis in Cashalot") (featuring Royal Roy)
#"The Strange Disappearance of Top Dog" (AKA "Missing")
#"Special Team Up: Heathcliff and Top Dog" (AKA "The Mystery of the Missing Millions") (featuring Heathcliff)
#"The Team Up of the Year: Can This be Spider-Man?" (AKA "The Spectacular Comic Book Caper!") (featuring Peter Parker and a
Spider-Man
Spider-Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, he first appeared in the anthology comic book '' Amazing Fantasy'' #15 (August 1962) in the ...
lookalike)
#"Enter: Dirty Dog" (AKA "The Return of Dirty Dog")
#"The Revenge of Frank N Stein N Mervin"
#"Front to the Future"
#"Please Don't Go T-Top Dog!"
''Heathcliff''
The regular series continued in the back of '' Heathcliff'' comics starting with issue #22. Issue numbers #36, 40, 46 - 56 did not feature a Top Dog story. Issue #45 is one of