Top Dog #1 [Star Chase] - First Appearance of Top Dog, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Top Dog (Marvel, 1985 series)
Issue: #1 [Star Chase]
Publication date: April 1985
Key date: April 1985
On-sale date: 1985
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics Group
Price: $0.65; 0.30 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages: 36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance (cover) of Top Dog - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance (cover) of Joey Jordan - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Warren Kremer	Joey Jordan First, Top Dog First
1	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: ?; typeset	Spider-Man, Heathcliff; a Fraggle; Planet Terry; an Ewok; Strawberry Shortcake
2	The Dog-gone Beginning	comic story	6	script: Lennie Herman; pencils: Warren Kremer; inks: Jacqueline Roettcher; colors: Peter Kremer; letters: Grace Kremer	Top Dog; Joey Jordan; Lizzie Jordan; Mr. Jordan; Mrs. Jordan; Willie
3	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
4	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
5	The Dog-Gone Beginning Part 2: House about a Dog, Mom?	comic story	5	script: Lennie Herman; pencils: Warren Kremer; inks: Jacqueline Roettcher; colors: Peter Kremer; letters: Grace Kremer	Joey Jordan; Top Dog; Mrs. Jordan; Lizzie Jordan; Mr. Jordan
6	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1		Top Dog; The Jordans
7	-	comic story	1		Peter Porker, The Spectacular Spider-Ham
8	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	2	letters: ?; typeset	Strawberry Shortcake; Heathcliff; a Fraggle; an Ewok; Get Along Gang; Royal Roy
9	Dognapped	comic story	6	script: Lennie Herman; pencils: Warren Kremer; inks: Jacqueline Roettcher; colors: Peter Kremer; letters: Grace Kremer	Top Dog; Joey Jordan; Slyme; Mervin Megabucks
10	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
11	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: ?; typeset	Planet Terry
12	The Big Breakout: Dognapped Part 2	comic story	5	script: Lennie Herman; pencils: Warren Kremer; inks: Jacqueline Roettcher; colors: Peter Kremer; letters: Grace Kremer	Joey Jordan; Top Dog; Slyme; Mervin Megabucks
13	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
14	-	activity	2	letters: ?; typeset

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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