Top Dog is a character from the comic book

Comic book

A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...

 of the same name, published by Star Comics

Star Comics

Star Comics was an imprint of Marvel Comics that began in 1984 and continued to publish comic books until early 1988. Titles published by the imprint were aimed at child readers and were often adaptations of children's television series, animated series or toys...

 (an imprint of Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics

Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...

). Top Dog was created by Lennie Herman (writer) and Warren Kremer

Warren Kremer

Warren Kremer was an American comics writer and artist best known for his creation of the Harvey Comics characters Richie Rich, Hot Stuff the Little Devil and Stumbo the Giant. His style is known for big, bold compositions, and a keen sense of contrast and color.- Childhood and early career...

 (artist).

The Series

Top Dog is a very intelligent, talking dog who befriends a human child named Joey Jordan. Top Dog goes on to live with Joey, who promises not to expose the fact that Top Dog can speak. The duo go on to have adventures involving spies, criminals and mad scientists, after it is revealed that Top Dog was formerly "Mr. X", a government agent who was valued for his intelligence, but had to disguise his canine nature with a cover ID and a full-body cloak. Amongst these adventures were several crossovers with other Star Comic characters such as Heathcliff

Heathcliff (comic strip)

Heathcliff is a comic strip created by George Gately in 1973 featuring the title character, a wisecracking cat. Now written and drawn by Gately's nephew, Peter Gallagher, it is distributed to over 1,000 newspapers by Creators Syndicate, who took over the comic from McNaught Syndicate in 1988.The...

 and Royal Roy

Royal Roy

Royal Roy: A Prince of a Boy was a short-lived bimonthly comic book title from the Marvel Comics younger readers' imprint Star Comics, created by Lennie Herman and Warren Kremer.-Publication history:...

. One story even seemingly involved a Spider-Man

Spider-Man

Spider-Man is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko. He first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15...

 team-up. Although it was actually an actor in a Spider-Man suit, the real Peter Parker

Spider-Man

Spider-Man is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko. He first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15...

 does make an appearance. The series ran for fourteen issues after which, the character continued to make appearances in Heathcliff

Heathcliff (comic strip)

Heathcliff is a comic strip created by George Gately in 1973 featuring the title character, a wisecracking cat. Now written and drawn by Gately's nephew, Peter Gallagher, it is distributed to over 1,000 newspapers by Creators Syndicate, who took over the comic from McNaught Syndicate in 1988.The...

 comic books (starting in issue #22) in both crossovers and backup stories.

Top Dog

The titles of the main 14 issue Top Dog series:

1. "The Secret Life of Top Dog" (AKA "The Dog-Gone Beginning")
2. "Spies"
3. "Mad Biter"
4. "Top Dog's Secret Past is Revealed" (AKA "The Secret of Top Dog")
5. "Mr. Invisible"
6. "Frank N Stein"
7. "Special Team Up: Royal Roy and Top Dog" (AKA "Crisis in Cashalot") (featuring Royal Roy
   Royal Roy
   Royal Roy: A Prince of a Boy was a short-lived bimonthly comic book title from the Marvel Comics younger readers' imprint Star Comics, created by Lennie Herman and Warren Kremer.-Publication history:...
   
   )
8. "The Strange Disappearance of Top Dog" (AKA "Missing")
9. "Special Team Up: Heathcliff and Top Dog" (AKA "The Mystery of the Missing Millions") (featuring Heathcliff
   Heathcliff
   Heathcliff may refer to:* Heathcliff , a comic strip about a cat of the same name** Heathcliff , a cartoon based on the above comic strip, produced by Ruby-Spears...
   
   )
10. "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
    Spider-Man is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko. He first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15...
    
     look-a-like)
11. "Enter: Dirty Dog" (AKA "The Return of Dirty Dog")
12. "The Revenge of Frank N Stein N Mervin"
13. "Front to the Future"
14. "Please Don't Go T-Top Dog!"

Heathcliff

The regular series continued in the back of Heathcliff

Heathcliff

Heathcliff may refer to:* Heathcliff , a comic strip about a cat of the same name** Heathcliff , a cartoon based on the above comic strip, produced by Ruby-Spears...

comics starting with issue #22. Issue numbers 36, 40, 46 - 56 did not feature a Top Dog story. Issue #45 is one of Warren Kremer

Warren Kremer

Warren Kremer was an American comics writer and artist best known for his creation of the Harvey Comics characters Richie Rich, Hot Stuff the Little Devil and Stumbo the Giant. His style is known for big, bold compositions, and a keen sense of contrast and color.- Childhood and early career...

's last published stories after his paralyzing stroke in 1989 (the issue was published in March 1990):

22. "On the Road"
    
23. "Going Home" (changes to Marvel Comics)
    
24. "Ghost of a Chance"
    
25. "Hats Off"
    
26. "The Bark of Avon"
    
27. "How to be Pup-ular!"
    
28. "Beach Blanket Bow-Wow"
    
29. "The Gimmick Mimic"
    
30. "Rocks in his Head"
    
31. "Teacher's Pet!"
    
32. "What a Cat-astrophe"
    
33. "Working Like a Dog"
    
34. "Kanine Krunchies"
    
35. "Bark to the Future"
    
36. No Top Dog story in this issue
    
37. "Top Hat, White Tie, and Tail"
    
38. "The Write Stuff"
    
39. "Bark Seat Driver"
    
40. No Top Dog story in this issue
    
41. "Doggie Daddy"
    
42. "Shape Up Pup"
    
43. "Fast Food Folly!"
    
44. No Top Dog story in this issue
    
45. "He's No Man" (AKA "He Sno Man")
    

Characters in the Series

• Top Dog
• Joey Jordan
• Lizzie Jordan (Joey's sister)
• Mom Jordan
• Dad Jordan
• Mervin Megabucks
• Dirty Dog
• Frank and Stein
• Mr. Invisible