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Original Price:
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🐶Before Family Guy's Brian, there was...Top Dog!
◼️ The Plot:
▪️The Dog-Gone Beginning!
Discover 'Top Dog: The Secret Life Of...' Issue #1 in immaculate NM-MT condition, where the world's smartest talking dog comes to life athletically and humorously! It's a collector's delight that brings nostalgia and storytelling together in one fantastic comic book.
◼️ The Vibe:
▪️Tap directly into 1980s Saturday-morning nostalgia with the highly collectible premier issue from Marvel's legendary Star Comics imprint. Perfect for adding a whimsical, bright, mid-80s pop art touch to a gallery wall or retro themed room display.
◼️ The Grade:
▪️NM-MT: Vibrant, glossy cover face with stiff spine, sharp corners, zero roll, razor sharp alignment and lays flat with minimal handling marks. Deep colors and a mirror-flat layout finish that catches light flawlessly and clean white-to-off-white color spaces and interior pages. Directed cross-light examination reveals a minimum of visual flaws, as can be seen in the product images.
◼️Technical Specs:
▪️ Publisher: Star Comics / Marvel Imprint
▪️ Year: April 1985
▪️ Format: Comic
◼️ Creative Team:
▪️Writer: Lennie Herman
▪️Penciler: Warren Kremer
▪️Cover Inker: Warren Kremer
▪️Inker: Jacqueline Roettcher
▪️Colorist: Peter Kremer
▪️Letterer: Grace Kremer
▪️Editor: Sid Jacobson
▪️Editor-in-Chief: Jim Shooter
◼️ Details:
▪️Age: Modern (Copper)
▪️Cover Price: $0.65
▪️Format: Comic Book
▪️Edition: Newsstand Edition
▪️Genre: Comedy
▪️No. of Pages: 32
▪️Color: Color
▪️Country: USA
▪️Language: English
◼️ Characters:
▪️Top Dog
📦 Archival Courier Promise (Collector Level Shipping)
I treat pop culture relics like fine art. Every shipped item receives a superior
level of protection in accordance with this list:
▪️Freshly enclosed inside an acid-free archival bag.
▪️Secured with an internal and an external board structure (Double-Boarded)
▪️Fully wrapped inside thick, shock-absorbing bubble wrap layer
▪️Lower value items in small numbers ship securely, held in place as needed with painters' tape and enclosed within Pen Gear Rigid Mailer-Boxes. Higher value and larger items such as magazines receive the same treatment, then ship in premium rigid Gemini Flash Mailers with structural edge protection.
▪️ Dispatched via speedy, premium USPS expedited shipping options.
▪️All items fully insured and orders over $100 move to premium shipping, which provides a higher amount of insurance and would require that an adult sign for the package at delivery.
📷 Product Photography and 📊10-Point Based Visual Grading Standard
No guessing. No generic stock photos. I shoot every listing from multiple angles using a diffuse and directed light combination to remove shadows and highlight any visual anomalies such as print production defects, storage stress marks, etc.
The Rare Discount Comix non-numerical, raw aesthetic grading system heavily prioritizes features synonymous with excellent display and reading capacity, such as beautiful, eye-popping covers with little to no roll, stiff spines, consistent, precise alignments and high levels of lay flat capability. Sometimes items with particularly iconic covers or other features may be listed for consideration with minor defects if collectively, they don't deter from the display impact and beauty of the product. Products of this sort will generally fall under the GD-VF (Good to Very Fine) grade designation.
◼️ Dispatched via speedy, premium USPS expedited shipping options.
Relive the joy of classic comic stories, share laughter across generations, and own a piece of nostalgic art with this pristine issue.
🐶Before Family Guy's Brian, there was...Top Dog!
◼️ The Plot:
▪️The Dog-Gone Beginning!
Discover 'Top Dog: The Secret Life Of...' Issue #1 in immaculate NM-MT condition, where the world's smartest talking dog comes to life athletically and humorously! It's a collector's delight that brings nostalgia and storytelling together in one fantastic comic book.
◼️ The Vibe:
▪️Tap directly into 1980s Saturday-morning nostalgia with the highly collectible premier issue from Marvel's legendary Star Comics imprint. Perfect for adding a whimsical, bright, mid-80s pop art touch to a gallery wall or retro themed room display.
◼️ The Grade:
▪️NM-MT: Vibrant, glossy cover face with stiff spine, sharp corners, zero roll, razor sharp alignment and lays flat with minimal handling marks. Deep colors and a mirror-flat layout finish that catches light flawlessly and clean white-to-off-white color spaces and interior pages. Directed cross-light examination reveals a minimum of visual flaws, as can be seen in the product images.
◼️Technical Specs:
▪️ Publisher: Star Comics / Marvel Imprint
▪️ Year: April 1985
▪️ Format: Comic
◼️ Creative Team:
▪️Writer: Lennie Herman
▪️Penciler: Warren Kremer
▪️Cover Inker: Warren Kremer
▪️Inker: Jacqueline Roettcher
▪️Colorist: Peter Kremer
▪️Letterer: Grace Kremer
▪️Editor: Sid Jacobson
▪️Editor-in-Chief: Jim Shooter
◼️ Details:
▪️Age: Modern (Copper)
▪️Cover Price: $0.65
▪️Format: Comic Book
▪️Edition: Newsstand Edition
▪️Genre: Comedy
▪️No. of Pages: 32
▪️Color: Color
▪️Country: USA
▪️Language: English
◼️ Characters:
▪️Top Dog
📦 Archival Courier Promise (Collector Level Shipping)
I treat pop culture relics like fine art. Every shipped item receives a superior
level of protection in accordance with this list:
▪️Freshly enclosed inside an acid-free archival bag.
▪️Secured with an internal and an external board structure (Double-Boarded)
▪️Fully wrapped inside thick, shock-absorbing bubble wrap layer
▪️Lower value items in small numbers ship securely, held in place as needed with painters' tape and enclosed within Pen Gear Rigid Mailer-Boxes. Higher value and larger items such as magazines receive the same treatment, then ship in premium rigid Gemini Flash Mailers with structural edge protection.
▪️ Dispatched via speedy, premium USPS expedited shipping options.
▪️All items fully insured and orders over $100 move to premium shipping, which provides a higher amount of insurance and would require that an adult sign for the package at delivery.
📷 Product Photography and 📊10-Point Based Visual Grading Standard
No guessing. No generic stock photos. I shoot every listing from multiple angles using a diffuse and directed light combination to remove shadows and highlight any visual anomalies such as print production defects, storage stress marks, etc.
The Rare Discount Comix non-numerical, raw aesthetic grading system heavily prioritizes features synonymous with excellent display and reading capacity, such as beautiful, eye-popping covers with little to no roll, stiff spines, consistent, precise alignments and high levels of lay flat capability. Sometimes items with particularly iconic covers or other features may be listed for consideration with minor defects if collectively, they don't deter from the display impact and beauty of the product. Products of this sort will generally fall under the GD-VF (Good to Very Fine) grade designation.
◼️ Dispatched via speedy, premium USPS expedited shipping options.
Relive the joy of classic comic stories, share laughter across generations, and own a piece of nostalgic art with this pristine issue.
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