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Tops: The Complete Collection of Charles Biro's Visionary 1949 Comic Book Series #[nn]

Mar 2022 · Fantagraphics · 49.99 USD
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This hardcover volume assembles the complete run of Charles Biro's short-lived 1949 comic book series, Tops, which showcased a mix of adventure, crime, and humor stories. Known for his work on Crime Does Not Pay, Biro brought his signature gritty, pulp-influenced style to this anthology, featuring characters like the costumed hero Tops and other original creations. The collection includes all eight issues of the original series, restored and presented with historical context and commentary from comics scholars.

Contains 22 stories
Untitled story
9 pp
Daredevil [Bart Hill]
The Closet
9 pp · Crime
I'll Buy That Girl!
5 pp · Drama
You're On the Parole Board!
10 pp · Crime
Gold Mine in a Sewer
3 pp
There Must Be a Better Way
1 pp
Our Explosive Children!
12 pp · Drama, Teen
Are We All Craze Crazy?
2 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
The 9 Lives of Citizen Train...
10 pp
Helping the World Go Round
3 pp
Times Square Interlude
3 pp · Drama
Hatcheck 21
11 pp · Crime
I'm Getting Tipsy
2 pp
How You Would Live Under a World Government
6 pp · Non-Fiction, Advocacy
Marriage Swap Shop ...
3.67 pp
Muscle and Mr. Mumpley
1 pp
Mr. Mumpley
Who Dunnit?
7 pp · Detective-Mystery
Summer Waitress
13 pp · Romance
5,000 Desperate Cries for Help!
1 pp
Anthony Comstock, Fanatical Reformer
6 pp · Biography
Anthony Comstock
Helping the World Go Round
3 pp
Escape
7 pp · Non-Fiction, History

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Full credits

artist, inker Norman Maurer
cover pencils, inks Fred Kida

Reprints

↩ Reprints Keen Detective Funnies #1 (1939), Action Comics #12 (1939), Blue Ribbon Comics #1 (1939), Silver Streak Comics #6 (1940), Prize Comics #7 (7) (1940), Daredevil #1 (1941), Crime Does Not Pay #22 (1942), Hangman Comics #4 (1942), Military Comics #13 (1942), Clue Comics #2 [2] (1943), Boy Comics [Boy Illustories] #9 (1943), Boy Comics [Boy Illustories] #11 (1943), Air Fighters Comics #2 [14] (1943), Crime Does Not Pay #34 (1944), Daredevil #27 (1944), Crime Does Not Pay #42 (1945), Crime Does Not Pay #43 (1945), Eerie Comics #1 (1947), Frankenstein #6 (1947), Daredevil #46 (1948), Boy Comics [Boy Illustories] #40 (1948), Crime and Punishment #5 (1948), Nellie the Nurse Comics #14 (1948), Action Comics #129 (1949), Black Diamond Western #9 (1949), Saddle Justice #5 (1949), Tops #1 (1949), Girls' Love Stories #1 (1949), Tops #2 (1949), Lovers' Lane #1 (1949), Crime Does Not Pay #81 (1949), Enchantment Visualettes Magazine #[1] (1949), Enchantment Visualettes Magazine #3 (1950), Baseball Thrills #10 [1] (1951), Four Color #456 (1953), Squeeks #1 (1953), Whack #3 (1954), In Love #1 (1954), Frankenstein #5 (33) (1954), Piracy #3 (1955), Crime Illustrated #1 (1955), Terror Illustrated #2 (1956), Confessions Illustrated #2 (1956), Fantasy Illustrated #1 (1964), Creepy #3 (1965), Blazing Combat #4 (1966), The Spirit #1 (1966), Graphic Story Magazine #8 (1967), Brother Power the Geek #1 (1968), Enchantment Visualettes Magazine #2, Enchantment Visualettes Magazine #4, Enchantment Visualettes Magazine #5

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