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Tops (1949) comic books

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  • Issue #1
    Tops (1949) 1
    Tops (1949) #1
    Published Jul 1949 by Tops Magazine.

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    Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Dashiell Hammett, Reed Crandall, Edd Ashe, Marshall Goodman, Auriel Macfie, Dan Barry, Claude Moore, Bob Perry, Dilys Jones, Robert Fugi, Robert Lamont, Louis Jambor, Fred Kida, Tony DiPreta, Dick Briefer, George Tuska, George Hansen, A Benedig, Willis Thornton, Walter Halsey, Anton Nikola, Bill Kofoed, Billy Rose and Charles Biro. Much as EC did in the late '50s, publisher Lev Gleason launched this oversized anthology in the '40s in an attempt to attract a more sophisticated audience for their comics, but the world was not ready. A short story by "Maltese Falcon" author Dashiell Hammett. An excerpt from the autobiography of circus impresario Billy Rose. Purportedly true tales from the world of modeling. The Closet; Are You a Soft Touch?; I'll Buy That Girl; The Prize Was Death; You're on the Parole Board; How Sad Can a Sack Get; Gold Mine in a Sewer; There Must Be a Better Way; Our Explosive Children; Are We All Craze Crazy?; Under Our Skin; The Nine Lives of Citizen Train; The Joke on Eloise Morey; Helping the World Go Round; Times Square Interlude. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #2
    Tops (1949) 2
    Tops (1949) #2
    Published Sep 1949 by Tops Magazine.

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    Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Reed Crandall, Edd Ashe, Melvyn Douglas, Bob Brent, Bob Lubbers, Claude Moore, Bob Perry, Peter Stewart, Ralph Marshall, Virginia Hubbell, Chuck Benedict, Fred Kida, Fred Guardineer, Maurice de Kobra, Al Bare, George Hansen, Heywood Broun, Margaret Leech, Lee Ames, Anton Nikola, Edna Mae Ellison, Bill Kofoed, Bob Fujitani and Charles Biro. Much as EC did in the late '50s, publisher Lev Gleason launched this oversized anthology in the '40s in an attempt to attract a more sophisticated audience for their comics, but the world was not ready. Hat-check girl Peggy fears the free-spending customer from Baltimore who is following her home. A waitress decides to dally with a passing millionaire. Movie star Melvyn Douglas (grandfather of Illeana Douglas) presents his idea of what a world-wide government might look like. Also featuring a great cover by Charles Biro that hints at the high-quality intent of the magazine. Hatcheck 21; I'm Getting Tipsy; How You Would Live Under a World Government; Marriage Swap Shop ...; Hereafter; Muscle and Mr. Mumpley; Who Dunnit?; Summer Waitress; 5,000 Desperate Cries for Help!; A Comedy of Terrors; Anthony Comstock, Fanatical Reformer; Helping the World Go Round; Dates to Remember; Escape. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.