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

Credits

Script

Michael T. Gilbert, Bill Spicer, Charles Biro, Ken Quattro, George Hagenauer, Marshall Goodman, Auriel Macfie, Dilys Jones, William Kofoed, Bob Perry, Robert W. Lamont, Claude Moore, Dick Briefer, Edd Ashe, A. Benedig, George Hansen, Willis Thornton, Dashiell Hammett, Anton Nikola, Walter Halsey, Billy Rose, Melvyn Douglas, Virginia Hubbell, Maurice de Kobra, Edna Mae Ellison, Roger Hill, Bhob Stewart

Story

Charles Biro, Margaret Leech, Heywood Broun

Pencils

Fred Kida, George Tuska, Dan Barry, Joe Orlando, Charles Biro, George Metzger, Bob Lubbers, Harvey Kurtzman, Carl Barks, Will Eisner, Johnny Craig, Bernie Krigstein, Jack Kirby, John Prentice, Reed Crandall, Norman Maurer, Walter Molino, Giulio Bertoletti, Cobalt, Bob Fujitani, Bob Perry, Louis Jambor, Tony DiPreta, Edd Ashe, Simmonds, Sy Barry, Claude Moore, Ralph Marshall, Fred Guardineer, Al Bare, Lee Ames, Jack Cole, Bob Wood, Lou Fine, Gene Colan, Alex Toth, Dick Briefer, Landon Chesney

Inks

Fred Kida, George Tuska, Dan Barry, Joe Orlando, Charles Biro, George Metzger, Bob Lubbers, Harvey Kurtzman, Carl Barks, Will Eisner, Johnny Craig, Jack Kirby, John Prentice, Reed Crandall, Norman Maurer, Walter Molino, Giulio Bertoletti, Cobalt, Bob Fujitani, Bob Perry, Louis Jambor, Tony DiPreta, Edd Ashe, Simmonds, Bernard Sachs, Claude Moore, Ralph Marshall, Fred Guardineer, Al Bare, Lee Ames, Jack Cole, Bob Wood, Lou Fine, Stanley Davis, Gene Colan, Dick Briefer, Landon Chesney

Painting

Rudy Nappi

Colours

George Metzger, Jules Feiffer, Jack Kirby, Louis Jambor, Ruth Mendillo

Letters

Irv Watanabe

Design

Keeli McCarthy

Editor

Gary Groth

Adaptation

Bob Brent

Art reconstruction

Michael T. Gilbert

Assistant color supervisor

Ruth Mendillo

Color supervisor

Louis Jambor

Editorial assistance

Conrad Groth

Finished pencils

Al Bare

Layouts and inks

Joe Simon

Spelled stuart on contents page

Peter Stewart

Reprinted from

• Keen Detective Funnies #1— Reprints the first panel of the first page.
• Action Comics #12— Cover reprint.
• Blue Ribbon Comics #1— Cover reprint.
• Prize Comics #7 (7)— Reprints the title page.
• Daredevil #1— Cover reprint.
• Hangman Comics #4— Reprints the title page.
• Military Comics #13— Cover reprint.
• Clue Comics #2 [2]— Reprints the title page.
• Boy Comics [Boy Illustories] #9— Title page of the story is reprinted.
• Boy Comics [Boy Illustories] #11— Cover reprint.
• Air Fighters Comics #2 [14]— Cover reprint.
• Daredevil #27— Cover reprints.
• Frankenstein #6— Cover reprint.
• Boy Comics [Boy Illustories] #40— Reprints the title page.
• Action Comics #129— Reprints the title page.
• Frankenstein #5 (33)— Cover reprint.
• Piracy #3— Black and white cover reprint.
• Terror Illustrated #2— Reprints the title page of the story.
• Creepy #3— Reprints the title page.
• Brother Power the Geek #1— Reprints the title page.
• Blazing Combat #4— Reprints the first two pages of the story.
• Baseball Thrills #10 [1]— Reprints the title page. Art is miscredited? to Bernie Sachs in Fantagraphics' footnote.
• Crime and Punishment #5— Reprints the title page.
• Crime Does Not Pay #34— Cover reprint.
• Girls' Love Stories #1— Reprints the title page.
• Eerie Comics #1— Cover reprint.
• Whack #3— Reprints the title page of the story.
• Crime Does Not Pay #42— Cover reprint.
• Crime Does Not Pay #43— Cover reprint.
• Fantasy Illustrated #1— Cover reprint.