Topper (comic Strip) - Notable Toppers

Notable Toppers

• Alley Oop -- Dinny's Family Album
• Barney Google -- Bughouse Fables, Bunky (originally Parlor Bedroom and Sink), Knee-Hi-Knoodles (single panel)
• Blondie -- Colonel Potterby and the Duchess
• Boob McNutt -- Bertha the Siberian Cheesehound (started as a topper but soon became a supporting character with Boob)
• Boots and Her Buddies -- Babe 'n' Horace
• Bringing Up Father -- Snookums, Rosie's Beau
• The Bungle Family -- Little Brother, Short Stories
• The Captain and the Kids -- Hawkshaw the Detective (drawn by Gus Mager, begun in 1931)
• Connie -- The Wet Blanket
• Count Screwloose, Dave's Delicatessen -- Banana Oil, Babbling Brooks, Otto and Blotto
• Dick Tracy -- Crimestopper's Textbook
• Ella Cinders -- Chris Crusty
• The Family Upstairs -- Krazy Kat (bottom, first Krazy Kat appearance)
• The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers -- Fat Freddy's Cat (bottom, underground imitation of vintage strip format)
• Felix the Cat -- Laura, Bobby Dazzler
• Flash Gordon -- Jungle Jim (sometimes published as separate strip)
• Freckles and His Friends -- Hector
• Gasoline Alley -- That Phoney Nickel (bottom)
• The Gumps -- Cousin Juniper
• Happy Hooligan -- And Her Name Was Maud
• Harold Teen -- Josie
• Hollywood Johnnie -- Movie Struck
• Joe Palooka -- Wartime Anecdotes, Miss Jones, etc.
• The Katzenjammer Kids -- Dinglehoofer und His Dog (1926-1951)
• Li'l Abner -- Washable Jones, Small Fry (aka Small Change), Advice fo' Chillun
• Little Annie Rooney -- Ming Foo
• Little Jimmy -- Mr. Jack (1926-35)
• Little Joe -- Ze Gen'ral
• Little Orphan Annie -- Maw Green (bottom, last Sunday comics topper)
• Mickey Finn -- Nippie: He's Often Wrong!
• Mickey Mouse -- Silly Symphony (1932-1942)
• Moon Mullins -- Kitty Higgins
• Mutt and Jeff -- Cicero's Cat
• Our Boarding House -- The Nut Bros: Ches and Wal
• Out Our Way with the Willets -- Wash Tubbs
• Pete the Tramp -- Pete's Pup, The Topper Twins (aka The Tucker Twins), Snorky
• Polly and Her Pals -- Dot and Dash (originally Damon and Pythias), Belles and Wedding Bells (originally Sweethearts and Wives)
• Prince Valiant -- The Medieval Castle (short run)
• Red Ryder -- Little Beaver
• Reg'lar Fellers -- Daisybelle, Zoolie
• Room and Board -- The Squirrel Cage
• Skippy -- Always Belittlin'
• Smitty -- Herby
• Smokey Stover -- Spooky
• Superman -- Lois Lane Girl Reporter.
• Sweeney & Son -- Jinglet
• Texas Slim and Dirty Dalton -- Buzzy
• They'll Do It Every Time -- Little Iodine (spinoff, 1943-1985), Hatlo's Inferno (1953-1958)
• Thimble Theater -- Sappo (originally The 5:15), Popeye's Cartoon Club, Wimpy's Zoo Who, Play-Store
• Tillie the Toiler -- Van Swaggers and Aunt Min
• Tim Tyler's Luck -- Curley Harper
• Toots and Casper -- It's Poppa Who Pays!
• Winnie Winkle -- Looie