Tops Magazine
Tops was a British magazine, aimed young teenagers published in the UK weekly by D.C. Thompson & Co Limited. The magazine ran from 10th October 1981 to 28th January 1984, lasting 121 issues, when it was then re-branded and merged with Suzy Magazine to become "Suzy Tops".
Initially starting out as Tops it later became TV Tops and was launched as a competitor to Look In Magazine, featuring pop and TV articles along with comic strips.
Click on the Magazine Covers below to read issues of the magazine in full where available.
Below are Issue 01 - 60
To Access Issues 61 - 121 Click the Link At The Bottom Of The Page
Price 20p Pages - 32
Front Cover - Adam Ant
Centre Spread - Shakin' Stevens
Back Cover - Advert
Interviews and Articles
Sally James Page with:
Bad Manners and Rodger Daltrey
Todd Carty's School Days
The Paul Daniels Puzzel Page
ABBA Quiz
Stig Of The Dump
Picture Strips:
Stand And Deliver - Adam Ant
Little And Large
The Professionals
The Witch Of Westwood High
The Horse That Came From The Sea
Spit's Bit
Kids Army
Price 20p Pages - 32
Front Cover - Worzel Gummidge
Centre Spread - Duran Duran
Back Cover - Kim Wilde
Interviews and Articles
The Paul Daniels Puzzel Page
Craig Warnock
Sally James Page with:
Toyah, Duran Duran, Gorden Astley
Picture Strips:
The Professionals
Stand And Deliver - Adam Ant
Little And Large
The Witch Of Westwood High
Spit's Bit
Kids Army
The Horse That Came From The Sea
Price 20p Pages - 48
Front Cover - Shakin' Stevens
Poster - Shakin' Stevens
Back Cover - Siouxsi Sue
Interviews and Articles
The Paul Daniels Puzzel Page
Michelle Herbert's Schooldays
Lewis Collins
Sally James Page with:
Toyah
Tops Tremblers - Where The Hang
Man Walks
Picture Strips:
The Professionals
The Horse That Came From The Sea
Spit's Bit
The Witch Of Westwood High
Not the Guy Fawkes Story
Little And Large
Kids Army
Includes Part Two of the Worse Joke Book Ever
Price 20p Pages - 32
Front Cover - Buster Bloodvessel
Centre Spread - Buster Bloodvessel
Back Cover - Motorhead
Interviews and Articles
The Paul Daniels Puzzel Page
Tops Tremblers - The Secret Of The
Black Lake
Sally James Page with Ian Gillan,
Toyha, Kate Bush
Picture Strips:
The Witch Of Westwood High
The Professionals
Spit's Bit
The Horse That Came From The Sea
Kids Army
Little And Large
Price 20p Pages - 32
Front Cover - Adam Ant
Centre Spread - Adam Ant
Back Cover - Blondie
Interviews and Articles
Tops Tremblers - Lucky
The Paul Daniels Puzzel Page
Sally James Page with The Beat
Adam And The Ants Quiz
Picture Strips:
The Professionals
The Mucky Millionaires
The Graffiti Kids
Spit's Bit
Kids Army
Little And Large
Price 20p Pages - 32
Front Cover - Kim Wilde
Centre Spread - Kim Wilde
Back Cover - Little and Large Strip
Interviews and Articles
Tops Tremblers - We All Fall Down
The Paul Daniels Puzzle Page
Sally James Page
Picture Strips:
The Professionals
The Mucky Millionaires
Spit's Bit
Kids Army
The Graffiti Kids
Little And Large
Price 20p Pages - 32
Front Cover - Various
Centre Spread - The Police
Back Cover - Little and Large Strip
Interviews and Articles
Eddie Large
Sally James Page
The Paul Daniels Puzzel Page
Picture Strips:
Noel Edmonds - Life Story
The Professionals
Spit's Bit
The Graffiti Kids
Sleeping Beauty
The Mucky Millionaires
Little And Large
Price 20p Pages - 32
Front Cover - Adam Ant
Centre Spread - The Professionals
Back Cover - Little And Large Strip
Interviews and Articles
We Are Being Watched
Sally James Page
Lenny Henry
Sin-a-long-a-Shaky
The Paul Daniels Puzzel Page
Picture Strips:
I Wanna Be Free I Wanna Be Me -
Toyah's Life Story
Spit's Bit
The Professionals
The Three Corridors
The Graffiti Kids
The Fantastic Adventures Of Adam Ant
Little And Large
Issue 17 - 30th January 1982
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Issue 19 - 13th February 1982
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Price 20p Pages - 32
Front Cover - Toyah
Centre Spread - Toyah
Back Cover - Advert
Interviews and Articles
Sally James Page with:
Sheena Easton, Fogwell Flax,
Shakin' Stevens
Metal Mickey
Who's Zoo
The Paul Daniels Puzzel Page
Picture Strips:
The Professionals
Spit's Bit
Little And Large
Stand And Deliver - Adam Ant
The Witch Of Westwood High
Kids Army
The Horse That Came From The Sea
Price 20p Pages - 48
Front Cover - Various
Centre Spread - Duran Duran
Back Cover - Various
Interviews and Articles
The Paul Daniels Puzzel Page
Sally James Page with:
Tenpole Tuder, Stray Cats,
Sheena Easton
Tops Tremberls - Great Uncle Herbert
Marmalade Atkins
Halloween Horoscope
Picture Strips:
The Professionals
Spit's Bit
The Horse That Came From The Sea
The Witch Of Westwood High
Kids Army
Little And Large
Loonieversity Challange
Includes Part One of The Worse Joke Book Ever - Do Not Have Can You Help
Price 20p Pages - 32
Front Cover - Pamela Stephenson
Poster - Pamela Stephenson
Back Cover - Sting
Interviews and Articles
Tops Tremblers - Playing With Fire
Sally James Page
Shakin' Stevens
The Paul Daniels Puzzel Page
Picture Strips:
The Professionals
Spit's Bit
The Witch Of Westwood High
Little And Large
The Horse That Came From The Sea
The Small Time
Kids Army
Price 20p Pages - 32
Front Cover - Todd Carty
Centre Spread - Todd Carty
Back Cover - Status Quo
Interviews and Articles
Tops Tremblers - Deveil's Bridge
The Paul Daniels Puzzel Page
Cliff Richard
Picture Strips:
The Professionals
The Witch Of Westwood High
Spit's Bit
The Horse That Came From The Sea
Kids Army
Little And Large
Price 20p Pages - 32
Front Cover - Clint Eastwood
Centre Spread - Madness
Back Cover - Little and Large Strip
Interviews and Articles
Tops Pop
Tops Tremblers - Just Another
Hauned House
Sally James Page with Shakin' Stevens
The Paul Daniels Puzzel Page
Picture Strips:
The Professionals
Kids Army
The Mucky Millionaires
The Graffiti Kids
Spit's Bit
Little And Large
Price 20p Pages - 32
Front Cover - Sally James
Centre Spread - ABBA
Back Cover - Sally James
Interviews and Articles
Theatre Box
Sally James Page
The Paul Daniels Puzzel Page
Picture Strips:
The Professionals
The Mucky Millionaires
The Graffiti Kids
Bellamy's Half-Cwacked Safawi !
Kids Army
Little And Large
Spit's Bit
Price 20p Pages - 32
Front Cover - Noes Edmonds
Centre Spread - Shakin' Stevens
Back Cover - Advert
Poster - Suggs (Madness)
Interviews and Articles
Sally James Page
The Paul Daniels Puzzel Page
Tops Pop
Picture Strips:
The Mucky Millionaires
Little And Large
The Graffiti Kids
The Professionals
Noel Edmonds Life Story
Spit's Bit
Issue 16 - 23rd January 1982
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Issue 18 - 6th February 1982
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Issue 20 - 20th February 1982
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Price 20p Pages - 32
Front Cover - Peter Davison (Dr Who)
Centre Spread - Peter Davison
Back Cover - Pamala Anderson Page
Poster - Altered Images
Interviews and Articles
Tops Pops
The Paul Daniels Puzzel Page
The Sally James Page
Picture Strips:
The Three Corridors
The Fantastic Adventures Of Adam Ant
Cartoon Kapers with The Krankies
The Professionals
The Kidnapping
Pamala Anderson Page
Issue 23 - 13th March 1982
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Issue 25 - 27th March 1982
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Issue 27 - 10th April 1982
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Issue 29 - 24th April 1982
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Issue 31 - 8th May 1982
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Issue 33 - 22nd May 1982
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Issue 35 - 5th June 1982
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Issue 37 - 19th June 1982
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Issue 39 - 3rd July 1982
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Issue 41 - 17th July 1982
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Issue 43 - 31st July 1982
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Issue 45 - 14th August 1982
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Issue 47 - 28th August 1982
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Issue 22 - 6th March 1982
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Issue 24 - 20th March 1982
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Issue 26 - 3rd April 1982
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Issue 28 - 17th April 1982
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Changed It's Name To TV Tops
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Issue 30 - 1st May 1982
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Issue 32 - 15th May 1982
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Issue 34 - 29th May 1982
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Issue 36 - 12th June 1982
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Issue 38 - 26th June 1982
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Issue 40 - 10th July 1982
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Issue 42 - 24th July 1982
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Issue 44 - 7th August 1982
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Issue 46 - 21st August 1982
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Issue 48 - 4th September 1982
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Issue 49 - 11th September 1982
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Issue 51 - 25th September 1982
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Issue 53 - 9th October 1982
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Issue 55 - 23rd October 1982
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Issue 57 - 6th November 1982
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Issue 59 - 20th November 1982
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Issue 50 - 18th September 1982
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Price 20p Pages - 32
Front Cover - Bucks Fizz
Centre Spread - Bucks Fizz
Back Cover - Advert
Interviews and Articles:
Your Page
Switch On with Peter Powell
Meet Maggie
Tops On TV - Fame
Picture Strips:
Hi-Di-Hi
Buck Rogers In The 25th Century
Russ Abbot's Madhouse
Buster (Bloodvessel)
Kartoon Kapers With The Krankies
The Bridge Street Blues
The Burning Of CI5
Tops Tales of The Unexpected
Issue 54 - 16th October 1982
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Issue 56 - 30th October 1982
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Issue 58 - 13th November 1982
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Issue 60 - 27th November 1982
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Free Stuff
The first Two issues of Tops came with Free Gifts. I'm not sure if any other issues also gave stuff away but below are pictures of what was given away.
Issue 1 - 10th October 1981 - Flicker Stickers
Issue 2 - 17th October 1981 - Space Invaders Pin
