(September 1958)
Archie,
1958 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Radio Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Editing
- Richard H. Goldwater (editor)
[no title indexed]
Cosmo / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How does it feel, Orbi, to know that in ten minutes we’ll be the first Martians to blast off for Earth?
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- Cosmo; Orbi
- Reprints
-
in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #23 (January 2013), #24 (February 2013), #25 (March 2013), #26 (April 2013), #27 (May 2013), #28 (June 2013) - in The Complete Cosmo the Merry Martian (Archie, 2018 series) (2018)
-
[no title indexed]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Flying saucers! Earth satellite! Rocket to the moon!
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Destination: Earth! (Chapter 1)
Cosmo / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- Cosmo; Orbi; Astra; Professor Thimk
- Synopsis
- Cosmo and his cowardly pal Orbi are chosen to man the first Martian expedition to Earth, but the rocket crash-lands on the Earth's moon instead.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #28 (May 1980)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #23 (January 2013)
- in The Complete Cosmo the Merry Martian (Archie, 2018 series) (2018)
-
[no title indexed]
Z9 'n' Z7 / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What do you want to do today, Z9?
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Synopsis
- The two heads of a double-headed alien can't agree on their plans for the day.
[no title indexed]
Squarehead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- Squarehead
- Synopsis
- Squarehead blows bubbles in the shape of cubes.
Indexer Notes
No dialogue.
Moon Merriment! (Chapter 2)
Cosmo / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- Cosmo; Orbi; Moonlings
- Synopsis
- Cosmo and Orbi meet the creatures who live on the Earth's moon, all of whom are named "Oog." The Moonlings show the visitors their civilization, and explain that they are invisible to Earth people.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #28 (May 1980)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #23 (January 2013)
- in The Complete Cosmo the Merry Martian (Archie, 2018 series) (2018)
-
Heavens Above
text article / 2 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
Indexer Notes
Information about different aspects of our solar system and the universe beyond.
Planet Playmates! (Chapter 3)
Cosmo / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- Cosmo; Orbi; Moonlings
- Synopsis
- After spraying Cosmo and Orbi with "comet dust" so they, too, will be invisible on Earthlings, the Moonlings take the Martians to Earth, where they observe the planet's most fascinating and complex activity: a baseball game.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #28 (May 1980)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #23 (January 2013)
- in The Complete Cosmo the Merry Martian (Archie, 2018 series) (2018)
-
- Keywords
- baseball
Indexer Notes
The issue ends by teasing the events of the next issue's story, a format that would continue throughout the series.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["How does it feel, Orbi, to know that in ten minutes we’ll be the first Martians to blast off for Earth?"]
Cosmo -
1.
["Flying saucers! Earth satellite! Rocket to the moon!"]
-
2.
Destination: Earth! (Chapter 1)
Cosmo -
3.
["What do you want to do today, Z9?"]
Z9 'n' Z7 -
4.
[no title indexed]
Squarehead -
5.
Moon Merriment! (Chapter 2)
Cosmo -
6.
Archie Quarter Comics Have Laugh Appeal
-
7.
Heavens Above
-
8.
Planet Playmates! (Chapter 3)
Cosmo -
9.
Toys! Tricks! Surprises! Galore
Honor House Products -
10.
Jet "Rocket" Space Ship!
Honor House Products
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- Dwayne Best
- Peter Croome
- Geary Gravel
- Katy Hayhurst
- Jaime Weinman
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