(November 1983)
Archie,
1983 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 1.50 USD; 1.75 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Red Circle Productions Inc.
- Brand
-
Red Circle Comics Group [1980's]
- Editing
- Richard H. Goldwater (credited) (editor); Robin Snyder (actual)
[no title indexed]
The Fly / cover / 2 pages
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks
- Rudy Nebres (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- the Fly; Turan; Spider Spry
Indexer Notes
Wraparound cover.
[no title indexed]
Under The Gun! / text article / 1 page
- Script
- Robin Snyder
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
-
from Blue Ribbon Comics (Archie, 1939 series) #4 (June 1940)
-
Indexer Notes
Includes a short introduction, a Blue Ribbon Comics #1-6 Features checklist from the 1939 series, and a small cover reproduction of #4. Dated 6/7/83.
The Strange New World of the Fly
The Fly / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fly [Tommy Troy]; Mr. Creacher; Ben March; Abigail March; McCoy (a hood); Turan
- Synopsis
- Orphan Tommy Troy stumbles across hoods hassling Mr. Creacher, the superintendant of the orphanage who's been stealing money from the orphanage. Creacher then offers the boy to a strange couple in order to keep him silent. While cleaning their house, Tommy goes into the attic and discovers a magical ring with a fly emblem on it. Putting it on summons Turan, an emmissary of the Fly People. He has been waiting for Tommy and grants him the powers, costume and weapons of the Fly. Tommy -- as the Fly-- then goes back to the orphanage to deliver justice to McCoy and Creacher.
- Reprints
- from The Fly [Adventures of the Fly] (Archie, 1959 series) #1 (August 1959)
-
Indexer Notes
The Fly (origin)
Story is credited in this issue's "Under the Gun" for Joe Simon (writer), Jack Kirby (penciler), Joe Simon (inker).
The Master of Junk-Ri-La
The Fly / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fly [Tommy Troy]; Ben March; Hans Yunkmann [The Junkman]
- Synopsis
- The Fly meets a man who creates weapons and inventions out of junk in order to pull off his crime capers.
- Reprints
- from The Fly [Adventures of the Fly] (Archie, 1959 series) #2 (September 1959)
-
Indexer Notes
Story is credited in this issue's "Under the Gun" for Joe Simon (writer), Jack Kirby (penciler), Joe Simon (inker)
Tommy Troy Teaches Judo
activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Tommy Troy
- Reprints
- from The Double Life of Private Strong (Archie, 1959 series) #1 (June 1959)
-
Come into My Parlor
The Fly / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fly [Tommy Troy]; Spider Spry; Bruiser
- Synopsis
- The Fly meets the Spider, also known as Spider Spry.
- Reprints
- from The Fly [Adventures of the Fly] (Archie, 1959 series) #1 (August 1959)
-
Indexer Notes
Vs. Spider Spry, 1st appearance and introduction.
Story is credited in this issue's "Under the Gun" for Joe Simon (writer), Jack Kirby (penciler), Joe Simon (inker)
One of Our Skyscrapers Is Missing
The Fly / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fly [Tommy Troy]; Dolly Lake
- Synopsis
- The Fly investigates when a skyscraper goes missing.
- Reprints
- from The Fly [Adventures of the Fly] (Archie, 1959 series) #2 (September 1959)
-
Indexer Notes
Script and art credits per Robin Snyder's editorial.
The Fly Discovers His Buzz-Gun
The Fly / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fly [Tommy Troy]; Ben March; Abigail March; Dolly Lake (1st appearance)
- Synopsis
- While getting groceries for the Marches, Tommy and Dolly witness a car chase between the police and some crooks. Tommy changes to the Fly and uses his Buzz Gun to aid the police.
- Reprints
- from The Fly [Adventures of the Fly] (Archie, 1959 series) #1 (August 1959)
-
Indexer Notes
Story is credited in this issue's "Under the Gun" to Joe Simon (writer), Jack Kirby (penciler), Joe Simon (inker)
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
The Fly -
1.
[no title indexed]
Under The Gun! -
2.
The Strange New World of the Fly
The Fly -
3.
The Master of Junk-Ri-La
The Fly -
4.
Tommy Troy Teaches Judo
-
5.
Come into My Parlor
The Fly -
6.
One of Our Skyscrapers Is Missing
The Fly -
7.
The Fly Discovers His Buzz-Gun
The Fly
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- mcomics
- Nick Caputo
- Mark Coale
- Peter Croome
- Thomas Johnson
- Edgar Loftin
- Clint Maxwell
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
- Gregg Whitmore
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