(March 1984)
Archie,
1984 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 0.75 USD; 1.00 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly in Jan., March, May, July, Sept., and Nov.
- On-sale Date
- 1983-12-20
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Enterprises Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Adventure Series
- Editing
- Robin Snyder
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #37.
Under The Gun! / Steel Shavings
letters page / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Both column titles are used on this page. The letters page continues later in this book.
Too Easy Too Kill
Young Steelers / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Robert Kanigher; Robin Snyder (page 1)
- Pencils
- Charles Nicholas; Carmine Infantino (page 1, signed)
- Inks
- Frank McLaughlin; Eduardo Barreto (page 1, signed)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- ? [as BTO]
- Genre
- adventure; drama
- Characters
- Young Steelers [Asa; Wong; Red Wing; Carmen; April]; General George Armstrong Custer (historical flashback); Crazy Horse (historical flashback); Arthur (flashback from last issue); Georgie (dressed up as General Custer)
- Synopsis
- The bus stops in Little Big Horn for the night. Red Wing is kidnapped after leaving a local store by someone dressed as General Custer. He takes Red Wing to the site of the Little Big Horn Battle, intending on recreating the battle with a much different result.
Indexer Notes
Highlighting Red Wing of the the Young Steelers. The splash page was originally intended for the cover. It was drawn by Carmine Infantino and Eduardo Barreto and written by Robin Snyder.
Wooden You Know?
Count Dracula / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Count Dracula
- Synopsis
- Dracula leaves a hotel quickly when a busboy delievers him a rare "steak".
Sent To The Showers
Little Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Bob Bolling (signed)
- Pencils
- Bob Bolling (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Bolling (signed)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bob Bolling (signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Little Archie
- Synopsis
- When a rainstorm hits, Little Archie tries to convince his baseball teammates that its just a light sprinkle instead of a downpour.
The Scent of Blood
Steel Sterling / comic story / 15 pages
- Script
- Robert Kanigher
- Pencils
- Eduardo Barreto; Bill Dubay (page 1)
- Inks
- Eduardo Barreto; Bill Dubay (page 1)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- S. Gneiss
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Steel Sterling; Ms. Samson (first name 'Sheba' revealed in this story); Gayla; Rita; The Young Steelers [Asa; Wong; Carmen; Red Wing; April]; Honcho; an unnamed Indian shaman
- Synopsis
- 4 prison inmates break out of prison and go on a shooting spree. They attack the bus, wounding Steel and forcing everyone off in the desert before taking the bus. Steel and Ms. Samson journey acrossed the desert to get the bus back, with Steel nearly dying from his wounds in the process.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Steel Sterling -
1.
Under The Gun! / Steel Shavings
-
2.
Too Easy Too Kill
Young Steelers -
3.
Wooden You Know?
Count Dracula -
4.
Sent To The Showers
Little Archie -
5.
The Scent of Blood
Steel Sterling -
6.
Steel Shavings
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- Mark Coale
- Steve Coates
- Peter Croome
- Thomas Johnson
- Allen Ross
- Gregg Whitmore
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