(February 1942)

Archie, 1940 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1941-12-01
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
M. L. J. Magazines, Inc.
Editing
Harry Shorten

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 1.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Black Jack; Steel Sterling / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Irv Novick (signed)
Inks
Irv Novick (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Flying Fortress
Genre
superhero
Characters
Steel Sterling; Black Jack
Reprints

A letter to readers of Zip Comics (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[The Kidnapping of Lu-Chek] (Table of Contents: 2)

Steel Sterling / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Blair
Pencils
Irv Novick
Inks
Irv Novick
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty (Police); Looney; Kiang-Chek (Intro; Death); Lu-Chek (Intro); Stanley Porter (Villain; Intro); the Japanese (Villain)
Synopsis
The father of an old Chinese friend of Steel is kidnapped by the Japanese.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[Poker Face] (Table of Contents: 4)

Black Jack / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Camy (signed)
Inks
Al Camy (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Black Jack [Jack Jones]; Poker Face (Villain; Intro); Rudolph Wane (Villain; Intro; Death); Anthony Phelps (Villain; Intro; Death)
Synopsis
Wane sells everything he owns to get away from the avenging Poker Face.
Reprints

[The Hockey Game] (Table of Contents: 5)

Wilbur / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Blair
Pencils
Lin Streeter
Inks
Lin Streeter
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Wilbur Wilkin; Gabby Garson (Intro)
Synopsis
Wilbur tries it out on the skating rink.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Captain Valor / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Blair
Pencils
Warren King (signed as King)
Inks
Warren King (signed as King)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A Nazi inspired war rages between the sister republics of Peru and Ecuador...
Genre
adventure
Characters
Captain Valor; Slim; Slam; Sergeant Hogan; Nazis (villains)
Synopsis
Captain Valor and some of his Marines are trying to get an important message through the to the Peruvian government.

[The Polo War] (Table of Contents: 7)

Nevada Jones / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
Frank Volpe
Colors
Frank Volpe
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Nevada Jones; Little Joe (sidekick); Frost and his gang (Villain; Intro); Wade and other polo players (Intro)
Synopsis
Nevada Jones plays polo on horseback.

Indexer Notes

Bony faces with mouth drawn with two short lines, and quite realistic horses are identical to Volpe's credited Loop Logan story in Blue Ribbon Comics #13.

[The Big Berthas] (Table of Contents: 8)

War Eagles / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Blair
Pencils
Ed Smalle (signed)
Inks
Ed Smalle (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war; aviation
Characters
Tim Shane (pilot); Tom Shane (pilot); Swen (crewman); Nazis (Villain)
Synopsis
The Eagles are on a mission to bomb and destroy a Big Bertha gun that shells London.

[City of Talking Animals] (Table of Contents: 9)

Dicky in the Magic Forest / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Lin Streeter
Inks
Lin Streeter
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Dicky; Dicky's Father; Jackie; Freckles
Synopsis
Dicky shows his friends his new horse.

Indexer Notes

Art identical to Streeter's signed story in #25.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.9 page (report information)

Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (Table of Contents: 11)

statement of ownership / 0.1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Synopsis
Statement of Ownership.

Indexer Notes

Date of filing: October 1, 1941. No circulation data included. Printed at reduced size, rendering it illegible. Top 0.9 of page is a house ad for Hangman Comics.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Zambini / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Harry Shorten ?
Pencils
Jim Phillips
Inks
Jim Phillips
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Great heavens! I wonder what this is all about! [sic]
Genre
superhero
Characters
Zambini; warden and guards of a reform school
Synopsis
Zambini helps a boy from the County Reform School who has run away because of harsh treatment.

Indexer Notes

The art is very similar to the signed Phillips story in #24.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Flying Fortress"]
    Black Jack; Steel Sterling
  2. 1. A letter to readers of Zip Comics
  3. 2. [The Kidnapping of Lu-Chek]
    Steel Sterling
  4. 3. ["Jackpot Comics No. 4 proudly announces a new addition to its family...Archie"]
  5. 4. [Poker Face]
    Black Jack
  6. 5. [The Hockey Game]
    Wilbur
  7. 6. ["A Nazi inspired war rages between the sister republics of Peru and Ecuador..."]
    Captain Valor
  8. 7. [The Polo War]
    Nevada Jones
  9. 8. [The Big Berthas]
    War Eagles
  10. 9. [City of Talking Animals]
    Dicky in the Magic Forest
  11. 10. ["Hangman Comics starring The Hangman and featuring those Boy Buddies, Dusty the Spectacular Boy Detective and Roy the Superboy"]
  12. 11. Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation
  13. 12. ["Great heavens! I wonder what this is all about! [sic]"]
    Zambini
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steinar Ã…dland
  • Steve Coates
  • Del Gruber
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore
  • David Wilt