(January 1966)

Archie, 1965 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bimonthly
On-sale Date
1965
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Radio Comics Inc.
Brand
Mighty Comics Group
Editing
Richard H. Goldwater (editor)

Inferno, the Destroyer (Table of Contents)

The Mighty Crusaders / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Paul Reinman
Inks
Paul Reinman
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Mighty Crusaders: The Black Hood [Matthew "Kip" Burland]; The Comet [John Dickering]; Fly Girl [Kim Brand]; Fly Man [Tommy Troy]; The Shield [Bill Higgins]
Inferno the Destroyer
Reprints

Treasure Chest of Fun (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Mighty Crusaders Battle Inferno, the Destroyer (Table of Contents: 2)

The Mighty Crusaders / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Jerry Siegel
Pencils
Mike Sekowsky
Inks
Paul Reinman
Colors
Victor Gorelick ?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Mighty Crusaders: The Black Hood [Matthew "Kip" Burland]; The Comet [John Dickering]; Fly Girl [Kim Brand]; Fly Man [Tommy Troy]; The Shield [Bill Higgins]
Inferno the Destroyer
Synopsis
The Crusaders learn that a giant space drill is headed for earth, but are unable to stop it. At the last second, the drill is destroyed by the villainous Inferno.
Reprints

[Rocky and Bullwinkle for Cheerios] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Cheerios; Rocky & Bullwinkle / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Archie; Bendix / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Amazing Illusory "X-Ray" Vision Instantly! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

"X-Ray" Specs [Glasses] / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Inferno the Destroyer Part 2 (Table of Contents: 6)

The Mighty Crusaders / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Jerry Siegel
Pencils
Paul Reinman
Inks
Frank Giacoia; Joe Giella
Colors
Victor Gorelick ?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Mighty Crusaders: The Black Hood [Matthew "Kip" Burland]; The Comet [John Dickering]; Fly Girl [Kim Brand]; Fly Man [Tommy Troy]; The Shield [Bill Higgins]
Inferno the Destroyer
Synopsis
After saving the earth, Inferno takes it over, with a willing populace. Fly Girl leaves the Crusaders and joins up with Inferno only to learn about his true malevolence.
Reprints

Archie Says... Get This Raincoat Free! (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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

Play Guitar in 7 Days (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Ed Sale Secret System / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Guild / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

The Mighty Readers / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Richard H. Goldwater
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Gerald Saunders, Charles E. Smith, Edward Gilbert, Mike Harre, Bruce Scotton, Russ Delston, Crystie Wood, Tom Sampson, Richard Mills, and Howard S. Brenner.

100 Little Dolls All for $1.00 (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

100 Little Dolls / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Origin of the Comet (Table of Contents: 13)

The Comet / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Jerry Siegel
Pencils
Paul Reinman
Inks
Frank Giacoia; Joe Giella
Colors
Victor Gorelick ?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Mighty Crusaders: The Black Hood [Matthew "Kip" Burland] (cameo); Fly Girl [Kim Brand] (cameo); Fly Man [Tommy Troy] (cameo); The Shield [Bill Higgins] (cameo)
The Comet [John Dickering]; Naija (ruler of Altrox; dies in this story)(flashback)
Synopsis
The origin of the Comet.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Giacoia inks per Nick Caputo.Previous indexer credited Paul Reinman.

Polaris Nuclear Sub (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Honor House Products / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Record Riot (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Hit Records / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

It's a Daisy (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Daisy Air Rifles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Inferno, the Destroyer
    The Mighty Crusaders
  2. 1. Treasure Chest of Fun
    Honor House Products
  3. 2. The Mighty Crusaders Battle Inferno, the Destroyer
    The Mighty Crusaders
  4. 3. [Rocky and Bullwinkle for Cheerios]
    Cheerios; Rocky & Bullwinkle
  5. 4. ["Dig this, gang!"]
    Archie; Bendix
  6. 5. Amazing Illusory "X-Ray" Vision Instantly!
    "X-Ray" Specs [Glasses]
  7. 6. Inferno the Destroyer Part 2
    The Mighty Crusaders
  8. 7. Archie Says... Get This Raincoat Free!
    Archie
  9. 8. Play Guitar in 7 Days
    Ed Sale Secret System
  10. 9. ["Glamour wigs in a choice of beautiful colors and styles"]
    Guild
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    The Mighty Readers
  12. 11. 100 Little Dolls All for $1.00
    100 Little Dolls
  13. 12. ["It's New! Amazing Planet of 6 Growing Monsters"]
  14. 13. The Origin of the Comet
    The Comet
  15. 14. Polaris Nuclear Sub
    Honor House Products
  16. 15. ["Now... fear no man! Don't be bullied! Turn your hands into "explosive" defense mechanism!"]
  17. 16. Record Riot
    Hit Records
  18. 17. It's a Daisy
    Daisy Air Rifles
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Valmiki Annamanthadoo
  • Rodrigo Baeza
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Mark Coale
  • Bill Devine
  • Per Sandell
  • Joey Sayer
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Gregg Whitmore