(April 1959)
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
- Genre
- adventure; children; science fiction; humor
- Characters
- Cosmo; Orbi; Astra; Professor Thimk; Jojo
- Reprints
Chapter One: Venus Bound!
Cosmo / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- adventure; children; science fiction; humor
- Characters
- Cosmo; Moonlings; Professor Thimk; Astra; JoJo; Oog; Prime Moonister; The Gillywump from the Dark Side of the Moon; Orbi
- Synopsis
- Cosmo and Orbi are marooned on the moon with the Moonlings (all named Oog), when Professor Thimk, Astra, and the dog JoJo arrive from Mars to rescue them. But first they have to go to Venus. Two Moonlings and the Gillywump from the Dark Side of the Moon stow away for the trip to Venus.
- Reprints
-
in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #30 (September 1980) - in The Best of Archie Comics (Archie, 2011 series) #2 (2012)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #25 (March 2013)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #260 (May 2015)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Blow-Out (Archie, 2015 series) (2015)
- in Best of Archie Comics (Archie, 2016 series) #2 (2017)
- in The Complete Cosmo the Merry Martian (Archie, 2018 series) (2018)
-
Indexer Notes
Script and art credits from The Complete Cosmo the Merry Martian (Archie, 2018 series).
Trouble for Orbi! (Chapter 2)
Cosmo / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- Cosmo; Orbi; Professor Thimk; Astra; Jojo; Moonlings; Gillywump; Venusian Monster
- Synopsis
- The crew arrives on Venus, and discovers that small volcanoes cause the gaseous cloud around the planet. Cosmo, Orbi, and Astra unknowingly sit on a sleeping Venusian monster, who wakes up and kidnaps Orbi.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #30 (September 1980), #30 (September 1980)
- in The Best of Archie Comics (Archie, 2011 series) #2 (2012)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #25 (March 2013)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #260 (May 2015)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Blow-Out (Archie, 2015 series) (2015)
- in Best of Archie Comics (Archie, 2016 series) #2 (2017)
- in The Complete Cosmo the Merry Martian (Archie, 2018 series) (2018)
-
Indexer Notes
Script and art credits from The Complete Cosmo the Merry Martian (Archie, 2018 series).
Lovely Day!
Jimmy Jupiter / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Jimmy Jupiter
- Synopsis
- When Jimmy is almost hit by a jet-a-cycle, he can't remember the license plate number but he knows how to calculate it.
- Reprints
To the Rescue! (Chapter 3)
Cosmo / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- Cosmo; Orbi; Astra; Professor Thimk; Moonlings; Gillywump
- Synopsis
- When Cosmo tells Professor Thimk about Orbi's kidnapping, the group goes looking for him and Astra falls into a crevice.
- Reprints
- in The Best of Archie Comics (Archie, 2011 series) #2 (2012)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #25 (March 2013)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #260 (May 2015)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Blow-Out (Archie, 2015 series) (2015)
- in Best of Archie Comics (Archie, 2016 series) #2 (2017)
- in The Complete Cosmo the Merry Martian (Archie, 2018 series) (2018)
-
Indexer Notes
Script and art credits from The Complete Cosmo the Merry Martian (Archie, 2018 series).
Food for Thought!
Squarehead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- Squarehead
- Synopsis
- Hungry Squarehead makes square doughnuts.
A Slap-Happy Ending! (Chapter 4)
Cosmo / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- Cosmo; Orbi; Astra; Professor Thimk; Moonlings; Gillywump; Venusian Monsters
- Synopsis
- A Venusian Monster helps Astra out of the crevice, and Orbi tells the crew that a short circuit in his helmet has caused the monsters to become afraid of him. The story ends with the monsters taking the crew to meet the queen.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #30 (September 1980)
- in The Best of Archie Comics (Archie, 2011 series) #2 (2012)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #25 (March 2013)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #260 (May 2015)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Blow-Out (Archie, 2015 series) (2015)
- in Best of Archie Comics (Archie, 2016 series) #2 (2017)
- in The Complete Cosmo the Merry Martian (Archie, 2018 series) (2018)
-
Indexer Notes
Script and art credits from The Complete Cosmo the Merry Martian (Archie, 2018 series).
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Cosmo -
1.
[You, Too, Can Be Tough]
-
2.
Chapter One: Venus Bound!
Cosmo -
3.
Trouble for Orbi! (Chapter 2)
Cosmo -
4.
Just Your Type!
Little Archie -
5.
Our Mysterious Neighbor
-
6.
Lovely Day!
Jimmy Jupiter -
7.
To the Rescue! (Chapter 3)
Cosmo -
8.
Food for Thought!
Squarehead -
9.
Hunters of the Wild
-
10.
A Slap-Happy Ending! (Chapter 4)
Cosmo -
11.
["The movies have their Oscars!"]
Archie -
12.
Fun, Dates and Music with Terry and Dottie
Chicago Roller Skates
This issue was modified by, among others
- JW "David" Asher
- Dwayne Best
- Merlin Haas
- Mike Nielsen
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