(October 1988)
Archie,
1954 Series
- Price
- 0.75 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
- Brand
- Archie Giant Series
- Barcode
- ?
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick; Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief)
- Color
- Color
- Dimensions
- Standard Silver Age US; later Standard Modern Age US
- Paper Stock
- glossy cover; newsprint interior
- Binding
- Perfect Bound; later Saddle-Stitched
- Publishing Format
- Was Ongoing Series
Issue Notes
This issue has variants.
First appearance of the Explorers of the Unknown.
Explorers of the Unknown!
The World of Archie / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Rex W. Lindsey (signed)
- Inks
- Rex W. Lindsey (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- teen; adventure
- Characters
- Explorers of the Unknown [Red [Archie Andrews]; Angel [Veronica Lodge]; Nitro [Reggie Mantle]; Squint [Jughead Jones]; Wheels [Betty Cooper]; Gizmo [Dilton Doiley]; Spike [Moose Mason]]
- Reprints
in 
[AIDS Health Education]
Archie / public service announcement / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Waldo Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Chuck Clayton; Jughead Jones
Indexer Notes
A public service announcement about AIDS located on the inside front cover.
Explorers of the Unknown! Part One
The World of Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Rich Margopoulos
- Pencils
- Rex Lindsey
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- adventure; teen
- Characters
- Explorers of the Unknown [Red [Archie Andrews]; Nitro [Reggie Mantle]; Squint [Jughead Jones]; Wheels [Betty Cooper]; Gizmo [Dilton Doiley]; Spike [Moose Mason]]; Dr. Zarkon; Johnny Carson (cameo); Ed McMahon (cameo); Loch Ness Monster (cameo-flashback); Abominable Snowman (cameo-flashback); Bigfoot (cameo-flashback)
- Synopsis
- As Red Andrews recounts some of his adventures to a live TV audience, he gets an emergency call from the Explorers. Spike, Nitro, Wheels, Squint, and Gizmo all get the same call. Meanwhile, Dr. Zarkon plots against the Explorers.
- Reprints
-
in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #21 (December 2012)
-
Archie Bug A-Boo
Archie / activity / 1 page
- Script
- Rod G. Ollerenshaw (signed)
- Pencils
- Rod G. Ollerenshaw (signed)
- Inks
- Rod G. Ollerenshaw (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Rod G. Ollerenshaw (signed)
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #220 (September 2011), #290 (August 2018)
-
Indexer Notes
Insect word find.
Explorers of the Unknown! Part Two
The World of Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Rich Margopoulos
- Pencils
- Rex Lindsey
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen; adventure
- Characters
- Red [Archie Andrews]; Angel [Veronica Lodge]; Nitro [Reggie Mantle]; Squint [Jughead Jones]; Wheels [Betty Cooper]; Gizmo [Dilton Doiley]; Spike [Moose Mason]; Hiram Lodge; Dr. Zarkon
- Synopsis
- Brought together by Angel and her father, Hiram Lodge tells the team of a disgruntled scientific genius who's now threatening his corporation and Riverdale. The team splits up: Red, Angel and Gizmo go to stop Dr. Zarkon, while Spike, Nitro, Wheels and Squint travel to Riverdale to stop Dr. Zarkon's monsters.
Explorers of the Unknown! Part Three
The World of Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Rich Margopoulos
- Pencils
- Rex Lindsey
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- adventure; teen
- Characters
- Red [Archie Andrews]; Angel [Veronica Lodge]; Nitro [Reggie Mantle]; Squint [Jughead Jones]; Wheels [Betty Cooper]; Gizmo [Dilton Doiley]; Spike [Moose Mason]
- Synopsis
- As Red, Angel and Gizmo recover from being shot down, Nitro, Squint, Wheels and Spike all find unique ways to take down all four of Zarkon's monsters.
Bottle Battle
Sabrina / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman
- Synopsis
- Sabrina knocks over several bottles at a carnival game without using a ball.
Explorers of the Unknown! Part Four
The World of Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Rich Margopoulos
- Pencils
- Rex Lindsey
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen; adventure
- Characters
- Red [Archie Andrews]; Angel [Veronica Lodge]; Nitro [Reggie Mantle]; Squint [Jughead Jones]; Wheels [Betty Cooper]; Gizmo [Dilton Doiley]; Spike [Moose Mason]; Dr. Zarkon
- Synopsis
- Red, Angel and Gizmo work together to escape Dr. Zarkon's death traps and defeat him.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Explorers of the Unknown!
The World of Archie -
1.
[AIDS Health Education]
Archie -
2.
Explorers of the Unknown! Part One
The World of Archie -
3.
Surprise Ending!
Archie and his Friends -
4.
Archie Bug A-Boo
Archie -
5.
Explorers of the Unknown! Part Two
The World of Archie -
6.
Explorers of the Unknown! Part Three
The World of Archie -
7.
Let's Do The Fruitslush Mush!
the Archies -
8.
Bottle Battle
Sabrina -
9.
Explorers of the Unknown! Part Four
The World of Archie -
10.
Archie's Club News
Archie's Club News -
11.
Bedrockin' Shakedown
Fred Flintstone; Post Fruity Pebbles
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