(1978)
Archie,
1978 Series
- Price
- 0.95 USD
- Pages
- 148
- Indicia Frequency
- twice a year
- On-sale Date
- 1978
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Red Circle Productions Inc.
- Barcode
- 0271000691283
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick (editor)
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda; Dan DeCarlo; John Rosenberger; Jack Kirby; Paul Reinman; ?
- Inks
- Marty Epp; Dan DeCarlo; John Rosenberger; Joe Simon ?; ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero; teen
- Characters
- Pureheart; Superteen; Captain Hero; Evilheart; The Fly; The Web; The Black Hood; The Jaguar
The Nightmare World of the Skull
Black Hood / comic story / 12 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- On... on... on through the night, spreading havoc wherever his steed gallops, speeds the Skull, the most terrible foe the Black Hood has ever opposed!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Black Hood; the Skull; the Abominable Schemer
- Synopsis
- After another defeat by the Black Hood, The Skull offers 1 million dollars to anyone who devise a way to kill the hero. The Abominable Schemer then gives the Skull his plan to kill the Black Hood --in his sleep.
- Reprints
-
from Mighty Comics (Archie, 1966 series) #47 (June 1967)
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The PH Factor
Pureheart the Powerful / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If you can conceive of an Archie capable of violence, dedicated to dealing out swift justice to those who threaten the peace and safety of Betty and Veronica, then you can believe this strange and eerie tale...
- Feature Logo
Pureheart the Powerful- Genre
- humor; superhero; teen
- Characters
- Pureheart the Powerful [Archie Andrews]; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie discovers that by calling on his own PH Factor he can become Pureheart the Powerful. Unfortunately, the PH factor is so strong that it makes everyone forget they saw Pureheart or recognize him as Archie.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #46 (February 1966)
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It All Began...
Superteen / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It wasn't always thus!
- Feature Logo
Superteen- Genre
- humor; superhero; teen
- Characters
- Superteen [Betty Cooper]; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Origin of Betty Cooper in her superhero identity as Superteen. While trapped on a ledge with Archie, Betty's hair gets twisted and she becomes Superteen.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #3 (August 1966)
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The Monster Mouse
Jaguar / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Everyone knows that a mouse is the world's lowliest animal...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Jaguar
- Synopsis
- The Jaguar battles a mouse that has grown to giant size after being exposed to mysterious undersea radiation.
- Reprints
- from Adventures of the Jaguar (Archie, 1961 series) #1 (September 1961)
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The Plight of the Bumblebee!
Evilheart / comic story / 13 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Striking with the force of a thousand tiny needles, the swarming hordes of the Bee wreak havoc in the normally quiet halls of the Riverdale Museum!!
- Feature Logo
Reggie as Evilheart- Genre
- humor; superhero; teen
- Characters
- Pureheart [Archie Andrews]; Evilheart [Reggie Mantle]; The Bee; Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- Evilheart and Pureheart fight The Bee, a villain who commands a swarm of bees.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #20 (October 1966)
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Indexer Notes
Divided into Part 1 and Part 2.
Marco's Eyes
The Fly / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- These are the eyes of a man who lives only for vengeance!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Fly [Tommy Troy]; Mister Marco; Dolly; Slats Dillon; J.B. Bascombe; Dolly
- Synopsis
- At a talent show, Marco loses. He gets mobsters to finance a big-eyed billboard that hypnotizes bankers and jewelers to steal goods and deliver to thugs. The Fly beats a thug and learns the sign has periscope and speaker that magnifies Marco's hypnotism. The Fly enters and is hypnotized, but cons Marco into taking a bow, breaking his glare. "The 'eyes' have it!"
- Reprints
- from The Fly [Adventures of the Fly] (Archie, 1959 series) #2 (September 1959)
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Quick Justice
Sorcery / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yep! It's called 'The Hanging Tree!'
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- An art thief gets an appropriate punishment for trying to steal a painting of a hanging.
- Reprints
- from Chilling Adventures in Sorcery as Told by Sabrina (Archie, 1972 series) #1 (September 1972)
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The Ultimate Cure
comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You remember Dr. Kingston? ---Handsome hunk of a man!
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Sabrina (host); Dr. Kingston; Helen
- Synopsis
- A doctor is scratched by a patient, and soon finds himself infected with a disease that transforms him into a hideous monster.
- Reprints
- from Chilling Adventures in Sorcery as Told by Sabrina (Archie, 1972 series) #2 (October 1972)
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Pureheart the Powerful in the Center Ring
Pureheart the Powerful / comic story / 13 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That girl! The black haired one! - I must get her!
- Genre
- humor; superhero; teen
- Characters
- Pureheart [Archie Andrews]; Evilheart [Reggie Mantle]; Veronica Lodge; The Mad Clown; Lungwort; Hypno the Great (The Mad Clown in disguise)
- Synopsis
- While at a circus, a mad clown with murder on his mind kidnaps Veronica because she looks like his ex-wife. When Archie and Reggie can't find Veronica, they become Pureheart and Evilheart to save the young socialite.
- Reprints
- from Archie as Pureheart the Powerful (Archie, 1966 series) #3 (February 1967)
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- Keywords
- circus; hypnotism; tiger; trapeze
Indexer Notes
Story is in two parts.
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Colors previously credited to Sal Contrera.
Black Fog
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- T. Casey Brennan
- Pencils
- Gray Morrow (signed as
GRAY MORROW [lettering style]) (illustrations) - Inks
- Gray Morrow (signed as GRAY MORROW [lettering style]) (illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Slowly the black fog closed in, destroying his awareness, and then...
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Hal Thunder [Johnny Dorran]
- Synopsis
- A man experiencing weird hallucinations comes to realize he's been participating in twenty-first century psycho-acting techniques.
- Reprints
- from Red Circle Sorcery (Archie, 1974 series) #6 (April 1974)
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Meet Lancelot Strong, the Man with the Double Life!
The Double Life of Private Strong / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Who is this man? What is he?
- Genre
- superhero; military
- Characters
- The Shield [Lancelot Strong]
- Synopsis
- Introduction to the character of Lancelot Strong, the Shield.
- Reprints
- from The Double Life of Private Strong (Archie, 1959 series) #1 (June 1959)
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Indexer Notes
Simon & Kirby version of the Shield from 1959.
The Double Life of Private Strong
The Double Life of Private Strong / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- superhero; military
- Characters
- The Shield [Lancelot Strong] (origin); Professor Malcolm Fleming; Roger Fleming; Agent Four; Abel Strong; Martha Strong
- Synopsis
- A young child is experimented on in a government facility and gains enhanced abilities. After surviving a car wreck, he is adopted by the Strong family and named Lancelot.
- Reprints
- from The Double Life of Private Strong (Archie, 1959 series) #1 (June 1959)
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Spawn of the 'X' World!
The Double Life of Private Strong / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The years pass by -- and the amazing experiments of Professor Fleming still lie in the wreckage now hidden by a forest in Fairfield County...
- Genre
- superhero; military
- Characters
- The Shield [Lancelot Strong] (origin); Spud
- Synopsis
- Lancelot Strong discovers the wrecked vehicle of Professor Fleming and dons the costume he finds inside. In short order, he finds himself battling an alien and telling the police to call him 'Shield'.
- Reprints
- from The Double Life of Private Strong (Archie, 1959 series) #1 (June 1959)
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Indexer Notes
Origin of The Shield, part 2.
Mystery of the Vanished Wreckage
The Double Life of Private Strong / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What fervent plea from the dim past uncoiling soundlessly from the memory of an extraordinary man, could spur him to streak straight toward the gaping mouth of a levelled cannon?
- Genre
- superhero; military
- Characters
- The Shield [Lancelot Strong]; Spud; Agent Four; Abel Strong; Martha StrongReprints
- Synopsis
- Lancelot goes to explore the wreckage where he found his costume, and his memories of the experiments on him as a child return. When he heads home, he discovers he's been drafted into the army.
- Reprints
- from The Double Life of Private Strong (Archie, 1959 series) #1 (June 1959)
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Indexer Notes
The preceding Shield stories make up the first 17 pages of The Double Life of Private Strong (Archie, 1959 series) #1, with introduction and origin.
The Decidedly Decent Demon
Captain Hero / comic story / 12 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Awfully sorry, old chap! It distresses me to see you tied up like that!
- Feature Logo
Captain Hero- Genre
- humor; superhero; teen
- Characters
- Captain Hero [Jughead Jones]; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Decent Demon (villain)
- Synopsis
- The Decent Demon politely robs all of Riverdale until Captain Hero can find a way to stop him.
- Reprints
- from Jughead as Captain Hero (Archie, 1966 series) #6 (August 1967)
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Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprinting in Archie & Friends Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #29.
Maid of Mischief
Superteen / comic story / 13 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Fear not, Archie! I, Superteen, will rescue you from the fearsome fate which has descended upon you!!
- Feature Logo
- Superteen
- Genre
- humor; superhero; teen
- Characters
- Superteen [Betty Cooper]; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Captain Hero [Jughead Jones]; Magnet-Girl (villain)
- Synopsis
- Superteen battles Magnet-Girl, a beautiful woman whose special gun gives her the power to make anyone a "magnet" for anything, including making Veronica a mustard magnet and Archie a girl magnet.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #4 (October 1966)
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[Familiars]
Essays into the Supernatural / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Phil Seuling (credited as Phil Sueling)
- Pencils
- Gray Morrow (credited)
- Inks
- Gray Morrow (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gray Morrow
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When men still lived in tribes, magic ruled his world.
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Information about familiars.
- Reprints
- from Chilling Adventures in Sorcery (Archie, 1973 series) #3 (October 1973)
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The Web Versus the Flipper
The Web / comic story / 11 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Down along a twisting, curving corridor at City Hall, twists and flips the famed bizarre costumed thief known as... the Flipper!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Web [John Raymond]; The Flipper; Rosie Raymond
- Synopsis
- When the Flipper makes a fool out of the Web, Rosie encourages her husband to take out the acrobatic crook once and for all.
- Reprints
- from Mighty Comics (Archie, 1966 series) #46 (May 1967)
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The Werewolf
Essays into the Supernatural / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Marv Channing (credited)
- Pencils
- Gray Morrow (credited)
- Inks
- Gray Morrow (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gray Morrow
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary defines lycanthropy: 'assumption of the form and traits of a wolf by witchcraft or magic.'
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Information about werewolves.
- Reprints
- from Red Circle Sorcery (Archie, 1974 series) #6 (April 1974)
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Mad Doctor Doom's Dupe!
Pureheart the Powerful / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- On the outskirts of Riverdale in an old abandoned pretzel factory, an evil man, mad Doctor Doom, is working furiously towards an evil end... The domination of the world!
- Feature Logo
- Pureheart the Powerful
- Genre
- humor; superhero; teen
- Characters
- Pureheart [Archie Andrews]; Mad Doctor Doom (villain); Evilheart [Reggie Mantle]; Superteen [Betty Cooper]; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mad Doctor Doom cons Evilheart into testing out a deadly world-domination device, the killer robot Computo.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #48 (April 1966)
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Indexer Notes
Story is told in two parts.
[Best Regards, Captain Pureheart]
Pureheart the Powerful / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; superhero; teen
- Characters
- Pureheart the Powerful [Archie Andrews]; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
- from Archie as Capt. Pureheart (Archie, 1967 series) #4 (May 1967)
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
[Blank Page]
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2.
The Nightmare World of the Skull
Black Hood -
3.
The PH Factor
Pureheart the Powerful -
4.
It All Began...
Superteen -
5.
The Monster Mouse
Jaguar -
6.
The Plight of the Bumblebee!
Evilheart -
7.
Marco's Eyes
The Fly -
8.
Quick Justice
Sorcery -
9.
The Ultimate Cure
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10.
Pureheart the Powerful in the Center Ring
Pureheart the Powerful -
11.
Black Fog
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12.
Meet Lancelot Strong, the Man with the Double Life!
The Double Life of Private Strong -
13.
The Double Life of Private Strong
The Double Life of Private Strong -
14.
Spawn of the 'X' World!
The Double Life of Private Strong -
15.
Mystery of the Vanished Wreckage
The Double Life of Private Strong -
16.
The Decidedly Decent Demon
Captain Hero -
17.
Maid of Mischief
Superteen -
18.
[Familiars]
Essays into the Supernatural -
19.
The Web Versus the Flipper
The Web -
20.
The Werewolf
Essays into the Supernatural -
21.
Mad Doctor Doom's Dupe!
Pureheart the Powerful -
22.
[Best Regards, Captain Pureheart]
Pureheart the Powerful -
23.
["Looking for something different?"]
Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest -
24.
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25.
["Stories, puzzles, jokes. Pages of fun and laughter in full color!"]
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