(1979)
Archie,
1979 Series
- Price
- 0.95 USD
- Pages
- 148
- Indicia Frequency
- Twice a year
- On-sale Date
- 1979-06-05
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Red Circle Productions Inc.
- Barcode
- 0271000691292
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from The Comic Reader #169.
[no title indexed]
Black Hood / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Neal Adams; John Rosenberger (Fly vignette); Paul Reinman (Steel Sterling vignette)
- Inks
- Neal Adams; John Rosenberger (Fly vignette); Paul Reinman (Steel Sterling vignette)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- No evil can escape the merciless vengeance of the Black Hood!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Black Hood; Fly (vignette); Steel Sterling (vignette)
[Kip- you're a good cop...]
Black Hood / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Black Hood (origin)
Indexer Notes
Traces the Black Hood line back through history and the various crime fighters in the Burland line. Heavy Metal, in 1979, printed a re-worked version of the story. This featured a female protagonist, Stingaree.
Originally intended to appear in a new Black Hood #1.
The Menace of the Micro Men
The Shield / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Joe Simon ?; Jack Kirby ?
- Pencils
- Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Rosen
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Shield
- Reprints
-
from The Double Life of Private Strong (Archie, 1959 series) #1 (June 1959)
-
The Lady and the Monster
The Fly / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Kim Brand [later Fly-Girl] (introduction); Fly
- Reprints
- from Adventures of the Fly (Archie, 1960 series) #13 (July 1961)
-
The Ultimate Power
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Wally Wood ?
- Pencils
- Wally Wood (signed)
- Inks
- Wally Wood (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Nimrod; Mog (demon); Endora
- Reprints
- in Basically Strange (JC Comics, 1982 series) #1 (November 1982)
-
- Keywords
- magic
Indexer Notes
Originally intended for an issue of Red Circle Sorcery.
The Death Ray from Space
The Jaguar / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Jaguar
- Reprints
- from Adventures of the Jaguar (Archie, 1961 series) #5 (March 1962)
-
The Nine Lives of Falseface
Hangman / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Hangman
- Reprints
- from Mighty Comics (Archie, 1966 series) #45 (April 1967)
-
Superteen Strikes Again
Superteen / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- superhero; teen; humor
- Characters
- Superteen [Betty Cooper]; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Superteen uses her powers to save Archie and Veronica from Communist spies.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #3 (August 1966)
-
Black Hood Hits a Sour Note
Black Hood / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Black Hood
- Reprints
- in The Black Hood (Archie, 1983 series) #1 (June 1983)
- in Blue Ribbon Comics (Archie, 1983 series) #8 (May 1984) [similar to a story in Heavy Metal introducing a heroine called Stingaree (6/1979)] which is reprinted
- in New Crusaders (Archie, 2012 series) #5 (February 2013)
- in New Crusaders: Legacy (Archie, 2013 series) ([July] 2013)
- in The Black Hood (Archie, 2016 series) #2 (February 2017)
- in The Black Hood (Archie, 2016 series) #3 (April 2017)
-
Indexer Notes
Originally intended for the never published Black Hood #1.
The Awesome Bravo
Steel Sterling / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Steel Sterling; Metal Mask; Beastor; Awesome Bravo; Deadly Dimensional
- Synopsis
- Steel Sterling tries to protect the Awesome Bravo from a trio of deadly foes. But who is the hunter and who is the hunted?
- Reprints
- from Mighty Comics (Archie, 1966 series) #44 (March 1967)
-
Uglyman's Ugliest Plot
The Web / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Web [John Raymond]; Uglyman; Brett Winslow (a handsome actor); Rosie Raymond; the Vegetable (cameo - flashback); Ernie Misty (another actor)
- Synopsis
- The Web tries to stop Uglyman from doing harm to Brett Winslow and sabotaging the Fab Film Corporation's studios.
- Reprints
- from Mighty Comics (Archie, 1966 series) #40 (November 1966)
-
The Tarantula's Trap
Pureheart the Powerful / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- humor; superhero; teen
- Characters
- Evilheart [Reggie Mantle]; Captain Pureheart [Archie Andrews]; Tarantula; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Evilheart is more interested in keeping Captain Pureheart from capturing the Tarantula than he is in defeating the villain himself.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #23 (April 1967)
-
Time Twist
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Vampire; Victor;
- Synopsis
- A vampire travels in time to the future and finds an unpleasant surprise.
- Reprints
- in The Fly (Archie, 1983 series) #8 (August 1984)
-
- Keywords
- robots; time travel; vampires
Indexer Notes
Originally intended for an issue of Red Circle Sorcery.
The Gasser Attacks
The Fox / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Fox [Paul Patton]; Delilah (a go-go dancer); the Gasser
- Synopsis
- While the Fox is watching his favorite go-go dancer, the Gasser and his gang attack the nightclub and kidnap Delilah.
- Reprints
- from Mighty Comics (Archie, 1966 series) #49 (August 1967)
-
Life's Not Like a Comic Book
Black Hood / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Black Hood
- Reprints
- in JCP Features [JCP Features the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents] (JC Comics, 1981 series) #1 (December 1981)
- in Blue Ribbon Comics (Archie, 1983 series) #8 (May 1984)
-
Indexer Notes
Originally intended for the never-published Black Hood #1.
The Ultrasonic Spies
The Shield / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Shield
- Reprints
- from The Double Life of Private Strong (Archie, 1959 series) #2 (August 1959)
-
The Beast in the Forest
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Euryleda (dryad); Tanatalus; Mierdo (faun); centaurs
- Keywords
- Trojan War
Indexer Notes
Originally intended for an issue of Red Circle Sorcery.
A Real Hot Talent
Chilling Adventures in Sorcery / text story / 1 page
- Reprints
- from Chilling Adventures in Sorcery as Told by Sabrina (Archie, 1972 series) #1 (September 1972)
-
- Keywords
- fire; magic
The Fly Meets the Cat Girl
The Fly / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Cat Girl (introduction); Fly
- Reprints
- from Adventures of the Fly (Archie, 1960 series) #9 (November 1960)
-
It's Murder to Beat the Odds
Black Hood / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Black Hood
- Reprints
- in Blue Ribbon Comics (Archie, 1983 series) #8 (May 1984)
-
Indexer Notes
Originally intended for the never-published Black Hood #1.
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Table of Contents
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0.
["No evil can escape the merciless vengeance of the Black Hood!"]
Black Hood -
1.
[Kip- you're a good cop...]
Black Hood -
2.
The Menace of the Micro Men
The Shield -
3.
The Lady and the Monster
The Fly -
4.
The Ultimate Power
-
5.
The Death Ray from Space
The Jaguar -
6.
The Nine Lives of Falseface
Hangman -
7.
Superteen Strikes Again
Superteen -
8.
Black Hood Hits a Sour Note
Black Hood -
9.
The Awesome Bravo
Steel Sterling -
10.
Uglyman's Ugliest Plot
The Web -
11.
The Tarantula's Trap
Pureheart the Powerful -
12.
Time Twist
-
13.
The Gasser Attacks
The Fox -
14.
Life's Not Like a Comic Book
Black Hood -
15.
The Ultrasonic Spies
The Shield -
16.
The Beast in the Forest
-
17.
A Real Hot Talent
Chilling Adventures in Sorcery -
18.
The Fly Meets the Cat Girl
The Fly -
19.
It's Murder to Beat the Odds
Black Hood
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