The Fly #3
(October 1983)

Archie, 1983 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Published bi-monthly in Feb., April, June, Aug., Oct., and Dec.
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Red Circle Productions Inc.
Brand
Red Circle Comics Group [1980's]
Editing
Robin Snyder (editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Fly / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Rudy Nebres (signed)
Inks
Rudy Nebres (signed)
Colors
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Fly

Under The Gun! (Table of Contents: 1)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Robin Snyder
Pencils
John Rosenberger
Inks
John Rosenberger
Letters
typeset

Characters
Fly; Fly Girl

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Part 2 of Robin Synder's Adventures of the Fly index. Includes a cover reprint of Adventures of the Fly #16 (November, 1961).

Who Is The Monster? (Table of Contents: 2)

Fly / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Jack C. Harris
Pencils
Steve Ditko
Inks
Bill Draut; Steve Ditko; Rich Buckler ? (see notes)
Colors
Ken Feduniewicz
Letters
Rod Ollerenshaw

Genre
superhero
Characters
Fly; Fly Girl [Kim Brand]; Mindy Wilmer; Bob Milner; Harry Howell; Pascal The Monster; the Shield (Lancelot Strong-- flashback)
Synopsis
Kim Brand is working on a movie about Pascal, an old foe of the Fly's. But the movie is being sabotaged by someone. In addition, a wife of one of the stuntmen on the set is being abused by her husband.

Indexer Notes

a story about wife-beating. According to information from Robin Snyder, Bill Draut was originally scheduled to ink the story but was unable to complete the job. Ditko stepped in and completed the story, with some inking assistance possibly by Buckler.

Nick Caputo has examined the pages and suspects the inking is as follows: Bill Draut: all of page 1; page 4; panels 2-5 (partial inking); page 5 (some inking by Ditko and possible alteration of Troy by Buckler in panel 5); pgs 6-7; page 8, panels 1-3 (Troy figure); page 9, panel 2; page 10, panel 2(foreground figure). Buckler may have inked the Fly's face on page 2 and background figures on page 3. In addition, a background inker worked on page 2. His name is on a building but undecipherable. Everything else is inked by Ditko. Information per Nick Caputo, February 2015.

Jane of the Jungle (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Genre
humor
Characters
Jane; Jim
Synopsis
Jim takes the precaution of taking a ladder with him when he walks at night in case he falls in a lion trap.

Faithfully Yours (Table of Contents: 4)

Fly Girl / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Rich Buckler; Stan Timmons
Pencils
Steve Ditko
Inks
Alan Kupperberg
Colors
John Wilcox
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
superhero
Characters
Fly Girl [Kim Brand]; Douglas Melman; Thomas Troy
Synopsis
Kim Brand is hunted by a jealous stalker after he sees Kim dating Thomas.
Reprints

Under The Gun! (Table of Contents: 5)

letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Robin Snyder
Letters
typeset

[A Short Fly Feature] (Table of Contents: 6)

Fly / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Rich Buckler
Pencils
Steve Ditko
Inks
Alan Kupperberg
Colors
?
Letters
Rod Ollerenshaw ?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Fly

Indexer Notes

A feature on the Fly's buzz-gun.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Fly / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Rudy Nebres (signed)
Inks
Rudy Nebres (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Rudy Nebres ? (signed)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Fly; Fly Girl
Reprints

Indexer Notes

On back cover of comic.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Fly
  2. 1. Under The Gun!
  3. 2. Who Is The Monster?
    Fly
  4. 3. Jane of the Jungle
  5. 4. Faithfully Yours
    Fly Girl
  6. 5. Under The Gun!
  7. 6. [A Short Fly Feature]
    Fly
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Fly
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Luke A.
  • Nick Caputo
  • Mark Coale
  • Peter Croome
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Gregg Whitmore