(March 1985)

Archie / Radio Shack, 1985 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
0.00 FREE
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
?
On-sale Date
1985 ?
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Radio Shack
Brand
?
Editing
William M. Palmer
Color
Color
Dimensions
Standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock
Newsprint
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format
One-shot

Issue Notes

Giveaway; Produced for the Radio Shack Division of Tandy Corporation by Archie Comics Publications, Inc.

First printing March 1985; Second printing July 1985.

Cat. No. 68-2030 (on cover).

The Computers That Said No to Drugs! (Table of Contents)

Tandy Computer Whiz Kids / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dick Ayers (signed)
Inks
Chic Stone (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure; detective-mystery
Characters
The Whiz Kids [Alec; Shanna]
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What Looks and Feels Like a Book, And Works Like a Computer? (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Radio Shack / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Computers That Said "No" to Drugs! (Table of Contents: 2)

Tandy Computer Whiz Kids / comic story / 28 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Kupperberg; William M. Palmer (script synopsis)
Pencils
Dick Ayers
Inks
Chic Stone
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure; detective-mystery
Characters
The Whiz Kids [Alec; Shanna]; Joe Ortega (drug smuggler); Kent Jones (drug smuggler); Ali Gurka (drug smuggler); Ms. Wilson; Detective Jack Shaw; Judy Baker; Bill; Mayor Patterson
Synopsis
Alec and Shanna help capture some drug smugglers, using Radio Shack computers.

Tandy Bits & Bytes of Computer History (Table of Contents: 3)

Tandy Bits & Bytes of Computer History / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Joseph Marie Jacquard; John Bardeen; Walter Brattain; William Shockley
Synopsis
A brief history of computers.

[Scripsit] (Table of Contents: 4)

Computer Age! / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Ann
Synopsis
About Tandy's Scripsit program.

Computers and Astronomy... (Table of Contents: 5)

Computer Age! / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
How computers are used in astronomy, and how Tandy computers can do the same jobs.

Student's Guide to Computer Language (Table of Contents: 6)

Student's Guide to Computer Language / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
Definitions of 25 basic computer terms.

Science Fair Kits Are Fun and Educational (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Radio Shack / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Funway to Learn About Science! (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Radio Shack / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Computers That Said No to Drugs!
    Tandy Computer Whiz Kids
  2. 1. What Looks and Feels Like a Book, And Works Like a Computer?
    Radio Shack
  3. 2. The Computers That Said "No" to Drugs!
    Tandy Computer Whiz Kids
  4. 3. Tandy Bits & Bytes of Computer History
    Tandy Bits & Bytes of Computer History
  5. 4. [Scripsit]
    Computer Age!
  6. 5. Computers and Astronomy...
    Computer Age!
  7. 6. Student's Guide to Computer Language
    Student's Guide to Computer Language
  8. 7. Science Fair Kits Are Fun and Educational
    Radio Shack
  9. 8. The Funway to Learn About Science!
    Radio Shack
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Matthew Head
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jerry Sinkovec
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