Archie Q&A + Showoff Thread across all eras

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Thought it'd be swell to have a hub for all Archie lovers. Q's on collecting, trivia, technical stuff, opinions... and just plain showing off, all welcome !

To start: Who's your fave character in the Archie universe, besides Archiekins himself?

For me, has to be Veronica in the SA books for being generally adorable. Zombie Jughead in MA (Afterlife) for being iconic + gut-wrenching in a poignant way.

Well I think it's important to call out Steve's thread and its 153 pages of Archie goodness...

http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=317865

But I do love any Archie thread so, I'll add some stuff.

Well I think it's important to call out Steve's thread and its 153 pages of Archie goodness...

 

http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=317865

 

But I do love any Archie thread so, I'll add some stuff.

No doubt love it, I've posted there too; let this be the companion multi-purpose thread :hehe:

Here's one. The trivia is it's supposedly very difficult to find in high grade due to shoddy spine construction. So bad in fact that a subtle recall was issued at the bottom of the cover of Archie #56 which gave kids in the 50's a solid financial incentive to return their copies.

Archie's are great.

My top Archie books

One of my favorite variants from the new series

I got a sketch cover of the last one drawn by a freelance artist, I will post it when I have it uploaded where I can link to it.

My top Archie books

 

 

bravo, sir! This one makes me salivate a little bit…

And yes, I know they are all for sale on eBay.

I swear the early Archie brass must've had a thing for monied brunettes, Betty loses out to Ronnie like 90% of time. Of course this reverses spectacularly in AL ::

My top Archie books

 

 

 

bravo, sir! This one makes me salivate a little bit…

 

And yes, I know they are all for sale on eBay.

I am glad you like it.

Real nice Veronica cover.

I'm a big fan of Archie, and especially Steve's thread, but beyond the great cover art is timeless storytelling and humour.

I love Montana and DeCarlo art like the nex guy, but I also really enjoy Samm Schwartz and Stan Goldberg's art, especially the stories they drew throughout their careers as artists.

I'm slowly getting around to scanning my Archie OA and uploading it on CAF (see sig), but here's a 6-page story from Jughead #122 (1965) which is as good an example as any of what I'm trying to describe:

Really enjoyed the story in the OA above the best Archie humor is timeless.

Here's my latest (GA) pickup courtesy of Chuck Gower and these boards !

Always liked that Jughead cover. Jughead #132 is another (I have, but this is from GCD)

The comic strip art (dailies, Saturday & Sunday pages) are great as standalone story/art pages.

Always liked that Jughead cover. Jughead #132 is another (I have, but this is from GCD)

 

Hot damn, the Shield returns !! A crossover with Cap would've been amazing.

And that ghost story There's definitely a sweet spot with the stories. Sometimes the corny factor gets a bit thick, but more often there's a perfect blend of campy, hokey, and hilarious...

These are all beautiful books!