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Issue: The Fly [Adventures of the Fly] #3
Publication Date: November 1959
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Issues: #3 of 6 Issues (7 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: Archie Adventure SeriesView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Radio Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/08/1959
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date confirmed from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume 14, Part 1, Number 1, Periodicals, January-June 1960. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B826394.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
Format Notes:  
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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): The Fly [Tommy Troy]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of Simon and Kirby #[nn] published May 2009
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Overblown Marshal of Spire City

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): The Fly [Tommy Troy]; Marshal Bruno; Commissioner Daley; Dolly Lake
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Possible Simon inks and/or alterations per Nick Caputo, November 2016.
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How An Orphan Boy Became the Fly

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): The Fly [Tommy Troy]; Mr. Creacher; Ben March; Abigail March; Turan
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Contains a house ad for The Double Life of Private Strong.
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The House of Solid Nothing

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): The Fly [Tommy Troy]; Turan; Ezra Clump; Mr. Clinton; Dolly Lake
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagArchie Comics Digest #32 published October 1978
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The 20 Ton Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): The Fly [Tommy Troy]; Professor Spartan; Mr. Spindle; Murphy; Harry; Ben March; Alice Lake; Dolly Lake
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBlue Ribbon Comics #10 [Direct] published July 1984
as The 20-Ton Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Loud and Clear

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Tommy Troy Teaches Judo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: martial arts
Character(s): Tommy Troy
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Justice of Chen Fang

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): The Fly [Tommy Troy]; Dolly Lake; Alice Lake; Chen Fang
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSunny Sun #20 published September 1978
as Chen Fang perd la face [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Simon redrew some of the Fly/Tommy Troy figures and may have inked the story. Info per Nick Caputo, January 2018.

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