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Issue: Archie as Capt. Pureheart #4
Publication Date: May 1967
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Issues: #4 of 3 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: Archie SeriesView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Radio Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 1967
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: With this issue the Pureheart series changes the name of the title character from "Pureheart the Powerful" to "Captain Pureheart," though the original name is occasionally used in the stories. This one issue alone, the indicia title is Captain Purehart.
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews [as Captain Pureheart]; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Don't dare miss this double-action, double-daring double feature
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The issue is credited to "Dick, Vic, Bob and Bill," possibly referring to Richard Goldwater (editor), Victor Gorelick (art director), Bob White (original artist of Pureheart), and Bill Vigoda (artist of this issue). Frank Doyle, the writer of all the Pureheart stories, is not credited.
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Knack of Time

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews [as Captain Pureheart]; Reggie Mantle [as Evilheart]; Veronica Lodge; Time Wizard
Synopsis: Pureheart, Evilheart and Veronica take a trip through time with the dastardly but incompetent Time Wizard, whose time-travel box keeps sending them all to the wrong era in history.
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In Issue: FlagArchie: Pureheart the Powerful #1 published July 2010
In Content Item: FlagArchie Annual Digest #31 published January 1977
as Knack of Time [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagArchie & Friends Double Digest Magazine #11 [Direct Edition] published February 2012
as Knack of Time [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Best Regards, Captain Pureheart

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero, teen
Character(s): Captain Pureheart; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: "signed" pinup.
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Eye See

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous, superhero
Character(s): Li'l Jinx Holliday
Synopsis: Li'l Jinx has mighty eyes, and can see through things.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Rattle of the Reptile

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews [as Captain Pureheart]; Reggie Mantle [as Evilheart]; Veronica Lodge; the Reptile; Bubbles Galore
Synopsis: Pureheart fights an inept battle against the villain known as the Reptile and his latest scheme to blackmail Mr. Lodge by kidnapping Veronica.
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In Issue: FlagArchie: Pureheart the Powerful #1 published July 2010
In Content Item: FlagArchie & Friends Double Digest Magazine #30 [Direct Edition] published October 2013
as The Rattle of the Reptile [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: The stories in this issue move Pureheart more towards pure comedy, as the character starts to become as klutzy and inept as Archie himself.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Reports and letters from Toi Denise Lupo (Phenix City, Ala.), Anna Doswell (Colorado Springs, Colorado), Marv Hackenberg (Eureka, California), Carol Standeven (North Kingstown, Rhode Island), Raymond Elgin (Fort Devens, Massachusetts), Betty White (Greenville, South Carolina), and Kyle Datson (Abilene, Texas).

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