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Issue: Explorers of the Unknown #1
Publication Date: June 1990
 
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Variant: Newsstand
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Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 07189646765906
Price: $1.00 USD
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Content Items: 7 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Scott Fulop; Victor Gorelick (Managing Editor); Richard Goldwater (Editor-in-Chief)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Fearless First Issue!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Rex W. Lindsey (signed)
Rex W. Lindsey (signed)
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Subject Matter
adventure, teen
Explorers of The Unknown
Explorers of the Unknown [Red [Archie Andrews]; Angel [Veronica Lodge]; Nitro [Reggie Mantle]; Squint [Jughead Jones]; Wheels [Betty Cooper]; Gizmo [Dilton Doiley]; Spike [Moose Mason]]; Myron Pepperdinkle
Reprinting
FlagThe Best of Archie Comics #[1] published August 2011
as Explorers of the Unknown #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Drugs Are Uncool!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
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Subject Matter
informational, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews
Archie gives drugs a big thumbs down!
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Miscellaneous
1
The Amazing Super Secret Origin Of The Explorers Of The Unknown!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Rich Margopoulos
Rex W. Lindsey
Jon D'Agostino
Barry Grossman
Mindy Eisman
Subject Matter
adventure, teen
Explorers of The Unknown
Explorers of the Unknown [Red [Archie Andrews] (a soldier of fortune); Angel [Veronica Lodge] (a martial artist); Nitro [Reggie Mantle] (an explosives expert); Squint [Jughead Jones] (a daredevil escape artist); Wheels [Betty Cooper] (a mechanic and pilot); Gizmo [Dilton Doiley] (a genius inventor); Spike [Moose Mason] (a Hollywood stuntman)]; Blaze [Cheryl Blossom] (The Explorers' CIA contact); Myron Pepperdinkle; Hiram Lodge
Archie is reading a book called the Explorers of the Unknown, whose characters remind him of his friends in Riverdale. In the book, while working on a movie about his life, Red fights a giant robot that goes on a rampage. He is aided by six other experts in their fields, and they form The Explorers of the Unknown. Their first mission: stop Myron Pepperdinkle and his destructive robots.
Reprinting
FlagArchie & Friends Double Digest Magazine #23 [Direct Edition] published March 2013
as The Amazing Super Secret Origin Of The Explorers Of The Unknown! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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This story is told in 4 chapters: Chapter 1 (6 pages), Chapter 2 (5 pages), Chapter 3 (5 pages), and Chapter 4 (5 pages).
Files Of The Unknown

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Rex W. Lindsey
Jon D'Agostino
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Subject Matter
adventure, teen
Red [Archie Andrews]
Red [Archie Andrews]; Wheels [Betty Cooper]; Angel [Veronica Lodge]
A profile on Red, the leader of the Explorers of The Unknown.
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Miscellaneous
1
This appears between Chapters 1 and 2 of the main story.
Pin Up Number One

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Rex W. Lindsey (signed)
Rex W. Lindsey (signed)
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Subject Matter
adventure, teen
Explorers of The Unknown
Explorers of the Unknown [Red [Archie Andrews]; Angel [Veronica Lodge]; Nitro [Reggie Mantle]; Squint [Jughead Jones]; Wheels [Betty Cooper]; Gizmo [Dilton Doiley]; Spike [Moose Mason]]
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Miscellaneous
1
This page appears between chapters 3 and 4 of the main story.
Editor's Notebook

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Victor Gorelick
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typeset
Subject Matter
Jughead Jones
Information on upcoming Archie comics.
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Miscellaneous
1
The Taste Of Adventure (part 2)

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
While on a hike, the gang gets thirsty and breaks out some Capri Sun drinks.
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Miscellaneous
1
This ad for Capri Sun appears on the back cover.

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