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Issue: Archie's Super Hero Comics Digest Magazine #2
Publication Date: January 1979
 
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Issues: #2 of 1 Issue
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Red Circle Productions Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/05/1979
Volume:
Pages: 148
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0271000691292
Price: $0.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 20 (19 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from The Comic Reader #169.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Digest size
Paper Stock:  
Binding: Squarebound
Publishing Format:  
Format Notes:  
Disclose Reprinted In7
Disclose Reprinted From11
Disclose Images3
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Black Hood; Fly (vignette); Steel Sterling (vignette)
First Line: No evil can escape the merciless vengeance of the Black Hood!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Kip- you're a good cop...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Black Hood (origin)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Traces the Black Hood line back through history and the various crime fighters in the Burland line. Heavy Metal, in 1979, printed a re-worked version of the story. This featured a female protagonist, Stingaree.
Originally intended to appear in a new Black Hood #1.
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The Menace of the Micro Men

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Shield
Character(s): The Shield
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Double Life of Private Strong #1 published June 1959
was The Menace of the Micro-Men! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Lady and the Monster

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Kim Brand [later Fly-Girl] (introduction); Fly
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAdventures of the Fly #13 published July 1961
was The Lady and The Monster [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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The Ultimate Power

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Nimrod; Mog (demon); Endora
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBasically Strange #1 published November 1982
as The Ultimate Power! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Originally intended for an issue of Red Circle Sorcery.
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The Death Ray from Space

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Jaguar
Character(s): Jaguar
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAdventures of the Jaguar #5 published March 1962
was The Death-Ray From Space! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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The Nine Lives of Falseface

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hangman
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMighty Comics #45 published April 1967
was The Nine Lives of Falseface! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Superteen Strikes Again

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero, teen
Character(s): Superteen [Betty Cooper]; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Superteen uses her powers to save Archie and Veronica from Communist spies.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBetty and Me #3 published August 1966
was Superteen Strikes Again [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Black Hood Hits a Sour Note

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Black Hood
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Black Hood #1 published June 1983
as Crime Hits a Sour Note [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBlue Ribbon Comics #8 [Direct] published May 1984
as Black Hood [Story on Interior Page(s)]similar to a story in Heavy Metal introducing a heroine called Stingaree (6/1979)
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Originally intended for the never published Black Hood #1.
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The Awesome Bravo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Steel Sterling; Metal Mask; Beastor; Awesome Bravo; Deadly Dimensional
Synopsis: Steel Sterling tries to protect the Awesome Bravo from a trio of deadly foes. But who is the hunter and who is the hunted?
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMighty Comics #44 published March 1967
was Steel Sterling vs. the Awesome Bravo! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Uglyman's Ugliest Plot

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Web [John Raymond]; Uglyman; Brett Winslow (a handsome actor); Rosie Raymond; the Vegetable (cameo - flashback); Ernie Misty (another actor)
Synopsis: The Web tries to stop Uglyman from doing harm to Brett Winslow and sabotaging the Fab Film Corporation's studios.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMighty Comics #40 published November 1966
was Uglyman's Ugliest Plot [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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The Tarantula's Trap

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero, teen
Character(s): Evilheart [Reggie Mantle]; Captain Pureheart [Archie Andrews]; Tarantula; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Evilheart is more interested in keeping Captain Pureheart from capturing the Tarantula than he is in defeating the villain himself.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
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Time Twist

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Vampire; Victor;
Synopsis: A vampire travels in time to the future and finds an unpleasant surprise.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Fly #8 [Direct] published August 1984
as Time Twist [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Originally intended for an issue of Red Circle Sorcery.
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The Gasser Attacks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Fox
Character(s): The Fox [Paul Patton]; Delilah (a go-go dancer); the Gasser
Synopsis: While the Fox is watching his favorite go-go dancer, the Gasser and his gang attack the nightclub and kidnap Delilah.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMighty Comics #49 published August 1967
was The Gasser Attacks [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Life's Not Like a Comic Book

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Black Hood
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagJCP Features [JCP Features the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents] #1 published December 1981
as Life's Not Like a Comic Book [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBlue Ribbon Comics #8 [Direct] published May 1984
as Life's Not Like a Comic Book [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Originally intended for the never-published Black Hood #1.
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The Ultrasonic Spies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Shield
Character(s): The Shield
Reprinting
From Issue: FlagThe Double Life of Private Strong #2 published August 1959
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Beast in the Forest

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Euryleda (dryad); Tanatalus; Mierdo (faun); centaurs
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Originally intended for an issue of Red Circle Sorcery.
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A Real Hot Talent

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Chilling Adventures in Sorcery
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagChilling Adventures in Sorcery as Told by Sabrina #1 published September 1972
was A Real Hot Talent [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Fly Meets the Cat Girl

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Cat Girl (introduction); Fly
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAdventures of the Fly #9 published November 1960
was The Fly Meets the Cat Girl [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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It's Murder to Beat the Odds

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Black Hood
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBlue Ribbon Comics #8 [Direct] published May 1984
as It's Murder to Beat the Odds [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Originally intended for the never-published Black Hood #1.

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