XOW Logo
  • Location
    • Home
    • Issue Detail, List Content Items
in for
   
by
Facebook Logo
Report a Bug Ask for Support Review Site Apply to be an Editor
Issue: Archie's Super Hero Comics Digest Magazine #2
Publication Date: January 1979
 
Disclose Detail
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: (not set)
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): Victor Gorelick
Disclose Notes:  
  Does this data need corrections? Become an editor.
Disclose Format
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
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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
 
 
Assets0
 
spacer
Disclose Content Items (20 total)
Disclose Issue Images
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Neal Adams; John Rosenberger (Fly vignette); Paul Reinman (Steel Sterling vignette)
Inker(s): Neal Adams; John Rosenberger (Fly vignette); Paul Reinman (Steel Sterling vignette)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Black Hood
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
Disclose
Kip- you're a good cop...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gray Morrow
Penciller(s): Gray Morrow
Inker(s): Gray Morrow
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gray Morrow
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Black Hood
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.
Disclose
The Menace of the Micro Men

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Simon ?; Jack Kirby ?
Penciller(s): Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Rosen
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(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
Disclose
The Lady and the Monster

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Bernstein
Penciller(s): John Rosenberger
Inker(s): John Rosenberger
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): John Duffy
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Fly
Character(s): Kim Brand [later Fly-Girl] (introduction)
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
Disclose
The Ultimate Power

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Wally Wood ?
Penciller(s): Wally Wood (signed)
Inker(s): Wally Wood (signed)
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
The Death Ray from Space

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Bernstein
Penciller(s): John Rosenberger
Inker(s): John Rosenberger
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): John Duffy
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The 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
Disclose
The Nine Lives of Falseface

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): Paul Reinman
Inker(s): Joe Giella; Frank Giacoia ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The 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
Disclose
Superteen Strikes Again

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Vincent DeCarlo
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Vincent DeCarlo
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero, teen
Feature(s): Superteen
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
Disclose
Black Hood Hits a Sour Note

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robin Snyder; Marv Channing
Penciller(s): Al McWilliams
Inker(s): Al McWilliams
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(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
The Awesome Bravo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): Paul Reinman
Inker(s): Joe Giella; Frank Giacoia ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Steel Sterling
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
Disclose
Uglyman's Ugliest Plot

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): Paul Reinman
Inker(s): Paul Reinman ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Web
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
Disclose
The Tarantula's Trap

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Bill Vigoda ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Pureheart the Powerful
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
Disclose
Time Twist

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Tom DeFalco
Penciller(s): Chic Stone
Inker(s): Chic Stone
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
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
The Gasser Attacks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): Paul Reinman
Inker(s): Chic Stone
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Fox
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMighty Comics #49 published August 1967
was The Gasser Attacks [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose
Life's Not Like a Comic Book

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Neal Adams; Gray Morrow (plot)
Penciller(s): Neal Adams
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The 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
The Ultrasonic Spies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Simon ?; Jack Kirby ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Joe Simon ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Howard Ferguson
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Shield
Reprinting
From Issue: FlagThe Double Life of Private Strong #2 published August 1959
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose
The Beast in the Forest

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Tom DeFalco
Penciller(s): Jesse Santos
Inker(s): Jesse Santos
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Euryleda (dryad); Tanatalus; Mierdo (faun); centaurs
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose
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
Disclose
The Fly Meets the Cat Girl

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Bernstein
Penciller(s): John Giunta
Inker(s): John Giunta
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Fly
Character(s): Cat Girl (introduction)
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
Disclose
It's Murder to Beat the Odds

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Marv Channing
Penciller(s): Al McWilliams
Inker(s): Al McWilliams
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The 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

Site designed and hosted by XOWTech, Inc..
Any questions or problems with this site should be directed to REMOVE-webmaestro-THESE@xowcomics.com.

XOW, XOWComics.com, XOWTech and XOWTech.com are registered trademarks of XOWTech, Inc.
© XOWTech, Inc., 2010 - 2024. All rights reserved.

Some data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution license.