Description
Life with Archie is a humor anthology starring Archie Andrews and the Riverdale gang, published by Archie Comics from 1958 to 1991 across 286 issues. Rather than the four short gags of the flagship Archie title, this book gave writer Frank Doyle and artist Bob White room to build one or two longer stories per issue.
Early issues rebranded as Archie Adventure Series and sent the gang on globe-trotting missions and monster hunts instead of pure high school comedy. That adventurous streak produced the title's two best remembered recurring features: Archie transforming into the superhero spoof Pureheart the Powerful starting with issue #42, and the spy parody The Man from R.I.V.E.R.D.A.L.E. that ran from issue #45 through #63.
Mr. Weatherbee, Miss Grundy, and the rest of the Riverdale High faculty anchor the more grounded school stories that fill out the run. Each issue typically collects several complete stories rather than one continuing plot, a format the series kept for its entire three-decade history.
Series Details
Barry Grossman
Colorist, Cover Artist, Production, Other
Bill Ivins
Penciller
Bill Yoshida
Colorist, Letterer, Cover Artist
Bob White
Artist
Chic Stone
Inker
Dan DeCarlo
Artist, Penciller, Inker, Cover Artist
Dan Parent
Artist, Penciller, Inker
Gene Colan
Writer, Penciller, Cover Artist
Henry Scarpelli
Artist, Inker
Jim Decarlo
Inker
Mike Esposito
Inker
Stan Goldberg
Artist, Penciller, Cover Artist
Characters
Westward Ho-Ho-Ho!/Canyon Capers/Make Way for Hollywood/Paging Mr. Rockmore!; For Guests Only!
Life with Archie (1958)
A-Haunting We Will Go!/Calling All Spooks/Ghost Busters!/Ah-Sweet Mystery!; Easy Street!
Life with Archie (1958)
The Ski's the Limit!/Toboggan Time!/A Crisis for Archie!/The Big Rescue!; The Real Thing!
Life with Archie (1958)
Hollywood Happy!/Make Mine Movies!/Lights Camera Action!/Filmland Farewell!; Working Conditions!
Life with Archie (1958)
Historically Hysterical!/Come Out Fighting/The Big Crisis!/Archie Saves The Show; Much Better!
Life with Archie (1958)
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