Archie: His First 50 Years

by Charles Phillips

Traces the history of the popular comic strip and comic book, and includes selected stories from each period to show how the characters developed.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896600351
• ISBN13: 9780896600355
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Artabras Publishers
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.8" x 11.2"

Customer Reviews

I love archie comics !...

now ! It is SoO FuNny ...the characters are wonderfull . . .1. ARCHIE is so Funny & carless !2. JUGHEAD (archie's best freind) dosent think but only about food !3. REGGE a bad & notey guy , who likes to make a fool out of archie !4. MOOSE the most dump fool at the whole RIVERDALE(their city) & the strongest one !5. MIDGE moose's girl friend . (regge & moose alway's fights over her) !!!6. VERONICA the richest girl in RIVERDALE... & the most spoiled & famuse girl ever !7. BETTY COPPER the sweeteset girl ever ( always fights over archie with veronica{most of the time}!dear readers I never liked reading like that from before !

Archie Rules!

Okay, I've been collecting Archie comics since I was like 8 or 9 (5-6 years) and I've got to say that I LOVE THESE COMICS! I have about 500 digests and about 100 flat comics. They aren't you normal "superhero" comics or your Garfield type comics that are only a strip long. These stories run about 4-7 pages long each (there are a lot of stories in a digest comic, even more in a double-digest), except the many part ones which can run up to like 20-30 pages. There are also little page joke ones scattered throughout the books. These comics are funny and very enjoyable to read. Some of the characters and problems you can relate to, while others are just plain outragious and funny! The characters are each well planned out. Here are a few:The five main ones are:Archie Andrews(of course)-a nice, girl-crazy, well-meaning, but VERY clumsy all around American boy who is in love with two girls (Betty and Veronica)Betty Cooper- a too nice, typical girl next door girl who loves Archie with all her heart. her best friend and worst rival is VeronicaVeronica Lodge- snotty, daddy's little rich girl whos father is a zillionaire! but underneath it all, she has a heart of gold. she loves Archie some of the time, but also uses him as a puppet.Reggie Mantle- richer than Archie and Betty, but not a millionaire or anything. he flaunts his new cars and stuff in people's faces. REALLY REALLY conceited and in love with himself (also Veronica) the trickster of the gangJughead (real name Forsythe) Jones- eats too much, sleeps too much, really lazy, girl-hater. the best friend of Archie, Jughead is really a real great guy. He may look like a slug, but he's really one of the nicest guys in the worldother characters include:Moose Mason: very strong, very jealousMidge Klump: Moose's girlfriend, nice, smartDilton Doiley: a genious, but short which causes girl problemBig Ethel: in love with JugheadHiram Lodge: Veronca's father, hates ArchieWaldo Weatherbee: principal of the high school, has the same problems with Archie as Mr. Lodgeand many more, but it would take FOREVER to write them all out!Put them all together, and you get CHAOS!!!!!!! These comics are prettily drawn (and in color). If you buy one of these, you'll be hooked for life! (Hey, they've been running since the 40s! People MUST like them!) I personally would give them 5000000 stars! Buy them and you won't regret it.

Read these!

Archie Comics are the best!!!! Okay that doesn't say a lot abou them, but They're sooo funny. Even though Veronica & REggie can be really snobby at times. It's still a really funny comic. It's really just about archie and his friends + his life!!!! You can also get ones that r called betty and veronica which are mainly about them. Either way I think there really good. Just try one! YOu'll luv em!!! [....]p.s. sorry if this doesn't really describe the comics. it's kinda hard to explain, ya see.

archie!archie!

Archie comics are soooooo funny!Buy archie books ARCHIE COMICS R A MUST HAVE.when your'e feeling down they make u feel up!GET THEM NOW

I really liked this book!

I LOVE ARCHIE COMICS! I have only been reading them sice for like maybe a month and a few weeks and I have already fallen in Luv with them I think that you should buy this comic if you wanna see some good stories,you collect comics,or you just wanna have fun.Well thanxs and have a great day.