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Archie Super Teens #1 Cover

Artists: Joe Staton (Penciller) , Mike Esposito (Inker)

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Title:	Archie Super Teens #1 Cover
Artist:	Joe Staton (Penciller)
Artist:	Mike Esposito (Inker)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Cover
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	669
Likes on CAF:	1 2
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Added to Site:	3/21/2010
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Welcome to my "Watchmen movie review" issues of Pages 23 (one year later). The first item of business is this issues urban legend. One item I found out about "Watchmen" within the last few years was the original inspiration for the story. When Alan Moore first came up with the idea for "Watchmen", he thought that what would work perfectly would be a line of superhero comics that was not being used at the time. Most people (who are geeks) know that the Watchmen characters were based on the old line of Charlton super heroes DC Comics purchased in 1983. However, the original comic company that Moore initially considered was not the Charlton charaters, but the the MLJ/Archie Superhero line ! If things had gone Moores, way, we could have had "Watchmen" looking more like this cover. Ok, this is actually a recent edition to my collection, the cover to "Archie Super Teens #1". The actual MLJ characters were a line of super hero comics published starting in 1939 (similar to Superman, Batman, Captain America, and all the other characters you know so well). Archie "Chic" Andrews, America's favorite teenager, was introduced in Pep comics in 1941. Eventually taking over all the limelight from the super heroes (and apparently buying MJL outright with the help of Mr, Lodge), MJL comics became Archie Comics in 1946. However, what comes around goes around, as the Riverdale gang started to become super heroes themselves with the introduction of Captain PureHeart in 1965. Powered by the "PH Factor' (no wonder Archie's hair looks so freaky...everyone knows a high PH is bad for the hair), �ENTER PUREHEART, teen-age superhero, to battle the diabolical super-fink (whomever he might be...or she, women are equally evil thes days). Most of the Riverdale gang eventually became heroes (or villains, in the case of Reggie Mantle), and were last seen in the above mini-series in 1994. An even weirder transformation I saw at "Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed" that I had forgotten about until now, was when Archie got religion in 1973. I had forgotten all about these Spire Comics, but I remember buying them as well at Stuckey's restaraunts when the entire family loaded up in the family truckster and went on our annual Florida pilgrimages in the early 70's.

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