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Archie Comics
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_________________________ _____________________________________ CGC .0 FN/VF nbsp _____________________________________ _________________________ nbsp nbsp nbsp ARCHIE COMICS is a comic book publisher headquartered in Mamaroneck, New York, primarily known for its fictional teenagers Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle and Jughead Jones. These characters were originally created by publisher/editor John L. Goldwater, written by Vic Bloom and drawn by Bob Montana, and were based in part on people met by Goldwater during his itinerant travels throughout the United States Midwest. ARCHIE S first appearance in PEP COMICS on December , was drawn by Bob Montana and written by Vic Bloom. With the creation of ARCHIE, publisher Goldwater hoped to appeal to era fans of the Andy Hardy movies starring Mickey Rooney. ARCHIE COMICS is also the title of the company s longest-running publication, the first issue appearing with a cover date of Winter . Starting with issue , the title was shortened to simply ARCHIE. John Goldwater, inspired by the popular Andy Hardy movies, wanted to create a comic about a normal person to whom readers could relate, so he created America s newest boy friend , Archibald Chick Andrews. In PEP COMICS , December , writer Vic Bloom and artist Bob Montana published Archie Andrews first adventure. Archie was based partly on a red-headed friend of his named Archie, Gloria Goldwater, wife of John Goldwater, said. He also created Betty Veronica. Then he decided Archie needed a real good friend. That was Jughead. It just grew and grew. ARCHIE is set in the small town of Riverdale. The state or general location of the town, is unclear. But it is known that John L. Goldwater attended Horace Mann School, which is located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx in New York City. In the early years of Archie, Riverdale was located in Massachusetts, with Mr. Lodge being a senator for that state, but this is no longer considered. Drawings of Riverdale High School appeared to follow the general design of the original high school, now City Hall, in Haverhill, Mass. One newspaper that carries the Archie comic strip, the Haverhill edition of the Lawrence Eagle-Tribune, calls the strip Haverhill s Archie . It was said that characters in the strip were based on people in Haverhill, especially at the high school, which was attended by Bob Montana. For ARCHIE COMICS 0th anniversary in 00 , several geographical and historical hints to the location of Riverdale were printed in every digest issue. At the end of the year, it was revealed that the hints point to Riverdale being located in the Missouri area, but that officially Riverdale has no location. It is essentially located wherever the reader wants it to be. Indeed, the geography of Riverdale is far too inconsistent for it to be any one specific location. In 00 , ARCHIE COMICS started making four-part new look series, where the first part of four issues is a different story and the characters are drawn in an updated, less cartoony style. At Comic-Con 00 , the writers revealed that the series was ending after the then-current Reggie storyline. nbsp ___________________________________________ nbsp

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