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82-535: The "all-star" cast was mostly made up of characters from other Hanna-Barbera series. The "Scooby Doobies" included characters from Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! , Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels , Speed Buggy and Dynomutt, Dog Wonder ; the "Yogi Yahooeys" had characters from The Yogi Bear Show , The Huckleberry Hound Show and The Quick Draw McGraw Show . The only original characters were some members of

164-618: A GLAAD award for Outstanding Comic Book the following year. In March 2011, a copy of Archie Comics #1, first published in 1942, was sold at auction for $ 167,300, a record for a non-superhero comic book. In April 2011, Archie Comics became the first mainstream comic-book publisher to make its entire line available digitally on the same day as the print release. At the New York Comic Con in October 2011, Archie Comics announced that its superheroes would return as an all-digital line under

246-572: A Laff-A-Lympics Old Maid card game that included Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, Dynomutt, Blue Falcon, Hong Kong Phooey, Yogi Bear, Boo-Boo Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Grape Ape, Quick Draw McGraw, Pixie and Dixie, Yakky Doodle, Mumbly, Dread Baron, Snagglepuss, and Mildew Wolf. Dread Baron and Mumbly appear in Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose . While Don Messick reprised Mumbly, Dread Baron

328-803: A PDF on the magazine's website. In the mid-1960s, during the period fans and historians call the Silver Age of Comic Books , Archie switched its superheroes to a new imprint, " Mighty Comics Group," with the MLJ heroes done in the campy humor of the Batman TV show . This imprint ended in 1967. In the early 1970s, Archie Enterprises Inc. went public . Just over 10 years later, Louis Silberkleit's son Michael and John Goldwater's son Richard returned Archie Comic Publications to private ownership. Michael Silberkleit served as chairman and co-publisher, while Richard Goldwater served as president and co-publisher. Coyne retired in

410-529: A Clue . Four volumes have been released through October 19, 2010. Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! was a hit for Hanna-Barbera and CBS, which led Hanna-Barbera to eventually create series with similar concepts on ABC, NBC, and CBS, including, Josie and the Pussycats , The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show , The Pebbles, Dino and Bamm-Bamm segments on The Flintstone Comedy Show , The Funky Phantom , Speed Buggy , Jeannie , Jabberjaw , The Amazing Chan and

492-460: A Mystery Machine replica. It also features a special bonus disc filled with new and archival material. The set was re-released on November 13, 2012. A Blu-ray version of the Complete Series was released on September 3, 2019, for the series' 50th anniversary. Starting on January 27, 2009, Warner Home Video released DVDs with four episodes each, plus an episode from Shaggy and Scooby-Doo Get

574-550: A comic book series based on the cartoon. Creative staff for the comic book included Mark Evanier , Carl Gafford, Scott Shaw! , Jack Manning, Owen Fitzgerald and others. The series lasted 13 issues. A Laff-A-Lympics comic book was also published in Australia in 1978 by Sydney-based K.G. Murray Publishing Company . From 1980 to 1982, various Laff-A-Lympics stories were reprinted in Laff-A-Lympics Annual hardback books in

656-431: A few days later as "Weird Comic Book Fantasy" with the character names changed. In 2014, Aguirre-Sacasa would become Archie's Chief Creative Officer. Bill Yoshida learned comic book lettering from Ben Oda and was hired in 1965 by Archie Comics, where he averaged 75 pages a week for 40 years for an approximate total of 156,000 pages. Archie Comics sued music duo The Veronicas for trademark infringement in 2005 over

738-736: A former elementary-school art teacher, was given responsibility for scholastic and theater projects, and Jon Goldwater, a former rock/pop music manager, was responsible for running the company's day-to-day publishing and entertainment efforts. The company sued Silberkleit in July 2011, and Goldwater filed another lawsuit against her in January 2012, alleging she was making bad business decisions and alienating staff; she in turn sued him for defamation. As of February 2012, New York Supreme Court Judge Shirley Kornreich, in Manhattan , had fined Silberkleit $ 500 for violating

820-488: A full series launch in 1993, which incorporated elements from the 1993 animated series by DiC Entertainment . The series ran for over 20 years, becoming the longest-running comic series based on a video game by 2008. On April 4, 2003, Dad's Garage Theatre Company in Atlanta was scheduled to debut a new play by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa , Archie's Weird Fantasy, which depicted Riverdale's most famous resident coming out of

902-550: A half-hour series on its own (without the "Captain Caveman", "Scooby-Doo" and "Dynomutt" cartoons) simply titled Laff-A-Lympics and was later rerun on ABC in 1986. In later years, it has been frequently rerun on USA Cartoon Express , Cartoon Network and Boomerang , often during the time periods when the Summer and Winter Olympics were held (until 2014). It most recently aired on Boomerang in September 2023. This team drew mainly from

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984-638: A month. Archie is set in the fictional small town of Riverdale. The New York Times postulated that "the cartoonist Bob Montana inked the original likenesses of Archie and his pals and plopped them in an idyllic Midwestern community named Riverdale because Mr. Goldwater, a New Yorker, had fond memories of time spent in Hiawatha, Kansas ." However, others have noted resemblance between Riverdale and Haverhill, Massachusetts , where Bob Montana attended Haverhill High School . Initially, MLJ started out publishing humor and adventure strips in anthology comic books as

1066-468: A new first issue in July 2015. The new series would be a modern take on the Archie characters by writer Mark Waid and artist Fiona Staples , featuring serialized storylines. After the first three issues, Annie Wu drew an issue, followed by new regular artist Veronica Fish . The new title received IGN's "Best New Comic Series of 2015" award. The first title in the company's "New Riverdale" universe, Archie

1148-408: A new look and design suited for a new generation of readers, although after #32 it reverted to its historic numbering with #699. Archie Comics characters and concepts have also appeared in numerous films, television programs, cartoons, and video games. Maurice Coyne , Louis Silberkleit , and John L. Goldwater formed M.L.J. Magazines, Inc., and started publishing in September 1939. The company name

1230-407: A note of apology in a subsequent issue of Help! The story was reprinted in the book collection Executive Comic Book in 1962, with the artwork modified by Elder to obscure the appearance of the Archie characters. Archie Comics found their appearance still too close to its copyrighted properties, and threatened another lawsuit. Kurtzman and Elder settled out of court by handing over the copyright to

1312-454: A number of high-profile talents, but it cancelled this attempt before publishing a single issue. Having licensed Archie's MLJ Superheroes in 1991, DC Comics launched its imprint Impact Comics with these heroes. In 1992, Archie partnered with Sega to create a four-part Sonic the Hedgehog comic book miniseries based on the video game series of the same name . This was continued with

1394-459: A number of high-profile talents, including Steve Englehart , Jim Valentino , Marv Wolfman , Michael Bair , Kelley Jones , and Rob Liefeld . Planned Spectrum titles included The Fly , The Fox , Hangman , Jaguar , Mister Justice , and The Shield . Ultimately, Archie cancelled Spectrum Comics before publishing a single issue. In 2012, Archie Comics relaunched its superhero imprint, Red Circle Comics , as an all-digital line under

1476-579: A radio show; and the Wizard, who shared a title with the Shield. Later revivals of the MLJ superheroes occurred under a number of imprints: Archie Adventure Series, Mighty Comics, Red Circle Comics and one aborted attempt, Spectrum Comics. Archies Publications then licensed them out to DC Comics in the 1990s for Impact Comics universe imprint then again in 2008 for a DC Universe integrated Red Circle line. Archie's Silver Age relaunch of its superheroes under

1558-501: A result of a shooting outside a school in Philadelphia. The launch continued with The Fox (April 2015), picking up where Red Circle's The Fox series had left. The series was co-written by Dean Haspiel and Mark Waid with art by Haspiel. The Shield #1 (Oct. 2015) from co-writers Chuck Wendig and Adam Christopher and artist Drew Johnson debuted a new, female Shield named Victoria Adams. The Hangman #1 (Nov. 2015) introduced

1640-517: A set of five 44-cent commemorative postage stamps on the theme "Sunday Funnies", issued July 16, 2010. The Archie stamp featured Veronica, Archie, and Betty sharing a chocolate milkshake . The other stamps depicted characters from the comic strips Beetle Bailey , Calvin and Hobbes , Garfield , and Dennis the Menace . In 1968, CBS began airing episodes of The Archie Show , a cartoon series produced by Filmation . Although it only lasted for

1722-526: A single season, it aired in reruns for the next decade, and was followed by several spin-off programs, which used segments from this original Archie show and new material. In 1970, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch got her own animated series , also produced by Filmation. In 1970, another Archie property received the Saturday morning cartoon treatment: Josie and the Pussycats . Unlike Archie and Sabrina, Josie's show

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1804-475: A story by writer Vic Bloom and artist Bob Montana . Archie soon became M.L.J. Magazines' headliner, which led to the company changing its name to Archie Comic Publications in 1946. Siberkleit and Coyne discontinued Columbia Publications. In the late 1950s, Archie Publishing launched its " Archie Adventure Series " line with a new version of the Shield and two new characters. The February 1962 issue of Harvey Kurtzman 's Help! magazine featured his parody of

1886-511: A subscription model with back issues archive access starting with New Crusader. In 2015, Archie Comics rebranded its superhero imprint under the new title Dark Circle Comics . It was launched in February with The Black Hood followed by the launch of The Fox in April, while The Shield and The Hangman followed in September and November. The United States Postal Service included Archie in

1968-625: A supernatural horror series from writer Frank Tieri and artist Felix Ruiz about mob hit-man Mike Minetta making a deal with the devil to become the new Hangman after the previous person to wear the mantle ascended to Heaven. Archie Comics launched a $ 350,000 Kickstarter in May 2015 campaign to help the publisher get three additional series out to the public sooner than otherwise: Life with Kevin , focusing on Kevin Keller, and new Jughead and Betty and Veronica series. Five days later, Archie Comics cancelled

2050-431: A van known as The Mystery Machine, encountering and solving mysteries. Once solved, the group typically discovers that the perpetrator of the mystery is a disguised person who seeks to exploit a local legend or myth for personal gain. Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! was the result of CBS and Hanna-Barbera's plans to create a non-violent Saturday morning program that would appease the parent watch groups that had protested

2132-450: The Scooby's All-Stars package, and later syndicated as part of The Scooby-Doo Show . On November 9, 2010, Warner Home Video released Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: The Complete Series . The eight-disc set features all 25 episodes of the series plus the 16 episodes produced in 1978 which aired as part of Scooby's All-Stars . The set is encased in special collectible packaging in the form of

2214-678: The Anti-Defamation League . M.L.J.'s first comic book, published in September 1939 (with a November cover date), was Blue Ribbon Comics with the first half full color and the last half in red and white tints. The first issue featured Rang-a-Tang the Wonder Dog . In November 1939 (with a January 1940 cover date), Pep Comics debuted with the Shield , the first US patriotic comic book hero, created by writer and managing editor Harry Shorten and designed by artist Irv Novick . Top Notch Comics

2296-579: The Josie characters were replaced by characters from Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels . Among the members of the Scooby Doobies are: This team drew mainly from the 1950s and 1960s Hanna-Barbera cartoons and was the only team of characters made up completely of anthropomorphic animals . Grape Ape was the only post-1962 character in the line-up. Among the members of the Yogi Yahooeys are: This team

2378-722: The Laff-A-Lympics design of Dastardly Dalton), Finky, and Pinky. Among the members of the Really Rottens are: In 1996, four VHS editions of the show were released in the US on the NTSC format, each containing two episodes for a running time of approximately 50 minutes: At the same time a "bumper special" VHS tape was released in the UK on the PAL format containing the following episodes (these UK episodes were

2460-501: The Red Circle imprint , a subscription model with back-issue archive access. The imprint started in 2012 with a new New Crusaders series. In October 2013, Archie Comics launched its first horror title, Afterlife with Archie , depicting Archie and the gang dealing with a zombie apocalypse that begins in their hometown of Riverdale . Written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and drawn by artist Francesco Francavilla, Afterlife with Archie

2542-453: The superhero -based programs of the mid-1960s. Originally titled The Mysteries Five and later Who's S-S-Scared? , Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! underwent several changes from script to screen (the most significant being the downplaying of a musical group angle). However, the basic concept—a group of teenagers and their dog solving supernatural-related mysteries—was always in place. Scooby-Doo creators Joe Ruby and Ken Spears served as

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2624-504: The 1958 short Sheriff Huckleberry Hound , which featured appearances by Dinky, Dirty, and Dastardly Dalton, as well as their other brothers Dangerous, Detestable, Desperate, and Despicable). However, they were given new character designs for the Laff-A-Lympics series. After Laff-A-Lympics , Dinky reappeared in The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound with brothers Stinky (who bore a resemblance to

2706-446: The 1960s in the neighboring town of Greendale, and follows a 16-year-old Sabrina Spellman as she struggles to balance her responsibilities as a witch-in-training, with her feeling for her boyfriend, Harvey Kinkle. On April 9, 2014, Archie Comics announced that the adult version of Archie Andrews featured in the Life with Archie series would die in issue #36 (July 2014), which would also be

2788-626: The 1970s Hanna-Barbera cartoons, particularly the "mystery-solving" series derived from Scooby-Doo , whose titular character served as team captain. The early production art for the series showed Jeannie from the Jeannie TV cartoon show, as well as Melody, Alexander, Alexandra, and Sebastian the Cat, all from Josie and the Pussycats , as members of the Scooby Doobies. However, legal problems with Columbia Pictures Television , Screen Gems' successor, as well as Archie Comics , prevented them from appearing in

2870-463: The 1970s as CFO. In the 1970s and 1980s, Spire Christian Comics , a line of comic books by Fleming H. Revell, obtained license to feature the Archie characters in several of its titles, including Archie's Sonshine, Archie's Roller Coaster, Archie's Family Album, and Archie's Parables. These comics used Archie and his friends to tell stories with strong Christian themes and morals, sometimes incorporating Bible scripture. In at least one instance,

2952-729: The 2017 version of Wacky Races with Dinky voiced by Christopher Judge , Finky voiced by Tom Kenny , Pinky voiced by Diedrich Bader , and Stinky voiced by Billy West . The Dread Baron appears in Jellystone! . He was seen in "Jailcation" where he was apprehended by the Jellystone Police Department and became an inmate at Santo Relaxo. The majority of the Really Rottens appeared in the season 3 episode "LAFF Games" with Daisy Mayhem voiced by Georgie Kidder, Dinky Dalton voiced by Dwight Schultz , Orful Octopus voiced by Bernardo de Paula, and Magic Rabbit voiced by Niccole Thurman. In it,

3034-692: The Archie Adventure Series imprint and then the Mighty Comics imprint began with a new version of the Shield and two new characters: the Jaguar and the Fly . In the mid-1960s with the Silver Age of Comics, Archie switched the heroes to a new imprint, " Mighty Comics Group", with the revival of all the MLJ heroes done as Marvel parodies with "the campy humor of the Batman TV show." This imprint shift soon brought

3116-480: The Archie characters in its Goodman Beaver story, "Goodman Goes Playboy", which was illustrated by frequent collaborator Will Elder . Help! publisher Jim Warren received a letter on December 6, 1961, accusing Help! of copyright infringement and demanding removal of the offending issue from newsstands. Warren was unable to recall the magazine, but he agreed to settle out of court rather than risk an expensive lawsuit. Warren paid Archie Comics $ 1,000, and ran

3198-612: The Chan Clan , Inch High, Private Eye , Goober and the Ghost Chasers , Clue Club , Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels , Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids , and The New Shmoo . In 2005, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! came 49th in Channel 4 's 100 Greatest Cartoons , in the UK, and was more recently voted the 8th greatest Kids' TV Show by viewers of the same channel. It

3280-540: The Pussycats and Katy Keene . The company is also known for its long-running Sonic the Hedgehog comic series, which it published from 1992 until 2016. The company began in 1939 as M.L.J. Magazines, Inc. , which primarily published superhero comics. The initial Archie characters were created in 1941 by publisher John L. Goldwater and artist Bob Montana , in collaboration with writer Vic Bloom. They first appeared in Pep Comics #22 ( cover-dated Dec. 1941). With

3362-453: The Really Rottens are from New Bedrock and are led by Mayor Dick Dastardly and Muttley instead of the Dread Baron and Mumbly (similar to the original concept). Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! is an American animated comedy television series created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears and produced by Hanna-Barbera for CBS . The series premiered as part of

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3444-558: The Really Rottens. In 1978, Hanna-Barbera produced another "all-star" show with a similar theme, titled Yogi's Space Race . The sporting competitions in which the characters are called upon to compete are often comical or offbeat versions of Olympic sports , races, or scavenger hunts. Each segment is set in a different location around the world. Episodes are presented in a format similar to an Olympic television broadcast, with an unseen announcer. Hosting duties and commentary are provided by Snagglepuss and Mildew Wolf (from It's

3526-625: The Rottens' cheating was not actually against the rules, resulting in their winning (overall, the Scooby team dominated, winning 14 times, against seven victories for the Yahooies, two for the Rottens, and a three-way-tie in the final episode). Only one complete season of Laff-A-Lympics episodes was produced, with eight new episodes combined with reruns for the second season of Scooby's All Star Laff-A-Lympics (billed as Scooby's All-Stars ). When it premiered in

3608-553: The Sanborn Map Building in Pelham, New York . It was in a facility of Mamaroneck, New York , with warehouse facilities and 7,000 square feet (650 m ) of office space until May 2015, when it moved to its current location. Due to changes in the comics industry with digitization, the company needed more office space and less warehouse space. According to the publisher, the official Archie website receives 40 million hits

3690-514: The US episodes divided in two, with just one location per episode): Warner Home Video (via Hanna-Barbera and Warner Bros. Family Entertainment ) released episodes 1–4 on Region 1 DVD on January 19, 2010, as Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics Volume 1 . Episodes 5–8 were on a second DVD titled Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics Volume 2 , released the same day by Target and by other stores on October 19, 2010. A two-disc DVD set entitled Scooby-Doo! Laff-A-Lympics: Spooky Games

3772-829: The United Kingdom by Fleetway. An updated Laff-A-Lympics called the "Superstar Olympics" appeared in Hanna-Barbera Presents #6 in 1996. The Superstar Olympics featured Atom Ant , Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy , Barney Rubble , Betty Rubble , Boo-Boo Bear , Chopper , Cindy Bear , Dick Dastardly , Fred Flintstone , Grape Ape , Hokey Wolf , Huckleberry Hound , Jabberjaw , Magilla Gorilla , Muttley , Peter Potamus , Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks , Quick Draw McGraw , Ranger Smith , Secret Squirrel , Snagglepuss , Snooper and Blabber , Squiddly Diddly , Top Cat , Touché Turtle , Wally Gator , Wilma Flintstone , and Yogi Bear . A Laff-A-Lympics hand-held pinball game

3854-461: The United Kingdom from 1970 to 1973. The complete series is also available on Boomerang , Max , and Tubi streaming services. Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! is the first incarnation of a long-running media franchise primarily consisting of animated series, several films, and related merchandise. The show follows the adventures of teenagers Fred Jones , Daphne Blake , Velma Dinkley , and Shaggy Rogers , and their dog Scooby-Doo . They travel in

3936-504: The Wolf! segments of Cattanooga Cats voiced by John Stephenson impersonating Paul Lynde ). Snagglepuss and Mildew wear animated versions of the contemporary yellow jackets of ABC Sports announcers. Other Hanna-Barbera characters such as Fred Flintstone , Barney Rubble , Jabberjaw and Peter Potamus made appearances as guest announcers and judges. Other non-competing characters include parents of contestants (interviewed by Mildew before

4018-424: The band's name, which Archie Comics alleges was taken from the comic book character. Archie Comics and Sire Records (The Veronicas's record label) reached a settlement involving co-promotion. In 2007, Archie Comics launched a "new look" series of stories, featuring Archie characters drawn in an updated, less cartoony style similar to the characters' first appearance. There are a total of seven storylines and each one

4100-474: The business, printing, separating, distribution and financial ends of the company. John Goldwater served as editor-in-chief. Goldwater was one of the founders of the Comics Magazine Association of America , and he served as its president for 25 years. (The Comics Magazine Association of America is best known to comic fans for its Comics Code Authority .) Goldwater was also a national commissioner of

4182-454: The campaign after critical response. The company stated that the three titles would still be published at a later time. In March 2015, Archie Comics announced that its two delayed horror series would return under a new imprint, Archie Horror , with Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #2 and Afterlife with Archie #8 being released in April and May. In December 2014, Archie Comics announced that its flagship series Archie would relaunch with

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4264-453: The closet and moving to New York. The day before the play was scheduled to open, Archie Comics issued a cease and desist order, threatening litigation if the play proceeded as written. Dad's Garage artistic director Sean Daniels said, "The play was to depict Archie and his pals from Riverdale growing up, coming out and facing censorship. Archie Comics thought if Archie was portrayed as being gay, that would dilute and tarnish his image." It opened

4346-617: The company its first super hero team book similar to Marvel 's Avengers with the Mighty Crusaders . This imprint ended in 1967. With the conversion of Archie's Red Circle Comics from horror to superheroes in the 1980s, the Mighty Crusaders, Black Hood, the Comet, the Fly and two versions of the Shield had their own titles. Archie planned to publish superheroes again in the late 1980s with an imprint called Spectrum Comics , featuring

4428-684: The court's autumn order temporarily barring her from the company's headquarters, and said the court might appoint a temporary receiver to protect the company's assets. As of May 2016 , these legal proceedings had been resolved. Beginning in 2010, the company partnered with Random House Publisher Services for its bookstore distribution which included trade paperbacks, original graphic novels and additional book formats. Archie Comics saw its graphic novel and collected edition output increase from 11 book titles that year to 33 in 2012, and 40 in 2013. The company's sales also increased by 410% for books and 1,000% for e-books since 2010. Beginning in July 2010,

4510-458: The creation of Archie, publisher John Goldwater hoped to appeal to fans of the Andy Hardy films starring Mickey Rooney . Archie Comics was also the title of the company's longest-running publication, the first issue appearing with a cover date of Winter 1942. Starting with issue #70, the title was shortened to simply Archie. The flagship series was relaunched from issue #1 in July 2015 with

4592-424: The events) and various monsters and creatures that serve as antagonists during the events. The " good guy " teams, consisting of the Yogi Yahooeys and the Scooby Doobies, are cooperative and loyal. The Really Rottens, however, always cheat. Typically, the Really Rottens would be poised to win before making a fatal error at the last moment, allowing one of the other two teams to end up on top. Occasionally, though,

4674-465: The existing character Mumbly and created the new character Dread Baron. Prior to Laff-A-Lympics , on his original show, Mumbly was a heroic detective rather than a villain. Following the character's revision as the villainous team leader, he remained a villain in Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose , which was also Dread Baron's only appearance outside of Laff-A-Lympics . The Dalton Brothers appeared in 1950s and 1960s shorts (including

4756-434: The fall of 1977, the series consisted of several segments, including "Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels" (which led the two-hour program and later was spun off into its own half-hour show), "The Scooby-Doo Show" and "Dynomutt, Dog Wonder" (both of which featured a small number of newly produced segments alongside repeated segments from earlier seasons) and the "Laff-A-Lympics" segments themselves. The show resurfaced in 1980 as

4838-520: The first issue of Life with Archie was launched. The series featured two different storylines exploring two possible futures — a world where Archie marries Betty and a world where he marries Veronica. The series also incorporated more contemporary themes including death, marriage woes, same-sex marriage, cancer, financial problems and gun control. Kevin Keller , Archie Comics' first gay character, debuted in Veronica #202 in September 2010. The character

4920-507: The network's Saturday morning cartoon schedule on September 13, 1969, and aired for two seasons until October 31, 1970. Reruns were broadcast for the 1971 season. In 1978, a selection of episodes from the later animated series Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics and The Scooby-Doo Show were aired on ABC under the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! title name, and was released in a DVD set marketed as its third season. It also aired on BBC One in

5002-490: The newsstand market starting in November 2017. With three TV series at various stages, Archie Comics expanded its film and television operations in February 2019 to a division, Archie Comics Studios, with the hire of two executives, Siobhan Bachman, senior vice-president of film and television, and Matthew Lottman, head of development & production. The company's headquarters is in a 10,300-square-foot (960 m ) property in

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5084-465: The regular characters meet a Christ-like figure on the beach, and listen as he gently preaches Christian values. Archie launched a short-lived fantasy and horror imprint, Red Circle Comics , in the 1970s. The company revived that imprint in the 1980s for its brief line of superhero comics. Later in the 1980s, Archie planned to publish superheroes again with the Spectrum Comics imprint, featuring

5166-436: The second-to-last issue. Goldwater said Archie's final fate would be the same in both of the possible parallel futures covered by the series. This version of Archie was killed saving Senator Kevin Keller from an assassination attempt. In July 2014, Archie Comics announced that its superhero imprint Red Circle Comics would be rebranded as Dark Circle Comics in 2015. The new imprint focuses on self-contained stories featuring

5248-420: The series. Although Hanna-Barbera happened to have the ownership of Jeannie character Babu, Columbia had all rights to Jeannie's image, including her cartoon form at the time. Similarly, Archie Comics held the rights to the Josie characters. As a result of all these issues, in the actual series, Babu appeared all by himself as a member of the Scooby Doobies, while Jeannie was replaced by Hong Kong Phooey and

5330-526: The story supervisors on the series. On March 14, 2000, Warner Home Video released five episodes from the series on a DVD entitled Scooby-Doo's Original Mysteries . They later released all 25 episodes on DVD in Region 1 on March 16, 2004 under the title Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! The Complete First and Second Seasons . A DVD entitled Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! The Complete Third Season was released on April 10, 2007, made up of episodes produced in 1978, added to

5412-522: The story. Archie Comics held onto the copyright and refused to allow the story to be republished. A request from Denis Kitchen in 1983 to include the story in his Goodman Beaver reprint collection was turned down. After The Comics Journal co-owner Gary Groth discovered that Archie Comics had allowed the copyright on "Goodman Goes Playboy" to expire, he had the story reprinted in The Comics Journal #262 (September 2004), and made it available as

5494-618: The superheroes from the Red Circle library while exploring the crime, horror, and adventure genres. The first wave included the superheroes the Black Hood, the Fox, and the Shield. Dark Circle Comics debuted with The Black Hood #1 (Feb. 2015) by writer Duane Swierczynski and artist Michael Gaydos in February 2015. The mature-readers title introduced policer officer Gregory Hettinger, the new Black Hood, who struggles with an addiction to painkillers as

5576-522: Was a 'Gold Edition' with the previously released Spooky Games DVD; this Region 2 version of the Scooby-Doo! Laff-A-Lympics: Spooky Games DVD is only a separate version of the first disc from the R1 set, containing "Spooky Games" and four further episodes; therefore, only 12 episodes are currently available in R2, as of July 2016. Region 4 received Volume 1 and 2 in July 2010. In March 1978, Marvel Comics produced

5658-489: Was also the first Archie Comics title to be sold exclusively to comic shops and to carry a rating of "Teen+". The series adapted the Archie characters into a world with adult themes and horror tropes including zombies, the occult, demons, and Cthulhu . The success of Afterlife with Archie led to a second horror series, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina , which launched in October 2014 from Aguirre-Sacasa and artist Robert Hack. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina takes place in

5740-552: Was appointed Archie Comics chief creative officer in March 2014. Archie characters landed a live-action TV series, Riverdale , at Fox with a script deal plus penalty in October 2014. Warner Bros Television and Berlanti Productions were producing. However, the show was not selected for broadcast until January 29, 2016, when it was picked up by the CW. In February 2017, Marvel had licensed Archie Comics to publish Marvel Digests collections for

5822-601: Was composed of villainous characters that frequently cheated by either giving themselves an unfair advantage in a contest or sabotaging the other teams, often getting themselves penalized for such conducts. With the exception of Mumbly and the Dalton Brothers, all of the team members were original characters. Originally, Muttley and Dick Dastardly were planned as the leaders of the Really Rottens; however, they could not appear as those characters were co-owned by Heatter-Quigley Productions . In their place, Hanna-Barbera used

5904-480: Was created out of a conversation between Goldwater and longtime Archie Comics writer-artist Dan Parent during the company's first creative summit, about bringing more diversity to Riverdale. The issue sold out at the distributor level, prompting Archie Comics for the first time to issue a second edition of a comic. In June 2011, Keller was featured in his own four-part miniseries. A bimonthly Kevin Keller series launched with writer-artist Parent in early 2012 received

5986-478: Was derived from the initials of the partners' first names. Coyne served as M.L.J.'s bookkeeper and CFO . Coyne and Silberkleit had been partners in Columbia Publications , a pulp company that published its last issue in 1960. Silberkleit had a college degree from St. John's University , was a licensed and registered pharmacist, and had a law degree from New York Law School . His efforts were focused on

6068-632: Was launched in December 1941. Until March 1944, the cover feature of Pep was the Shield when Archie took over the cover. The Shield was a forerunner for Joe Simon 's and Jack Kirby 's Captain America , being published 13 months earlier. The Andy Hardy movies were an inspiration for Goldwater to have a comic book about a relatable normal person. Teenaged Archibald "Chick" Andrews debuted with Betty Cooper and Jughead Jones in Pep Comics #22 (Dec. 1941), in

6150-601: Was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions , the company behind such animated hits as Yogi Bear , The Flintstones , The Jetsons , and Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? . The show was followed by a spin-off, Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space, in 1972. The Archie Show , Sabrina the Teenage Witch , Josie and the Pussycats , and several of the spin-off shows including Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space are currently available on DVD in complete-series boxed sets. In 1974, Filmation produced The U.S. of Archie , in which

6232-549: Was published as a four-part storyline in a digest series. Also each "new look" story was based on a Riverdale High novel, a series of twelve novels; seven that are published, five that are not. They were published in the 1990s. In 2008, Archie Publications once again licensed DC Comics its MLJ Super heroes for a DC Universe integrated line, Red Circle . Following Richard Goldwater's death in 2007 and Michael Silberkleit's in 2008, Silberkleit's widow Nancy and Goldwater's half-brother Jonathan became co-CEOs in 2009. Nancy Silberkleit,

6314-453: Was ranked the 24th greatest cartoon on IGN 's Top 100 Animated Series . Archie Comics Archie Comic Publications, Inc. (often referred to simply as Archie Comics ) is an American comic book publisher headquartered in the village of Pelham, New York . The company's many titles feature the fictional teenagers Archie Andrews , Jughead Jones , Betty Cooper , Veronica Lodge , Reggie Mantle , Sabrina Spellman , Josie and

6396-622: Was released in 1978. The game featured Scooby-Doo, Captain Caveman, Dee Dee, Taffy, Blue Falcon, Yogi Bear, Boo-Boo Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Grape Ape, Mumbly, Dread Baron, Mr. Creepley, Dalton Brothers, Snagglepuss, and Mildew Wolf. A Laff-A-Lympics Presto Magix dry transfer game was released in 1978 by Papermate that featured Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, Captain Caveman, Blue Falcon, Babu, Speed Buggy, Yogi Bear, Wally Gator, Huckleberry Hound, Hokey Wolf, Mr. Jinks, Quick Draw McGraw, Mumbly, Dread Baron, Orful Octopus, Mrs. Creepley, Dastardly Dalton, Snagglepuss and Mildew Wolf. In 1979, Hanna-Barbera released

6478-602: Was released on July 17, 2012. The set contains an all-new Scooby Doo special, "Spooky Games", plus 12 episodes of Laff-a-Lympics – including episodes 9–16, which complete the first season, plus four earlier first-season episodes which appear on Volume 1 and 2. The set also includes an UltraViolet digital copy of the 12 contained episodes. Later in the year, the Warner Brothers shop renamed this release Laff-a-Lympics: The Complete First Collection . On July 4, 2016, Volume 1 and Volume 2 were released separately in Region 2, as

6560-545: Was released with a July 2015 cover date and came in at #7 for comic book sales for the month. The next title, Jughead , was released in October. In April 2015, Archie Comics announced Betty and Veronica which debuted in July 2016. Also announced was Life with Kevin , a digital-first mini-series that debuted in June 2016. Josie and the Pussycats and Reggie and Me followed in September and December 2016. Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, playwright, screenwriter and comic book writer,

6642-461: Was the standard, but quickly added superheroes in their first title's second issue, Blue Ribbon Comics #2, with Bob Phantom . In January 1940, Pep Comics debuted featuring the Shield , America's first patriotic comic book hero, by writer and managing editor Harry Shorten and artist Irv Novick . MLJ's Golden Age heroes also included the Black Hood , who also appeared in pulp magazines and

6724-593: Was voiced by Paul Winchell . Dinky Dalton appears in the Yogi's Treasure Hunt episode "The Return of El Kabong", voiced by Stacy Keach, Sr. He is shown to be with his brothers Desperate Dalton and Despicable Dalton. Dinky Dalton appears in The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound , voiced by Allan Melvin . As mentioned above, he has brothers named Finky Dalton (voiced by Pat Fraley ), Pinky Dalton (voiced by Charlie Adler ), and Stinky Dalton (voiced by Michael Bell ). This same Dalton line-up also appeared in an episode of

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