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63-484: Dark Circle Comics is an imprint of Archie Comic Publications, Inc. Under its previous name, Red Circle Comics , it published non-humor characters, particularly superheroes in the 1970s and 1980s. It was a digital imprint from 2012 to 2014, and in 2015, it was converted back to a print imprint and was completely revamped as Dark Circle Comics, featuring darker and more mature content than previous incarnations of Archie's superhero line. The term "Red Circle characters"

126-569: A broken-hearted widower . In Afterlife with Archie , she and Mr.   Weatherbee were chaperoning for the Halloween school dance. They took a break outside to reminisce about the time they snuck into the Cypress Cemetery as children and make references about Night of the Living Dead . Their conversation is cut off at the appearance of a zombified Jughead who mauls Mr.   Weatherbee. It

189-553: A costume based upon United States patriotic iconography, first appearing 14 months earlier than Joe Simon and Jack Kirby 's Captain America . MLJ's Golden Age heroes also included the Black Hood , who also appeared in pulp magazines and a radio show; and The Wizard, who shared a title with the Shield. Top-Notch Comics (featuring, among others, The Wizard, Black Hood, and The Firefly )

252-535: A great deal of attention in American comic media. He first appeared in Veronica #202. Veronica was deeply attracted to him, but was initially unaware of his sexuality, so Jughead took advantage of this situation to avenge himself against Veronica for humiliating him. Kevin's sexuality is not presented as controversial or stereotypical in the comics, keeping with Archie Comics' image of accepting diversity and inclusion. Kevin

315-556: A list of characters in the Archie Comics universe. Licensed characters like Sonic the Hedgehog and Mega Man are not included in this list. The character Archie Andrews, created by John L. Goldwater , Bob Montana and Vic Bloom, first appeared in a humor strip in Pep Comics #22 (December, 1941). Within the context of the strip and the larger series that grew out of it, Archie is

378-731: A newly revived version of The Comet (who had appeared a few months before in the final issue of Adventures of The Fly ). The Mighty Crusaders spun off into their own title after three Fly Man appearances. The Wizard and the Hangman, who had been heroes during their MLJ publication, became recurring villains. In The Mighty Crusaders #4, many of the old MLJ heroes made cameo appearances. In November 1966, with issue 40, Fly Man changed its name again to Mighty Comics , which featured various Mighty super-heroes (The Shield, The Web , The Hangman , Steel Sterling , Mister Justice ) in rotating solo adventures until its cancellation ten issues later. Similarly,

441-481: A passion for writing and is a good student, detective and auto mechanic. She cares deeply for the well-being of others and is always ready to help people with their problems. She is the youngest child with two older siblings, an older sister named Polly and an older brother named Chic. Veronica (sometimes called Ronnie or Ron by her close friends) is a very rich girl, the daughter of the super wealthy multi-billionaire and business tycoon and industrialist Hiram Lodge. She

504-448: A shy loner, he came out as one of the most popular students in school. He is a very talented athlete and enjoys cartooning for fun. He has been a close friend of Archie's since his introduction. Chuck's steady girlfriend. She does not take an interest in other boys, being devoted to Chuck alone. However, she is often annoyed with his paying more attention to his hobbies than her. Nancy enjoys sports, fashion, cheerleading and journalism, and

567-512: A single issue. DC Comics licensed the Red Circle characters and revamped them for publishing under the Impact Comics imprint from 1991 to 1992. This attempt also included a super team, called simply "The Crusaders". The stories in the line were set their own shared universe, unrelated to previous incarnations of the characters or to DC's own fictional universe. DC was granted the license to

630-418: A special appearance in the one-shot comic. Imprint (trade name) An imprint of a publisher is a trade name —a name that a business uses for trading commercial products or services—under which a work is published . Imprints typically have a defining character or mission . In some cases, the diversity results from the takeover of smaller publishers (or parts of their business) by a larger company. In

693-463: A struggling journalist who daydreams of a secret adventurous life. In November 2023, Archie Comics rebooted the Red Circle superhero, Darkling (Darla Lang) , with a one-shot by Sarah Kuhn and Carola Borelli. In February 2024, writer Keryl Brown Ahmed and artist Tango re-introduced readers to The Jaguar (Ivette Velez), who previously appeared in the 2012 mini-series, New Crusaders , in the one-shot The Jaguar . The first Jaguar, Ralph Hardy, also made

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756-529: A teacher, she worked at a pickle-packing plant. During World War II , she served with the WACs , outranking Mr. Weatherbee . Despite occasional grumblings from her students, they seem to genuinely like and admire her. She, in return, tends to drive them hard, pushing Archie Andrews and Moose Mason in particular, but remains quite fond of her students. Her first name is most often given as Geraldine. However, at least once, another staff member called her "Amanda". She

819-551: A three-issue miniseries , October–December, 1983). Though this 1980s incarnation featured Rich Buckler 's work prominently, it also featured contributions from others, including artists Jim Steranko , Alex Toth , Steve Ditko , Rudy Nebres , Alan Weiss , Carmine Infantino , Dick Ayers , John Severin and Pat Boyette . With the February 1984 issues, the Red Circle line was renamed the Archie Adventure Series , reviving

882-441: A typical spoiled rich kid. He always dreads meeting Archie due to Archie's clumsiness and knack for causing him trouble. He tolerates Archie, however, because he knows of Archie's more redeeming qualities, and allows his daughter to date whom she chooses. The school principal, popularly referred to as 'The Bee'. A former United States Marine known for being obese and bald, he is often a victim of Archie's clumsiness, which often puts

945-430: A typical teenage boy, attending high school, participating in sports, and dating. He is extremely kind, caring, brave and accident-prone and many of his actions, however well-intentioned, inadvertently harm the people he tries to help. He is not that academically inclined and brings home average grades. He is athletic and loves sports. He also has a love of cars and fixing them. He is also known for being easily infatuated by

1008-564: Is Archie's best friend since childhood. A slim boy with a huge appetite. Sarcastic, snarky and smart, Jughead is uninterested in girls. Despite this, he’s able to form friendships with girls, such as Betty. Jughead often bails Archie out of trouble when he acts impulsively and rashly. He almost always wears his trademark whoopee cap . He has a younger sister named Jellybean. Archie's main rival, particularly for Veronica's affections. Though they are ultimately good friends, he often taunts Archie and does not understand why girls prefer to date him. He

1071-410: Is Mrs.   Mimi Grundy, the married principal of Riverdale High School . She is reintroduced as "Miss Grundy" in Pep Comics #30 (April 1942), the no-nonsense homeroom teacher at Riverdale High School , occasionally teaching English and math as well. Her name is derived from Mrs Grundy , a name that has been used to refer to a prudish woman since the early nineteenth century. Before she became

1134-462: Is Pop Tate closing his shop and trying to sell it, which results in Archie and his friends scrambling to save it, generally by reminding everyone about the memories they have of the store, and telling them that losing the store would be horrible. One particular comic had the owner of the block giving an eviction notice to Pop to vacate the store in a week so he could build a 12-screen movie theater. As he and

1197-526: Is a close friend of the other girls. Veronica's father, and the richest man in all of Riverdale. He's a multi-billionaire and is one of the richest men in the world. Hiram is usually portrayed as being an industrialist and he's the CEO of his multi-billionaire dollar company Lodge Industries. Hiram is a good, caring yet strict father towards Veronica. He often spoils her despite his attempts at trying to prevent Veronica from letting her wealth and privilege turn her into

1260-575: Is also used to refer to Archie Comics' superheroes, including such characters as the Black Hood , The Shield , the Wizard , the Hangman , The Fly , Flygirl , The Comet , The Web , Jaguar , and the Fox . These characters were previously published when Archie Comics was MLJ Magazines , then published under various Archie imprints: Archie Adventure Series , Radio Comics / Mighty Comics Group , Red Circle Comics and

1323-420: Is highly vain and conceited, thinks he can date anyone he wants, and expects everyone to think the world of him. He likes to pick on others, especially Jughead and Archie. He is always trying to get a date with Veronica but when they did date Veronica cheated on Reggie with Archie and he then dumps Veronica. Marmaduke "Moose" Mason is a muscular, handsome star athlete but is a poor student. He often says "duh" at

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1386-703: Is known to be the richest girl in Riverdale. She is a spendthrift, quite spoiled and vain, but is friendly, compassionate, caring, selfless, and generous. She gets along well with most of her classmates no matter their financial status. Like her best friend Betty, she is romantically obsessed with Archie and constantly competes for his affection, usually winning over Archie’s affections. She rarely gets along with Jughead Jones due to his lazy demeanor, though occasionally they set aside their differences, albeit usually to get Archie out of trouble. Forsythe Pendleton "Jughead" Jones III,

1449-459: Is notable for publishing the previously unpublished revamp of the Black Hood done by Gray Morrow and Neal Adams . There was nothing on their covers to indicate they were Red Circle titles; only the interior indicia indicated the publisher. In the 1980s, Archie made a concerted effort to reuse its superheroes. The first appearance was in JC Comics 's JCP Features #1 (Dec. 1981), which reprinted

1512-499: Is often frustrated with his jealousy and lack of intelligence but still loves him dearly. Boys cannot even talk to her without incurring Moose's wrath. In reality however, she does not often show interest in other boys. Reggie is particularly attracted to her. A tall, stringy, somewhat dorky but goodhearted teenager who always tries to win over Jughead, albeit unsuccessfully. Portrayed as plain and gawky in appearance, she has many close friends and leads an active social life. Initially

1575-528: Is revealed Miss Grundy was turned into a zombie shortly afterwards. In Chilling Adventures of Sabrina , Miss Grundy is the High Priestess of witch coven that Betty and Veronica are members of. She warned them against summoning a succubus to deal with their rivalry about Archie. Terry "Pop" Tate is the owner and manager of the Chok'lit Shoppe, an ice cream parlor and frequent hangout of Archie's Gang . Pop Tate

1638-438: Is seen as "a game holding company with autonomous game publishing and development subsidiaries". Independently-owned game publishers like Devolver Digital also use the word "label" to describe itself. A single publishing company may have multiple imprints, with the different imprints often used by the publisher to market works to different demographic consumer segments . For example, the objective of Viking —an imprint of

1701-464: Is the favorite student of most of his teachers, especially Professor Flutesnoot and Mr.   Weatherbee. He is not especially interested in dating and is shy around girls, though he has shown interest in a few girls in the series, specially Betty Cooper whom he has a huge crush on. Despite his quirks, he fits in well with the gang, who often rely on his brains. He and Moose are best friends, despite their contrasting personalities. Moose's girlfriend who

1764-480: Is the self-designated philanthropist for the Archie gang, hearing about their ups and downs while serving ice cream and an assortment of other tasty treats. He is a portly, thinning-haired, mustachioed gentleman who can seem gruff but is basically good-hearted. He is friends with Archie's gang. He is proud of his culinary talent. Jughead is Pop Tate's best customer. Tate constantly talks about how Jughead's appetite will provide for his retirement. Many stories reflect

1827-548: The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles license, the Archie Adventure Series returned as the imprint behind Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures , which ran 72 issues until October 1995. In the late 1980s, Archie Adventure Series published The Adventures of Bayou Billy , based on a popular video game, and in the early 1990s the imprint published Mighty Mutanimals , a superhero team comic spun off from

1890-513: The Archie continuity, Pop Tate's history has inconsistencies. In one installment of the series, it was revealed that Pop's dad was the original "Pops," while as a child he served at his side under the moniker "Junior." But some stories say that Pop opened the business himself. In still another comic, he purchased it as a young man from the retiring owner McGurk. Some stories have given Pop's real first name as Bob, Harold, Leo or Thomas, and in one story, it

1953-454: The Penguin Group —is "[t]o publish a strictly limited list of good nonfiction, such as biography, history and works on contemporary affairs, and distinguished fiction with some claim to permanent importance rather than ephemeral popular interest". This publishing -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Flygirl (Archie Comics) The following is

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2016-507: The previous business that Michael Silberkleit's father had with Martin Goodman , with Gray Morrow as editor. With issue number 6 Chilling Adventures was renamed Red Circle Sorcery and lasted until issue number 11 (Feb. 1975). Red Circle published one issue of The Super Cops (based on the movie of the same name) in July 1974. Shortly thereafter, Mad House (a re-title of Mad House Glads )

2079-764: The Chocolate Shop on Merrimack Street and the Tuscarora on Winter Street. In the late 1930s, Archie creator Bob Montana joined other teens at the Chocolate Shop counter where he made sketches on napkins or in the diary-sketchbook he kept of Haverhill happenings. This material served as a source for Montana when he launched Archie . Pop Tate has a recurring role in The CW 's Riverdale , played by Alvin Sanders . The first openly gay character in Archie Comics. This fact earned him

2142-593: The Jaguar began in September 1961 and ran for 15 issues until November 1963. During this time, Archie Comics licensed the 1930s pulp character The Shadow , whom they portrayed first as a spy in a James Bond mode, before turning him into a costumed superhero. Archie's version of The Shadow ran for eight issues (Aug. 1964 – Sept. 1965). In addition, the Jaguar, The Fly, and his partner Flygirl appeared in issues of Pep Comics and Laugh Comics between 1961 and 1963. Much of

2205-486: The Mighty Crusaders with a four-issue series of one-shots, beginning with The Mighty Crusaders: The Shield #1. However, that May, Liefeld announced his departure from the project, after objecting to a variant cover being publicized by its artist that allegedly spoiled the end of The Shield one-shot. David Gallaher was then brought in to script a new story for the one-shot based on Liefeld's completed artwork. Despite

2268-561: The Red Circle Comics digital imprint (2012). Archie licensed their Red Circle characters to DC Comics in the early 1990s under the DC imprint Impact Comics , and then again from 2007 to 2011, when DC attempted to integrate them into the DC Universe . When this failed, the characters reverted to Archie Comics, which launched the imprint digitally. The company retired this in late 2014; the line

2331-479: The Red Circle Comics imprint would be relaunched as Dark Circle Comics in early 2015 with the past continuity removed. Tales will be self-contained, five-issue story arcs in ongoing series. Black Hood debuted in February 2015, followed by The Fox , continuing from the digital Red Circle line in April 2015, with The Shield debuting in September 2015 after being delayed. A digital exclusive, Sam Hill: In The Crosshairs ,

2394-545: The Red Circle characters in 2008. DC planned to inject the characters into the DC Universe and tapped writer J. Michael Straczynski . The line folded in late 2010. In July 2011, it was revealed that DC no longer had the rights to them. Archie Comics announced at the New York Comic Con in October 2011 that its superhero line will return as an all-digital line under a subscription model with back issues archive access. This

2457-561: The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Archie planned to begin publishing superheroes again in the late 1980s with an imprint called Spectrum Comics, featuring 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

2520-513: The beginning of sentences, and is possessive about his girlfriend Midge. He also is known to be dyslexic. He is dimwitted and can be easily manipulated by others, particularly Reggie. He will beat up anyone (particularly Reggie) who upsets him or even talks to Midge, the latter being a point of friction between the couple. At the same time, he is also kind, sensitive and helpful toward his closest friends. A highly intelligent nerd and inventor. He gets A's in every class except physical education and

2583-763: The case of Barnes & Noble , imprints have been used to facilitate the venture of a bookseller into publishing. In the video game industry, some game companies operate various publishing labels with Take-Two Interactive credited as "the father of label" in their case the labels are wholly owned incorporated entities with their own publishing and distributing, sales and marketing infrastructure and management teams and their own respective subsidiaries also incorporated (Rockstar North Limited, 2K Vegas, Inc.). This model has influenced rivals including Activision Blizzard , ZeniMax , Electronic Arts from 2008 to 2018, Warner Bros. Interactive , Embracer Group , and Koei Tecmo . Take-Two have had such models in place since 1997–1998, and

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2646-469: The creative change, The Mighty Crusaders: The Shield #1 officially sold out at Diamond Comic Distributors. After revamping The Fox for Red Circle Comics, and later Dark Circle Comics, Dean Haspiel returned to script a new one-shot titled The Fox: Family Values , published in May 2022. That November, Archie Comics released the one-shot Bob Phantom , which re-imagined the superhero's alter ego, Walt Whitney, as

2709-446: The fact that his customers, particularly Jughead, don't always pay their tab . Jughead has been known to run his tab as long as possible, and put off paying it until Pop refuses any more credit . In a comic centered on Pop, it was shown that he has a cousin named Russell, who runs a similar soda shop in the mountains. In the 2000s, his main rival was Segarini, the pizza parlor owner, a minor but recurring character. Like many things in

2772-475: The final issue of Mighty Crusaders was taken over by a solo adventure of Steel Sterling. The Mighty Comics Group line was cancelled in late 1967. Several stories from this period were published in the mass-market paperback High Camp Super-Heroes by Belmont Books in 1966 (Belmont was owned by the same company that owned Archie), which featured an introduction by Siegel, as well as in a 1966 deluxe special, Super Heroes Versus Super Villains . Red Circle Comics

2835-509: The gang go through stuff in the basement of the shop, they find enough evidence that the building is a historical landmark, which saves the shop and forces the land owner to build only a 6-screen theater. The character of Pop Tate was inspired by the Greek immigrant owners of the three soda fountains frequented by Haverhill teenagers during the 1930s. These were the Crown Confectionery and

2898-612: The imprint's main writer, along with Marvel Comics artist Paul Reinman . The shift to the Mighty imprint (which first appeared on covers dated January 1966) included changing the title Adventures of The Fly into Fly Man . The first issue of Fly Man , #31, brought the company its first super hero team (similar to Marvel 's Avengers ), The Mighty Crusaders , made up of Fly Man, a newly revived version of The Shield , The Black Hood (who had appeared occasionally in Adventures of The Fly ), and

2961-617: The latter in detention. He is often, however, quite helpful and friendly to students. A teacher at Riverdale High. She is usually portrayed as an English teacher, though she is occasionally shown teaching other subjects. She is well-aged, slim with white hair, and her personality alternates between harsh and motherly. A younger version of Miss Grundy was portrayed by Sarah Habel in Riverdale . An early version of Miss Grundy appears in Jackpot Comics #4 (Winter 1941). In this appearance, she

3024-639: The many girls he meets. His never ending love triangle between Betty , the girl next door, and Veronica , the wealthy socialite, form the most common Archie stories. Archie’s other love interests include Cheryl Blossom and Valerie Smith of Josie and the Pussycats. Betty is the kind-hearted, caring, talented, athletic, culinarily talented and intelligent girl next door. She is romantically obsessed with Archie but usually ends up playing second fiddle to her best friend and romantic rival Veronica Lodge . In some stories, Archie seems to prefer Betty over Veronica. She has

3087-465: The name from the company's superhero line of the early 1960s. During this period, the company published, as either Red Circle or Archie Adventure, a comic-book tie-in to Remco 's ManTech Robot Warriors toy line (two issues, Sept.-Dec. 1984), a Katy Keene Special (Sept. 1983), and an issue of Thunder Bunny (Jan. 1984). By September 1985, the entire line that originated with Red Circle had been cancelled. In 1988, however, with Archie's acquisition of

3150-865: The new Black Hood materials that appeared in Archie Super Hero Comic Digest Magazine #2. In March 1983, the Red Circle brand was resurrected with first issue of a new volume of Mighty Crusaders . That title lasted 13 issues and led to many new titles under the Red Circle Comics banner, including The Fly (nine issues, May 1983-October, 1984), Black Hood (three issues, June–October, 1983), Lancelot Strong, The Shield (two issues, June–August, 1983, before becoming Shield – Steel Sterling for issue #3 [Dec. 1983] and finally Steel Sterling for issues #4–7 [Jan.-July, 1984]), The Original Shield (four issues, April–Oct., 1984), Blue Ribbon (14 issues, including new material and reprints of older material; Nov. 1983-Dec. 1984) and The Comet (two issues of

3213-526: The original Mighty Crusaders which debuted on August 29 through the Red Circle Comics app at RedCircleComics.com. Ian Flynn had pitched the idea as "I was really excited by all the prospective stories to be told between the end of the '80s series and our relaunch... There were so many open endings when the '80s era series wrapped up that it's hard to choose. What happened to Darkling? Who was the traitor? Did Black Hood figure it out or just make things worse? Did anyone mourn Doc Reeves?" The first arc of New Crusaders

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3276-578: The output during the Adventure Series period after the departure of Simon and Kirby was by writer Robert Bernstein and artists John Rosenberger and John Giunta . The Mighty Comics Group imprint (alternately known as Radio Comics ) took over the Adventure titles in the mid-1960s as general imitation of Marvel Comics and the Batman TV show camp; Superman creator Jerry Siegel was brought in to be

3339-550: Was also called "Alice" in at least one mainstream story. In Archie's Double Digest (#41), she was revealed to be an alumna herself of Riverdale High School, and had run for class president, in a joke about the need to clean off the bulletin board. Her forename was given as "Elizabeth" in The Archie and Sabrina Hour , as "Geri" in Archie's Weird Mysteries books, and as "Doris" in the animated series Archie's Weird Mysteries . In one story about Jughead Jones 's correct first name, it

3402-416: Was also printed. Chuck Dixon was announced as writing the second story arc of Lost Crusade and New Crusaders: Dark Tomorrow was announced for May 2013, but neither was released. A five-issue The Fox miniseries by Mark Waid and Dean Haspiel began in October 2013, with The Shield back-up strips by J.M. DeMatteis (who co-wrote Fox #5 instead of Waid). In July 2014, Archie Comics announced that

3465-513: Was announced as the Red Circle line starting with the New Crusader comic in 2012. The Red Circle Comics app provides readers access to a new chapter of the New Crusaders comic, as well as the Red Circle library of comics from the previous 70 years for a 99 cent weekly subscription price. In 2012, New Crusaders was followed up with Lost Crusade: Prelude , a free one-shot focusing on the lives of

3528-536: Was given as Clark, but the official Archie Comics website gives his name as Terry. In the TV show “Riverdale,” the jolly dessertmaker’s proper name is given as Terence. Pop's shop has changed little over the years, and it still boasts a jukebox and old-time soda fountain . Attempts at times for Pop to "modernize" the shop have all failed; and Pop's has retained its old-fashioned ice cream parlor atmosphere. This has allowed him to capitalize on nostalgia . A fairly common plot

3591-827: Was later (in 1946) renamed after the character. Archie's Silver Age relaunch of its superheroes under the Archie Adventure Series line featured two new characters, The Jaguar and The Fly , as well as a new version of the Shield , inspired by DC's revivals of their 1940s characters. The Archie Adventure Series line debuted with the June 1959 release of The Double Life of Private Strong #1, by creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby , which also introduced The Fly, also by Simon and Kirby. DC Comics ' lawyers, citing similarity to Superman , forced Archie Comics to stop publishing Private Strong after two issues. Adventures of The Fly appeared two months after Private Strong #1 and ran for 30 issues under that title, until October, 1964. The Adventures of

3654-506: Was launched in December 1941. The Archie character soon dominated MLJ publications, pushing out the superheroes. For instance, at first, the cover feature of Pep Comics was The Shield; he and The Hangman shared the cover with Archie in Pep Comics #36 (February, 1943). Archie increasingly was given the cover until issue #51 (August, 1944), when he took over the cover permanently. The company

3717-460: Was launched in the early 1970s as a fantasy/horror imprint, but switched over to superheroes in the 1980s. The line was first used to publish Chilling Adventures in Sorcery in October 1973, which for its first two issues was called Chilling Adventures in Sorcery as Told by Sabrina . With the third issue, the title was renamed and published under Red Circle Comics. The name "Red Circle" was based on

3780-433: Was published under the Red Circle Comics line starting with issue number 95 (Sept. 1974). This ended after number 97 (January 1975), when the title reverted to being a standard Archie humor title. In 1978 and 1979, Archie published two digests collecting their superhero materials from the 1960s. The first was titled Archie's Super Hero Special . The second issue was titled Archie's Super Hero Comic Digest Magazine , and

3843-579: Was relaunched as the Dark Circle Comics imprint in 2015. MLJ's first comic book published in November 1939 was Blue Ribbon Comics , with the first half of the magazine in full color and the second half in red and white tints. In January 1940, Pep Comics debuted with the Shield , created by writer and managing editor Harry Shorten and artist Irv Novick . The Shield was one of the first superheroes with

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3906-537: Was released in October 2015 featuring former NYPD detective Sam Hill. A fourth series, The Hangman , debuted in November 2015. In July 2015, the publisher announced a revamped version of its 1940s character the Web would debut the following year. The announced series never materialised. In March 2021, four years after the conclusion of the Dark Circle Universe, Archie Comics announced that Rob Liefeld would re-image

3969-630: Was revealed as "Grisensnable". In an earlier Archie book that listed the names of the characters, her name was also "Gertrude". Additionally, in the story "Vive la France" (first printed in Life with Archie #22), she signs the hotel registry book as "Abigail". Nevertheless, Geraldine remains her commonly accepted name. In Life with Archie: The Married Life , Miss Grundy and Mr.   Weatherbee realized how much they loved each other, and got married. However, in this alternative future , she died from kidney disease not long afterward, leaving Mr.   Weatherbee

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