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voyages of "Marco Loco, Adventurer" (#42–52) by Carl
Hubbell. Even The Shield was presented with two offbeat humor stories in #41–42, as he dealt with the chaotic antics of an alien, 'Monstro the Martian', although his stories did return to their darker side after that. This humor was also reflected
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was introduced to the inside front cover of every issue, until The Shield finished in #65 (Jan. 1948). Although later to advertise other MLJ titles, during the war years each "bulletin" was largely filled with patriotic messages, details of local fan-clubs and new members information, all written as
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was introduced in the same issue. Madam Satan, a dead villainess with a green face and the kiss of death, "the scourge of man, ready to go forth and leave a trail of misery and suffering in her wake" actually first appeared on the cover of the previous issue #15 (May 1941). She was written by Abner
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in #48 (April 1944), the humor continued to take over. The Shield last appeared on a cover with #50 (September 1944), after which Archie featured on every cover until the end of the series in 1987. The publishing frequency dropped to quarterly between 1944 and 1946. Issue #52 (March 1945), saw the
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printed lists of readers who had done so. Continuing the war emphasis, "Captain
Commando and the Boy Soldiers" also began in #30, following a teaser advertisement in #29 (July 1942). On a lighter note, issue #31 (Sept. 1942) had "Sergeant Boyle" visiting the MLJ offices after he had failed to send
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Detective", whose weird detective adventure stories were published in issues #1–11. Written by Joe Blair, with art by Jim Streeter, Fu Chang is a "Chinese scholar and detective, heir to the magic secrets of Aladdin who
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Detective", "Perry Chase, The Press Guardian" and "The Rocket and the Queen of Diamonds" ended. To replace them, issue #12 (Feb. 1941) introduced two new characters. "Danny in Wonderland", a surreal fairy-tale adventure by Harry Shorten and Lin
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published its 200th issue in
October 1966, its 300th in April 1975, and its 400th in May 1985—an issue which included cameos of all the staff of Archie Comics. However, by then sales had slipped from their previous levels to 55,164. The series lasted until #411 (Mar. 1987). A number of the
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statement of ownership from MLJ to Archie
Publications Inc. from issue #57 (June 1946), the transfer from adventure to humor titles accelerated on a publication frequency that varied from 5 issues a year in 1947 to bi-monthly the following year. "Dotty and Ditto" , an ongoing series from
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Circulation' show that average sales of the title were between 269,504 in 1960 and 292,572 in 1969. During the 1970s this dropped to between 231,963 and 100,827, although publication frequency crept up to nine times a year by 1964, after which
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was a fireman who gained flame powers from a mixture of chemicals while fighting an arson attack. "Lucky Larson", a test pilot, filled the third place (#13–15). Further major changes came with the next two issues. "Lee
Sampson, Midshipman" ended in #16 (June 1941); and
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Next a superhero died for the first time in comics history, issue #17 (July 1941). "The Comet" series ended with him being shot by gangsters while rescuing his brother in the first tale of "The
Hangman" by Cliff Campbell. Hangman took The Comet's place in
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was very similar to the previous titles; 64 pages of short strips, initially featuring a mixture of science-fiction stories such as "The Queen of
Diamonds" (#1–12) by Lin Streeter (renamed "The Rocket and the Queen of Diamonds" in #2 (Feb. 1940)), about a
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on the covers, as from #41 The Shield shared the spotlight with Archie Andrews, appearing mainly as a background stooge for Archie's japes. The Hangman ended in #47 (March 1944), and although he was replaced by another costumed character,
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ran for the first 17 issues alongside The Shield. The Shield and later The Hangman and Black Hood also featured in single page text stories during the MLJ years of the title; all comic books did this through the early 1960s to satisfy
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with issue #57 (June 1946), although it ended in #58 (with a guest appearance in Dotty's dreams by the Shield, Archie, and Suzie). A new long-running series began, "Gloomy Gus the Homeless Ghost" in #59 (Dec. 1946). Bill Woggon's
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Battling Axis enemies with The Shield and Dusty on every cover except #28, which he appeared on by himself, fighting Captain Nazi over the United States. He was finally ousted from the cover by Archie in issue #43 (October
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276:, a character who would remain in the title throughout the MLJ imprint and beyond. The Shield was mainly notable for being the first of the patriotic superheroes, who wore costumes based on the U.S. flag, 15 months before
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was the third anthology comic published by MLJ Magazines Inc., the precursor to what would become the publisher Archie Comics. The series was edited by Abner Sundell until issues #22–23, after which
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arrived in #62 (July 1947), replacing Black Hood—who had made two final appearances in #59–60 and revealed his identity to the world, becoming a detective. All these humor strips would continue in
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and later Abner Sundell and Meskin (retitled "Perry Chase, The Press Guardian" from #7); and three adventure tales, "Sergeant Boyle" by George Biro, about a soldier fighting with the
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thanking the readers in the final panel for following his adventures through Graduation and inviting them to write if they wanted to see his war adventures; they were never written
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Madam Satan ended in issue #21 (Nov. 1941), her place taken in #22 (Dec. 1941) by the first appearance of one of the biggest-selling comics characters of the 20th century,
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The Pin-Up Queen" a model whose stories were filled with costumes designed by readers (who were given namechecks in the issue their designs appeared in) replaced "Suzie".
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uses them only to bring peace and good-will to the people of his Chinatown." in stories liberally sprinkled with cod-Oriental talk, evil dragon criminals, and an aura of
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and for the first time there was no MLJ triangle; in the following issue, #57 (June 1946), the indicia read 'Archie Comics Publications Inc', and the MLJ era of
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announced that a series of five one-shot comics reviving the Archie-as-superhero 'Pureheart' concept would be released in 2010, with one of those titles being
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them details of his latest exploits for them to publish, while #34 (Nov. 1942) contained a one-page text piece, 'Meet the Editor', about Harry Shorten. Artist
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Issue #64 reprinted The Shield story in #53 with some cuts to pages and panels to make it fit, while #65 was reprinted from issue #57, again with cuts
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also starred superheroes and costumed characters, led by cover star and lead feature "The Shield – G-Man Extraordinary" by Harry Shorten and
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started publishing to 10 issues per year. "Sergeant Boyle" ended in #39 (June 1943), as did "Danny in Wonderland". They were replaced by a
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parody, "Catfish Joe" (#40–48) and "Li'l Chief Bugaboo" (#40–47). "Bentley of Scotland Yard" ended in #41 (August 1943), replaced by the
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in loose rotation, plus one extra Jaguar story in #168 (January 1964). In addition, issue #393 (Mar. 1984) contained an appearance by
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List of Sabrina the Teenage Witch books, CDs and DVDs
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165:imprint for a total of 411 issues until March
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1098:"Fu Chang, Chinese Detective" splash page in
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915:"The Jaguar – superhero (#150, 152, 157, 159)
909:"Katy Keene The Pin–Up Queen" – humor (#60–?)
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938:. The first issue, released March 2012, was
925:"Fly Girl" – superhero (#151, 154, 156, 160)
891:"Willie the Wise–Guy" – humor (#59–62, 64–?)
1358:, 38th Edition (Gemstone Publishing, 2008)
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541:"Sergeant Boyle" – war adventure (#1–39)
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559:"Kayo Ward" – boxing adventure (#1–28)
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604:"Lil Chief Bugaboo" – humor (#40–47)
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568:"The Fireball" – superhero (#12–20)
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894:"Hotfoot the Hobo" – humor (#57–?)
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581:"The Hangman" – superhero (#17–47)
456:'The Case of the Laughing Corpse'
435:The Young Soldiers of America Club
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879:"Black Hood" – superhero (#59–60)
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1620:Archie's Pals 'n' Gals
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299:'Shield G-Man Club'
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1525:Archie vs. Predator
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195:Publication history
144:American comic book
113:Danny in Wonderland
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1841:Nights into Dreams
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