American Comics Update: Take Five: Archie’s Adventures Of The Fly early issues
*Archie: While Archie Comics are of course best known for their plethora of teen-comedy titles focused on their titular star, the publishers also have a stable of super-heroes whose history dates back as far as 1940. In the late Fifties, the company made their first serious attempt at a revival (the original runs having petered out more than a decade previously) with creations from the legendary Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. The Adventures of the Fly was one such, initially reminiscent of the original Captain Marvel (plucky orphan gains magical artefact enabling him to become a super-adult), but after the first few issues Simon & Kirby jumped ship, and Thomas Troy was retooled into an adult attorney with John Giunta at the artistic helm for a while. The issues in this update bridge that transition and are less often seen than those later in this series.
IN THIS UPDATE: THE FLY, ADVENTURES OF
#2 GD p £21.75 Kirby, Simon, Ayers, Williamson, Torres.
#3 GD/VG £34 (PICTURED) Simon, Davis, Powell, Reinman
#5 FA/GD £8 Water stained.
#6 VG £19 Giunta
#8 FA/GD £11 Giunta
