In what looked like another Archie comics book, came our beloved Mighty Comics Super Heroes.In digest format, Archie reprinted Golden & Silver Age stories featuring the Black Hood, the Jaguar, Lancelot Strong, the Shield, Hangman, The Fox, The Fly and the Web. Not to mention the supernatural stories.
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| Not the Ironfirst we usually think of! |
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| Striking Rudy Nebres cover! |
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| Hope you remember Steve Ditko worked on the Fly title! |
Archie's Super Hero Special #1
"The Nightmare World of the Skull"
Written by Jerry Siegel with Paul Reinman art.
Reprint from Mighty Comics #47.
"The Monster Mouse"
Written by Robert Bernstein with art by John Rosenberger.
Reprinted from Adventures of the Jaguar #1.
"Marco's Eyes"
Script/art by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby.
Reprinted from The Fly #2.
"Black Fog"
Written by T. Casey Brennan with Gray Morrow art.
Although not super hero, work mentioning for the Morrow art.
Reprinted in Red Circle Sorcery #6.
"Meet Lancelot Strong, the Man with the Double Life"
"the Double Life of Lancelot Strong"
"Spawn of the X-World"
"Mystery of the Vanished Wreckage"
Script/art by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby.
Reprinted from The Double Life of Lancelot Strong #1.
"Essays in the Supernatural Familiars"
Written by Phil Seuling with Gray Morrow art.
Reprinted from Chilling Adventures in Sorcery #3.
"The Web Versus the Flipper"
Written by Jerry Siegel with art by Paul Reinman.
Reprinted from Mighty Comics #46.
"Essays in the Supernatural Werewolfs"
Written by Marv Channing with Gray Morrow art.
Reprinted from Red Circle Sorcery #6.
Archie's Super Hero Comics Digest #2
"Kip-you're a good cop..."
Traces the Black Hood line back through history and the various crime fighters in the Burland line. Heavy Metal, in the July 1979 (Vol. 3, #3) issue, printed a re-worked version of the story, featuring a female protagonist, Stingaree.
Script/art by Gray Morrow.
"The Menace of the Micro Men"
Script/art by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby.
Reprinted from The Double Life of Private Strong #1
"The Lady and the Monster"
Introduces Kim Brand (later Fly-Girl.)
Reprinted from Adventures of the Fly #13.
"The Ultimate Power"
By Wally Wood!
Reprinted in Basically Strange #1.
"The Death Ray from Space"
Written by Robert Bernstein with art by John Rosenberger.
Reprinted from Adventures of the Jaguar #5.
"The Nine Lives of Falsehood"
Written by Jerry Siegel with Paul Reinman art.
Reprinted from Mighty Comics #45.
"Black Hood Hits a Sour Note"
Written by Marv Channing with art by Al McWilliams.
Reprinted in Black Hood #1.
"Uglyman's Ugliest Plot"
Written by Jerry Siegel with Paul Reinman art.
Reprinted from Mighty Comics #40.
"Time Twist"
In order to escape rioting peasants, a vampire and his scientist travel 500 years into the future in a time machine.
Written by Tom DeFalco with art by Chic Stone.
Reprinted in The Fly #8
"The Gasser Attacks"
Written by Jerry Siegle with Paul Reinman art.
Reprinted from Mighty Comics #49.
"Life's Not Like a Comic Book"
Script/art by Gray Morrow & Neal Adams with inks by Dick Giordano.
Reprinted in JCP Features the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #1.
"The Ultimate Spies"
Script/art by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby.
Reprinted from The Double Life of Private Strong #2.
"The Beast in the Forest"
Written by Tom DeFalco with Jesse Santos art.
"The Fly Meets Cat Girl"
Written by Robert Bernstein with John Giunta art.
Reprinted from Adventures of the Fly #9.
"It's Murder to Beat the Odds"
Written by Marv Channing with art by Al McWilliams.
Reprinted in Blue Ribbon #8.
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| Here's the reworked Black Hood story from Heavy Metal! |
I mean, how can you pass by all this super hero & supernatural adventure? Where are you going to find all this fun under one title. I loved those digest editions! They're fantastic, but easily overlooked.
Live Large My Freinds!
Thank You!
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| Always loved this Texeira cover! |
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| Cat Girl rescued by The Fly! |
Super Hero Comics Digest is chock full of good stuff. Got mine for $2.
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