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Publishers / Archie / Blue Ribbon Comics (1983) / #1

1November 1983
$1.50; 1.75 CAD

Blue Ribbon Comics #1

Archie · November 1983 · on sale August 18, 1983

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Identification plate

Series: Blue Ribbon Comics (Archie, 1983 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: November 1983
Key date: November 1983
On-sale date: August 18, 1983
Indicia publisher: Red Circle Productions Inc.
Price: $1.50; 1.75 CAD
Pages: 36

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	2	pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Rudy Nebres	The Fly, Tommy Troy
1	Under The Gun!	text article	1	script: Robin Snyder
2	The Strange New World of the Fly	comic story	8	script: Joe Simon; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe Simon; letters: Sam Rosen	The Fly, Tommy Troy
3	The Master of Junk-Ri-La	comic story	6	script: Joe Simon; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe Simon, Paul Reinman; letters: Howard Ferguson	The Fly, Tommy Troy
4	Tommy Troy Teaches Judo	activity	1	script: Joe Simon; pencils: Joe Simon; inks: Joe Simon; letters: Sam Rosen	Tommy Troy
5	Come into My Parlor	comic story	7	script: Joe Simon; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe Simon; letters: Sam Rosen	The Fly, Tommy Troy
6	One of Our Skyscrapers Is Missing	comic story	4	script: Joe Simon; pencils: Al Williamson; inks: Angelo Torres; letters: Sam Rosen	The Fly, Tommy Troy
7	The Fly Discovers His Buzz-Gun	comic story	5	script: Joe Simon; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe Simon; letters: Sam Rosen	The Fly, Tommy Troy

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Sources

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