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1June 1959
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The Double Life of Private Strong #1

Archie · June 1959 · on sale 1959-04-01

First appearance: Tommy TroyFirst appearance: The FlyFirst appearance: Lancelot Strong
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Identification plate

Series
The Double Life of Private Strong (Archie, 1959 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
June 1959
Key date
1959-06-00
On-sale date
1959-04-01
Indicia publisher
Radio Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Tommy Troy - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of The Fly - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Lancelot Strong - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of The Shield - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0New Action Champ of Comics!cover1pencils: Joe Simon, Jack Kirby; inks: Joe Simon, Jack KirbyThe Shield First, Lancelot Strong First
1Meet Lancelot Strong, The Man With The Double Life!comic story1script: Joe Simon; pencils: Jack Kirby; letters: Joe RosenThe Shield First, Lancelot Strong First
2The Double Life of Private Strongcomic story4script: Joe Simon, Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; letters: Joe RosenThe Shield First, Lancelot Strong First
3Spawn of the "X" World!comic story6script: Joe Simon, Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; letters: Joe RosenThe Shield First, Lancelot Strong First
4The Hide-Outcomic story2script: Joe Simon, Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; letters: Joe RosenThe Fly First, Tommy Troy First
5Mystery of the Vanished Wreckagecomic story6script: Joe Simon, Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; letters: Joe RosenThe Shield First, Lancelot Strong First
6Jungle Rogues!text story2pencils: ? (illustration); inks: ? (illustration); letters: typesetgame commissioner (unnamed); Chief Nakuma; two Communist agents (unnamed)
7Tommy Troy Teaches Judocomic story1script: Joe Simon; letters: Joe RosenTommy Troy First
8The Menace of the Micro-Men!comic story8script: Joe Simon, Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; letters: Joe RosenThe Shield First, Lancelot Strong First

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Archie's Super Hero Special #11978On eBay ›
Archie's Super Hero Comics Digest Magazine #21979On eBay ›
JCP Features [JCP Features the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents] #11981On eBay ›
Blue Ribbon Comics #11983On eBay ›
Blue Ribbon Comics #51984On eBay ›
The Adventures of the Fly #1
ISBN 1879794187; 978-1879794184		2004On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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