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5March 1960
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The Fly [Adventures of the Fly] #5

Archie · March 1960 · on sale 1960-01-18

First appearance: Bobby Bell
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Identification plate

Series
The Fly [Adventures of the Fly] (Archie, 1959 series)
Issue
#5
Publication date
March 1960
Key date
1960-03-00
On-sale date
1960-01-18
Indicia publisher
Radio Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Bobby Bell - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Return of the Spidercover1pencils: Bill Vigoda; inks: Bill Vigoda; letters: Marty EppThe Fly [Tommy Troy]; Spider [T. C. Krall]
1Return of the Spidercomic story8script: Robert Bernstein; pencils: Bill Vigoda; inks: Bill Vigoda; letters: Marty EppThe Fly [Tommy Troy, Thomas Troy]; Spider [T. C. Krall]; Hobbie; Ed; Turan
2The Fly Meets the Batcomic story12script: Robert Bernstein; pencils: Bill Vigoda; inks: Bill Vigoda; letters: Marty EppThe Fly [Tommy Troy, Thomas Troy]; Ed Dorne; Kokau [Rocky Diamond]; Madame Lola; Jerry
3Snakestext article1pencils: ? (illustration); inks: ? (illustration); letters: typeset
4Bobby Bell's Judo Pagecomic story1script: Joe Simon; pencils: Bob Powell; inks: Bob Powell, Joe Simon; letters: Marty EppBobby Bell First, The Shield, Lancelot Strong
5The Fly versus Thomas Troycomic story6script: Robert Bernstein; pencils: Bill Vigoda; inks: Bill Vigoda; letters: Marty EppThe Fly [Tommy Troy, Thomas Troy]; Tony Tyson; Mike Grogan (dies); Little Pete Porter; Karen Morse

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Series context

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Sources

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