Archie at 65

Imagine this, Archie Andrews as a thug. Jug, as a lazy, smoking teen who is more gangster than eater. Well, back in Pep Comics #21, that's what they were. Today, of course, they are different. But deep back in 1940, MLJ Comics was born, and was home to a few hero books, but Pep was their humor book, and in the back, Bob Montana created the gang at Riverdale. Sure, they've changed over the years, but the central characters have not changed. Storywise, relationship wise, any tale today could easily appear in the 50's and visa versa. That's why we have the digests. If you think Marvel and DC are the king of reprints, think again, Archie did that over 40 years ago!

So, over the years, many great artists have run through the company. Dan DeCarlo, Bob Montana, Mr Moore, Stan Goldberg, Bob Smith, Jim Amash, Al Milgrom, Gene Colan, Fernando Ruiz, Tania Del Rio, and many others have illustrated bits and pieces of our teen hood.

Got kids? Celelbrate 65 with the gang. Reggie, Veronica, Dilton, Jughead, Archie, Betty, Big Moose, Big Ethel, and the Veronicas are waiting!

Check them out on the web at www.archiecomics.com.