From Pep #90 Two Other
Archie Characters Wilbur
And Suzie. Art By Samm Schwatz
And Joe Edwards. Published in 1952.
Yet Even More Comic Book Fun From The Past With Other Strange Stuff Thrown In Just For The Heck Of It.
Yet Even More Comic Book Fun From The Past With Other Strange Stuff Thrown In Just For The Heck Of It.
Though Archie (& gang) were the true stars, it's nice to see the secondary characters, too. Wilbur is just a little too close to Archie to evade the comparison, so I perfer Suzy as more of a change up. I like lil' Jinx and Josie (pre-Pussycats), too. I also really Super Duck by Al Fagaly and Cubby the Bear by 'Red' Holmdale, which I consider proto-underground comix, like precursors to R. Crumb and Rory Hayes respectively. Their superheroes could be a little flat, but they could also be full on nuts, which is great. Their monster-themed stuff is cool as well.
ReplyDeleteI love these cool books. I wish they had done more with these old characters. Another female character from the Archie family was Ginger. She was drawn by Harry Lucey and I should post some of those stories too.
ReplyDeleteBelieve or not, I remembered Ginger right after publishing my other comment. Her taste in men was even more surprising than Betty & Veronica's in that her steady wasn't a copy of Archie but closer to a copy of Dilton, but minus the brains.
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