[The World of the Giant Gorillas!]
[The World of the Giant Gorillas!]
The Fly
/
cover /
1
page
The Fly
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cover /
1
page
- Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Fly [Thomas Troy]; Black Hood [Kip Burland]
Indexer Notes
Cover title from the interior story.
Issue Data
- Publisher's Brand:
Archie Adventure Series
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Radio Comics Inc.
- Indicia Frequency: bi-monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indexer Notes
On-sale date from 1961 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
The Spider Strikes
The Spider Strikes
The Fly
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comic story /
8
pages
The Fly
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comic story /
8
pages
- Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Fly [Thomas Troy]; The Spider [Spider Spry]
- Synopsis:
- The Fly's nemesis, The Spider (formerly Spider Sprey) breaks jail again, this time by building a robot to take his place in prison. He sets traps for The Fly, tries to collapse a building on him, trap him with chlordane gas (an insecticide), tries to blow him up in a cave, then attacks with a robot spider. The Fly counters each trap with his buzz gun, his own robot, and super-insect powers.
Reprints (1)
in
The World of the Giant Gorillas!
The World of the Giant Gorillas!
The Fly
/
comic story /
12
pages
The Fly
/
comic story /
12
pages
- Genre:superhero
- Keywords:brontosaurus; dinosaurs; India; pterodactyl; Tyrannosaurus Rex
Characters:
The Fly [Thomas Troy]; Black Hood [Kip Burland]; Alex Burland
- Synopsis:
- The Black Hood's uncle disappeared in India. He asks The Fly to help. Arriving, they're threatened by (black Zulu-like) natives, but the Fly's firefly glow makes him look like a visiting god. They point to a lost valley. Leopards threaten the uncle, then a giant gorilla, a brontosaurus, a pterodactyl, and a herd of T-Rexes. The gorillas are intelligent and protect the heroes. The Fly summons insects to swarm the dinosaurs. The heroes leave, and the gorillas seal the valley forever. "Next issue: 'The Invasion of the Rocket Men'."
The Trials of Hercules: The Nine-Headed Hydra
The Trials of Hercules: The Nine-Headed Hydra
text story /
1
page
text story /
1
page
- Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Characters:
Hercules
- Synopsis:
- Quick account of Hercules' battle with the Hydra.
in
The Statue of Gold!
The Statue of Gold!
The Fly
/
comic story /
6
pages
The Fly
/
comic story /
6
pages
- Genre:superhero
- Keywords:Egypt; Explorers' Club; sphinx
Characters:
The Fly [Thomas Troy]; Cat Girl [The Sphinx]
- Synopsis:
- The Fly is invited to join the Explorers' Club. He travels to their secret headquarters in the Egyptian desert. But they pull guns: a trick! They demand the secret location of the Statue of Gold. The Fly never heard of it. They lock him in "chlordane handcuffs". Suddenly Cat Girl and her leopards rescue the Fly. She also demands the statue's secret. The Fly summons insects to drive off the leopards, and is rescued by the explorers! The initiation is a trick: there is no statue. But underground, Cat Girl stands by a gold sphinx, whose secret is still safe.
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Issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Peter Croome
- Clayton Emery
- Gregory Fischer
- Merlin Haas
- Alan Hutchinson
- Dan Kocher
- Evaristo Lito Sandoval
- Joey Sayer
- John P. Selegue
- Jim Van Dore
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