Well, here i am with my second post, this time about Archie.
Archie Comics was originally founded as MLJ Magazines in 1939.
It began life as a normal publisher of superhero comics, along with numerous other companies such as Timely Comics (later Marvel Comics) and the already several years old National Comics (later DC). However, what caused their distinction from the many competitors in the newborn comics market, was the first appearance, as a filler in Pep Comics #22, of Archie Andrews. He quickly came to dominate the comic, and then the entire company, which in his honor was renamed Archie Comics.
Since then, they have been publishing the adventures of Archie and his teenage friends and rivals. Nowadays, i'm afraid, they are in the process of undergoing the same change DC and Marvel underwent in the late 80s. Slowly, single-issue stories, or indeed issues with more than one story, are disappearing, in favor of multi-issue story arcs. Nothing wrong with that on principle, but in my view, Archie and the company's other titles related to him, should focus on comedy, as opposed to the Sonic the Hedgehog comics (to which i have recently subscribed, and am expecting my first issue), which focus on drama over comedy.
Anyway, for my first Archie review:
Archie #579, cover date December 2007:
As this issue contains more than 3 stories, i will not go into detail on each one, but give each a rating, and then an overall rating for the issue.
Cover story (Phone-y Problems): 8/10, nice concept and writing, but a little predictable.
Second story (Take your time): 8/10, cute art, but ending is disappointing.
Third story (Double Trouble): 7/10, cute story, okay art, but punchline sucks.
Final story (Energy Food): 6/10, rather unremarkable concept, only passable art, punchline is a little funny.
Overall: 7/10, the first two tales are nice reading, but this issue is not much of a long-time reading investment.
See ya tommorow
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