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31May 1965
$0.12

Adventures of the Fly #31

Archie · May 1965 · on sale 1965-03-12

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Identification plate

Series
Adventures of the Fly (Archie, 1960 series)
Issue
#31
Publication date
May 1965
Key date
1965-05-00
On-sale date
1965-03-12
Indicia publisher
Radio Comics Inc.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Fly-Mancover1pencils: Paul Reinman; inks: Paul Reinman; letters: Sam RosenFly-Man [Thomas Troy]; The Comet [John Dickering]; The Black Hood [Matthew Burland]; The Shield [Bill Higgins]
1The Fly-Man's Partners in Peril!comic story8script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Paul Reinman; inks: Paul Reinman; letters: Sam RosenFly-Man [Thomas Troy]; The Comet [John Dickering]; The Black Hood [Matthew Burland]; The Shield [Bill Higgins]; The Spider; Boppo the Mighty; Flipsy the Terrific; Basher the Dynamic
2Battle of the Super-Heroes!comic story12script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Paul Reinman; inks: Paul Reinman; letters: Sam RosenMighty Crusaders [Fly-Man [Thomas Troy]; The Shield [Bill Higgins]; The Comet [John Dickering]; The Black Hood [Matthew Burland]]; Nightmare (Black Hood's robot horse); The Spider; Boppo the Mighty; Flipsy the Terrific; Basher the Dynamic
4Facts About Coinstext article0.67letters: typeset
5-statement of ownership0.33script: Louis H. Silberkleit
6Meet The Shadow... Mighty Dark Avenger!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Paul Reinman; inks: Paul ReinmanThe Shadow; Lamont Cranston; Shiwan Khan; Radiation Rogue; Dr. Demon; Attila the Hunter
7The Wicked Web of the Wily Spider!comic story5script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Paul Reinman; inks: Paul Reinman; letters: Sam RosenMighty Crusaders [Fly-Man [Thomas Troy]; the Comet [John Dickering]; The Shield [Bill Higgins]; Black Hood [Matthew Burland]]; Nightmare (Black Hood's robot horse); The Spider

Plus 0.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

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