Archie's Super Teens #1 for Sale - First Appearance of Mighty Moose - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Archie's Super Teens (Archie, 1994 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: 1994
Key date: 1994-08-30
On-sale date: 1994-08-30
Indicia publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Price: $2.00; 2.50 CAD
Pages: 56
Barcode: 76281646994400111
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Mighty Moose - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Joe Staton; inks: Mike Esposito; colors: Rex Lindsey	Archie Andrews, Captain Hero, Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones, Pureheart the Powerful, Superteen
1	Table of Contents	table of contents	1	colors: Barry Grossman	Archie Andrews, Pureheart the Powerful
2	I Wish I Was A Super-Hero!	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	2	script: Paul Castiglia, Scott Fulop; colors: Barry Grossman	Archie Andrews, Captain Hero, Betty Cooper, Evilheart, Jughead Jones, Reggie Mantle, Pureheart the Powerful, Superteen
3	Superteens and The Super-Shrink	comic story	10	script: Elliot S! Maggin; pencils: Joe Staton; inks: Mike Esposito; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Mindy Eisman	Archie Andrews, Captain Hero, Betty Cooper, Evilheart, Miss Grundy, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle, Pureheart the Powerful, Superteen
5	The PH Factor	comic story	8	script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Bob White; inks: Marty Epp; colors: Barry Grossman	Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle, Pureheart the Powerful
6	Archie's Super Teens	illustration	2	pencils: Stuart Immonen; inks: Stuart Immonen; colors: Barry Grossman	Archie Andrews, Captain Hero, Betty Cooper, Evilheart, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle, Pureheart the Powerful, Superteen
7	It All Began	comic story	8	script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Dan DeCarlo; inks: Vince DeCarlo; colors: Barry Grossman	Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle, Superteen
8	To the Rescue	comic story	5.5	script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Dan DeCarlo; inks: Dan DeCarlo; colors: Barry Grossman	Archie Andrews, Captain Hero, Betty Cooper, Evilheart, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle, Pureheart the Powerful, Superteen
9	Mighty Moose	comic story	0.5	script: Paul Castiglia; pencils: Bill Golliher; inks: Bill Golliher; colors: Barry Grossman	Moose Mason, Mighty Moose First
10	Hero to Go!!!	comic story	5	script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Bill Vigoda; inks: Vince DeCarlo; colors: Barry Grossman	Captain Hero, Ethel Muggs, Jughead Jones, Pop Tate

Plus 4 pages of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 2.00 USD; barcode 07189646994345
Canadian	price 2.50 CAD; barcode 07189646994345

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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