Explorers of the Unknown #1 (1990) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Fearless First Issue!	cover	1	pencils: Rex W. Lindsey; inks: Rex W. Lindsey	Explorers of the Unknown [Red [Archie Andrews]; Angel [Veronica Lodge]; Nitro [Reggie Mantle]; Squint [Jughead Jones]; Wheels [Betty Cooper]; Gizmo [Dilton Doiley]; Spike [Moose Mason]]; Myron Pepperdinkle
1	Drugs Are Uncool!	public service announcement	1	pencils: Dan DeCarlo; inks: Dan DeCarlo	Archie Andrews
2	The Amazing Super Secret Origin Of The Explorers Of The Unknown!	comic story	21	script: Rich Margopoulos; pencils: Rex W. Lindsey; inks: Jon D'Agostino; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Mindy Eisman	Explorers of the Unknown [Red [Archie Andrews] (a soldier of fortune); Angel [Veronica Lodge] (a martial artist); Nitro [Reggie Mantle] (an explosives expert); Squint [Jughead Jones] (a daredevil escape artist); Wheels [Betty Cooper] (a mechanic and pilot); Gizmo [Dilton Doiley] (a genius inventor);
3	Files Of The Unknown	character profile	1	pencils: Rex W. Lindsey; inks: Jon D'Agostino	Red [Archie Andrews]; Wheels [Betty Cooper]; Angel [Veronica Lodge]
4	Pin Up Number One	illustration	1	pencils: Rex W. Lindsey; inks: Rex W. Lindsey	Explorers of the Unknown [Red [Archie Andrews]; Angel [Veronica Lodge]; Nitro [Reggie Mantle]; Squint [Jughead Jones]; Wheels [Betty Cooper]; Gizmo [Dilton Doiley]; Spike [Moose Mason]]
5	Editor's Notebook	in-house column	1	script: Victor Gorelick	Jughead Jones

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

Edition	How to tell
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Canadian	price 1.20 CAD; 0.75 GBP

Collection	Year
The Best of Archie Comics #[1] ISBN 978-1-879794-84-9	2011	On eBay ›
Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine #23	2013	On eBay ›

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