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Publishers / Archie / The Fly (1983) / #2

2July 1983
$1.00; 1.25 CAD

The Fly #2

Archie · July 1983 · on sale May 17, 1983

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Identification plate

Series: The Fly (Archie, 1983 series)
Issue: #2
Publication date: July 1983
Key date: July 1983
On-sale date: May 17, 1983
Indicia publisher: Red Circle Productions Inc.
Price: $1.00; 1.25 CAD
Pages: 36

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Jim Steranko; inks: Jim Steranko; colors: Jim Steranko	the Fly; Fly Girl
1	Under the Gun	text article	1	script: Robin Snyder	Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
2	I Killed The Fly	comic story	3	script: Rich Buckler; pencils: James Sherman, Rich Buckler; inks: James Sherman, Rich Buckler; colors: Barry Grossman	Fly; Spider Spry; Turan
3	A Woman's Place...	comic story	6	script: Rich Buckler, Stan Timmons; pencils: Adrian Gonzales; inks: Ricardo Villagrán; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Peter Kirchheimer	Fly Girl; Big Max Cardona; Harry Howell
4	Under the Gun	letters page	1	script: Robin Snyder
5	The Mugging!	comic story	17	script: Jack C. Harris; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Rich Buckler; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill Yoshida	Fly; Diamond Jack (a masked mugger); Officer McGee; Ol' Abbey (a witch); Lovecraft (Abbey's magic parrot); the Marches (flashback)
6	-	comic story	4	script: Robin Snyder; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Sam de la Rosa; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Sam de la Rosa
7	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Rudy Nebres; inks: Rudy Nebres
8	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Brian Buniak, Rich Buckler; inks: Frank Giacoia, Rich Buckler
9	-	illustration	1	pencils: Rudy Nebres; inks: Rudy Nebres	Fly

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Collection	Year
New Crusaders #3	2012	On eBay ›
New Crusaders: Legacy #[nn] ISBN 978-1-936975-22-8	2013	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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