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** The original ''Life With Archie'' series (1958-1991) featured longer, more "adventure" oriented stories than the typical Archie titles, including elements like five-alarm fires, attempted kidnappings, and... [http://the-isb.blogspot.com/2006/01/life-in-riverdale-surprisingly.html mysterious Satanic boxes that melt people's faces off]. |
** The original ''Life With Archie'' series (1958-1991) featured longer, more "adventure" oriented stories than the typical Archie titles, including elements like five-alarm fires, attempted kidnappings, and... [http://the-isb.blogspot.com/2006/01/life-in-riverdale-surprisingly.html mysterious Satanic boxes that melt people's faces off]. |
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** The above story wasn't even the ''only'' Archie comic to feature [[I'm Melting|face-melting action]]. From 1972 to 1974, Archie published a ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Comic Book)|Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]'' spinoff, ''Chilling Adventures in Sorcery as Told By Sabrina''. It had the odd combination of [http://www.misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/stupidcomics284.html straight-up horror stories] with art in the familiar Archie house style. One story in particular stands out, featuring a boy who teases a stutterer at school. The kindly teacher happens to be a witch, and gives him an enchanted book that ''melts his face off'', and possibly kills him! The story probably violated several rules under the [[Comics Code]], but somehow gained the CCA seal of approval (perhaps because Archie pretty much ''ran'' the CCA?) |
** The above story wasn't even the ''only'' Archie comic to feature [[I'm Melting|face-melting action]]. From 1972 to 1974, Archie published a ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Comic Book)|Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]'' spinoff, ''Chilling Adventures in Sorcery as Told By Sabrina''. It had the odd combination of [http://www.misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/stupidcomics284.html straight-up horror stories] with art in the familiar Archie house style. One story in particular stands out, featuring a boy who teases a stutterer at school. The kindly teacher happens to be a witch, and gives him an enchanted book that ''melts his face off'', and possibly kills him! The story probably violated several rules under the [[Comics Code]], but somehow gained the CCA seal of approval (perhaps because Archie pretty much ''ran'' the CCA?) |
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** And then there's the "Archie Horror" imprint, which in the mid-2010s published titles featuring the Archie characters as horror monsters: ''Afterlife with Archie'' (zombies), ''Jughead: The Hunger'' (werewolves), ''Vampironica'' (vampires), and ''Chilling Adventures of Sabrina'' (not-nice witches). |
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* ''[[Paperinik New Adventures]]'' is a rare case of this done '''well'''. Those stories are way darker than the ones on "Topolino" (the Italian magazine where it is usually published): Paperinik stops fighting the [[Harmless Villain|Beagle Boys]] to defend the Earth from aliens, time travelers and crazy [[A Is]], creating a [[Old Hero, New Pals|new roost]] of supporting cast and using weapons which are much more powerful. However, he remains a very optimistic hero, and the comic gives us several funny and heartwarming moments to balance the mood. |
* ''[[Paperinik New Adventures]]'' is a rare case of this done '''well'''. Those stories are way darker than the ones on "Topolino" (the Italian magazine where it is usually published): Paperinik stops fighting the [[Harmless Villain|Beagle Boys]] to defend the Earth from aliens, time travelers and crazy [[A Is]], creating a [[Old Hero, New Pals|new roost]] of supporting cast and using weapons which are much more powerful. However, he remains a very optimistic hero, and the comic gives us several funny and heartwarming moments to balance the mood. |
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