The Best of Archie Americana Vol. 1: Golden Age

The Best of Archie Americana

by Archie Superstars

This is Archie's new sister volume to our all-time fastest-selling graphic novel series, featuring a focus on stories from the GOLDEN AGE of comics. Archie expects this to do very well as a full-color 416-page $9.99 volume. It will be the first in a three-part series, to be joined in the calendar year by SILVER and BRONZE AGE volumes as well.

In 1941, Pep Comics introduced Archie Andrews, "America's newest boyfriend." Since then, Archie and his perennial teenage friends have entertained young and old alike with their hilarious misadventures. In this volume, you'll journey to a bygone era and unearth the roots of an American institution.

The frantic forties and fifties -- a time when the comic book industry was young and anything was possible. Stories from this Golden Age of comics had an "anything goes" quality -- perhaps none more so than the freewheeling antics of Archie Andrews and his friends.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels

416 pages, Paperback

Published December 12, 2017

About the author

THE ARCHIE SUPERSTARS are the impressive line-up of talented writers and artists who have brought Archie, his friends and his world to life for more than 70 years, from legends such as Dan DeCarlo, Frank Doyle, Harry Lucey, and Bob Montana to recent greats like Dan Parent and Fernando Ruiz, and many more!

Reviews

[Jerry (Rebel With a Massive Media Library) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mostly good, though it was disappointing that a few stories were entirely written instead of illustrated.

[Natalie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’ve always been a fan of Archie and the gang, so it was interesting to see some of the first comics. I didn’t like the look of the earliest ones - Archie seemed too young looking and Betty and Veronica seemed old. The stories weren’t as good either. I liked the 50s section much more. The art and the stories were vastly better. Some of the stories were better than others, but I laughed out loud more than once.

[Ady Weasley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Siempre me han gustado los cómics de Archie, mi infancia fue crecer con ellos, así que cuando vi esta colección la quise en mis manos.

Me costó leerlo un poco, no tanto por el idioma si no que algunas palabras no las tenía presentes en mi vocabulario.

Siempre seré fan de Betty, y no sé por qué pero en estas historietas Archie no me cayó muy bien que digamos, de hecho llego a caerme un poco mal, no sé si es porque es una época que no me tocó vivir, los 40's y los 50's y Archie ha ido creciendo de acuerdo en la época en la que fue dibujado.

[Kei Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

A nice variety of stories. The wildly varying art and designs and the '40s and '50s slang probably wouldn't appeal to new Archie readers or young readers, but as someone who's been reading Archie comics since the early '90s, it was fun and interesting to see the gang's origins and how the characterization has evolved over the years.

[Janina Sosnowski · Rating 4 out of 5]

The 40s part was a little bit slow and the late 50s kinda confusing, but the middle was awesome.

[LB · Rating 5 out of 5]

Glimpses into the past of Archie and the gang. Definitely full of smiles and chuckles.

(This was a Christmas present. And I am very glad to have it.)

[Lena Morrison · Rating 4 out of 5]

Archie comics are so funny. :)

[Larry W. Collins · Rating 3 out of 5]

Done

Done . I do not want to write a review at this time and do not like being made tio do so.

[Hastings75 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Really enjoying this light reading break from my usual crime novels! 👍

[Stasia · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think I need to read more comics set in the 40's and 50's. It's entertaining, what they could get away with!! 😂

[Tammy]

Great book the beginning of how it all began with Archie and the gang