Cosmo: The Complete Merry Martian

Pep Digital #42

by Archie Superstars

COSMO: THE COMPLETE MERRY MARTIAN is the complete, chronological collection featuring the Golden Age alien and his pals. This is presented in the new higher-end format of Archie Comics Presents, which offers 200+ pages at a value while taking a design cue from successful all-ages graphic novels.

Take a ride in a flying saucer with Cosmo the Merry Martian! For the first time ever, this classic interplanetary tale has been collected into one giant-size collection. Join Cosmo, Orbi, Astra, and all their wacky friends as they explore the unknown and discover all-new life forms. What adventures will these Martian explorers find on Jupiter, or Venus, or even Earth?! Put on your spacesuit and find out!

Genres: Comics, Humor, Graphic Novels

224 pages, Paperback

First published March 17, 2013

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

[Jean-Pierre Vidrine · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is an amusing collection of funny cartoons with the usual sort of sight gags and puns. The original comics from the 1950s are fun enough but just a little lacking. The "Good Guys of the Galaxy" is a wonderful use of Archie's long-neglected genre and Madhouse characters that I'd love to see much more of. The short Pokemon Go spoofs are amusing, and could have been much longer. The preview of the new Cosmo comic is a great update of the property with the promise of greatness.

[David Macpherson · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was not the right audience for this collection. it is silly and blandly drawn and just not engaging. But i am a middle aged reader and maybe it would read better for an eight year old. I don't know about that, but its possible. It just didn't excite me and it took five years of off and on reading of it to finish it.

[ISMOTU · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fairly typical mid-60's sci-fi funny-book by Archie Comics. The humour is very much of its time and some of it ages really poorly. But it's mostly just a bit of innocuous fun.

[Kieran Ryan · Rating 3 out of 5]

A really interesting trip into the science fiction genre at that time. Hasn't aged particularly well, but the illustrations are charming.