Q 01/05

Archie Andrews debuted in 1941 as a back-up feature in which superhero anthology comic?

A) Pep Comics

B) Jackpot Comics

C) Blue Ribbon Comics

D) Top-Notch Comics

Answer · why

A) Pep Comics

Pep Comics. Archie began as filler behind the book's costumed heroes, squeezed them off the cover within a few years, and ended up giving his name to ...

Q 02/05

Archie was conceived as a comic-book answer to the Andy Hardy films starring which teen idol?

A) Mickey Rooney

B) Jackie Cooper

C) Freddie Bartholomew

D) Donald O'Connor

Answer · why

A) Mickey Rooney

Mickey Rooney. Publisher John Goldwater thought a character modeled on Rooney's screen persona might sell; writer Vic Bloom and the first artist turne...

Q 03/05

What was Archie Comics called when it began publishing in 1939?

A) Red Circle Press

B) Columbia Publications

C) M.L.J. Magazines

D) Riverdale Press

Answer · why

C) M.L.J. Magazines

M.L.J. Magazines. The letters were the first initials of founders Maurice Coyne, Louis Silberkleit and John Goldwater; the firm renamed itself once it...

Q 04/05

Which MLJ superhero wore the Stars and Stripes more than a year before Captain America did?

A) Captain Flag

B) The Wizard

C) The Fox

D) The Shield

Answer · why

D) The Shield

The Shield. He debuted in January 1940 as the first superhero dressed in the American flag and was one of MLJ's most popular stars, until a red-headed...

Q 05/05

Which Archie Comics model, billed as America's 'Queen of Pin-Ups and Fashions', got a Riverdale spin-off series in 2020?

A) Josie McCoy

B) Ginger Lopez

C) Katy Keene

D) Millie the Model

Answer · why

C) Katy Keene

Katy Keene. From 1945 she wore outfits that readers designed and mailed in, with each fan credited on the page; Lucy Hale played her in the short-live...