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Issue Details

Issue #4
Published May 1967
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard Goldwater
Notes With this issue the Pureheart series changes the name of the title character from "Pureheart the Powerful" to "Captain Pureheart," though the original name is occasionally used in the stories.

Cover Details - "Don't dare miss this double-action, double-daring double feature"

Characters Archie Andrews [as Captain Pureheart]; Veronica Lodge
Genre teen; humor; superhero
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Inks Mario Acquaviva
Colors Sal Contrera
Letters Mario Acquaviva
Notes The issue is credited to "Dick, Vic, Bob and Bill," referring to Richard Goldwater (editor), Victor Gorelick (editor's assistant), Bob White (original artist of Pureheart), and Bill Vigoda (artist of this issue). Frank Doyle, the writer of all the Pureheart stories, is not credited.

11 page Archie as Captain Pureheart story "The Rattle of the Reptile"

Characters Archie Andrews [as Captain Pureheart]; Reggie Mantle [as Evilheart]; Veronica Lodge; the Reptile; Bubbles Galore
Synopsis Pureheart fights an inept battle against the villain known as the Reptile and his latest scheme to blackmail Mr. Lodge by kidnapping Veronica.
Genre teen; humor; superhero
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Inks Mario Acquaviva
Colors Sal Contrera
Letters Mario Acquaviva
Notes The stories in this issue move Pureheart more towards pure comedy, as the character starts to become as klutzy and inept as Archie himself.
Reprinted in Archie: Pureheart the Powerful Volume 1 (IDW Publishing, 2010 series) #[nn]

10 page Archie as Captain Pureheart story "Knack of Time"

Characters Archie Andrews [as Captain Pureheart]; Reggie Mantle [as Evilheart]; Veronica Lodge; Time Wizard
Synopsis Pureheart, Evilheart and Veronica take a trip through time with the dastardly but incompetent Time Wizard, whose time-travel box keeps sending them all to the wrong era in history.
Genre teen; humor; superhero
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Inks Mario Acquaviva
Colors Sal Contrera
Letters Mario Acquaviva
Reprinted in Archie: Pureheart the Powerful Volume 1 (IDW Publishing, 2010 series) #[nn]