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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published 1994
Cover Price 2.00 USD
Pages 56
Editing Scott Fulop; Paul Castiglia; Victor Gorelick (Managing Editor); Richard Goldwater (Editor-in-Chief)

Cover Details

Characters Pureheart [Archie Andrews]; Superteen [Betty Cooper]; Captain Hero [Jughead Jones]
Genre teen; humor; superhero
Pencils Joe Staton (signed)
Inks Mike Esposito (signed)
Colors Rex Lindsay (airbrush cover)
Letters ?

1 page credits "Table of Contents"

Characters Pureheart the Powerful [Archie Andrews]
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters typeset

2 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "I Wish I Was A Super-Hero!"

Characters Pureheart; Superteen; Evilheart; Captain Hero
Script Paul Castiglia; Scott Fulop (inspired by)
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters typeset
Notes A quick introduction to these stories and a brief list of the Superteens stories.

10 page Archie's Super Teens story "Superteens and The Super-Shrink"

Characters Pureheart [Archie Andrews]; Superteen [Betty Cooper]; Captain Hero [Jughead Jones]; Evilheart [Reggie Mantle]; Veronica Lodge; Dr. Fathom [Dr. Fellman Gordon]; Geraldine Grundy
Synopsis A famed psychiatrist comes to Riverdale hoping to explore his theory of spontaneous superpowers, coinciding with recent appearances of teenaged superheroes there.
Genre teen; humor; superhero
Script Elliot S! Maggin
Pencils Joe Staton
Inks Mike Esposito
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Mindy Eisman

4 page Punchy advertisement "Bus Fuss"

Letters ?
Notes 4 page comic story starring Punchy from Hawaiian Punch Fruit Drinks.

8 page Pureheart the Powerful story "The PH Factor"

Characters Pureheart the Powerful [Archie Andrews]; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis Archie discovers that by calling on his own PH Factor he can become Pureheart the Powerful. Unfortunately, the PH factor is so strong that it makes everyone forget they saw Pureheart or recognize him as Archie.
Genre teen; humor; superhero
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Bob White
Inks Marty Epp
Colors Barry Grossman (reprinted story)
Letters ?
Reprinted from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #46 (February 1966).

2 page Archie's Super Teens illustration "Archie's Super Teens"

Characters Pureheart; Captain Hero; Superteen; Evilheart; Veronica Lodge
Genre teen; humor; superhero
Pencils Stuart Immonen (signed)
Inks Stuart Immonen (signed)
Colors Barry Grossman
Notes The poses in this poster for Pureheart, Veronica and Superteen are very reminiscient of Superman, Lois Lane, and Supergirl respectively.

8 page Superteen story "It All Began"

Characters Superteen [Betty Cooper]; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
Synopsis The origin of Superteen!
Genre teen; humor; superhero
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Vince DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman (reprinted story)
Reprinted from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #3 (August 1966)

5 page Archie's Super Teens story "To The Rescue"

Characters Superteen [Betty Cooper]; Pureheart the Powerful [Archie Andrews]; Evilheart [Reggie Mantle]; Captain Hero [Jughead Jones]; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis Superteen, Pureheart and Captain Hero join forces to take on Evilheart.
Genre teen; humor; superhero
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Dan DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman (reprinted story)
Letters ?
Reprinted from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #5.

Half page Mighty Moose story "Mighty Moose"

Characters Mighty Moose [Moose Mason]
Synopsis Moose's superhero costume shrinks in the wash.
Genre teen; humor; superhero; gag
Script Paul Castiglia
Pencils Bill Golliher
Inks Bill Golliher
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters ?

5 page Captain Hero story "Hero to Go!!!"

Characters Captain Hero [Jughead Jones]; the Fink (a super-villain); Hot Foot (another super-villain); Ethel Muggs; Pop Tate
Synopsis Jughead dreams he's a superhero named Captain Hero.
Genre teen; humor; superhero
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Inks Vince DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman (reprinted story)
Letters ?
Reprinted from Archie Giant Series (Archie, 1954 series) #142 (titled "Archie's Super Hero Special" on the cover) (October 1966).