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Issue Details

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Published March 1985
Cover Price 0 FREE
Pages 36
Editing William M. Palmer
Notes Giveaway; Produced for the Radio Shack Division of Tandy Corporation by Archie Comics Publications, Inc.; First printing March 1985; Second printing July 1985; Cat. No. 68-2030 (on cover)

Cover Details - "The Computers That Said No to Drugs!"

Characters The Whiz Kids [Alec; Shanna]
Genre Detective; Adventure
Pencils Dick Ayers (signed)
Inks Chic Stone (signed)

1 page Radio Shack advertisement "What Looks And Feels Like A Book, And Works Like A Computer?"

Synopsis First printing: Advertisement for "Radio Shack's Free Training Sessions for Teachers" from the Radio Shack division of the Tandy Corporation. Second printing: Advertisement for "New Electronic Book" from the Radio Shack division of the Tandy Corporation.
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Letters typeset
Notes inside front cover

28 page Tandy Computer Whiz Kids story The Computers That Said "No" to Drugs!

Characters The Whiz Kids [Alec; Shanna]; Joe Ortega (drug smuggler); Kent Jones (drug smuggler); Ali Gurka (drug smuggler); Ms. Wilson; Detective Jack Shaw; Judy Baker; Bill; Mayor Patterson
Synopsis Alec and Shanna help capture some drug smugglers, using Radio Shack computers.
Genre Detective; Adventure
Script Paul Kupperberg; William M. Palmer (script synopsis)
Pencils Dick Ayers
Inks Chic Stone

1 page Tandy Bits & Bytes of Computer History story "Tandy Bits & Bytes of Computer History"

Characters Joseph Marie Jacquard; John Bardeen; Walter Brattain; William Shockley
Synopsis A brief history of computers.
Genre Fact

1 page Computer Age! story "Scripsit"

Characters Ann
Synopsis About Tandy's Scripsit program.
Genre fact

1 page Computer Age! story "Computers And Astronomy..."

Synopsis How computers are used in astronomy, and how Tandy computers can do the same jobs.
Genre fact

1 page Student's Guide to Computer Language text article "Student's Guide to Computer Language"

Synopsis Definitions of 25 basic computer terms.
Genre Fact
Letters typeset

1 page Radio Shack advertisement "Science Fair Kits Are Fun and Educational"

Synopsis Ad for Science Fair line of kits from Radio Shack division of Tandy Corporation.
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Letters typeset
Notes inside back cover

1 page Radio Shack promo (ad from the publisher) "The Funway To Learn About Science!"

Synopsis Ad for the giveaway comic books "Science Fair Story of Electronics" and this comic, "Tandy Computer Whiz Kids," part of the Radio Shack division of the Tandy Corporation's Educational Comic Book Program.
Letters typeset
Notes back cover