Archie Andrews (comics)

This article is about the U.S. comic book character. For other uses, please see the disambiguation page.

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U.S. - Comic book - Disambiguation page

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Archie Andrews is the name of the main fictional character in a American comic book series, and the title of a long-run radio series about that character, created by Bob Montana.

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Fictional character - American - Comic book

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Archibald "Archie" Andrews debuted in Pep Comics #22 December, 1941, and six decades later is still a redheaded 17-year-old. He lives in Riverdale, attends Riverdale High, and is the only son of Fred and Mary Andrews. A number of stories have revealed the Andrews family has its origins in Scotland. Archie has been depicted wearing the traditional kilt of his ancestors and playing bagpipes.

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December - 1941 - Redheaded - Riverdale - Riverdale High - Scotland - Kilt - Bagpipes

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In addition to having many hobbies, Archie is passionate about his car. For decades, he was shown driving a 1916 Ford Model A jalopy; however, in the 1990s a story was featured where Archie was forced to get rid of his Model A. He now drives a Ford Mustang. He often takes odd jobs to pay for his various interests and his dates. Archie's love is divided between the upper class and refined Veronica Lodge and the middle class and athletic Betty Cooper. Betty's girl-next-door demeanour contrasts with Veronica's snobbish behavior; the two girls often end up fighting over him.

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Hobbies - Ford Model A - Jalopy - Ford Mustang - Upper class - Veronica Lodge - Middle class - Betty Cooper - Snobbish

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Archie is a good fellow, but also an accident waiting to happen and often acts clumsily. Some of the many adults who have the scars to show from this walking hurricane are Veronica's father Hiram Lodge and Riverdale High's principal, Waldo Weatherbee.

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Hiram Lodge - Waldo Weatherbee

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In the TV movie and subsequent comic book "To Riverdale and Back Again", which portrayed all the characters 15 years after their graduation from high school, Archie is a lawyer with a practice in Riverdale - and still visits Pop Tate's Chocklit Shoppe as much as possible. The Chocklit Shoppe, a soda store and frequent hangout of Archie's Gang, was based on real-life locations frequented by teenagers in Haverhill, Massachusetts, during the 1930s -- Crown Confectionery and the Chocolate Shop on Merrimack Street and the Tuscarora on Winter Street.

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Lawyer - Pop Tate - Archie's Gang - Haverhill, Massachusetts - 1930s

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Archie is also the lead singer of The Archies, performing with Betty, Veronica, Reggie Mantle and Forsythe Pendleton "Jughead" Jones.

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The Archies - Reggie Mantle - Forsythe Pendleton "Jughead" Jones

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The Spanish version of Archie Andrews is named Archi Gómez.

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Bob Montana's characters were adapted to radio in the early 1940s. Archie Andrews began on the Blue Network on May 31, 1943, switched to Mutual in 1944, and then continued on NBC from 1945 until September 5 1953. Archie was first played by Charles Mullen, Jack Grimes and Burt Boyar, with Bob Hastings as the title character during the NBC years. Harlan Stone portrayed Archie's pal, Jughead, known for the catchphrase, "Relax, Archie, reeelax!" Jughead was also played by Cameron Andrews. Alice Yourman and Arthur Kohl, amongst others, played Fred and Mary Andrews.

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1940s - May 31 - 1943 - 1944 - NBC - 1945 - September 5 - 1953 - Bob Hastings

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After four years in the U.S. Army Signal Corps, Bob Montana returned in 1946 to launch the Archie newspaper comic strip, which he drew until his death in 1975. Bob Montana's main characters were all based on real-life individuals he knew in Haverhill, Massachusetts, where he went to high school from 1936 to 1939.

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U.S. Army Signal Corps - 1946 - 1975 - Haverhill - Massachusetts - 1936 - 1939

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