American collecting scene.
In the early ‘60s Archie published comics that
were identical to the American version with the
exception of the price, which was in pence rather
than cents. These are similar to the Marvel pence
copies of that era.
Australia
Super Comics V2 #4
Canada
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Teen #22
Australia
Of all the English language books, Australia had
the longest runs of Archie titles. Starting some time
in the early ‘50s, John Edwards released titles such
as Archie, The Archie Gang, Teen, Pep and others.
The early issues are 24 pages long, including the
covers; later issues have 24 interior pages plus the
covers. The earlier issues have paper covers, while
the later ones have somewhat better cover paper
stock. All have interiors in black and white. These
sometimes feature (often crudely) redrawn covers,
changing the characters from one Archie character
to another. For example, Pep #18 is a redrawn version of the American Gi