titles featuring a single
character, Novaro would
instead publish a single
title for that character and
rotate the contents from
different U.S. titles featuring that character.
For Archi, the first Editoral Novaro issue was
published in December
1956. The title originated
as a monthly but quickly
changed to a biweekly
Muchas Gracias Comics #59 schedule producing 26
Mexico
issues a year. The first
issue was a translation of Laugh Comics #76 which
had been published in the U.S. several months earlier
(August 1956).
In the case of Archie, Novaro published a single
title “Archi” which rotated content from issues of
Archie, Laugh, and Pep. As the publication schedule
increased in the 1960’s, issues of Betty and Veronica
and Jughead were included in the rotation as well.
In addition to the regular Archie series, Little Archie
comics were alternated with non-Archie titles in a
children’s series “Chiquillidas.” Josie comics were
occasionally included as part of the rotation of another title “Travesuras A Go-Go”
The Archi series that began in 1957 was a full sized,
32 page comic. Certain titles such as Archie Annual
were released as special giant size issues described
as a “numero extraordinario.” These were not included in the regular series numbering but were treated
somewhat as bonus issues to subscribers. So for example, an annual subscriber would receive 26 regular
issues and 4 numero extraordinario issues.
Novaro continued publishing the Archi title up until
1985. The company filed for bankruptcy in 1985 following the huge earthquake that
struck Mexico City at that time.
Archi #99
Mexico
Archie #1
British Edition
Archie #35
Canadian
Jughead #1
Australian
The Archie Gang #23
Australian
There were 3 different
bookstores in the Philippines
that licensed DC, Marvel, and
Dell material. They are Alemar,
Goodwill, and National
bookstores.
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Filipino bookstore foreigns are
extremely rare and tough to find.