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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published November 1983
Cover Price 1.50 USD
Pages 36
Editing Robin Snyder
Notes This issue has a wraparound cover.

Cover Details

Characters the Fly
Genre superhero
Pencils Steve Ditko (signed)
Inks Rudy Nebres (signed)
Notes This issue has a wraparound cover.

1 page text article "Under The Gun!"

Characters Corporal Collins
Script Robin Snyder
Letters typeset
Notes Includes a short introduction, a Blue Ribbon Comics checklist from the 1939 series, and a cover reproduction.
Reprinted from Blue Ribbon Comics (Archie, 1939 series) #4 (June 1940) [cover]

8 page Fly story "The Strange New World of the Fly"

Characters Fly [Tommy Troy]; Mr. Creacher; Ben March; Abigail March; McCoy (a hood); Turan
Synopsis Orphan Tommy Troy stumbles across some hoods hassling Mr. Creacher, the superintendant of the orphanage who's been stealing money from the orphanage to pay his gambling debts. Creacher then offers the boy to a strange couple in order to keep him silent. While cleaning their house, Tommy goes into the attic and discovers a magical ring with a fly emblem on it. Putting it on summons Turan, an emmissary of the Fly People. He has been waiting for Tommy and grants him the powers, costume and weapons of the Fly. Tommy -- as the Fly-- then goes back to the orphanage to deliver justice to McCoy and Creacher.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Pencils Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Inks Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Notes F: The Fly (origin)
Reprinted from Adventures of the Fly, The (Archie, 1959 series) #1 (August 1959)

6 page Fly story "The Master of Junk-Ri-La"

Characters Fly [Tommy Troy]; Ben March; Hans Yunkmann [The Junkman]
Synopsis The Fly meets a man who creates weapons and inventions out of junk in order to pull off his crime capers.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Pencils Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Inks Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Reprinted from Adventures of the Fly, The (Archie, 1959 series) #2 (September 1959)

1 page activity "Tommy Troy Teaches Judo"

Characters Tommy Troy
Reprinted from The Adventures of the Fly (Archie, 1959 series) #2 (September 1959).

7 page Fly story "Come into My Parlor"

Characters Fly [Tommy Troy]; Spider Spry; Bruiser;
Synopsis The Fly meets the Spider, also known as Spider Spry.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Pencils Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Inks Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Notes Vs. Spider Spry, 1st appearance and introduction.
Reprinted from Adventures of the Fly, The (Archie, 1959 series) #1 (August 1959)

4 page Fly story "One of Our Skyscrapers Is Missing"

Characters Fly [Tommy Troy]; Dolly Lake
Synopsis The Fly investigates when a skyscraper goes missing.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Simon ?
Pencils Al Williamson
Inks Angelo Torres
Reprinted from Adventures of the Fly, The (Archie, 1959 series) #2 (September 1959)

5 page Fly story "Discovers His Buzz-Gun"

Characters Fly [Tommy Troy]; Ben March; Abigail March; Dolly Lake (1st appearance)
Synopsis While getting groceries for the Marches, Tommy and Dolly witness a car chase between the police and some crooks. Tommy changes to the Fly and uses his Buzz Gun to aid the police.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Pencils Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Inks Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Reprinted from Adventures of the Fly, The (Archie, 1959 series) #1 (August 1959)

1 page Fly (backcovers) *do not use* / *please fix*

Characters Fly; Turan; Spider Spry
Genre superhero
Pencils Steve Ditko
Inks Rudy Nebres