Issue | #5 |
Published | March 1984 |
Cover Price | 0.75 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Robin Snyder |
Notes | published under the imprint "Archie Adventure Series" |
Characters | Steel Sterling |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Rich Buckler (signed) |
Inks | Ricardo Villagran (signed) |
Notes | published under the imprint "Archie Adventure Series" |
Script | Robin Snyder |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Both column titles are used on this page. The letters page continues later in this book. |
Characters | Young Steelers [Asa; Wong; Red Wing; Carmen; April]; General George Armstrong Custer (historical flashback); Crazy Horse (historical flashback); Arthur (flashback from last issue); Georgie (dressed up as General Custer) |
Synopsis | The bus stops in Little Big Horn for the night. Red Wing is kidnapped after leaving a local store by someone dressed as General Custer. He takes Red Wing to the site of the Little Big Horn Battle, intending on recreating the battle with a much different result. |
Genre | adventure; drama |
Script | Robert Kanigher; Robin Snyder (page 1) |
Pencils | Charles Nicholas; Carmin Infantino (page 1, signed) |
Inks | Frank McLaughlin; Edardo Barreto (page 1, signed) |
Colors | Barry Grossman |
Letters | BTO (?) |
Notes | Highlighting Red Wing of the the Young Steelers. The splash page was originally intended for the cover. It was drawn by Carmine Infantino and Eduardo Barreto, and written by Robyn Snyder. |
Characters | Count Dracula |
Synopsis | Dracula leaves a hotel quickly when a busboy delievers him a rare "steak". |
Genre | humor; gags |
Script | Frank Doyle |
Pencils | Stan Goldberg |
Inks | Mario Acquaviva |
Colors | Barry Grossman |
Characters | Little Archie |
Synopsis | When a rainstorm hits, Little Archie tries to convince his baseball teammates that its just a light sprinkle instead of a downpour. |
Genre | humor |
Script | Bob Bolling (signed) |
Pencils | Bob Bolling (signed) |
Inks | Bob Bolling (signed) |
Colors | Barry Grossman |
Letters | Bob Bolling (signed) |
Characters | Steel Sterling; Ms. Samson (first name 'Sheba' revealed in this story); Gayla; Rita; The Young Steelers [Asa; Wong; Carmen; Red Wing; April]; Honcho; an unnamed Indian shaman |
Synopsis | 4 prison inmates break out of prison and go on a shooting spree. They attack the bus, wounding Steel and forcing everyone off in the desert before taking the bus. Steel and Ms. Samson journey acrossed the desert to get the bus back, with Steel nearly dying from his wounds in the process. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Robert Kanigher |
Pencils | Eduardo Barreto; Bill Dubay (page 1) |
Inks | Eduardo Barreto; Bill Dubay (page 1) |
Colors | Barry Grossman |
Letters | S. Gneiss |
Script | Robin Snyder |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Appears between pages 10 and 11 of the previous sequence. |