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Issue: Adventures of the Fly #10
Publication Date: January 1961
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Issues: #10 of 25 Issues (31 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: Archie Adventure SeriesView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Radio Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/15/1960
Volume:
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Victor Gorelick
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1961 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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The World of the Giant Gorillas!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Giunta
Inker(s): John Giunta ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Fly
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Pages: 1
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The Spider Strikes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Bernstein
Penciller(s): Martin Epp ?; John Giunta ?
Inker(s): Martin Epp ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Martin Epp ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Fly
Synopsis: The Fly's nemesis, The Spider (formerly Spider Sprey) breaks jail again, this time by building a robot to take his place in prison. He sets traps for The Fly, tries to collapse a building on him, trap him with chlordane gas (an insecticide), tries to blow him up in a cave, then attacks with a robot spider. The Fly counters each trap with his buzz gun, his own robot, and super-insect powers.
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Pages: 8
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The World of the Giant Gorillas!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Bernstein
Penciller(s): John Giunta
Inker(s): John Giunta ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Martin Epp ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Fly
Character(s): Black Hood; The Fly
Synopsis: The Black Hood's uncle disappeared in India. He asks The Fly to help. Arriving, they're threatened by (black Zulu-like) natives, but the Fly's firefly glow makes him look like a visiting god. They point to a lost valley. Leopards threaten the uncle, then a giant gorilla, a brontosaurus, a pterodactyl, and a herd of T-Rexes. The gorillas are intelligent and protect the heroes. The Fly summons insects to swarm the dinosaurs. The heroes leave, and the gorillas seal the valley forever. "Next issue: 'The Invasion of the Rocket Men'."
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Bobby Bell's Judo Page

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Penciller(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: martial arts
Synopsis: Bobby Bell stops a bully with jiu-jitsu.
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The Trials of Hercules: The Nine-Headed Hydra

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Genres: adventure, fantasy
Character(s): Hercules
Synopsis: Quick account of Hercules' battle with the Hydra.
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The Statue of Gold!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Bernstein
Penciller(s): John Giunta
Inker(s): John Giunta ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Fly
Character(s): The Fly; Cat Girl
Synopsis: The Fly is invited to join the Explorers' Club. He travels to their secret headquarters in the Egyptian desert. But they pull guns: a trick! They demand the secret location of the Statue of Gold. The Fly never heard of it. They lock him in "chlordane handcuffs". Suddenly Cat Girl and her leopards rescue the Fly. She also demands the statue's secret. The Fly summons insects to drive off the leopards, and is rescued by the explorers! The initiation is a trick: there is no statue. But underground, Cat Girl stands by a gold sphinx, whose secret is still safe.
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