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Issue: Archie Giant Series Magazine #599
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Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
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Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 1989
Volume:
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 07189646787110
Price: $1.15 CAD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
8 (4 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
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Disclose Notes: Second Explorers of the Unknown appearance.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US; later standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: perfect bound; later saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Explorers Of The Unknown!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Credits
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Subject Matter
adventure, teen
The World of Archie
Dr. Gloom
Well, guys, so much for our heroic rescue! We just reached a dead end!
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Double Trouble!! Chapter One

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
adventure, teen
Dr. Gloom; Dr. Zarkon; Humpfrey (Gloom's henchman)
After being thrown in jail, Dr. Zarkon activates another monster, this time a pigeon the size of a 747. Meanwhile, Gizmo and Wheels are flying to Blatvaria, the home of Hector Von Gloom, alias Dr. Gloom, when the sad Dr. attacks their plane.
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Miscellaneous
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Dr. Gloom is a parody of Dr. Doom (Victor Von Doom) from Marvel Comics.
Animal Babies!

Activity  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Word matching game.
Double Trouble!! Chapter Two

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
adventure, teen
Dr. Gloom
The giant pigeon flies to New York and news of an airliner being hijacked to Blatvaria travels quick. Red then splits the team: he, Spike and Squint will journey to Blatvaria to rescue Wheels and Gizmo, while Nitro and Angel deal with the monster pigeon.
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Miscellaneous
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Double Trouble!! Chapter Three

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
adventure, teen
Dr. Gloom
Angel gives Nitro an idea for dealing with the giant pigeon, while Spike defeats one of Gloom's robots. Then Red, Squint and Spike find Gizmo and Wheels in Dr. Gloom's torture chamber.
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Miscellaneous
5
You Don't Need Drugs

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
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Subject Matter
teen
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An anti-drugs public service announcement.
Double Trouble!! Chapter Four

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
adventure, teen
Dr. Gloom
In Gloom's torture chamber, he subjects the team to worst thing of all: the panned flute maestro Blanfir. He then lets the Explorers' go free. Meanwhile Nitro and Angel set up a large pigeon balloon from the last Thanksgiving's Day Parade that decoys the monster pigeon. The decoy and the smitten monster then travel to Blatvaria, where Nitro programmed a computer to take the 2 giants.
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Miscellaneous
5
Bedrock Bowl

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
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Subject Matter
childrens, humorous, informational
Fred Flintstone
Fred Flintstone; Barney Rubble
Barney disguises himself as a female amateur bowler who coos over the legendary Fred Flintstone. While Fred shows off, Barney gets Fred's Fruity and Cocoa Pebbles.
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