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Issue: The Fly #1
Publication Date: May 1983
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Issues: #1 of 9 Issues (19 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: Red Circle Comics GroupView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Red Circle Productions Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/15/1983
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.25 CAD
£0.50 GBP
$1.00 USD
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Content Items: 9 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from mikesamazingworld.com

According to the Red Circle News in The Mighty Crusaders (Archie, 1983 series) #1, this issue was supposed to feature the Trial of the Shield story that was later featured in The Mighty Crusaders (Archie, 1983 series) #9. Snyder credit per Gary Usher's Robin Snyder Comic Book List; in the issue, he is not credited on story sequences, but is credited as assistant editor on the letters page.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Fly; Fly Girl
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Steranko coloring per checklist in Comic Book Marketplace # 28, October 1995.
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Crusader Chronicles

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A brief introduction to the Fly and his history.
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The Return of the Sinister Spider!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Fly [Thomas Troy]; Turan; Kim Brand; Spider Spry; Pete McBride
Synopsis: After years of retirement, the magic finally returns to Thomas' ring and he assumes the identity of the Fly again. Kim, though is reluctant to take on her powers again. Fly tracks the Spider down, but he is shot by the Spider.
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Pages: 18
Disclose Notes: Fly and Fly-Girl are revealed as having been out of action for years. Their powers are reactivated in this issue. With Fly-Girl, as in most strips. The Fly is intended to be a creature of the night in this series.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Fly Specs
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes a letter by Dan Eiler.
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Who Is the Man with the Double Life?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Shield [Lancelot Strong]; Professor Fleming; Abel Strong; Martha Strong
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: A brief recap of Lancelot Strong's origin and powers. Recaps adventures of the first two books of "Double Life of Private Strong". Art is very Kirby-esque and is probably light-boxed.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Lancelot Strong, The Shield
Character(s): Shield [Lancelot Strong]
First Line: Red Circle Presents: The Triumphant Return Of The Man With The Double Life!
Synopsis: Advertisement for Lancelot Strong, The Shield (Archie, 1983 series) #1.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This advertisement shows a cover without the film reel border and with the Red Circle logo with The Fly in it.
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...And the God that Fell to Earth

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Mr. Justice; Reverend Prescott; the K'nur (an alien energy parasite)
Synopsis: Mr. Justice investigates the death of a suicide jumper, who praises Reverend Prescott and life everlasting in his final breath.
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Pages: 8
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Galaxia Magazine
First Line: New From Red Circle!
Synopsis: Advertisement for a possibly unpublished Galxia Magazine #2.
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Pages: 1
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Fly
Character(s): Fly; Spider Spry
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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