Issue | #4 |
Published | May 1967 |
Cover Price | 0.12 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Richard Goldwater |
Notes | With this issue the Pureheart series changes the name of the title character from "Pureheart the Powerful" to "Captain Pureheart," though the original name is occasionally used in the stories. |
Characters | Archie Andrews [as Captain Pureheart]; Veronica Lodge |
Genre | teen; humor; superhero |
Pencils | Bill Vigoda |
Inks | Mario Acquaviva |
Colors | Sal Contrera |
Letters | Mario Acquaviva |
Notes | The issue is credited to "Dick, Vic, Bob and Bill," referring to Richard Goldwater (editor), Victor Gorelick (editor's assistant), Bob White (original artist of Pureheart), and Bill Vigoda (artist of this issue). Frank Doyle, the writer of all the Pureheart stories, is not credited. |
Characters | Archie Andrews [as Captain Pureheart]; Reggie Mantle [as Evilheart]; Veronica Lodge; the Reptile; Bubbles Galore |
Synopsis | Pureheart fights an inept battle against the villain known as the Reptile and his latest scheme to blackmail Mr. Lodge by kidnapping Veronica. |
Genre | teen; humor; superhero |
Script | Frank Doyle |
Pencils | Bill Vigoda |
Inks | Mario Acquaviva |
Colors | Sal Contrera |
Letters | Mario Acquaviva |
Notes | The stories in this issue move Pureheart more towards pure comedy, as the character starts to become as klutzy and inept as Archie himself. |
Reprinted | in Archie: Pureheart the Powerful Volume 1 (IDW Publishing, 2010 series) #[nn] |
Characters | Archie Andrews [as Captain Pureheart]; Reggie Mantle [as Evilheart]; Veronica Lodge; Time Wizard |
Synopsis | Pureheart, Evilheart and Veronica take a trip through time with the dastardly but incompetent Time Wizard, whose time-travel box keeps sending them all to the wrong era in history. |
Genre | teen; humor; superhero |
Script | Frank Doyle |
Pencils | Bill Vigoda |
Inks | Mario Acquaviva |
Colors | Sal Contrera |
Letters | Mario Acquaviva |
Reprinted | in Archie: Pureheart the Powerful Volume 1 (IDW Publishing, 2010 series) #[nn] |