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Archie Andrews first appeared in Pep Comics #22, cover-dated December 1941. The character was created by writer Vic Bloom and artist Bob Montana to capture the audience of Andy Hardy films starring Mickey Rooney.
Maurice Coyne, Louis Silberkleit, and John L. Goldwater launched the company in September 1939. The business originally operated as M.L.J. Magazines, Inc. before changing its name to Archie Comic Publications in 1946.
Archie Comics threatened a lawsuit over the Goodman Goes Playboy parody and Jim Warren settled by paying one thousand dollars and running an apology note. The story was reprinted in 1962 with modified artwork but was refused for republication until the copyright expired in September 2004.
Archie Comics announced the death of Archie Andrews in July 2014 in issue #36 of Life with Archie. Co-CEOs Nancy Silberkleit and Jon Goldwater made the decision to kill off the character to save Senator Kevin Keller from an assassination attempt.
The live-action series Riverdale premiered on The CW in January 2016. The show was developed by Greg Berlanti and written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, featuring characters like Archie, Betty, Veronica, and Jughead.