Schedule: | Monthly |
Format: | Ongoing series |
Limited: | Y |
Ongoing: | Y |
1Shot: | Y |
Genre: | Comedy |
Publisher: | Vecchi |
Startmo: | May |
Startyr: | 1975 |
Endmo: | December |
Endyr: | 1976 |
Issues: | 11 |
Main Char Team: | Archie Andrews Betty Cooper Veronica Lodge Jughead Jones Reggie Mantle |
Arquibaldo e sua Turma (en|Arquibaldo's Gang) was a comic book, released in 1975 by Brazilian publisher Vecchi.[1] [2] The comic book published stories of titles already released by Archie Comics, such as Archie, Archie and Me, Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica, Archie's TV Laugh-Out, Reggie and Me, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch and others. It was the second publication of comics with licensed characters from Archie Comics in Brazil, after Orbis's between 1954–1955,[3] titled Frajola,with 23 issues.[4] Arquibaldo e sua Turma have only 11 issues published, being the shortest publication in the country. First published May 1975 and last published December 1976.[5] [6]
The characters in this comic had their names changed, Archie Andrews was called "Arquibaldo". Jughead Jones had his name changed to "Moleza"[7] and Archie's rival Reggie Mantle was called "Rick".[8] Other characters like Betty Cooper and Veronica Lodge have just their names translated from English to Portuguese.