Being a child of
the 1950’s comic books had been a mainstay of our existence. While the boys
read the Superman, Batman, and Action Comics; the girls had all of the Archie
Comics with their wonderful characters of Archie, Betty, Jughead, Reggie and
Veronica. This is not to say that the boys never read Archie or the girls never
read any of the comics the boys read, they did.
The only thing
which has changed is the storylines of the comics themselves. When the series
started everything revolved around their town, Riverdale [whose name is taken
from a section in the northwest corner of The Bronx in New York City where the
one of the founder of MLJ comics predecessor of Archie comics and creator for
the character of Archie, John L Goldwater had attended Horace Mann, a private
school which is located there.]
I like the fact
none of the characters have changed to any real extend in the last 60 years
[the Archie Comics started in 1942] and that they’ve not changed in how they
related to each other: Archie being the
guy all the girls want. Archie and Valerie are “back together” behind the
scenes, Veronica is jealous of course. Once the tour starts in Mumbai, India
Amisha, young starlet of Bollywood enters the scene with a “romance” with
Archie, soon to be followed by Cheryl who now wants Archie as well as her
company acquires the company who’s producing the documentary of “The Archies”
world tour. The rivalry of all the girls who love Archie is prevalent through
the entire comic.
“The Archies” are
not alone in the tour, they’re joined by “Josie and the PussyCats,” “The
Bingos” and “The Madds.” For those who’ve never heard of these groups the comic
includes a brief bio which includes when the group first appeared in the Archie
comic books.
I’m not going to
say anything about the rest of the stops on their tour but they’re going to be
joined with “guest appearances” by other characters old-time readers have come
to know.
There’s a surprise
epilogue as well as four short comic stories to round out this collection.
One of the
interesting aspects about this particular comic is the international aspect it
took, and not only does the action take place in Mumbai in India, Shanghai and
Beijing in China, Sydney and Melbourne
in Australia, and three area in Canada; information about each one is given
before “The Archies” stop in that country.
This book is a
definite must read for any adult who’d like to relive their childhood reading
these classic comics, and well as for their children.
For having brought
back my childhood in this marvelous manner, how can I resist giving it 5 STARS.
I received a copy
of “Archie Rockin’ The World” from a giveaway of GoodReads.com and the
preceding has been my honest opinion of it.
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