Might Comics Group, sometimes referred to as "Archie Adventure Series" and "Radio Comics", refer to the attempt(s) by Archie Comics to revamp and publish superhero comics in the mid-1960s.

There were basically two phases to this attempt.

They would try again in the 1980s as Red Circle Comics .

Phase 1: 1959-65

In 1959, Archie Comics would hire Joe Simon and Jack Kirby (of Captain America fame) to create new superheroes under the "Archie Adventure Series" line. They would start off with a new Shield, Lancelot Strong. DC Comics viewed the character as too similiar to Superman, and it was cancelled after 2 issues. They soon had a new character, the Fly, which they did the first 4 issues, afterwards others did the character. He was soon joined by The Jaguar. By mid-1965, they where all cancelled.

Titles

• Adventures Of The Fly (August 1959 - October 1964; May 1965) issues 1-31
• Adventures Of The Jaguar (September 1961 - November 1963) issues 1-15
• Double Life Of Private Strong (June 1959 - August 1959) issues 1-2

(also, backup stories in several Archie titles: Pep, Laugh, etc)

Characters

• The Fly
• Flygirl
• The Jaguar
• The Shield II (Lancelot Strong)

Phase 2: 1965-67

With the new popularity of Marvel Comics, Archie hired Superman creator Jerry Siegel to create a new line of over-the-top comics in a bad parody of Marvel stories, which got worse with the camp phase started by the new Batman TV series.

Titles

• Fly-Man (July 1965---September 1966) issues 32-39 [re-titled Fly]
• Mighty Comics (November 1966---October 1967) issues 40-50 [re-titled Fly-Man]
• Mighty Crusaders (November 1965---October 1966) issues 1-7
• Shadow (August 1964---September 1965) issues 1-8
• Super Heroes vs. Super Villains (July 1966) 1 issue

Characters

• Black Hood
• Bob Phantom
• Captain Sprocket
• Comet
• Flygirl
• Fly-Man
• The Fox
• Hangman
• Mr. Justice
• Shadow (yes, the pulp hero)
• Shield III (son of original Shield)
• Steel Sterling
• The Web II (son of original Web)
• Wizard

Trade Paperback Collections

Recently, Archie Comics has reprinted some of this work in trade paperback collections under the "Red Circle Productions" name.

• The Fly (reprints first 4 issues of The Fly done by Simon and Kirby)
• Mighty Crusaders (reprints Fly-Man #31, #32 and #33 and Mighty Crusaders #1)

External Links

• Archie(MLJ) Superhero entry at International Catalogue of Superheroes
• Archie(MLJ) entry at Toonopedia
• Mighty Crusaders site