The early MLJ stuff was similar to the pulps in many ways: crime, western, adventure, some funny stuff, and eventually, superhero material as Superman exploded onto the scene. Then Maurice Coyne, Louis Silberkleit, and John L Goldwater formed MLJ Comics (MLJ from the first initials of their first names). They had a lot of great writers who would go on to be household names, and the covers were very eye-catching. The company goes back even further to the days of pulp novels, which were cheap reading pretty shocking and sensational stories, crime, westerns, romance, and some sci-fi. Mike Pellerito: It's incredible to think about how long Archie has existed the first media outside of comics to feature the Archie characters was a radio show! Kinda’ like a scripted podcast for those not in the know, lol. His popularity continued to grow so much that, in 1946, the company changed its name to Archie Comic Publications, Inc. Archie was such a hit he went from being a feature to having his own title the following year. The popular Andy Hardy movies at the time made it cool for relatable, younger heroes to take center stage. It wasn't until Pep Comics #22 in 1941 that Archie made his first appearance. It began as MLJ Magazines in 1939, mostly focused on superhero comics. Rotante: Archie Comics has been around for over 80 years (we actually just celebrated Archie's landmark 80 th year with a number of retrospective collections that fans loved-especially 80 Years, 80 Stories and Archie: 80 Years of Christmas.) But the publishing side of things goes back a little further. Goldie Chan: How long has Archie Comics existed for? What was the original inspiration?
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