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Robot Archie is the name of a fictional comic book character from ''Lion'', a weekly British boys' adventure title. ==Publishing history== Robot Archie appeared in ''Lion'' Issue #1 in February 1952; it was published by IPC Magazines -- at the time, the biggest publisher of weekly adventure comics in the UK, along with DC Thomson. ''Lion'' was a science fiction action-adventure title in the mold of ''Eagle'', and was a direct competitor to it. Archie began his career in ''Lion'' with the monniker ''The Jungle Robot''. The character was created by writer E. George Cowan and artist Ted Kearon. The strip lasted 25 weeks before it took a five-year hiatus and returned in 1957 as ''Archie, The Robot Explorer'', eventually becoming better known as ''Robot Archie''. The strip was one of ''Lions most popular during the '60s, but the character's adventures ended when ''Lion'' was finally cancelled in May '74. However, ''Robot Archie'' strips did appear in colour (with re-drawn art from the Dutch series) in ''Vulcan'', a short-lived weekly title which lasted until 1976. The series was published in France and the Netherlands, and was popular there. In the Netherlands, beginning in 1971, ''Robot Archie'' appeared in the comics magazine ''Sjors'', for which Bert Bus drew new Archie material (which was translated into French, as well), and two or three series of albums, which -- like the Archie publication in France -- were halted in the early '80s. After that, Robot Archie entered publishing limbo but remained well-loved by fans. He made a brief cameo showing under the name "Android Andy" in Alan Moore and Alan Davis's run on ''Captain Britain'' for Marvel UK. Subsequently, Archie emerged in the pages of Grant Morrison's ''Zenith'' strip in ''2000 AD''. There, he was portrayed as a burned-out acid casualty calling himself "Acid Archie". In 2004, a new "Classic Archie" adventure by Bert Bus was published in Dutch. In 2005, it was announced that Robot Archie, as well as all of IPC's adventure heroes, would appear in a new six-issue mini-series, to be published by the Wildstorm imprint of DC Comics. Called ''Albion'', the series was plotted by Alan Moore, and written by Leah Moore and John Reppion, with art by Shane Oakley and George Freeman. Robot Archie is featured on the cover of the first issue, which was drawn by Dave Gibbons. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robot Archie」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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