Vol. 1, No. 1
November, 1961
Close-Up, Inc. (Archie Adventure Series)
Cover: Orlando Busino
Script: George Gladir
Art: Orlando Busino
Pages: 36
Cover price: 10 cents
An early entry in the 60's Monster Craze that was beginning to sweep America. Nice cartoon art by Orlando Busino, a cartoonist whose work appeared in Reader's Digest, McCall's and The Saturday Evening Post and the creator of "Gus" the dog, who appeared in Boy's Life. Busino was born in 1926 and, according to WIKI, he's still alive at the ripe old age of 95. It appears humor does keep you younger!
Born in 1925, George Gladir began writing full-time for comics in 1959, writing mostly for Archie Comics. He was the co-founder of the popular character, Sabrina the Teenage Witch along with artist Dan DeCarlo. Gladir went on to be the head writer at CRACKED magazine. He died in 2013 at the age of 87.
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