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7.5/10 TV Original language(s) English No. of episodes 36 Predecessor The Archie Show | 7.5/10 IMDb Country of origin United States No. of seasons 1 Networks ION Television, Teletoon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Genre Comic science fictionAnimationAdventureFamilyHorror Starring Andy RannellsAmerica YoungCamille SchmidtChris LundquistPaul SossoTony WikeBen BeckRyle SmithJerry LongeJohn Michael Lee Characters | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Archie s weird mysteries attack of the killer spuds
Archie's Weird Mysteries is an American animated children's television program, based on the Archie comics. The series premise revolves around a Riverdale High physics lab gone awry, making the town of Riverdale a "magnet" for B-movie style monsters. The show is distributed as meeting the FCC's educational and informational children's programming ("E/I") requirements, and is used by commercial stations in the United States to meet this guideline. Produced by DIC Entertainment, the show was initially shown mornings on the PAX network, often with infomercials bookending the program. The following season, its repeats were syndicated to television stations throughout the US, as a way to comply with mandatory E/I regulations.
Contents
- Archie s weird mysteries attack of the killer spuds
- Cast
- Selected monsters ghosts and other supernatural characters
- Comics
- DVD releases
- The Archies in Jugman
- References
Cast
Selected monsters, ghosts, and other supernatural characters
Comics
An ashcan comic book tie-in also titled Archie's Weird Mysteries, written by Paul Castiglia, pencilled by Bill Golliher, inked by Rick Koslowski and colored by Stephanie Cofell (née Vozzo) was published in 1999. This led into a February 2000 launch for an ongoing, regular-sized series (also titled Archie's Weird Mysteries) with the same creative team. "Weird" was dropped from the title with issue 25 (signaling the end of the tie-in with the TV show) and the series was canceled with issue 34 after 10 issues of doing straight mystery stories with no supernatural or science-fiction components.
DVD releases
On July 22, 2011, it was announced that Mill Creek Entertainment had acquired the rights to release the series (under license from Cookie Jar Entertainment). They subsequently released Archie's Weird Mysteries - The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time on February 21, 2012. They also released a 10 episode best-of collection on the same day.
In Region 2, Anchor Bay Kids Entertainment released 2 volume collections on DVD in the UK in 2004. Each volume contains 4 episodes from the series. These releases have been discontinued and are now out of print. In 2005, Boulevard released 2 single disc collections containing two episodes each. These releases have been discontinued and are now out of print. In Region 4, MRA Entertainment released 6 volume collections featuring 18 episodes of the series on DVD in Australia in 2005. These releases are now out of print.
The Archies in Jugman
In 2002, the movie The Archies in Jugman was released. It features the same character designs (but with different clothes), most of the same crew and voice cast, and the similar theme of weird events happening in Riverdale. It premiered on television on Nickelodeon Sunday Movie Toons and was released on DVD and VHS shortly afterward by MGM Home Entertainment. In 2008, Gaiam Entertainment re-released the movie and all of the other DIC Sunday Movie Toons films on DVD.