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CREATOR

Name: Archie Comic Publications, Inc. (American comics corporation).
Personal dates: Founded as MLJ Magazines (the initials of the founders' first names) in 1939 by Maurice Coyne, Louis Silberkleit, and John L. Goldwater, but the name was soon changed. Ongoing.
Other creations: Too numerous to mention here. Please look under Archie in the Creators section.
Successors: None.
Comments: The company's lasting name was taken from the immensely popular teenage character Archie, who has always been the company's flagship.

MAIN STORY

The series premiered in 1958. Stopped in 1959 after 6 issues.

The title character pilots a Martian spaceship that is damaged by a meteor causing it to crash land on our Moon instead of the intended destination of our Earth. Cosmo and his crew, consisting of astronaut companion Orbi and girlfriend Astra, find that the Moon is inhabited by underground beings called Oogs. Later, the intrepid trio manage to travel to other planets in our solar system.