Reggie and Me

Reggie first appeared briefly in Jackpot Comics #5 before making a full appearance in #6 (both 1942). He proved to be a perfect foil and rival to Archie Andrews and eventually was given his own series, Archie's Rival, Reggie. The series ran for 14 issues between 1950 and 1954. It was revived with the same numbering in September 1963, but the title was reduced to Reggie for issues 15 through 18. It was then changed to Reggie and Me beginning with issue 19, and retained that title through its cancellation in September 1980 at issue 126. The first issue of Archie's Rival, Reggie was reprinted, along with Reggie's first appearance (in Jackpot Comics #5 (Spring 1942)), in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest #133.

During this publication period a second series, Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes, ran for 60 issues between August 1968 and January 1982. A three issue miniseries titled Reggie's Revenge was published quarterly in 1994 after Reggie and Me had ended.

On September 20, 2016, it was announced that a reboot of Reggie and Me would be published as part of Archie Comics' New Riverdale lineup. This was a five-issue mini-series written by Tom DeFalco with art by Sandy Jarrell. The series "promises to give readers an inside look at the most loved, revered, admired and adored teen in Riverdale".^[1]

Series writer Tom DeFalco said “Reggie Mantle has been called a self-aggrandizing egotist, a sinister super-villain, a merciless monster and worse, but his dog loves him. Sandy and I intend to show all the doubters and haters exactly why Reggie should be named the true master of this universe… or else!”^[2]