| Robot Archie | |
|---|---|
 Robot Archie in Lion Annual 1968. | |
| Character information | |
| First appearance | Lion (23 February 1952) |
| In-story information | |
| Species | Robot |
| Place of origin | Earth |
| Partnerships | Ted Ritchie Ken Dale |
| Notable aliases | Tin-Ribs Steel Bonce Super-Archie |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Amalgamated Press (1952 to 1959) Fleetway Publications (1959 to 1969) IPC Magazines (1969 to 1983) Fleetway Publications (1990) |
| Schedule | Weekly |
| Title(s) | Lion 23 February to 9 August 1952 19 January to 15 June 1957 9 November 1957 to 6 March 1971 24 March 1973 to 18 May 1974 Lion Annual 1990 |
| Formats | Original material for the series has been published as a strip in the comics anthology(s) Lion Valiant. |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | 23 February 1952 – 7 December 1974 |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Ted Cowan Mark Ross |
| Artist(s) | Alan Philpott Ted Kearon |
Robot Archie is a British comic character, appearing in strips published by Amalgamated Press, Fleetway Publications and IPC Magazines. Created by Ted Cowan, the character first appeared in a serial called "The Jungle Robot" in the first issue of Lion on 23 February 1952. While the initial stint only lasted six months, Archie returned 1957 and would become one of the most enduring characters in Lion, running until the comic merged with Valiant in 1974, with the majority of his adventures drawn by Ted Kearon.
Since then the character has enjoyed periodic revivals, most prominently as a guest character in Grant Morrison's 2000 AD story "Zenith" in 1989.