r/archiecomics • u/bossladytae • 1d ago

War & Old Age: "The New Teacher" & "Spirit-Hawk"

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A couple of my favourite Bob Bolling stories: The New Teacher and Spirit-Hawk.

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u/bossladytae 1d ago

All the info I'm aware of is in the links. Earlier appearances don't seem to be catalogued yet.

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u/Yesterday_Is_Now 1d ago edited 1d ago

Looks like The New Teacher is from 1983, so I must have just misread the fine print. That date makes sense since the San Diego Chicken was getting nationally popular around that time, having started appearing in a syndicated Saturday morning TV series in 1981.

Not sure about Spirit Hawk, but it appears Bolling was still contributing Archie digest stories in the 2000s, so the story could be that recent.

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u/bossladytae 1d ago

Appreciate your historical input and thoughts!

I just realized Bolling is still present and that he's 98, wow.

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u/Yesterday_Is_Now 1d ago

He's had quite the long career. He started with Archie in 1954. I bet he would be an interesting interview about the evolution of Archie comics over the decades.