Follow

    Robot Archie

    Character » Robot Archie appears in 375 issues.

    A good robot is hard to find.

    Short summary describing this character.

    Robot Archie last edited by KillerZ on 02/02/23 07:45AM View full history

    Robot Archie was built by Professor C.R. Ritchie to be the world's most powerful mechanical man. Because the professor lived in Africa, Archie was at first known as the Jungle Robot and was not intelligent, instead being remotely controlled by Professor Ritchie and his nephew, Ted Ritchie, and Ken Dale.

    Around 1966, Ritchie installed a voice box and mechanical brain in the Robot who by then had been named Archie, and who soon developed a boastful, but charming, personality.

    During the 70’s, rust in Archie’s brain-pan lead to him becoming an acid-head. He became a member of Alternative 88's anarchist superhero group, Black Flag, and joined in fighting against the Lliogor.

    By 1992, Archie was enjoying a successful career in dance music. In July of that year, he joined with Peter St. John and Zenith in their fight against Horus. Ruby Fox blasted him with her voltage powers, however, knocking Archie's head off.

    Marvel

    Android Andy, homage to Robot Archie, is one of the survivors of Mad Jim Jaspers' purge of Earth-238's superheroes. He is apparently destroyed by the The Fury, but he resurfaces in...

    Wildstorm

    In 2005's Albion, Robot Archie resurfaces in the basement of a Manchester pub in a tableau with another robot and one of the Cybermen. When Penny Dolmann enlists Danny Doom to help her recover Archie from the pub, it is implied that she has visited him several times before. Penny repairs and modifies Archie to help in the rescue of her father, Dolmann, and other British superheroes being held in a facility by the British government. Archie is destroyed acting as a decoy for Penny.

    Oddly, the remains of Android Andy can be glimpsed in Penny Dolmann's workshop in Albion #2 - Strange Doors That We Never Closed Again.

    sizepositionchange
    sizepositionchange
    positionchange
    positionchange
    positionchange
    bordersheaderpositiontable
    positionchange

    This edit will also create new pages on Comic Vine for:

    Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits. Make sure this is what you intended. This will likely increase the time it takes for your changes to go live.

    Comment and Save

    Until you earn 1000 points all your submissions need to be vetted by other Comic Vine users. This process takes no more than a few hours and we'll send you an email once approved.