Robot Archie is the name of a fictional comic book character from Lion, a weekly British boys' adventure title. Publishing history Robot Archie appeared in Lion Issue #1 in February 1952; it was published by Amalgamated Press — at the time, the biggest publisher of weekly adventure comics in the UK, along with DC Thomson. Lion was a science fiction action-adventure title in the mould of Eagle, and was a direct competitor to it. Archie began his career in Lion with the moniker The Jungle Robot. The character was created by writer E. George Cowan and artist Ted Kearon (also known as Jim Kearon). The strip lasted 25 weeks before it took a five-year hiatus and returned in 1957 as Archie, The Robot Explorer, eventually becoming better known as Robot Archie. The strip was one of Lion'''s most popular during the '60s, but the character's adventures ended when Lion was finally cancelled in May '74. The series was published in France and the Netherlands, and was popular there. In the Netherlands, beginning in 1971, Robot Archie appeared in the comics magazine Sjors, for which Bert Bus drew new Archie material (which was translated into French, as well), and two or three series of albums, which — like the Archie publication in France — were halted in the early '80s. Robot Archie strips appeared in colour (with re-drawn art from the Dutch series) in Vulcan, a short-lived weekly title which lasted until 1976. After that, Robot Archie entered publishing limbo but remained well-loved by fans. He made a brief cameo showing under the name "Android Andy" in Alan Moore and Alan Davis's run on Captain Britain for Marvel UK. Subsequently, Archie emerged in the pages of Grant Morrison's Zenith strip in 2000 AD. There, he was portrayed as a burned-out acid casualty calling himself "Acid Archie". In 2004, a new "Classic Archie" adventure by Bert Bus was published in Dutch. In 2005–2006, Robot Archie, as well as many of IPC's adventure heroes, appeared in the six-issue limited series Albion, published by the Wildstorm imprint of DC Comics. Albion was plotted by Alan Moore, and written by Leah Moore and John Reppion, with art by Shane Oakley and George Freeman. Robot Archie was featured on the cover of the first issue, which was drawn by Dave Gibbons. Fictional character biography Robot Archie was built by Professor C.R. Ritchie to be the world's