Archie Bunker the same episode, Mike learns that Archie was mentally and physically abused by his father, who was the source of his bigoted views. Yet, Archie then goes on to vehemently defend his father, who he claims loved him and taught him "to do good". It is revealed that Archie's father was a brakeman for The Long Island Railroad, when Archie receives his father's pocket watch from his formerly long-estranged brother, Alfred ("Fred"), who later appeared in two "All in the Family" episodes, "Archie's Brother" and "The Return of Archie's Brother", and the "Archie Bunker's Place" episode "Father Christmas". Fred and
Archie (comic book) The printed comic book format is different from the previous publications. Archie first appeared in "Pep Comics" #22 in 1941 and soon became the most popular character for the comic. Due to his popularity, he was given his own series which debuted in winter 1942 titled "Archie Comics". Starting with issue #114, the title was shortened to simply "Archie". The series ended with issue #666 (June 2015) to make way for a new series set in Archie Comics' "New Riverdale". A new volume of "Archie" debuted in July 2015 as part of the New Riverdale relaunch. It is written by