Edith Bunker Edith Bunker Edith Bunker (nėe Baines) is a fictional 1970s sitcom character on "All in the Family" (and occasionally "Archie Bunker's Place"), played by Jean Stapleton. She was the wife of Archie Bunker (who often called her a "dingbat"), mother of Gloria Stivic, mother-in-law of Michael "Meathead" Stivic and after 1975, grandmother of Joey Stivic. Her cousin was Maude Findlay (Beatrice Arthur) who was one of Archie's nemeses. While Edith was typically a traditional and subservient wife (with several notable exceptions throughout the series), Jean Stapleton was a noted feminist. Series creator Norman Lear said on "All Things Considered" that
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