All in the Family broke ground in its depiction of issues previously considered unsuitable for a U.S. network television comedy, such as racism, antisemitism, infidelity, homosexuality, women's liberation, rape, religion, miscarriages, abortion, breast cancer, the Vietnam War, menopause, and impotence. Through depicting these controversial issues, the series became arguably one of television's most influential comedic programs, as it injected the sitcom format with more dramatic moments and realistic, topical conflicts. The show was an American version of an earlier British show, the BBC sitcom "Till Death Us Do Part", with Archie Bunker modeled after his British counterpart, Alf Garnett. "All in the Family" is
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