Lou Costello

Lou Costello was the real-life comedian and actor of the famous Abbott and Costello comedy duo, whose likeness and humor appeared in Archie's 1000 Jokes magazine beginning in 1940, translating his bumbling, lovable stage persona into comics format.

The real-life comedy legend Lou Costello made his Golden Age comics debut in 1940, translated from the silver screen and stage onto the printed page in a way only that freewheeling era could pull off. His comics presence stretched across an impressive five decades, anchored in titles like Abbott & Costello and Abbott and Costello Comics from Charlton, where he kept the company of his famous partner Bud Abbott. Perhaps most delightfully, his comics adventures eventually crossed into the world of Riverdale, sharing pages with Archie Andrews, Jughead Jones, and the gang in Life with Archie — a collision of pop-culture worlds that makes his catalog a genuinely charming slice of American comics history worth seeking out.