Professor Transistor

Professor Transistor is an eccentric inventor-type professor who crosses paths with the Riverdale gang, including Archie, Betty, Jughead, and Veronica, in comedic stories. His offbeat scientific persona made him a recurring oddball figure in Archie's humor anthologies.

A quirky Silver Age creation from the halls of Archie Comics, Professor Transistor made his debut in Archie's Joke Book Magazine #114 in 1967 and has popped up across a surprisingly wide span of nearly four and a half decades alongside beloved Riverdale regulars like Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge, and Pop Tate. With appearances spread across Madhouse Comics Digest, Archie's Joke Book Magazine, and Little Archie, this offbeat professor clearly had a knack for turning up wherever the laughs were. Rare and a little mysterious with only seven catalogued appearances, Professor Transistor is exactly the kind of delightful deep-cut discovery that makes digging through vintage Archie comics such a rewarding adventure for collectors.