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Sheldon Broadbeam

Sheldon Broadbeam

9 appearances · Silver Age · 1958–2012
Who is Sheldon Broadbeam?

Sheldon Broadbeam may not be the most prolific name in the Archie universe, but this Silver Age creation — debuting in Bob Bolling's Little Ambrose #1 in 1958 — has quietly kept his place in the publisher's cheerful small-town world for over five decades. Popping up across Wilbur Comics and the beloved digest collections that Archie fans have thumbed through for generations, Sheldon shares the page with familiar faces like Jughead Jones, Wilbur Wilkin, and Laurie Lake. Nine catalog appearances across 54 years make him a genuine curiosity for the dedicated Archie completist — a little piece of Silver Age charm tucked into the margins of one of comics' most enduring universes.

Little Ambrose
#1
★ First appearance
Little Ambrose #1
Sep 1958

Top series

Covers through the years — 1959–2012

Wilbur Comics #83 1959
Wilbur Comics #83
Wilbur Comics #88 1963
Wilbur Comics #88
Archie's Double Digest Magazine #35 1988
Archie's Double Digest Magazine #35
Archie's Double Digest Magazine #43 1989
Archie's Double Digest Magazine #43
Jughead's Double Digest #99 2004
Jughead's Double Digest #99
Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #232 2012
Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #232

Appearances

Little Ambrose (1958)
#1
Wilbur Comics (1944)
Archie's Double Digest Magazine (1984)
Jughead's Double Digest (1989)
#99
Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (2011)