Reggie Mantle
| Reggie Mantle | |
|---|---|
| Archie character | |
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| First appearance |
Jackpot Comics #5, Spring 1942 (one panel) Jackpot Comics #6, Summer 1942 (full appearance) |
| Portrayed by |
Gary Kroeger (Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again) Ross Butler (Riverdale) |
| Voiced by |
John Erwin (The Archie Show, Archie's TV Funnies, The U.S. of Archie) Sunny Besen Thrasher (The New Archies) Paul Sosso (Archie's Weird Mysteries, The Archies in Jugman) |
| Hometown | Riverdale |
| School | Riverdale High School |
| Information | |
| Title | Mr. Reggie Mantle |
| Spouse(s) | Veronica Mantle (from #603-present) (wife) |
| Significant other(s) |
Veronica Lodge Midge Klump Betty Cooper |
| Children | Dilton Mantle (son) Midge Mantle (daughter) |
| Relatives | Ricky and Vicky Mantle (parents) Oliver Mantle (brother) |
Reginald "Reggie" Mantle is a fictional teenager in stories published by Archie Comics. Created by writer-artist Bob Montana and John L. Goldwater in Jackpot Comics #5 (cover-dated Spring 1942). He is a frenemy to Archie Andrews.
Reggie Mantle debuted in Jackpot Comics #5 (cover-dated Spring 1942). An enduring character, he appears across the Archie Comics line and headlined the series Archie's Rival Reggie (14 issues, 1949 n.d. - Aug. 1954), which returned a decade later as Reggie for the sporadically published issues #15-18 (Sept. 1963 - Nov. 1965), followed by Reggie and Me for issues #19 - #126 (Aug. 1966 - Sept. 1980). Other series include the 55-issue Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Aug. 1968 - Sept. 1980, the three-issue miniseries Reggie's Revenge (Spring 1994 - Spring 1995), and Reggie and Me vol. 2, an ongoing series beginning in 2016 after the characters' revamp.
Reggie Mantle at one point says he was born in Texas, and comes from a fairly well-to-do family, although certainly nowhere near the level of Veronica Lodge's. In Reggie's debut story, Archie referred to him as, 'that snooty Reggie Mantle', indicating his upper-class background. His father, Ricky Mantle, owns a newspaper-publishing company, one of his publications is The Riverdale Gazette. Reggie seems to show journalistic aspirations himself, often working as the editor of the high school paper, Blue and Gold. He is quick to use the term "freedom of the press" to defend controversial or inflammatory articles. Little is known of his mother, though her name was eventually revealed to be Vicky Mantle. Reggie has a brother, Oliver Mantle, who has appeared in the newer Life With Archie title, issue #26. Compared to the families of the other main characters, Reggie's family members have made very few appearances in the comics through the decades.
Like many Archie characters, Reggie has a number of relatives who are created for one story only. One, his cousin May, is often mistaken for a pre-teen. After a makeover, she attracted attention at a school dance, but chose to dance with short Dilton. Another cousin, Regina, has Reggie's style of humor, but after a date with Jughead, appeared to enjoy herself. Reggie also has a number of relatives whom he often uses to get favors.
Reggie has been known to boast that his family is the only one in Riverdale that has its own coat of arms.
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