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- Ray Thompson (signed as )
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- Hello, Bob - Have you found that underseas treasure?
- Synopsis
- Bob doesn't find any undersea treasure, but gets premiums by selling White Cloverine Brand Salve.
Advertisement for selling White Cloverine Brand Salve. Wilson Chemical Co., Tyrone, Pa.
Inside front cover.
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- Well, the beach won't be a safe place for swimming now!
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- humor; teen
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- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Archie gets a job as a lifeguard. Betty pretends to be drowning in order for Archie to rescue her, but she overdoes the hugging in the water and Archie has to sock her to get them to shore.
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- beach; black eye; lifeguard; rescue
Only because this is pre-Comics Code, does Archie get away with hitting Betty.
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- Not too much, Arch!
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- humor; teen
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- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead are working on an experiment to find a universal solvent. Mr. Weatherbee asks them what they will keep it in.
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- chemistry; experiment; solvent
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- Doc, can you fill this prescription right away?
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- humor; teen
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- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie asks the pharmacist to fill a prescription. The prescription is mostly castor oil. The pharmacist gives Archie some sarsaparilla while he is waiting, which, unknown to Archie, contains the prescription. Unfortunately, the prescription was intended for Jughead.
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- castor oil; pharmacy; prescription; sarsaparilla
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- AMF Roadmaster sets a hot pace in the "Little 500" Bike Race!
Ad in panel format promoting AMF Roadmaster Bicycles and the annual "Little 500" bicycle race in Indiana University Memorial Stadium.
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- I've often seen bumps on the head cause temporary amnesia! Take him to familiar places, it may restore his memory.
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- Genre
- humor; teen
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- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Jughead gets hit on the head by a baseball and apparently has temporary amnesia. When Archie and Veronica treat him to sodas at Pop's, Veronica gets suspicious and tricks him into revealing he was faking the amnesia to get free food.
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- amnesia; baseball; soda
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- Betty! Did you see this?
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- humor; teen
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- Archie Andrews; Coach Kleats; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason (cameo); Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- The girls are upset that the boys signed up for football and won't date them as much.
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- football
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- Now, class, can anyone tell me what contribution the Phoenicians made to modern civilization?
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- humor; teen
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- Archie Andrews; Geraldine Grundy; Jughead Jones (cameo); Veronica Lodge (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Archie gives a smart-aleck answer to a question Miss Grundy asked about Phoenicians.
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- blackboard
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- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Promo for Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #3 with mail-in coupon. Cover is depicted, along with original art.
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- Suzie! Have you any stamps?
- Genre
- humor
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- Suzie; Suzie's father
- Synopsis
- Suzie keeps postage stamps in the medicine cabinet because she bought them at the drug store.
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- postage stamps
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- Suzie, please, when you speak to the customers, keep your voice down! I've got an awful headache!
- Genre
- humor
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- Suzie
- Synopsis
- Suzie is told to speak softly when she takes customer's orders because the soda jerk has a headache.
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- Almost nine o'clock, Reg! Let's step on it, or we'll be late!
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- humor; teen
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- Archie Andrews; Geraldine Grundy; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- The boys are wearing Bermuda shorts to school, much to Miss Grundy's displeasure.
- Keywords
- Bermuda shorts
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- 'Owww!' Uncle Bumble groaned.
- Genre
- humor; teen
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- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Uncle Bumble
- Synopsis
- Uncle Bumble has gout in his foot. Archie and Veronica decide to take him on their trip to the ski lodge to take his mind off his foot. The pair cart Bumble around in a rocking chair, the chair's legs acting as skis. Bumble gets caught in the ski lift and ends up at the top of the ski jump and ends up going down the jump in his chair.
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- broken foot; gout; rocking chair; ski jump; skiing; wheelchair
Text story with 1/3 page title illustration.
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- Boy, it's hot!
- Genre
- humor; teen
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- Wilbur Wilkin; Red Wilson
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- Wilbur and Red sneak into the exclusive Westfield Country Club to go swimming on a hot day.
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- swimming pool
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- Wow! I'm an hour late for my date with Veronica! She'll murder me!
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- humor; teen
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- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie is an hour late for his date with Veronica because he and Jughead were talking about baseball.
- Keywords
- baseball; fighting; kissing
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- Gosh, Pud, wasn't it swell of Mom 'n' Pop to bring us along on this vacation to Alaska?
- Characters
- Pud; Sis
- Synopsis
- Pud makes friends with an Eskimo by giving him some Dubble Bubble gum.
Advertisement for Dubble Bubble gum. Frank H. Fleer Corp., Philadelphia, Pa.
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- My name is Geo. Glisto!
- Synopsis
- Unscramble the letters; complete these heads; 'Corn Off the Cob' (joke).
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- ? [as Al Capp]
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- Don't dunk me in the - Gulp!!- boiling alcohol, Anyface!!
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- Anyface (antagonist); Fearless Fosdick
- Synopsis
- Anyface is going to dunk Fosdick in boiling alcohol.
Advertisement featuring Fearless Fosdick for Wildroot Cream-Oil hair dressing. Art is signed "Al Capp," but is probably not by him.
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- Veronica! Was that Archie you just invited here?
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- Genre
- humor; teen
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- Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie makes a homemade boomerang. It almost hits Mr. Lodge, who tries to get rid of it by throwing it away, which doesn't work.
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- boomerang; invention
The boomerang is depicted with four-blades like a fan, not the usual curved stick.
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- No! No! You're not getting it! In this play you're supposed to have very bad eyesight, Moose!
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- humor; teen
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- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Midge Klump; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Moose has a part in the school play that requires him to have bad eyesight except when wearing glasses. He's having trouble remembering that, so Betty and Veronica tell him to stay in character until the next rehearsal. Reggie and Archie run into Moose later, where Moose stays in character of not being able to see without the glasses. When Midge comes by, Reggie drops the glasses and he and Archie both kiss Midge, thinking Moose won't be able to see them. We next see Archie and Reggie in the hospital after Moose has gotten his revenge.
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- eyeglasses; hospital; jealousy; revenge; school play; trick
Midge is a strawberry blonde in this story, instead of being a brunette.
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- I've decided that I'm going to marry young!
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- Genre
- humor; teen
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- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica decides she wants to marry at a young age. Archie wants to know how she will decide who the lucky man will be.
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- marriage
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- Hey! What gives, Jug! You look like the world is coming to an end!
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- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
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- Jughead is depressed because he's broke and can't buy any more food. Archie gives him a copy of Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #15 to cheer him up.
Promo ad in comic format for Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #15, with cover depicted.
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- Look at what you get by joining the Archie Club, boys and girls!
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- Archie Andrews (cameo)
Promo for joining the Archie Club, with mail-in coupon. Cost is ten cents. Also a request for Archie Club members to go to their newsstand and look for the new Archie's Mechanics (Archie, 1954 series) magazine. They are requested to ask the dealer how many copies he received and how many he sold. Members are also requested to check how the magazine is displayed. They are to send in a report of 100 words or less. Two prizes will be given, $10 and $6, double the usual amount.
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- Hi, Cookie! How do you like working as a nurses aide?
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- Genre
- humor; teen
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- Ickky Jones; Ginger Snapp
- Synopsis
- Ginger is working as a nurse's aide in a hospital and she shows Ickky around.
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- hospital; nurse
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- Tweet-tweet tweet-tweet!
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- humor; teen
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- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Geraldine Grundy; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee; Joe Thursday
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- Everywhere he turns, Mr. Weatherbee is faced with students singing the "Grabnet" [Dragnet] theme song or using versions of the show's catch phrases ("Just the facts, ma'am," etc.), which is driving him crazy. The last straw is when he interviews a new janitor, whose name is Joe Thursday.
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- catch phrases; Dragnet; theme song; TV show
All the Dragnet references are slightly changed, with the theme being "Dum-dee-de-dum" instead of "Dum-de-dum-dum." But all references are easily recognized as part of the TV show.
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- Picture Words!
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- Picture words; Use the symbols to translate a message.
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- Dean Martin (caricature)
Ad for "closer grooved" 78 rpm records from Song Parade Co.
Inside back cover.
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- And how you can, too!
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- Two boys give hints on how to get Lionel model trains.
Advertisement for Lionel model train sets, with mail-in coupon for a 44-page catalogue, 78 rpm record of train whistles, bells and other sounds, and a "Pop Persuader," all for 25 cents.
Back cover.