(November-December 1954)

Archie, 1942 Series
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Pages
36
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Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

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What do you mean I treat you like money in the bank?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Reprints
Keywords
ice cream sodas; Pop's Chocklit Shoppe

Indexer Notes

Later redrawn for the cover of Little Archie Comics Digest Annual #4.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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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.

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for selling White Cloverine Brand Salve. Wilson Chemical Co., Tyrone, Pa.
Inside front cover.

Drown and Out (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 2.33 pages (report information)

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Well, the beach won't be a safe place for swimming now!
Feature Logo
Archie
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
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.
Reprints
Keywords
beach; black eye; lifeguard; rescue

Indexer Notes

Only because this is pre-Comics Code, does Archie get away with hitting Betty.

Whiz Quiz! (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

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Not too much, Arch!
Feature Logo
Archie
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
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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Keywords
chemistry; experiment; solvent

Change Your Oil! (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Doc, can you fill this prescription right away?
Feature Logo
Archie
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
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.
Keywords
castor oil; pharmacy; prescription; sarsaparilla

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

AMF Roadmaster Bicycles / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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AMF Roadmaster sets a hot pace in the "Little 500" Bike Race!

Indexer Notes

Ad in panel format promoting AMF Roadmaster Bicycles and the annual "Little 500" bicycle race in Indiana University Memorial Stadium.

Pranks For the Memory (Table of Contents: 6)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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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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Archie's Pal Jughead
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
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.
Keywords
amnesia; baseball; soda

Backfield in Emotion (Table of Contents: 7)

Archie / comic story / 4.67 pages (report information)

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Betty! Did you see this?
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Archie
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
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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Keywords
football

Venice He Going to Learn? (Table of Contents: 8)

Archie / comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

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Now, class, can anyone tell me what contribution the Phoenicians made to modern civilization?
Feature Logo
Archie
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
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.
Reprints
Keywords
blackboard

[It's Here! A New Big Annual!] (Table of Contents: 9)

Archie's Pals 'n' Gals / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle

Indexer Notes

Promo for Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #3 with mail-in coupon. Cover is depicted, along with original art.

The Stamp Tact (Table of Contents: 10)

Suzie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Suzie! Have you any stamps?
Genre
humor
Characters
Suzie; Suzie's father
Synopsis
Suzie keeps postage stamps in the medicine cabinet because she bought them at the drug store.
Keywords
postage stamps

Hoarse Sense (Table of Contents: 11)

Suzie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Suzie, please, when you speak to the customers, keep your voice down! I've got an awful headache!
Genre
humor
Characters
Suzie
Synopsis
Suzie is told to speak softly when she takes customer's orders because the soda jerk has a headache.

A Shorts Story (Table of Contents: 12)

Archie / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Almost nine o'clock, Reg! Let's step on it, or we'll be late!
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Archie
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
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

Snow Use (Table of Contents: 13)

Archie / text story / 2 pages (report information)

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'Owww!' Uncle Bumble groaned.
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
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.
Reprints
Keywords
broken foot; gout; rocking chair; ski jump; skiing; wheelchair

Indexer Notes

Text story with 1/3 page title illustration.

Rags to Riches (Table of Contents: 14)

Wilbur / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Boy, it's hot!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Wilbur Wilkin; Red Wilson
Synopsis
Wilbur and Red sneak into the exclusive Westfield Country Club to go swimming on a hot day.
Keywords
swimming pool

The Truth Hurts (Table of Contents: 15)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Wow! I'm an hour late for my date with Veronica! She'll murder me!
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Archie
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Dubble Bubble Gum / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page (report information)

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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.

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for Dubble Bubble gum. Frank H. Fleer Corp., Philadelphia, Pa.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Fun Page / activity / 0.25 page (report information)

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My name is Geo. Glisto!
Synopsis
Unscramble the letters; complete these heads; 'Corn Off the Cob' (joke).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

Wildroot Cream-Oil / comics-form advertising / 0.25 page (report information)

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Don't dunk me in the - Gulp!!- boiling alcohol, Anyface!!
Characters
Anyface (antagonist); Fearless Fosdick
Synopsis
Anyface is going to dunk Fosdick in boiling alcohol.

Indexer Notes

Advertisement featuring Fearless Fosdick for Wildroot Cream-Oil hair dressing. Art is signed "Al Capp," but is probably not by him.

Missile-Man (Table of Contents: 19)

Archie / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Veronica! Was that Archie you just invited here?
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Archie
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
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.
Keywords
boomerang; invention

Indexer Notes

The boomerang is depicted with four-blades like a fan, not the usual curved stick.

Pair of Spectacles (Table of Contents: 20)

Archie / comic story / 3.75 pages (report information)

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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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Archie
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
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.
Keywords
eyeglasses; hospital; jealousy; revenge; school play; trick

Indexer Notes

Midge is a strawberry blonde in this story, instead of being a brunette.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

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I've decided that I'm going to marry young!
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Betty and Veronica
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
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.
Keywords
marriage

Dime of Your Life! (Table of Contents: 22)

Archie's Joke Book / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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Hey! What gives, Jug! You look like the world is coming to an end!
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
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.

Indexer Notes

Promo ad in comic format for Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #15, with cover depicted.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

Archie Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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Look at what you get by joining the Archie Club, boys and girls!
Characters
Archie Andrews (cameo)

Indexer Notes

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.

From Bad to Nurse! (Table of Contents: 24)

Ginger / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Hi, Cookie! How do you like working as a nurses aide?
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Ginger
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Ickky Jones; Ginger Snapp
Synopsis
Ginger is working as a nurse's aide in a hospital and she shows Ickky around.
Keywords
hospital; nurse

Dragnut! (Table of Contents: 25)

Archie / comic story / 2.75 pages (report information)

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Tweet-tweet tweet-tweet!
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Archie
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Geraldine Grundy; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee; Joe Thursday
Synopsis
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.
Keywords
catch phrases; Dragnet; theme song; TV show

Indexer Notes

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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Fun Page / activity / 0.25 page (report information)

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Picture Words!
Synopsis
Picture words; Use the symbols to translate a message.

[Stop Paying 89¢ Each for Song Parade Records!] (Table of Contents: 27)

Song Parade Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Dean Martin (caricature)

Indexer Notes

Ad for "closer grooved" 78 rpm records from Song Parade Co.
Inside back cover.

Here's How We Got Lionel Trains (Table of Contents: 28)

Lionel Trains / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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And how you can, too!
Synopsis
Two boys give hints on how to get Lionel model trains.

Indexer Notes

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.
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["What do you mean I treat you like money in the bank?"]
    Archie
  2. 1. ["Hello, Bob - Have you found that underseas treasure?"]
    Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve
  3. 2. Drown and Out
    Archie
  4. 3. Whiz Quiz!
    Archie
  5. 4. Change Your Oil!
    Archie
  6. 5. ["AMF Roadmaster sets a hot pace in the "Little 500" Bike Race!"]
    AMF Roadmaster Bicycles
  7. 6. Pranks For the Memory
    Jughead
  8. 7. Backfield in Emotion
    Archie
  9. 8. Venice He Going to Learn?
    Archie
  10. 9. [It's Here! A New Big Annual!]
    Archie's Pals 'n' Gals
  11. 10. The Stamp Tact
    Suzie
  12. 11. Hoarse Sense
    Suzie
  13. 12. A Shorts Story
    Archie
  14. 13. Snow Use
    Archie
  15. 14. Rags to Riches
    Wilbur
  16. 15. The Truth Hurts
    Archie
  17. 16. ["Gosh, Pud, wasn't it swell of Mom 'n' Pop to bring us along on this vacation to Alaska?"]
    Dubble Bubble Gum
  18. 17. ["My name is Geo. Glisto!"]
    Fun Page
  19. 18. ["Don't dunk me in the - Gulp!!- boiling alcohol, Anyface!!"]
    Wildroot Cream-Oil
  20. 19. Missile-Man
    Archie
  21. 20. Pair of Spectacles
    Archie
  22. 21. ["I've decided that I'm going to marry young!"]
    Betty and Veronica
  23. 22. Dime of Your Life!
    Archie's Joke Book
  24. 23. ["Look at what you get by joining the Archie Club, boys and girls!"]
    Archie Club
  25. 24. From Bad to Nurse!
    Ginger
  26. 25. Dragnut!
    Archie
  27. 26. ["Picture Words!"]
    Fun Page
  28. 27. [Stop Paying 89¢ Each for Song Parade Records!]
    Song Parade Co.
  29. 28. Here's How We Got Lionel Trains
    Lionel Trains
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Merlin Haas
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Joey Sayer