Ginger
#7
(Fall 1953)
Archie,
1951 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1953-09-17
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Close-Up Inc.
- Brand
-
An Archie Magazine Approved Reading
- Printer
- Printed in the U. S. A.
- Editing
- John L. Goldwater (editor-in-chief); Harry Shorten (managing editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Shadow of a Doubt!
Ginger / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- G'night, "Whiz"! I've had a wonderful evening!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Ginger Snapp; Whiz Baker; Ickky; Patsy; Mr. Claymore
- Synopsis
- Whiz bets Ickky that Ginger won't give him a good night kiss. That night, Ickky helps Ginger photograph her statue of two figures kissing, and the shadow of the statue against the window shade lets Ickky accidentally win the bet.
Indexer Notes
Final two panels have different lettering than remainder of story.
By the Beautiful She
Ginger / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Harry Lucey (signed)
- Inks
- Harry Lucey (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ickky, would you keep my date with Ginger today?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Ginger Snapp; Tommy Turner; Ickky
- Synopsis
- When Tommy gets a summer job, he asks Ickky to take Ginger to the beach in his stead, only to find out that Tommy works as a lifeguard.
Medium Rare
Ginger / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ickky, you don't believe this stuff, do you?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Ginger Snapp; Ickky
- Synopsis
- Ginger hits Ickky after he gives a comical fortune so she can "strike a happy medium."
- Reprints
in Chum or Chump
Ginger / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Harry Lucey (signed)
- Inks
- Harry Lucey (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Golly, Ickky is sure pals with that new boy "Biceps" Burke!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Ginger Snapp; Patsy; Ickky; Biceps Burke; Mr. Snapp; Soapy
- Synopsis
- Ginger asks Ickky to take Patsy to the hop.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Movie News / text article / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Raymond Massey 'Honest Abe' to movie fans
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
Includes information on the "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms" film.
Missing Miss!
Suzie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Bull's eye! That's the seventh in a row! Not bad!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Suzie; Suzie's father
- Synopsis
- Suzie is great at darts, golfing, and ring toss but can't seem to park the car without hitting the garage door.
Tape Recording
Ginger / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ah-ha!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Ginger Snapp; Bunny Clarke
- Synopsis
- Ginger tricks Bunny into thinking her waist has expanded.
Never the Train Shall Meet!
Ginger / comic story / 2.67 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Harry Lucey (signed)
- Inks
- Harry Lucey (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Golly, Ickky, doesn't hiking give you a zing?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Ginger Snapp; Ickky; Whiz Baker; Ickky's mother
- Synopsis
- Ginger abandons her hike with Ickky to take a ride in Whiz's new sports car, leaving Ickky to walk 15 miles home after his train is cancelled.
Broken Art!
Ginger / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That's it! Now, hold that pose!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Synopsis
- Ginger is upset that Ickky's portrait of her is too realistic.
- Reprints
Hook, Line and Single
Ginger / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 'Bye, boys! Ickky and I are going swimming!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Synopsis
- Ickky tries to steer Ginger clear of other men on their date.
All Alone by the Telephone
Katy Keene / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Bill Woggon (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Woggon (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Woggon (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What a lonely day!
- Genre
- humor; teen; fashion
- Characters
- Katy Keene; K.O. Kelly; Randy Van Ronson; Danny O'Connel; Chubby Chuckles; Sis
- Synopsis
- Katy waits around for a telephone call.
Indexer Notes
Costume and lettering by Patricia Kelly; pose by Donna Boultinghouse (Phoenix, AZ); toreador outfit by Betty Shira (Tucson, AZ); undies by Madilyn Baca (Bastrop, TX); Katy's housecoat by Barbara Miki (Conasauga, TN); dressing table by Mary Waldhelm (Primghar, IA); strawberry apron and dress by Alexander Crowder (Claremont, NH); Sis' 3-dip ice cream cone hat by Diane Marchant (Inglewood, CA). Names in splash panel include Elmer (Woggon), Joe (Edwards), Harry (Shorten), Bill (Vigoda), Bob (Montana), John (Goldwater), Maurice (Coyne), and Louis (Silberkleit).
[Word Ladder]
Ginger Fun Page / activity / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Includes word ladder, coloring activity, riddles on parade, and similes.
Fool House
Ginger / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Bills! Bills!! Bills! Nothing but bills!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Ginger Snapp; Mr. Snapp; Ickky
- Synopsis
- Mr. Snapp tries to rein in Ginger's spending by pretending that the bank is foreclosing on the Snapp house.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Ginger's last name is spelled "Snap" in this story.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Ginger, you've overlooked a very important date in history! Ickky... can you tell us what date she's forgotten?"]
Ginger -
1.
Shadow of a Doubt!
Ginger -
2.
By the Beautiful She
Ginger -
3.
["Jughead, how can you sit there eating?"]
Archie -
4.
Medium Rare
Ginger -
5.
Chum or Chump
Ginger -
6.
["Raymond Massey 'Honest Abe' to movie fans"]
Movie News -
7.
Missing Miss!
Suzie -
8.
Tape Recording
Ginger -
9.
Never the Train Shall Meet!
Ginger -
10.
["For a king-size laugh...buy Wilbur Comics!"]
Wilbur -
11.
Broken Art!
Ginger -
12.
Hook, Line and Single
Ginger -
13.
All Alone by the Telephone
Katy Keene -
14.
[Word Ladder]
Ginger Fun Page -
15.
["Come up and see us sometime!"]
Betty and Veronica -
16.
Fool House
Ginger
This issue was modified by, among others
- Luke A.
- Chris Boyko
- Steve Coates
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
All portions of the Grand Comics Database™, except where noted otherwise, are
copyrighted by the GCD and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format.