Ginger
#10
(Summer 1954)
Archie,
1951 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1954-06-14
- 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
Copyright, 1954, by Close-Up, Inc. On-sale date from copyright registration.
[no title indexed]
Ginger / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Golly, Ickky, I wish there was some way to make homework more pleasant!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Ginger Snapp; Ickky Jones
- Reprints
in 
Where There's a Willy....There's a Way!
Ginger / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, Snapp! How about going to the ballgame, this afternoon?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Ginger Snapp; Mr. Snapp; Willy Fopp; Mr. Fopp
- Synopsis
- Ginger tricks Willy into doing all her chores.
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Pencil/Ink credits from the reprinting in Betty and Veronica Double Digest #199.
Slightly Phoney!
Ginger / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That new boy, Jud Watkins!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Ginger Snapp
- Synopsis
- Ginger sits at the phone waiting for Jud to call and lies about her surprise when he does.
Indexer Notes
One of Ginger's activities while waiting for Jud to call is reading an issue of Archie Comics.
[no title indexed]
Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey gang!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Indexer Notes
Promo for Archie Annual #6 (Archie, 1950 series) with 1955 pin-up calendar.
It's an Ill Wind!
Ginger / comic story / 3.75 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now that Ginger is on this intellectual kick, I suppose you're going to the concert?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Ginger Snapp; Ickky Jones; Thornton Crumdyke
- Synopsis
- Ickky pretends to be sick so he won't have to go to a boring concert with Ginger.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Pencil/Ink credits from the credits printed in Betty and Veronica Double Digest #199.
Cat's Meow!
Ginger / comic story / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Listen, Bunny, if I catch you kissing my boyfriend I'll part your scalp!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Ginger Snapp; Bunny Clarke
- Synopsis
- Bunny claims she hasn't kissed one boy in school.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Fleer Dubble Bubble / advertisement / 0.5 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ray Thompson (signed as Ray T.)
- Inks
- Ray Thompson (signed as Ray T.)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- P-s-s-s-t! Pud, let's play a trick on Tim!
- Characters
- Pud; Tim
[Fun Page]
Fun Page / activity / 0.25 page
Indexer Notes
Includes memorization game and unscrambling activity.
[no title indexed]
Wildroot Cream-Oil; Fearless Fosdick / advertisement / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Fosdick, we're going to test this atomic cannon on you.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Fearless Fosdick; Edgar
Indexer Notes
Copr. 1954 by United Features Syndicate, Inc.
Miss-Informed!
Ginger / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Let's stop off for a soda on your way home!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Ginger Snapp; Mr. Snapp; Mr. Davis; Patsy
- Synopsis
- Mr. Davis asks Ginger to help grade papers.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Katy Keene / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Woggon (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Woggon (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Karen Baker; ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sis! Come here this moment!
- Genre
- humor; teen; fashion
- Characters
- Katy Keene; Sis Keene
- Synopsis
- Katy asks Sis why one of her pieces of cake disappeared.
Indexer Notes
Lettering (of Katy Keene logo) by Karen Baker (Pe Ell, WA); Katy's outfit, pose, etc. by Mary Mansell (Arlington, VA); Sis's dress by Carol Howard (Catskill, NY); joke by Myrtle Lee Bains (Bessemer, AL).
[no title indexed]
Katy Keene / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Woggon (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Woggon (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Homer Witham
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sis! Did you thank Bertha for the nice party she had for you kids?
- Genre
- humor; teen; fashion
- Characters
- Katy Keene; Sis Keene
- Synopsis
- Sis explains why she didn't thank Bertha for holding a party.
Indexer Notes
Lounging pajamas by Eunice McLachlin (Tupperville, Ontario, Canada); outfits and joke by Eileen Richards (The Pas, Manitoba, Canada); dressing table, hairbrush and picture by Bunny Goldner (Montreal, Quebec, Canada).
Baseball Digest
Ginger / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is for the gals who want to be up on the fine points of the game when boy-friends take them out to the ball-park!
- Genre
- humor; sports; teen
- Characters
- Ginger Snapp
- Synopsis
- Ginger takes us through a series of baseball puns.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- baseball
[no title indexed]
Movie News / text article / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Nigel Patrick to team with Richard Widmark
Fire Away!
Wilbur / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yeow!!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Wilbur Wilkin; Laurie Lake
- Synopsis
- Wilbur attempts to show some boys a safe place to shoot fireworks at the beach.
The Mud the Merrier!
Ginger / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey Ginge! Are you bucking for a butterfly net? It's quitting time!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Ginger Snapp; Bunny Clarke; Patsy; Soapy; Tommy Turner
- Synopsis
- When Ginger plans to sell Lady Ginger's Magic Face Cream to raise money for dance tickets, Bunny attempts to thwart her plan by adding mud to the face cream.
Hokus Poke-Us!
Ginger / comic story / 3.75 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A beautiful day and a date with Ginger!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Ginger Snapp; Ickky Jones; Melvin
- Synopsis
- Ginger's cousin Melvin pulls pranks on Ickky.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- practical joke; stage magic
[no title indexed]
Ginger / comic story / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look, Ickky!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Ginger Snapp; Ickky Jones
- Synopsis
- Ickky tells Ginger where new flower buds come from.
- Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Golly, Ickky, I wish there was some way to make homework more pleasant!"]
Ginger -
1.
Where There's a Willy....There's a Way!
Ginger -
2.
Slightly Phoney!
Ginger -
3.
["Hey gang!"]
Archie -
4.
It's an Ill Wind!
Ginger -
5.
Cat's Meow!
Ginger -
6.
["P-s-s-s-t! Pud, let's play a trick on Tim!"]
Fleer Dubble Bubble -
7.
[Fun Page]
Fun Page -
8.
["Fosdick, we're going to test this atomic cannon on you."]
Wildroot Cream-Oil; Fearless Fosdick -
9.
Miss-Informed!
Ginger -
10.
["Sis! Come here this moment!"]
Katy Keene -
11.
["Sis! Did you thank Bertha for the nice party she had for you kids?"]
Katy Keene -
12.
Baseball Digest
Ginger -
13.
["Nigel Patrick to team with Richard Widmark"]
Movie News -
14.
Fire Away!
Wilbur -
15.
The Mud the Merrier!
Ginger -
16.
Hokus Poke-Us!
Ginger -
17.
["Look, Ickky!"]
Ginger
This issue was modified by, among others
- Luke A.
- Steve Coates
- Gregory Fischer
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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