(October 1962)

Archie, 1949 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1962-08-21 ?
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Series
Editing
John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (managing editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1962 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Jughead / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Samm Schwartz
Colors
?
Letters
Samm Schwartz

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Archie, I finally licked the problem of watching all my favorite programs at the same time!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Fifty years ahead of his time, Jughead invents the concept of multiple screen television.
Keywords
telephone; television

The Squealer (Table of Contents: 1)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Samm Schwartz
Colors
?
Letters
Samm Schwartz

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Coach Kleats
Synopsis
Jughead lures Reggie into a prolonged chase by appealing to his curiosity.
Reprints
Keywords
binoculars; curiosity; tennis

Strange Change (Table of Contents: 2)

Jughead / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Ed
Synopsis
Jughead begins acting strangely around Archie's cousin Ed.
Reprints
Keywords
hypnotism

Fun with the Popsicle Kids (Table of Contents: 3)

Popsicle Kids; Popsicle / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Creig Flessel
Inks
Creig Flessel
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Popsicle Kids
Synopsis
The kids show off the baseball glove and gold chain necklace that they received by sending in Popsicle wrappers.

Indexer Notes

Ad in comic format for Popsicle frozen treats.

Revenge (Table of Contents: 4)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Samm Schwartz
Colors
?
Letters
Samm Schwartz

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Reggie plots revenge against Jughead for a prank Jughead pulled on him.
Reprints
Keywords
joy buzzer; pranks; revenge; shoe shine

Wanted (Table of Contents: 5)

The World of Jughead / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Jughead Jones

Indexer Notes

Promo for The World of Jughead #19 with mail-in coupon. Cover is partially depicted along with original art of Jughead in a "Wanted" poster.

Prim Trim (Table of Contents: 6)

Jughead / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Samm Schwartz
Colors
?
Letters
Samm Schwartz

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Jughead suffers the consequences for a window broken by some other kids.
Keywords
baseball; hedge; window

Slothful Slumber (Table of Contents: 7)

Jughead / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir ?
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Samm Schwartz
Colors
?
Letters
Samm Schwartz

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Forsythe P. Jones II
Synopsis
Things keep interfering with Jughead's attempt to catch a nap in the hammock.
Reprints
Keywords
garden hose; hammock; rain

Indexer Notes

Pantomime story.

High and Wide (Table of Contents: 8)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Edwards

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Li'l Jinx Holiday; Hap Holiday
Synopsis
Jinx wants to keep a record of her father's weight gain.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Archie Club News / letters page / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

First prize of $5.00 to Richard Matzinger (Toledo, Ohio) for article on adenoids. Second prize of $3.00 to Linda Kari (Duluth, Minn.) for article on the white pelican. Third prize of $2.00 to Jim Grove (Princeton, N.J.) for article on the Eiffel Tower. Fourth prize of $1.00 to Mona Jane Kim (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) for article on pointer dogs. Fifth prize of $1.00 to Sharron Lorraine (McGuire AFB, N.J.) for article on milk.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Archie Andrews (cameo)

Indexer Notes

Promo for memberships in the Archie Club with mail-in coupon. Cost is 15 cents.

Winner Lose (Table of Contents: 11)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Sy Reit ?
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Samm Schwartz
Colors
?
Letters
Samm Schwartz

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Moose Mason
Synopsis
Reggie blackmails Archie into giving up Veronica for a month and it's up to Jughead to save the day.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Archie, I finally licked the problem of watching all my favorite programs at the same time!"]
    Jughead
  2. 1. The Squealer
    Jughead
  3. 2. Strange Change
    Jughead
  4. 3. Fun with the Popsicle Kids
    Popsicle Kids; Popsicle
  5. 4. Revenge
    Jughead
  6. 5. Wanted
    The World of Jughead
  7. 6. Prim Trim
    Jughead
  8. 7. Slothful Slumber
    Jughead
  9. 8. High and Wide
    Li'l Jinx
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    Archie Club News
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Archie Club
  12. 11. Winner Lose
    Jughead
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Igor Dybzinski
  • Merlin Haas
  • Keith Alan Morgan