(April 1954)

Archie, 1949 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1954-02-15
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
An Archie Magazine Approved Reading
Editing
John L. Goldwater (editor-in-chief); Harry Shorten (managing editor)

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 8, Part 2, No. 1, Periodicals, January-June, 1954.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Reggie / cover / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm enclosing a card in this gift to Veronica... do you know how to spell admirer, Jug?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Reggie is writing a card to go with a box of chocolates.
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advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Eyes Have It! (Table of Contents: 2)

Reggie / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Bill Vigoda
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Hi Moose, I... Hey! -- Moose! --- what's wrong? You getting stuck up?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Moose is suffering eyestrain, so Reggie puts on an old hat of Jughead's and kisses Midge.

Muddling Through (Table of Contents: 3)

Reggie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
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Letters
Joe Edwards
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey!! Catch the hat!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Reggie catches a hat blowing away.
Reprints

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advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Fast Talk (Table of Contents: 5)

Suzie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Samm Schwartz
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
What time does this plane leave for Miami, driver?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Suzie
Synopsis
Suzie doesn't want to travel on a plane that flies faster than the speed of sound.

Water You Know? (Table of Contents: 6)

Reggie / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Bill Vigoda
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Three times today! -- Three times! -- I'm walking along, minding my own business, and that squirt gun goof, Reggie, ---
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Miss Grundy
Synopsis
Reggie gets caught using his water pistol in school.

Splitting Hairs... (Table of Contents: 7)

Reggie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
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Letters
Joe Edwards
First Line of Dialogue or Text
G'wan -- you talk like an idiot, Reggie!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Reggie has a foolproof way to eat at a restaurant and not pay.

An Eye To the Future! (Table of Contents: 8)

Reggie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Samm Schwartz
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Nothing doing those guys are phonies!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Swami Neggs
Synopsis
Betty convinces Reggie to see a swami.

Home Cookin' (Table of Contents: 9)

Katy Keene / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bill Woggon (signed)
Pencils
Bill Woggon (signed)
Inks
Bill Woggon (signed)
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Sis! Go borrow a cup of milk for me -- an' stop eating all my candy or you'll grow up to be fat like --
Genre
humor; fashion; teen
Characters
Katy Keene; Sis; Bertha
Synopsis
Katy asks Sis to get a cup of milk from Bertha.

Indexer Notes

Home cookin' apron and pose by Larry Hom (Berkeley, CA); Sis' outfit and pose and Bertha's outfit and pose by Carol Swenson (Dallas, TX); apron by Bing Limbaugh (Sikeston, MO); Sis' outfit by Blondean Greshom (Detroit, MI).

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Dubble Bubble Gum / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Fun Page / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

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Find the route from start to finish that adds up to 47!

Indexer Notes

Includes maze, math maze, drawing activity, and four rebuses.

The Plot Sickens (Table of Contents: 12)

Reggie / comic story / 3.67 pages (report information)

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Bill Vigoda
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey! Hey Big Moose! What's the rush?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Midge Klump
Synopsis
Reggie sees Moose running from Jughead and thinks Moose has turned chicken.

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Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Yard-Birds! (Table of Contents: 14)

Reggie / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
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Bravo! What grace! What form! What footwork! I don't think I ever saw badminton played with real birds before!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Jughead makes a scarecrow that looks like Reggie.

"A" For Effort! (Table of Contents: 15)

Wilbur / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
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Letters
Joe Edwards
First Line of Dialogue or Text
No kidding!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Linda Lake; Laurie Moore; Slats Morgan; Mr. Dripwaite; Wilbur Wilkin
Synopsis
Wilbur made an A in algebra.

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Hollywood Gossip / text article / 2 pages (report information)

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typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Singer MacRae makes harmony with feet

Rain of Terror! (Table of Contents: 17)

Reggie / comic story / 3.67 pages (report information)

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Bill Vigoda
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
You ought to get one of these raincoats, Reggie! They're on sale at the varsity shop, and they're dirt cheap too!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Ophelia Gleutenschnable; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Reggie is having trouble identifying people because they are all wearing the same type of raincoat.

Indexer Notes

First panel has a promo for the Archie Annual.

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Not His Dish of She (Table of Contents: 20)

Reggie / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm sorry Reggie, but I don't like the way you've been acting lately, so I'm going to the dance with Archie!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Marian Starr; Marian Andrews; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Reggie thinks Archie's cousin from Hollywood is a movie star.

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advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Science-Fiction Book Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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American Seed Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["I'm enclosing a card in this gift to Veronica... do you know how to spell admirer, Jug?"]
    Reggie
  2. 1. ["New "campus-approved" Arrow Grad shirts"]
  3. 2. The Eyes Have It!
    Reggie
  4. 3. Muddling Through
    Reggie
  5. 4. ["Terrific value!"]
  6. 5. Fast Talk
    Suzie
  7. 6. Water You Know?
    Reggie
  8. 7. Splitting Hairs...
    Reggie
  9. 8. An Eye To the Future!
    Reggie
  10. 9. Home Cookin'
    Katy Keene
  11. 10. ["Let's go see the lions and tigers now-"]
    Dubble Bubble Gum
  12. 11. ["Find the route from start to finish that adds up to 47!"]
    Fun Page
  13. 12. The Plot Sickens
    Reggie
  14. 13. ["Join the big parade!!!"]
    Archie
  15. 14. Yard-Birds!
    Reggie
  16. 15. "A" For Effort!
    Wilbur
  17. 16. ["Singer MacRae makes harmony with feet"]
    Hollywood Gossip
  18. 17. Rain of Terror!
    Reggie
  19. 18. ["Read Laugh 'cause the world reads Laugh with you!"]
  20. 19. ["Repeat performance!"]
  21. 20. Not His Dish of She
    Reggie
  22. 21. ["Extra money for all those "extras" you want!"]
  23. 22. ["Was the "flying saucer of Iowa" really a fake?.."]
    Science-Fiction Book Club
  24. 23. ["Get prizes... make money this easy way"]
    American Seed Company
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