(May 1959)

Archie, 1944 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1959-02-15
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Series
Editing
Richard Goldwater

Issue Notes

On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, January-June 1959, page 171, registration number B767423.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Wilbur / cover / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Why Wilbur! I didn't know you rode!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Wilbur Wilkin; Linda Moore

Quiet Victory (Table of Contents: 1)

Wilbur / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Wilbur Wilkin; Laurie Lake; Linda Moore; Alec
Synopsis
After Alec accuses her of being a blabbermouth, Linda bets that she can go an hour without saying anything.

Predictably Yours (Table of Contents: 2)

Mr. Bumble / comic story / 1.67 pages (report information)

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

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Mr. Bumble; Tiny
Synopsis
Mr. Bumble shows off the school's experimental weather station.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
Louis H. Silberkleit
Letters
typeset

Coddled Eggs (Table of Contents: 4)

Mr. Bumble / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Wilbur Wilkin; Laurie Lake; Linda Moore; Alec; Mr. Bumble; Miss Sturdley
Synopsis
The girls refuse to cook eggs for Mr. Bumble because they believe the chicks are still alive inside.

The Machine Rage! (Table of Contents: 5)

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 Holliday; Hap Holliday

Generous Gesture (Table of Contents: 6)

Wilbur / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Wilbur Wilkin; Laurie Lake; Linda Moore; Alec
Synopsis
Alec and Linda make a deal: he'll help her get Wilbur if she helps him get Laurie. So they guilt-trip Wilbur and Laurie about spending too much time with each other.

Cochise! (Table of Contents: 7)

American Heritage / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ken Hultgren
Inks
Ken Hultgren
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction; history; western-frontier

Sent By Male (Table of Contents: 8)

Laurie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Laurie Lake; Linda Moore; Dodo
Synopsis
The girls discuss what they like about their boyfriends.

Perchance to Dream (Table of Contents: 9)

Mr. Bumble / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Mr. Bumble; Miss Sturdley
Synopsis
Mr. Bumble describes a dream he had.

Do Me a Flavor (Table of Contents: 10)

Wilbur / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Wilbur Wilkin; Laurie Lake; Linda Moore; Bolo; Pop
Synopsis
After Linda conks Wilbur over the head with a quart of chocolate ice cream, he demands she replace it, so she tries whipping up some home-made ice cream.

Indexer Notes

Pop, the proprietor of the ice cream shop, looks exactly the same as Pop Tate from "Archie," but his store is named "Pop's."

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Why Wilbur! I didn't know you rode!"]
    Wilbur
  2. 1. Quiet Victory
    Wilbur
  3. 2. Predictably Yours
    Mr. Bumble
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
  5. 4. Coddled Eggs
    Mr. Bumble
  6. 5. The Machine Rage!
    Li'l Jinx
  7. 6. Generous Gesture
    Wilbur
  8. 7. Cochise!
    American Heritage
  9. 8. Sent By Male
    Laurie
  10. 9. Perchance to Dream
    Mr. Bumble
  11. 10. Do Me a Flavor
    Wilbur
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