(August 1950)
Archie,
1944 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1950
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Close-Up Inc.
- Brand
-
An Archie Magazine Approved Reading
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Copyright, 1950, by Close-Up, Inc.
in 
Pay Less-Get the Best!
Luxury Seat Cover Co. / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
On inside front cover in black and white.
Wrestlin' Peace
Super Duck / comic story / 5.67 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Super Duck; Fauntleroy Duck; Uwanna Duck; Lovely Larry; Turrible Tess
- Synopsis
- Super's new neighbor's are wrestlers.
[no title indexed]
Ham Burger / comic story / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ham, I want you to put on this coat and be butler at my party!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Ham Burger; Margaret
- Synopsis
- Ham is butler at a party where he is supposed to call the guests' names.
Jimmy Saves a Life
Roadmaster / advertisement / 1 page
- Characters
- Jimmy; Joe
- Synopsis
- Jimmy uses his Roadmaster to get help quick.
Indexer Notes
Ad in comic form.
Brushing Up on His Stable Manners
Super Duck / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Super Duck; Uwanna Duck; Uncle Goldiamond
- Synopsis
- Super plans to impress Uwanna's uncle by riding a horse.
2nd Edition Archie Annual
Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Mary Cooper; Bob Hastings (photo); Fred Andrews
Indexer Notes
Order form for the second Archie Annual and a photo of the actor who voiced Archie on radio.
Bird's Nest Supe
Super Duck / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Super Duck; Uwanna Duck; Mr. Krummeyer
- Synopsis
- Uwanna gets Super a job at the bakery.
The Fraudulent Freaks
Super Duck / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Super Duck; Fat Emma; Painless Pete; Nokin Burnum; M.T. Sadduls
- Synopsis
- Super goes to the carnival and ruins the freak show.
Indexer Notes
Similar plot to Fracas With the Freaks in Super Duck Comics #29.
Connect the Dots
Super Duck Puzzle Page / activity / 0.67 page
- Characters
- Super Duck; Fauntleroy Duck
Indexer Notes
A word ladder (swan to loon), a connect the dots, and an optical illusion.
Tic... Tac... Toe... Whichever Way You Go...
Wilbur / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Wilbur Wilkin
The Dream Boat
Super Duck / comic story / 5.67 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Super Duck; Uwanna Duck; Señor Gonniff
- Synopsis
- Super has a plan to get a private boat for him and Uwanna.
Add So?
Ham Burger / comic story / 0.33 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Ham Burger; Fauntleroy Duck
- Synopsis
- Ham won a ski outfit by adding up some numbers from a dream and betting on that number.
[no title indexed]
The "Popsicle" Hall of Fame; Popsicle / advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Sam Glankoff (signed); ? (photo)
- Inks
- Sam Glankoff (signed); ? (photo)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gosh, I thought I was dreaming
- Genre
- adventure; non-fiction
- Characters
- Carolyn Walker (photo); Popsicle Pete
- Synopsis
- Carolyn saves her family from a fire.
Indexer Notes
The top half of the ad is in sequential art form: "A true story of a Popsicle Youth Award."
A Message About Polio
National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis / text article / 2 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; medical
Indexer Notes
Information about dealing with polio.
The Idle Idol
Super Duck / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Super Duck; Uwanna Duck; Rudy Gasolino
- Synopsis
- Upset that his girlfriend wants to see a Rudy Gasolino movie, Super vandalizes one of the performer's posters.
A Word to the Wise --is Deficient!
Super Duck / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Super Duck; Emery Stone
- Synopsis
- A lawyer advises Super to ignore an obnoxious brat.
Larry Learns About Snakebite
Gillette Bicycle Tires / advertisement / 0.5 page
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Bill; Larry; Joey Gillette
- Synopsis
- Bill is bit by a snake.
You Roared with Archie's Pal Jughead Comics
Betty and Veronica / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Circus Daze
Super Duck / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Super Duck; Uwanna Duck; The Eaton sisters
- Synopsis
- Jealous that her job at the circus puts her close to other men, Super looks for a job that will put him near beautiful women.
Indexer Notes
Told in rhyme.
[no title indexed]
Fleer's 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
- Heel and toe and strut your stuff - now sashay and get ready to...
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Gramps; Pud; Tommy
- Synopsis
- The kids are learning to square dance.
Indexer Notes
Ad in comic form.
A is for Archie
Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Look, Fauntleroy-- a four leaf clover! Boy, am I lucky!"]
Super Duck -
1.
Pay Less-Get the Best!
Luxury Seat Cover Co. -
2.
Wrestlin' Peace
Super Duck -
3.
["Ham, I want you to put on this coat and be butler at my party!"]
Ham Burger -
4.
Jimmy Saves a Life
Roadmaster -
5.
Brushing Up on His Stable Manners
Super Duck -
6.
2nd Edition Archie Annual
Archie -
7.
Bird's Nest Supe
Super Duck -
8.
Schwinn is Guaranteed!
Arnold, Schwinn & Company -
9.
The Fraudulent Freaks
Super Duck -
10.
Connect the Dots
Super Duck Puzzle Page -
11.
Tic... Tac... Toe... Whichever Way You Go...
Wilbur -
12.
The Dream Boat
Super Duck -
13.
Add So?
Ham Burger -
14.
["Gosh, I thought I was dreaming"]
The "Popsicle" Hall of Fame; Popsicle -
15.
A Message About Polio
National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis -
16.
The Idle Idol
Super Duck -
17.
See Monark
Monark Silver King, Inc. -
18.
A Word to the Wise --is Deficient!
Super Duck -
19.
Larry Learns About Snakebite
Gillette Bicycle Tires -
20.
You Roared with Archie's Pal Jughead Comics
Betty and Veronica -
21.
Circus Daze
Super Duck -
22.
["Heel and toe and strut your stuff - now sashay and get ready to..."]
Fleer's Dubble Bubble -
23.
A is for Archie
Archie -
24.
Shop by Mail and Save!
-
25.
Premiums - Cash Given
Wilson Chemical Co. -
26.
New Silk-Finish Enlargement, Ivory Gold-Tooled Frame
Hollywood Film Studios
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steve Coates
- Gregory Fischer
- Katy Hayhurst
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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