(August 1954)
Archie,
1944 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1954-06-14
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Close-Up Inc.
- Brand
-
An Archie Magazine Approved Reading
- Editing
- John L. Goldwater (editor); Harry Shorten (managing editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Hard Times!
Super Duck / comic story / 0.75 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's the trouble, Duck?
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Super Duck
- Synopsis
- Super Duck sees the doctor for a silver dollar he swallowed two years ago.
[no title indexed]
Ham Burger / comic story / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Why the mattress, Ham?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Ham Burger; Fauntleroy
- Synopsis
- Ham places a mattress below the tree limb he plans to cut.
Service with a Smile
Super Duck / comic story / 1.5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I hate to pester you, Mr. Duck, but can you spare a pinch of salt?
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Super Duck
- Synopsis
- Annoyed at his neighbor's constant asking for ingredients, Supe opens a market in his kitchen.
Fast Work!
Fauntleroy / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Faunt, did you vacuum the house, like I asked you to?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Fauntleroy; Super Duck
- Synopsis
- Fauntleroy lies about vacuuming the house.
Success Story!
Fauntleroy / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- But you've always worn sandals, Faunt!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Fauntleroy; Super Duck
- Synopsis
- Fauntleroy asks to swap his sandals for shoes because he read about millionaires who started on a shoestring.
The Rug Cutters
Super Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- H'lo
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Super Duck; Uwanna Duck
- Synopsis
- Super Duck's guests roll up the rug to dance and find the junk he stored underneath.
The Sweet Things in Life!
Super Duck / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For you, Uwanna!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Super Duck; Uwanna Duck
- Synopsis
- Uwanna receives a gift of candy from Super Duck only to learn that he stole it from a candy factory truck that crashed.
Sleepless Knights!
Fauntleroy / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'll never drink coffee again!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Fauntleroy; Super Duck
- Synopsis
- Super Duck finally falls asleep, but Fauntleroy wakes him up because of his snoring.
A Fast Clip!
Fauntleroy / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I quit! This lawn's too tough for this hand mower!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Fauntleroy; Super Duck
- Synopsis
- Fauntleroy buys a goat to mow the lawn.
Going Down!
Super Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh boy! This is the sport!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Super Duck
- Synopsis
- Super Duck chickens out of skiing.
Something to Crow About!
Super Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Doggone crows scat!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Super Duck
- Synopsis
- A flock of crows turns Supe into a scarecrow.
Vacuum Packed!
Super Duck / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ha, ha! Imagine you selling a vacuum!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Super Duck; Ham Burger
- Synopsis
- Super Duck and Ham Burger compete to see who can make more vacuum sales.
The Refuse Refugee!
Super Duck / comic story / 1.5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey! That's the fifth day you passed up my junk!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Super Duck
- Synopsis
- Super Duck tries to play a trick on the garbage collectors.
War Games
The Rover Gang / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Everybody got their socks full of flour?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Rover Gang [Fauntleroy; Ham Burger; Shorty Knapp; Tubby Lard; Frank Furter; Buster Noggin]
- Synopsis
- Shorty is knocked out after Fauntleroy uses soft coal in his sock instead of flour.
Taking the Plunge
Super Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Super Duck
- Synopsis
- Super Duck keeps slipping on soap in the shower, so he ties plungers to his legs.
Indexer Notes
No dialogue. Contains Super Duck nudity.
Armed Guard!
Super Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Supe, can't you be original?
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Super Duck; Uwanna Duck
- Synopsis
- Super Duck wears a suit of armor to ride the subway at rush hour.
Bells in His Belfry!
Super Duck / text story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Somebody knocked loudly on the front door.
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero; humor
- Characters
- Super Duck; Fauntleroy
- Synopsis
- Super Duck takes in a kangaroo as a boarder.
The Little Squirt!
Super Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Heh! Ah! Ha! Ha!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Super Duck
- Synopsis
- Super Duck is overtaken by the fumes of his insecticide.
Horse Sense!
Super Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hmm .... teeth look o.k.
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Super Duck
- Synopsis
- Super Duck inspects an electric hobby horse.
Trigger Happy!
Fauntleroy / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hello, Supe! I'm at Buster's party!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Fauntleroy; Buster Noggin; Super Duck
- Synopsis
- Fauntleroy fires his new pistol over the phone, deafening Supe.
Split Decision!
Uwanna / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Supe, can you run over here and settle a problem for me?
- Feature Logo
- Uwanna Duck
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Uwanna Duck; Super Duck
- Synopsis
- Uwanna wears two outfits at once to ask for Supe's vacation destination advice.
Black Out
Super Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh boy --- boxing! I'll enter.
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Super Duck
- Synopsis
- Super Duck wins boxing tickets after a boxing contest, but his black eyes mean he won't be able to see the match.
Starry Eyed
Super Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gee whiz, the next payment's due on my car...
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Super Duck
- Synopsis
- Super Duck offers to make people "see stars" with a baseball bat.
It Slays to Advertise!
Fauntleroy / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm from the employment office, Mister!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Fauntleroy
- Synopsis
- Fauntleroy has a solution to getting paid half his salary.
All Balled Up!
Super Duck / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That's at 8 P.M. tonight!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Super Duck
- Synopsis
- Super Duck confuses a man in a caveman outfit dragging a woman in a cavewoman outfit by her hair for a domestic abuse situation.
Feet First
Super Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Super Duck
- Synopsis
- Supe spends the day donating to various charities and then collects donations for tired feet.
Indexer Notes
No dialogue.
Indoor Sports
Super Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- All the equipment is packed for our big camping trip, Supe!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Super Duck; Ham Burger
- Synopsis
- Ham Burger tries to fall asleep before his camping trip.
Pleasant Dreams!
Fauntleroy / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gosh! Look at that poor man sleeping on the ground!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Fauntleroy; Super Duck
- Synopsis
- Fauntleroy offers a place to sleep to a homeless man.
It's a Gift!
Fauntleroy / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Nertz! Today is my girl's birthday --- and I'm too broke to buy her a nice gift!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Fauntleroy; Geraldine
- Synopsis
- Fauntleroy saws down a birdhouse to give his girlfriend as a birthday gift.
The Treatment
Super Duck / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I see these spots clearly sometimes, other times they seem hazy!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Super Duck
- Synopsis
- Super Duck is treated for spotted vision.
[no title indexed]
Fun Page / activity / 0.25 page
Indexer Notes
Includes unscrambling name of famous recording artist (Eddie Fisher), did you know, and signs of the times (suggested by Maria Corrilo, South Boston, MA).
Lucky Number Game
Super Duck / activity / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Indexer Notes
Instructions for Lucky Number Game made with cardboard box cover.
Out of Uniform!
Super Duck / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boy! I'd sure enjoy a big turkey dinner on the house!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Super Duck; Mushnoggin
- Synopsis
- Supe and Mushnoggin steal military uniforms to get into a free veterans' dinner.
A Stone's Throw!
Super Duck / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yes, this equipment is a bit expensive, sir!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Super Duck; Mushnoggin
- Synopsis
- Super Duck doesn't kill anything with his expensive hunting equipment, but Mushnoggin kills a rabbit with a rock.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Supe! I don't think it's such a good idea swipin' those eagle eggs!"]
Super Duck -
1.
Hard Times!
Super Duck -
2.
["Why the mattress, Ham?"]
Ham Burger -
3.
Service with a Smile
Super Duck -
4.
Fast Work!
Fauntleroy -
5.
Success Story!
Fauntleroy -
6.
The Rug Cutters
Super Duck -
7.
The Sweet Things in Life!
Super Duck -
8.
Sleepless Knights!
Fauntleroy -
9.
A Fast Clip!
Fauntleroy -
10.
Going Down!
Super Duck -
11.
Something to Crow About!
Super Duck -
12.
Vacuum Packed!
Super Duck -
13.
The Refuse Refugee!
Super Duck -
14.
War Games
The Rover Gang -
15.
Taking the Plunge
Super Duck -
16.
Armed Guard!
Super Duck -
17.
Bells in His Belfry!
Super Duck -
18.
The Little Squirt!
Super Duck -
19.
Horse Sense!
Super Duck -
20.
Trigger Happy!
Fauntleroy -
21.
Split Decision!
Uwanna -
22.
Black Out
Super Duck -
23.
Starry Eyed
Super Duck -
24.
It Slays to Advertise!
Fauntleroy -
25.
All Balled Up!
Super Duck -
26.
Feet First
Super Duck -
27.
Indoor Sports
Super Duck -
28.
Pleasant Dreams!
Fauntleroy -
29.
It's a Gift!
Fauntleroy -
30.
Dime Of Your Life!
Jughead -
31.
The Treatment
Super Duck -
32.
[no title indexed]
Fun Page -
33.
Lucky Number Game
Super Duck -
34.
Out of Uniform!
Super Duck -
35.
["Hey gang! Send in for your copy of the brand-new Archie Annual #6 and we'll send you this gorgeous, 4-color 1955 pin-up calendar... absolutely free!!"]
Archie -
36.
A Stone's Throw!
Super Duck
This issue was modified by, among others
- Luke A.
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Daniel Thingvold
- Len Wolinsky
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