(December 1954)

Archie, 1944 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1954-10-15
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Close-Up Inc.
Brand
Archie Series [banner]
Editing
John L. Goldwater (editor); Harry Shorten (managing editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Super Duck / cover / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
How to Win Friends
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Super Duck
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Fast Whirl (Table of Contents: 1)

Super Duck / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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It's th' Roto Whip! Even kids ride on it!
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Super Duck; Uwanna Duck
Synopsis
Super Duck encourages Uwanna to try an amusement ride but he's the one who ends up scared.

The Spendthrift (Table of Contents: 2)

Super Duck / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Here we are, Uwanna! Let's eat!
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Super Duck; Uwanna Duck
Synopsis
Super Duck pulls up to the Swank Club and takes Uwanna to the hot dog stand next door.

Barred (Table of Contents: 3)

Super Duck / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Can't you read, Junior? This is a one-way street!!
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Super Duck; Uwanna Duck
Synopsis
Super Duck represents himself in court and ends up jailed.

Batter Up! (Table of Contents: 4)

Super Duck / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Hey! You know I happen to be that girl's date!
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Super Duck; Uwanna Duck
Synopsis
Uwanna thinks Super Duck is fighting for her honor but he's actually using a baseball bat to determine who gets to dance with her.

Bats in th' Belfry (Table of Contents: 5)

Super Duck / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Hi!
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Super Duck; Uwanna Duck
Synopsis
Super Duck doesn't believe that Uwanna's been window shopping.

Tricks of the Trade (Table of Contents: 6)

Super Duck / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Dumb pup! Dumb, dumb ol' pup!
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Super Duck; Fauntleroy
Synopsis
Supe and Fauntleroy try to teach a puppy to stand on its back legs.

Gruesome Two'Some (Table of Contents: 7)

Super Duck / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Stop hitting golf balls over into my yard! Understand?
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Super Duck; Fauntleroy
Synopsis
Super Duck tries to get even with a neighbor who complains of Supe's golfing.

It's a Snap! (Table of Contents: 8)

Super Duck / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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It's a beautiful camera, Supe -- but you paid a lot of money for it!
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Super Duck; Fauntleroy; Uwanna Duck
Synopsis
Super Duck stages an accident to make money as a spot photographer.

Jet Race (Table of Contents: 9)

Super Duck / activity / 1 page (report information)

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humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
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Super Duck

Indexer Notes

Instructions and board for Jet Race game.

Dime Of Your Life! (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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

Fade-Out (Table of Contents: 11)

Ham Burger / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Oh! Oh! Now what's wrong at th' house?
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Ham Burger; Super Duck
Synopsis
Ham Burger gets medical attention after accepting Fauntleroy's bet to submerge his head in water three times and come up twice.

Ski, Whiz! (Table of Contents: 12)

Super Duck / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Heh! Heh!
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Super Duck; Uwanna Duck
Synopsis
Super Duck tries to avoid a tree while skiing.

Flat Happy! (Table of Contents: 13)

Super Duck / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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How do you like that?! When it rains it pours!
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Super Duck; Uwanna Duck
Synopsis
Super Duck changes the tires on the wrong car.

You Go To My Head (Table of Contents: 14)

Super Duck / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Dagnab the nabbity-nab! They're gone!!
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Super Duck; Uwanna Duck; Buster Noggin; Fauntleroy
Synopsis
Buster and Faunt play golf using the other's head as tees.

The Block Buster (Table of Contents: 15)

Super Duck / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Oh! You've got a date with Edgar tonight?
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Super Duck; Fauntleroy; Uwanna Duck
Synopsis
Super Duck tries to build muscle to compete with Uwanna's new date.

Snowed Under! (Table of Contents: 16)

Super Duck / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Why I'll......
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Super Duck; Officer Squintly; Rover Gang [Fauntleroy; Ham Burger; Shorty Knapp; Tubby Lard; Frank Furter]
Synopsis
Super Duck thinks Officer Squintly is throwing snowballs at him.

Frozen Stiff! (Table of Contents: 17)

Fauntleroy / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Think I'll defrost a piece of...
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Fauntleroy; Super Duck
Synopsis
Fauntleroy stores his melting snowman in the deep freezer.

The Bigger the Batter (Table of Contents: 18)

Super Duck / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Hey! What's wrong, Faunt?
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Super Duck; Fauntleroy
Synopsis
Supe tries to beat up the kid who punched Fauntleroy.

Rung Number (Table of Contents: 19)

Super Duck / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Supe! Wait--!
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Super Duck; Fauntleroy
Synopsis
Super Duck ignores Fauntleroy and ends up falling down a ladder.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

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

Fight to the Finish (Table of Contents: 21)

Super Duck / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Gee! A ticket to the boxing bouts, tonight!
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Super Duck; Fauntleroy; Uwanna Duck
Synopsis
Supe lies to Uwanna so he can get out of a date and attend a boxing match, but Uwanna also has tickets and finds out about his lie.

Foul Ball! (Table of Contents: 22)

Super Duck / text story / 2 pages (report information)

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Superduck was miserable.
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Super Duck; Fauntleroy
Synopsis
Super Duck tries to get into a ball game for free.
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Shuffle Board (Table of Contents: 23)

Super Duck / activity / 1 page (report information)

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Here's a game that packs a punch!
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Super Duck

Indexer Notes

Instructions and board for shuffleboard game.

Food for Aught (Table of Contents: 24)

Super Duck / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Goodness! Where are you boys going?
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Super Duck; Fauntleroy; Uwanna Duck
Synopsis
Uwanna asks about what Supe and Fauntleroy packed for their camping trip.

The Ball-erina (Table of Contents: 25)

Super Duck / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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--Maybe we ought to go to the movies, Supe--
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Super Duck; Uwanna Duck
Synopsis
Uwanna injures Super Duck while learning to bowl.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 26) (Expand) /

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

Follow the Swallow (Table of Contents: 27)

Super Duck / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Aw, c'mon, Supe! You don't know how to pitch!
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Super Duck; Fauntleroy; Buster Noggin; Shorty Knapp; Ham Burger; Uwanna Duck
Synopsis
Super Duck insists on pitching at the Rover Gang's game and ends up with a line drive down his throat.

The Pay Off! (Table of Contents: 28)

Super Duck / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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No! You can't have money to go to the movies!
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Super Duck; Fauntleroy
Synopsis
Fauntleroy takes Super Duck's advice to "see what you can get on the television set" literally and sells the TV.

Off the Beam! (Table of Contents: 29)

Super Duck / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Get up to your room and stay there!
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Super Duck; Fauntleroy; Uwanna Duck
Synopsis
Fauntleroy gets revenge on Super Duck by removing Supe's new electric eye garage opener so that he crashes through the door.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["How to Win Friends"]
    Super Duck
  2. 1. Fast Whirl
    Super Duck
  3. 2. The Spendthrift
    Super Duck
  4. 3. Barred
    Super Duck
  5. 4. Batter Up!
    Super Duck
  6. 5. Bats in th' Belfry
    Super Duck
  7. 6. Tricks of the Trade
    Super Duck
  8. 7. Gruesome Two'Some
    Super Duck
  9. 8. It's a Snap!
    Super Duck
  10. 9. Jet Race
    Super Duck
  11. 10. Dime Of Your Life!
    Jughead
  12. 11. Fade-Out
    Ham Burger
  13. 12. Ski, Whiz!
    Super Duck
  14. 13. Flat Happy!
    Super Duck
  15. 14. You Go To My Head
    Super Duck
  16. 15. The Block Buster
    Super Duck
  17. 16. Snowed Under!
    Super Duck
  18. 17. Frozen Stiff!
    Fauntleroy
  19. 18. The Bigger the Batter
    Super Duck
  20. 19. Rung Number
    Super Duck
  21. 20. ["Archie points with pride to the Archie Group"]
  22. 21. Fight to the Finish
    Super Duck
  23. 22. Foul Ball!
    Super Duck
  24. 23. Shuffle Board
    Super Duck
  25. 24. Food for Aught
    Super Duck
  26. 25. The Ball-erina
    Super Duck
  27. 26. ["It's here! -- A big new annual!"]
    Archie
  28. 27. Follow the Swallow
    Super Duck
  29. 28. The Pay Off!
    Super Duck
  30. 29. Off the Beam!
    Super Duck
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Luke A.
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Daniel Thingvold