(December 1950)

Archie, 1945 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1950-10-19
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Close-Up Inc.
Brand
An Archie Magazine Approved Reading
Editing
John L. Goldwater (editor-in-chief); Harry Shorten (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration. Indexed from scanned copy at http://digitalcomicmuseum.com

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Suzie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Samm Schwartz
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Five dollars for a fire extinguisher?! Don't you have one cheaper than that?
Genre
humor
Characters
Suzie
Reprints

Sweet Sioux (Table of Contents: 1)

Suzie / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Samm Schwartz
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hi, Ferdie! Come on in!
Genre
humor
Characters
Suzie; Ferdie; Uncle Blunderbuss; Gregory Van Dripp
Synopsis
Ferdie gets a counselor job at Indian Lore Camp to be near Suzie for the summer, but he's disheartened to discover that the camp adjoins the Van Dripp lodge.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

The Home Run Queen (Table of Contents: 3)

Suzie / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Samm Schwartz
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well! What's this!
Genre
humor
Characters
Ferdie; Suzie
Synopsis
Ferdie is amused to find Suzie on an all-women's baseball team but in trying to prove men are better players he winds up injuring their star pitcher - and has to serve as a substitute for the big game!

There Lies Blundie (Table of Contents: 4)

Suzie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Fagaly ?
Inks
Al Fagaly ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hi Ferdie! How'd you like to take me to the big dinner at Daddy's club tonight?
Genre
humor
Characters
Suzie; Ferdie; Uncle Blunderbuss; Suzie's father; Suzie's mother
Synopsis
Suzie and Ferdie bring Uncle Blunderbuss along to a club dinner where they'll be presenting the Paul Bunyan Award to the best teller of tall tales.

Memory Lame (Table of Contents: 5)

Ginger / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dick Briefer (signed)
Inks
Dick Briefer (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dad, Mervin Plang is coming here tonight.
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Ginger Snapp; Mr. Snapp; Mervin Plang
Synopsis
Ginger dates Mervin Plang, a boy with an excellent memory.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Suzie Fun Page / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Suzie

Indexer Notes

Includes changing one word into another, two riddles, rebus, geometry problem, blot pictures, and sudoku.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Suzie's Movie Diary / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Broadway: New York stage and screen stars are all highly impressed...

Shut My Trout (Table of Contents: 8)

Suzie / comic story / 4.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hmmmm...
Genre
humor
Characters
Suzie; Ferdie; Suzie's father
Synopsis
Suzie and Ferdie attempt to help Suzie's father with a fishing trip.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Suzie Puzzle Page / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Suzie

Indexer Notes

Includes fill in the blanks and name the city rebuses.

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

Katy Keene / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Woggon (signed)
Pencils
Bill Woggon (signed)
Inks
Bill Woggon (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Our story opens with K.O. Kelly reading the Los Angeles paper when suddenly-
Genre
humor; fashion; teen
Characters
Katy Keene; K.O. Kelly; Sis; Randy Van Ronson III
Synopsis
K.O. invites Katy and Sis for a ride on his new yacht. When Randy doesn't believe that K.O. has a yacht, K.O. uses the dictionary definition to prove his small wooden boat is, indeed, a "yacht."

Indexer Notes

Sailing outfit and pose by Paul Franks (Duquesne, PA); K.O.'s suit by Claire Schafer (Escanaba, MI); K.O.'s outfit by Mary Lee Fox (Bridgeton, NJ); Katy's dress by Sandra Glenn (Joppa, MD); dress by Agnes Yoshino (Honolulu, HI); house coat by Ruth Plants (Detroit 19, MI); sailor suits for Katy and Sis by Patricia Clark (Artesia, NM); Randy's outfit by Beverly Aaron (Seattle 7, WA); suit and pose by Janet Lehmann (Burbank, CA).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

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

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Five dollars for a fire extinguisher?! Don't you have one cheaper than that?"]
    Suzie
  2. 1. Sweet Sioux
    Suzie
  3. 2. ["Wha' hoppen? Why is everybody running? Reggie is back!"]
    Reggie
  4. 3. The Home Run Queen
    Suzie
  5. 4. There Lies Blundie
    Suzie
  6. 5. Memory Lame
    Ginger
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Suzie Fun Page
  8. 7. ["Broadway: New York stage and screen stars are all highly impressed..."]
    Suzie's Movie Diary
  9. 8. Shut My Trout
    Suzie
  10. 9. ["Extra! Extra! Extra!"]
    Fauntleroy
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Suzie Puzzle Page
  12. 11. ["Our story opens with K.O. Kelly reading the Los Angeles paper when suddenly-"]
    Katy Keene
  13. 12. ["Archie's Pal Jughead is here to stay!!"]
    Jughead
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Luke A.
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Warren Zeigler