(June 1954)

Archie, 1945 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1954-04-07
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.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Suzie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Samm Schwartz (signed as Samm)
Inks
Samm Schwartz (signed as Samm)
Colors
?
Letters
Samm Schwartz (signed as Samm)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Suzie! What's the idea covering up those pictures with paint! Are you crazy?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Suzie; Ferdie
Synopsis
Suzie doesn't have the concept of painting pictures quite down.
Reprints

Cuckoo Clock (Table of Contents: 1)

Suzie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
How do you like my new cuckoo clock, Ferdie?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Suzie; Ferdie
Synopsis
Suzie has an explanation for her defective clock.

In the Dark! (Table of Contents: 2)

Suzie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Night letter for you Suzie!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Suzie; Ferdie
Synopsis
Suzie gets a night letter.

Fire Away! (Table of Contents: 3)

Suzie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Come on over Ferdie.
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Suzie; Ferdie
Synopsis
Suzie makes her hot chocolate a little too hot for Ferdie to handle.

Three O'Clock Jump! (Table of Contents: 4)

Ferdie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I hope Ferdie is feeling better!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Suzie; Ferdie
Synopsis
Ferdie gets some pretty stringent advice from his physician.

Beach Peach (Table of Contents: 5)

Suzie / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Wow...look at the bathing suit that blonde is sporting!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Suzie
Synopsis
Suzie finds a unique way of attracting male attention at the beach.

Ring Master! (Table of Contents: 6)

Suzie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Evening, Suzie, what's new?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Suzie; Suzie's father; Horizontal Horace
Synopsis
Suzie buys the contract of a punching bag prize-fighter.

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

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

Royal Greeting! (Table of Contents: 8)

Ferdie / comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ferdie, I do wish you and my dad would get along better!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Ferdie; Suzie; Suzie's father
Synopsis
Ferdie greets Suzie's father.

The Mail of the Species (Table of Contents: 9)

Ferdie / comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Who's the letter to Ferdie?
Genre
humor
Characters
Ferdie; Suzie
Synopsis
Ferdie mails himself a letter.

One Track Mind (Table of Contents: 10)

Ferdie / comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There's nothing to hunting bear Ferdie, just look for tracks and follow them!
Genre
humor
Characters
Ferdie; Suzie's father
Synopsis
Ferdie hunts for a bear by following the railroad tracks.

Hat To Hat Chat! (Table of Contents: 11)

Suzie / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Very cute .. I must say, very cute indeed!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Suzie; Suzie's father
Synopsis
Suzie makes herself a new hat, but accidentally gets it switched with a lampshade.

Tee For Three! (Table of Contents: 12)

Suzie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Suzie, please keep out of the house this afternoon!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Suzie; Suzie's father; Aunt Agatha; Ferdie
Synopsis
Suzie takes up golf and her practicing may be hazardous to her aunt's health.

Dates of Old (Table of Contents: 13)

Suzie / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gladys, how would you like to go out on a double date tonight?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Suzie; Ferdie; Gladys
Synopsis
Ferdie brings an old friend to double-date with Suzie and her friend Gladys.

[Couth or Consequences] (Table of Contents: 14)

Ferdie / comic story / 0.3 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You're uncouth!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Ferdie; Suzie
Synopsis
Ferdie and Suzie have an argument over whether Ferdie appreciates culture.

[Katy the Jungle Goddess] (Table of Contents: 15)

Katy Keene / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Woggon (signed)
Pencils
Bill Woggon (signed)
Inks
Hazel Marten; Kathryn Bill
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Danny said he wanted to see me ... I hope he has a part for me with Errol Swoon!
Genre
humor; fashion; teen
Characters
Katy Keene; Randy Van Ronson III; Danny O'Connel
Synopsis
Danny gets Katy a part in a 3D jungle film with matinee idol Errol Swoon, and Katy gets startled by a lion poster while studying the script.

Indexer Notes

Zebra lettering, Katy's pose, clothes all by Carole Lee West (White City, OR); Katy's dress by Janet Kauskey (Neffs, OH); bag and shoes by Joann West (Canton, NC); Danny's suit by Gail Childs (Buffalo 21, NY); Randy's sports car by Michael R. Daley (Cambridge, PA); Randy's jacket by Era Mae Fuller (Camden, TN); back view of car by Richard Taylor (Madoc, Ontario, Canada).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Broadway-Hollywood Wire / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
BROADWAY:—The little Parisian dancer, Leslie Caron, is all excited.
Synopsis
Collection of anecdotes from Hollywood and Broadway.

Wishing (Table of Contents: 17)

Red / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards (signed as J.EDWARDS!)
Pencils
Joe Edwards (signed as J.EDWARDS!)
Inks
Joe Edwards (signed as J.EDWARDS!)
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Edwards (signed as J.EDWARDS!)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm going to flunk today's test, for sure!
Genre
teen; adventure; crime
Characters
Red; Wilbur Wilkin; Mr. Dripwaite
Synopsis
Red wishes on a horseshoe that his test is cancelled, and when he gets to school, he finds out Miss Gargle is absent after being hit on the head with a horseshoe.

How's Tricks? (Table of Contents: 18)

Suzie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ferdie! Be careful!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Suzie; Ferdie
Synopsis
Ferdie tries to impress Suzie with bicycle stunts.

The Good Old Daze (Table of Contents: 19)

Suzie / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Sorry, Ferdie - but I can't go to the beach!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Suzie; Ferdie; Suzie's grandmother
Synopsis
Suzie's strict, old-fashioned grandmother is cramping Ferdie's style.

Profit and Loss! (Table of Contents: 20)

Suzie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I wonder how Ferdie is making out with his fruit juice stand?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Suzie; Ferdie
Synopsis
Ferdie's juice stand isn't a profitable venture.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Suzie! What's the idea covering up those pictures with paint! Are you crazy?"]
    Suzie
  2. 1. Cuckoo Clock
    Suzie
  3. 2. In the Dark!
    Suzie
  4. 3. Fire Away!
    Suzie
  5. 4. Three O'Clock Jump!
    Ferdie
  6. 5. Beach Peach
    Suzie
  7. 6. Ring Master!
    Suzie
  8. 7. ["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
  9. 8. Royal Greeting!
    Ferdie
  10. 9. The Mail of the Species
    Ferdie
  11. 10. One Track Mind
    Ferdie
  12. 11. Hat To Hat Chat!
    Suzie
  13. 12. Tee For Three!
    Suzie
  14. 13. Dates of Old
    Suzie
  15. 14. [Couth or Consequences]
    Ferdie
  16. 15. [Katy the Jungle Goddess]
    Katy Keene
  17. 16. ["BROADWAY:—The little Parisian dancer, Leslie Caron, is all excited."]
    Broadway-Hollywood Wire
  18. 17. Wishing
    Red
  19. 18. How's Tricks?
    Suzie
  20. 19. The Good Old Daze
    Suzie
  21. 20. Profit and Loss!
    Suzie
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Luke A.
  • Igor Dybzinski
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen