(1950)

Archie, 1950 Series
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Price
0.25 USD
Pages
116
Indicia Frequency
Once per year
On-sale Date
1949-10-27
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Editing
John L. Goldwater (editor-in-chief); Harry Shorten (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Montana (signed)
Inks
Bob Montana (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
To read this letter...
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Reprints
  • GB in Archie Annual (Gerald G. Swan, 1951 series) #1 ([1951]) [Text block to the left of the Archie logo has been removed (date and number). The number of pages has been altered from 116 to 100 in the text block above the Archie logo. The Year Book text block has been replaced with an Approved Reading block. The stamp on the letter that Archie's holding has been replaced with Swan's emblem (a swan with a 'G' on either side). The dialogue in the first speech bubble has been altered. Montana's signature has been removed.]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
? [as Archie Andrews]
Pencils
Bob Montana
Inks
Bob Montana
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's a great thrill for me to write you this personal letter, because I feel that I know a great many of you.
Characters
Archie Andrews

Notes to You! (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Ray Gill (signed)
Pencils
Samm Schwartz (signed as Sam S.)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hi, Archie! Going to the dance, tonight?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Mrs. Cooper; George Cooper
Synopsis
When Archie passes up Betty to talk to Veronica, Betty gets mad and writes him a poison pen letter.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Betty's father is named George in this story.

Gym Dandy (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Ray Gill (signed)
Pencils
Samm Schwartz (signed as Samm)
Inks
Samm Schwartz (signed as Samm)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You wanted to see me, Mr. Weatherbee!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Coach Kleats; Mr. Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mrs. Lodge; Mr. Lodge [John Lodge]
Synopsis
When the gym falls apart Archie organizes a dance to raise money to build a new gym.
Reprints

The Battle of the Rattle (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Ray Gill (signed)
Pencils
Bill Vigoda
Inks
Bill Vigoda
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
May I borrow your car, Archiekins? I'm supposed to pick up my little cousin today and both our cars are busy--
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews
Synopsis
Archie tries to fix a rattling noise after he loans his father's car to Veronica.
Reprints

Who's Zoo? (Table of Contents: 5)

Jughead / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Frese
Inks
George Frese
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You? A job at the zoo?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Jughead's working at the zoo and accidentally lets a monkey loose.
Reprints

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

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

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

Archie Puzzle Fun / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Red Holmdale ?
Inks
Red Holmdale ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Can you arrange the digits 1 through 9 in the empty squares shown above so that the combined numbers will add to exactly 15 in the six rows indicated by the arrows.
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Indexer Notes

Three activities, arrange the numbers, connect the dots, and turn lead into gold.

Stop! You're Breaking My Glass (Table of Contents: 8)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Archie, would you ask Pop Tate to add a little more soda water in here? It's too sweet.
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Pop loses his customers after banning Archie from the Chok'lit Shop for accidentally breaking too many glasses.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Earliest appearance of Pop Tate resembling his current character model. Previous appearances depicted Tate as a skinny, older man with gray hair and a mustache. Here, he is taller, heavyset, and bald. Bob Montana would use this model in Tate's earliest known newspaper strip appearance on May 2, 1950. Both models would be seen interchangeably in Archie stories as this model was phased in.

The Rug Cutter! (Table of Contents: 9)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Ray Gill (signed)
Pencils
Bill Vigoda (signed)
Inks
Bill Vigoda (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Let's go for a little ride, Betty! We can decide which movie we want to see tonight!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Mr. Cooper; Fred Andrews
Synopsis
Betty can't go to the movies with Archie until she does some chores around the house, and Archie decides to help.

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

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

The Mystery Finger (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Montana (Archie stock art); ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Archie Andrews

Indexer Notes

An illusion and a word building puzzle.

No Soap (Table of Contents: 12)

Archie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Ray Gill (signed)
Pencils
Samm Schwartz (signed as Samm)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I hate to interrupt you, children with your homework -- but is the new laundromat open in town? -- I have two huge bundles to go on the back porch--
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Mary Andrews; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Archie and Betty decide to wash and dry the clothes Archie's mom wanted taken to the laundromat.
Reprints

The Pin-Up (Table of Contents: 13)

Jughead / comic story / 6.33 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Frese
Inks
George Frese
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
That's what I said, Archie -- I'm baby-sitting at the Browns' tonight!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Mr. Brown; Mrs. Brown; Charles Augustus Brown; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Jughead is babysitting and he thinks the baby has swallowed a pin.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

The Bugaboo Buster! (Table of Contents: 15)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Ray Gill (signed)
Pencils
Bill Vigoda (signed)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hi, Veronica!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
When Veronica decides to hold a hard luck party for Friday the 13th, Archie experiences a run of bad luck, only for Veronica to find out that it's actually Thursday the 12th.
Reprints

No Pool Like an Old Pool (Table of Contents: 16)

Archie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Ray Gill (signed)
Pencils
Bill Vigoda (signed)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hi, Archie! Want to go for a swim?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Mr. Cooper
Synopsis
It's winter so Archie decides to set up an indoor pool in the attic to swim in.
Reprints

The Little Squirt (Table of Contents: 17)

Archie / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey, Egghead! Want to see my new picture ring?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis
Archie keeps accidentally squirting Mr. Weatherbee with various liquids.
Reprints

What Makes Jughead Run? (Table of Contents: 18)

Jughead / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Frese
Inks
George Frese
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Coach -- do you mean to say our track team doesn't stand a chance in tomorrow's inter-high school half mile race?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Mr. Weatherbee; Coach Kleats; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
In need of a runner for the upcoming race, Coach Kleats sends scouts around Riverdale, one of whom finds Jughead running away from a baseball game where he broke a window. Once he discovers the reason for Jughead's speed, he places a receiver in Jughead's hat during the race and blackmails him into winning the race for Riverdale.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

One of several similar stories from this era in which Jughead becomes Coach Kleats' unlikely savior in a given sport, including boxing (Archie Comics #40), baseball (Laugh Comics #35), and wrestling (Pep Comics #76).

Nifty Fifty (Table of Contents: 19)

Archie / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Ray Gill (credited)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
"Hi, Archiekins!" Veronica called.
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Archie finds a wallet with a fifty dollar bill in it.

Knights to You (Table of Contents: 20)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
This museum is too spooky, Arch... what are we hanging around all this dead stuff for?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Miss Grundy; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Archie and Jughead go to the museum and Archie puts on a suit of armor.
Reprints

Fat's the Spirit (Table of Contents: 21)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey, Archie, look! A new kid -- just moved in next door!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Fred F. Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Coach Kleats
Synopsis
After making fun of an overweight teen moving into the neighborhood, Archie is knocked unconscious by a lamp falling out of the moving truck and dreams of suddenly becoming overweight, helping him become more sensitive to making fun of others' appearances.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

"Samm's Furniture Moving" logo on truck in splash page, a reference to artist Samm Schwartz.

My Job Is Your Job (Table of Contents: 22)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Frese
Inks
George Frese
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Jughead! I've been looking all over for you! Lend me five bucks!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mrs. Best; Mrs. Jones; Mrs. Sullivan; Mrs. Holley; Fifi; Mrs. Lee
Synopsis
Archie needs to earn five bucks to take Veronica out so he has Jughead line up jobs for him to do.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The Mrs. Jones in this story is not Jughead's mother.

There's a Patch to It! (Table of Contents: 23)

Archie / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Ray Gill (signed)
Pencils
Samm Schwartz (signed as Samm)
Inks
Samm Schwartz (signed as Samm)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well girls, the Patch Hop is here again! As you know the rules are that a girl has to put a patch on the boy she wants to take her to the dance!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Dilbert Doiley [Dilton Doiley]; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis
There's a patch hop on tonight and Archie wants to avoid being patched by anyone but Veronica.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Dilton is called Dilbert in this story. While a character named Dilbert had appeared in Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #34, this story marks the first use of the "Doiley" surname. The Dilton Doiley character had already debuted in the Archie newspaper strip dated February 16, 1948, albeit with the surname spelled "Doily."

Archie reveals his birth month as December.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["To read this letter..."]
    Archie
  2. 1. ["It's a great thrill for me to write you this personal letter, because I feel that I know a great many of you."]
  3. 2. Notes to You!
    Archie
  4. 3. Gym Dandy
    Archie
  5. 4. The Battle of the Rattle
    Archie
  6. 5. Who's Zoo?
    Jughead
  7. 6. ["What makes Archie lead the field?"]
    Archie
  8. 7. ["Can you arrange the digits 1 through 9 in the empty squares shown above so that the combined numbers will add to exactly 15 in the six rows indicated by the arrows."]
    Archie Puzzle Fun
  9. 8. Stop! You're Breaking My Glass
    Archie
  10. 9. The Rug Cutter!
    Archie
  11. 10. ["Oh boy! Will you have extra pep if you read Pep Comics"]
  12. 11. The Mystery Finger
    Archie Puzzle Page
  13. 12. No Soap
    Archie
  14. 13. The Pin-Up
    Jughead
  15. 14. ["Hey, kids! Look!"]
    Archie
  16. 15. The Bugaboo Buster!
    Archie
  17. 16. No Pool Like an Old Pool
    Archie
  18. 17. The Little Squirt
    Archie
  19. 18. What Makes Jughead Run?
    Jughead
  20. 19. Nifty Fifty
    Archie
  21. 20. Knights to You
    Archie
  22. 21. Fat's the Spirit
    Archie
  23. 22. My Job Is Your Job
    Jughead
  24. 23. There's a Patch to It!
    Archie
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Luke A.
  • Kenneth English
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Jim Walls
  • Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)