(January 1943)

Archie, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
Brand
An MLJ Publication
Editing
Harry Shorten

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The 3 Monkey-Teers; Black Hood; Pokey Oakey; Señor Siesta; Snoop McGook; Suzie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Red Holmdale (signed)
Inks
Red Holmdale (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero; humor; adventure; detective-mystery
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Pokey Oakey / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Don Dean (signed)
Pencils
Don Dean (signed)
Inks
Don Dean (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear reader, through the doings...
Genre
humor

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

Reader's Page / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photos)
Inks
? (photos)
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Includes black & white photos of readers.

The Doctor Who Was Twins (Table of Contents: 3)

Black Hood / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sam Cooper (signed as Cooper)
Inks
Sam Cooper (signed as Cooper)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Feature Logo
The Black Hood Man of Mystery
Genre
superhero

Benedict Arnold's Shoes (Table of Contents: 4)

Black Hood / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Scott Feldman
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Señor Siesta / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Don Dean (signed)
Pencils
Don Dean (signed)
Inks
Don Dean (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Once again the curtain rises...
Genre
humor; adventure

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

Snoop McGook / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Michel Roy [as Roy] (signed)
Inks
Michel Roy [as Roy] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
You're no doubt asking...
Genre
humor; detective-mystery

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

Gloomy Gus / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Virginia Hubbell ?
Pencils
Red Holmdale
Inks
Red Holmdale
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Jest Jokes / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Michel Roy (signed)
Pencils
Michel Roy (signed)
Inks
Michel Roy (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor

Here She Comes (Table of Contents: 9)

Suzie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Roy] (signed)
Pencils
Ed Goggin (signed)
Inks
Ed Goggin (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; teen

Indexer Notes

Previous indexer thought the signature was Ray, this indexer's copy is clear as "Roy" -
signed "Roy Ed / Groggin"

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

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

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

Percy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Edward Kean
Pencils
Bob Montana ?
Inks
Bob Montana ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Avast Percival! Sure is good...
Genre
adventure; humor

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

The 3 Monkey-Teers / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Goggin (signed)
Pencils
Ed Goggin (signed)
Inks
Ed Goggin (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
It sure is swell to be...
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals

Indexer Notes

Prior indexer felt Scott Feldman wrote this story, but Ed Goggin also was a writer and is known to have written this feature in 1942.

Lord Louis Mountbatten (Table of Contents: 13)

Top Notch's Hall of Fame / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

This is the final appearance of the "Top Notch's Hall of Fame" feature.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The 3 Monkey-Teers; Black Hood; Pokey Oakey; Señor Siesta; Snoop McGook; Suzie
  2. 1. ["Dear reader, through the doings..."]
    Pokey Oakey
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Reader's Page
  4. 3. The Doctor Who Was Twins
    Black Hood
  5. 4. Benedict Arnold's Shoes
    Black Hood
  6. 5. ["Once again the curtain rises..."]
    Señor Siesta
  7. 6. ["You're no doubt asking..."]
    Snoop McGook
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Gloomy Gus
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Jest Jokes
  10. 9. Here She Comes
    Suzie
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Archie
  12. 11. ["Avast Percival! Sure is good..."]
    Percy
  13. 12. ["It sure is swell to be..."]
    The 3 Monkey-Teers
  14. 13. Lord Louis Mountbatten
    Top Notch's Hall of Fame
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Max Capp
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Edgar Loftin
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Richard Smith
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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