(March 1943)
Archie,
1942 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
- Brand
-
An MLJ Publication
- Editing
- Harry Shorten (uncredited)
America's Funniest Joke Book
The 3 Monkey-Teers; Black Hood; Gloomy Gus; Percy; Pokey Oakey; Señor Siesta; Snoop McGook; Suzie / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Red Holmdale (signed)
- Inks
- Red Holmdale (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; superhero; teen; anthropomorphic-funny animals; fantasy-supernatural; adventure; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Black Hood; Snoop McGook; Pokey Oakey; Suzie; Senor Siesta; Three Monkeyteers; Percy; Gloomy Gus
[no title indexed]
Pokey Oakey / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Illinois had it's Abraham Lincoln, but Arkansas has young Pokey Oakey
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Pokey Oakey; Maaw Oakey; Paaw Oakey; Prince Nickoli (baby)
- Synopsis
- Pokey finds a baby in a basket floating in the river.
Death on the Flying Trapeze!
Black Hood / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Sam Cooper (signed as Cooper)
- Inks
- Sam Cooper (signed as Cooper)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Black Hood [Kip Burland]; Barbara Sutton; Doreen Rex; Emil Claxton; Paliacci; Texas Jim; Sardini; Mr. Rex; Madam Zonga
- Synopsis
- A trapeze girl is murdered, and there are many suspects in the Claxton Carnival.
- Keywords
- circuses; clowns; fortune telling; hanging; stage magicians; trapeze artists
Indexer Notes
The artwork is very similar to other stories by Sam Cooper.
[no title indexed]
Señor Siesta / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Through no fault of his own, little Señor Siesta must fight a duel with Señor Satani, who has been a great boon to the undertakers of Mexico.
- Genre
- humor; adventure
- Characters
- Señor Siesta; Sancho; Señor Satani
- Synopsis
- Señor Fiesta must fight a duel with Satani.
[no title indexed]
Snoop McGook / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ha! Wait till my clients see my fan mail!
- Genre
- humor; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Snoop McGook; Major Mildew; Murgison (gang boss)
- Synopsis
- Snoop gets a letter from a secret admirer.
[no title indexed]
Gloomy Gus / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Red Holmdale (signed as "Red" Holmdale)
- Pencils
- Red Holmdale (signed as "Red" Holmdale)
- Inks
- Red Holmdale (signed as "Red" Holmdale)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You've got to help me, Pete!
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Gloomy Gus [Gus Gloompuss]; St. Pete; O'Toole
- Synopsis
- Gus has searched everywhere, but he can't find a body he can keep.
[no title indexed]
Suzie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Gerald Kean (signed as Kean)
- Pencils
- Red Holmdale (signed)
- Inks
- Red Holmdale (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Switchboard operator needed
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Suzie; George Draft (movie star); Mae Rest (movie star)
- Synopsis
- Suzy take a job as switchboard operator.
Indexer Notes
Writer is called Jerry Keane in a caption.
[no title indexed]
Percy / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- But, Jasper-Percy is so fragile
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Percy Plummer; Jasper Plummer; Mrs. Plummer
- Synopsis
- Percy and his father go on a hunting and fishing trip.
[no title indexed]
The 3 Monkey-Teers / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The 3 Monkey-Teers have found out...
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- The 3 Monkey-Teers [Sassafras; Small Fry; Yehudi]; Stupidman
- Synopsis
- Stupidman is experimenting with his latest invention against bombing raids.
Indexer Notes
Previous indexer thought story written by Scott Feldman. Ed Goggin wrote most of his own comics, and is known to have written this feature as well as drawn it.
[no title indexed]
Dotty and Ditto / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Bill Woggon (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Woggon (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Woggon (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Howdy folks!!
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier; children
- Characters
- Dotty; Ditto (parrot); Wilmer (drugstore cowboy); Desperate Dan (outlaw); Dottum (indian)
- Synopsis
- Dotty and Ditto is captured by Desperate Dan, but is saved by Dottum.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
America's Funniest Joke Book
The 3 Monkey-Teers; Black Hood; Gloomy Gus; Percy; Pokey Oakey; Señor Siesta; Snoop McGook; Suzie -
1.
["Illinois had it's Abraham Lincoln, but Arkansas has young Pokey Oakey"]
Pokey Oakey -
2.
Death on the Flying Trapeze!
Black Hood -
3.
["Through no fault of his own, little Señor Siesta must fight a duel with Señor Satani, who has been a great boon to the undertakers of Mexico."]
Señor Siesta -
4.
["Ha! Wait till my clients see my fan mail!"]
Snoop McGook -
5.
["You've got to help me, Pete!"]
Gloomy Gus -
6.
["Switchboard operator needed"]
Suzie -
7.
["But, Jasper-Percy is so fragile"]
Percy -
8.
["The 3 Monkey-Teers have found out..."]
The 3 Monkey-Teers -
9.
["Howdy folks!!"]
Dotty and Ditto
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Steinar Ådland
- Edgar Loftin
- Clint Maxwell
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
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