(1957)
Archie,
1953 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- once a year
- On-sale Date
- 1956-12-28
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Editing
- John L. Goldwater (editor-in-chief); Harry Shorten (managing editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
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Tele-Phonies!
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Doggone! Just when I get comfortable, that stupid phone rings!
- Feature Logo
Archie's Pal Jughead- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Archie and Reggie have been making prank phone calls to Jughead, but he gets even.
- Reprints
-
in Archie 1000 Page Comics Extravaganza (Archie, 2013 series) (2013) - in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #196 (November 2013)
-
Hear No Evil
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I s-still think w-we haven't seen B-Big Moose's girl, Midge, lately!
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Pal Jughead
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Midge tells Moose he must host a party for the gang. Jughead, Archie and Reggie take advantage of the opportunity to insult Moose, who is too nervous hosting to understand what they are saying.
- Reprints
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Extravaganza (Archie, 2013 series) (2013)
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #196 (November 2013)
-
Voice of Doom
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yoo-hoo! - Betty!! Come back to Earth!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Jughead uses ventriloquism to play jokes on Archie and Reggie.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #18 (September 1985)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Extravaganza (Archie, 2013 series) (2013)
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #196 (November 2013)
-
- Keywords
- ventriloquism
[no title indexed]
Jughead Fun Page / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Pineapple Plant
Indexer Notes
Includes how to house a pineapple plant, word ladder, riddles on parade, finishing girls' names, connect-the-dots, and matching faces.
A Light Problem!
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Pop! I forgot to tell you before..... I met the mayor and he said they'd probably drop in after dinner tonight!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Fred tries to get the house straightened up when Archie tells him the mayor is coming over.
- Reprints
Puddle Jumper!
Reggie / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What slush! I hate this miserable weather!
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Rival Reggie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
- Synopsis
- Reggie suggests that Moose use his jacket to cover puddles and impress Midge, but when Midge is unimpressed, Reggie feels Moose's wrath.
Charm Chump!
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, Betty! -- What are you doing in this neighborhood?
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Pal Jughead
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Adolph
- Synopsis
- When Jughead is injured while selling lucky horseshoes and the homeowner settles with Jughead to avoid a lawsuit, Reggie decides to feign injury on the properties of wealthy homeowners.
- Reprints
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #57 (February 1999)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Extravaganza (Archie, 2013 series) (2013)
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #196 (November 2013)
- in Archie 80th Anniversary Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2021 series) #3 (August 2021), #5 (January 2022)
-
Sound Off!
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Pssst! Mr. Lodge!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie tells Mr. Lodge that if he wears ear plugs he'll be able to concentrate on his golfing better.
Time to Retire
Archie / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What did you want to show me that's so important, Arch?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie spends twenty dollars each to buy new tires for his car, but tells his dad he spent ten dollars each.
[no title indexed]
Jughead Fun Page / activity / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Word Ladder
- Characters
- Patricia; Howie; Gillen
Indexer Notes
Includes word ladder, math maze, rebus, and textual gag.
[no title indexed]
Jughead Fun Page / activity / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- By starting at the correct number you can spell out a famous saying... try it!
Indexer Notes
Includes spelling maze, tic-tac-toe, drawing dog, and riddles on parade.
Paid in Fool!
Jughead / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ahem!
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Pal Jughead
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- Jughead owes Reggie two dollars and offers to do his schoolwork for him to pay back the debt.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #20 (January 1986)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Extravaganza (Archie, 2013 series) (2013)
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #196 (November 2013)
-
Lopsided Thinking
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's your dad so angry about?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Louie
- Synopsis
- Archie has the perfect solution for Mr. Lodge's skewed television picture.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #17 (February 1986)
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #124 (November 1993)
-
Indexer Notes
Colors previously credited to Lisa Goldwater based on reprint; however, she was not alive at the time of original publication.
[no title indexed]
Jughead Fun Page / activity / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Rearrange the letters below to form the name of a great recording artist?
Indexer Notes
Includes rearranging letters, completing drawings of Archie characters, and crossing out even numbers to decode message.
[no title indexed]
Archie Fun Page / activity / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How good a detective are you?
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge
Indexer Notes
Includes solving riddle of who stole Veronica's cookies and crossword puzzle.
It's for the Birds!
Archie / comic story / 0.75 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Compared to your attic, Joe's junk yard is practically empty Arch!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie finds an unused bird bath in the attic.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #72 (June 1985)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie / comic story / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey mom! Haver you seen my sweater?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mary Andrews; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie has a question about his sweater.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #72 (June 1985)
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Grass Dismissed
Jughead / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, well! What have we here?
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Pal Jughead
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Jughead thinks he has invented a concentrated vitamin plant food.
Buck Chuck!
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, you take half the squad... Reggie, you take the other half and have a practice game between you!
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Pal Jughead
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Coach Kleats; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Jughead is a referee in a basketball game between Reggie and Archie.
- Reprints
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Extravaganza (Archie, 2013 series) (2013)
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #196 (November 2013)
-
- Keywords
- basketball
Present Thoughts!
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie! For the third and last time.... your mother wants you down here!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Fred Andrews; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie is reluctant to answer his mother's call until he realizes it's almost Christmas.
Outdated!
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm sorry I'm late Betty..... but I had a little trouble getting here!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie is late for his date with Betty because his car wouldn't start.
Fowl Play
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, well! If it isn't our theatrical director! How are we coming with our production of The Egg and Me?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie is in charge of the school play production of The Egg and I.
Down Under
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For Pete's sake! -- Why must you be so stubborn?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie and Veronica are spearfishing and Veronica refuses to leave the water.
[no title indexed]
Archie Fun Page / activity / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's my line?
- Characters
- L. P. Umber
Indexer Notes
Includes unscrambling profession, connecting dotted lines to complete drawings, finishing design, optical illusion, and rebus.
[no title indexed]
Archie Fun Page / activity / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's my line?
- Characters
- D. Tisten
Indexer Notes
Includes unscrambling profession, fun facts about cities, two riddles, and two rebuses.
No Male Today
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hello? Who is it?
- Feature Logo
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty is back from Camp Wattamess for girls because of boy trouble.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #17 (Spring 1955) [New colors]
-
The Ace of Clubs
Moose / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi Arch!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Moose is Mr. Weatherbee's caddy.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #17 (Spring 1955) [New colors]
-
Fowled Out
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What do you mean -- we have three chickens, Archie, there's only two here!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie shows his dad that they have three chickens for dinner rather than two.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #3 (Summer 1954)
-
Million-Error
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- And that, students, sums up our discussion on geology today...
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Pal Jughead
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Professor Flutesnoot; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead is shocked when Professor Flutesnoot says geologists think the world will end in 50 million years.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #3 (Summer 1954)
-
Just a Little Love Nest
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- (Sigh!) -- Gosh this is the dullest time of the year! -- I sure wish spring would get here!
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Pal Jughead
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead got Moose into bird-watching and now he doesn't notice when Midge is near other guys.
- Reprints
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #66 (January 1985)
-
[no title indexed]
Jughead Fun Page / activity / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Word Square
Indexer Notes
Includes word square, riddles on parade, drawing heads on stick figures, and naming shapes.
[no title indexed]
Jughead Fun Page / activity / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Each picture is a word, fill in the name of each article to solve this one!
Indexer Notes
Includes crossword puzzle with rebus clues, decoding messages, naming state, and drawing giraffe.
Short Shrift
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Phew! -- This heat is enough to wilt the scales off a lizard!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Midge Klump; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Archie and Reggie start wearing Bermuda shorts after noticing Big Moose is too busy laughing at Jughead's Bermuda shorts to notice him talking to Midge.
Auto-Suggestion
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie if you don't get this car to run properly I'm never going riding with you again!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie is trying to get rid of all the noises in his car.
[no title indexed]
Jughead Fun Page / activity / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How well do you know your own country.
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
Indexer Notes
Includes naming states based on silhouettes, cut-out "This book belongs to" label with Archie's face, and unscrambling actress' name.
The Passing of the Buck
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, I called you in specifically to commend you on your work!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee asks Archie to clean out the storeroom, who passes on the job to Reggie, who passes on the job to Jughead, who gets out of the job when he finds Mr. Weatherbee's and Miss Grundy's report cards.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #18 (September 1985)
-
A Hole in None
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- So these are the clubs dad is going to use in the golf tournament!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie's father can't make a putt.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #9 (August 1984)
-
- Keywords
- golf
Cap the Climax
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Happy birthday, Archikins!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Marie
- Synopsis
- Archie doesn't want to be seen in the cap and bush jacket that Veronica gave him so he gives them to Jughead who then becomes attractive to all the girls.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #18 (September 1985)
-
Finny Fiesta
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm sorry, Archie! I won't be able to play! I have to wait for a package to be delivered!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Jughead offers to wait for a package so Veronica can play tennis with Archie.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- tennis
Trance Form
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Betty! Do you see what I see?
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Pal Jughead
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Reggie and Archie try to convince Jughead that he can actually hypnotize people, but lose a bet to Jughead when he turns the tables.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #74 (October 1985)
- in Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #83 (November 1992)
-
Labor of Love
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'll have another, Pop! Make it a double this time!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Pop Tate; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Reggie tries to find out what kind of job Jughead has.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["This new perfume cost a fortune! But I'm determined to break down Jughead's resistance to girls!"]
Jughead -
1.
["Do you need extra money?"]
-
2.
Tele-Phonies!
Jughead -
3.
Hear No Evil
Jughead -
4.
Voice of Doom
Jughead -
5.
["Pineapple Plant"]
Jughead Fun Page -
6.
A Light Problem!
Archie -
7.
Puddle Jumper!
Reggie -
8.
Charm Chump!
Jughead -
9.
Sound Off!
Archie -
10.
Time to Retire
Archie -
11.
["Word Ladder"]
Jughead Fun Page -
12.
["By starting at the correct number you can spell out a famous saying... try it!"]
Jughead Fun Page -
13.
Paid in Fool!
Jughead -
14.
Lopsided Thinking
Archie -
15.
["Rearrange the letters below to form the name of a great recording artist?"]
Jughead Fun Page -
16.
["How good a detective are you?"]
Archie Fun Page -
17.
It's for the Birds!
Archie -
18.
["Hey mom! Haver you seen my sweater?"]
Archie -
19.
Grass Dismissed
Jughead -
20.
Buck Chuck!
Jughead -
21.
Present Thoughts!
Archie -
22.
Outdated!
Archie -
23.
["You can't lose if you get the lucky seven!"]
-
24.
Fowl Play
Archie -
25.
Down Under
Archie -
26.
["What's my line?"]
Archie Fun Page -
27.
["What's my line?"]
Archie Fun Page -
28.
No Male Today
Betty and Veronica -
29.
The Ace of Clubs
Moose -
30.
Fowled Out
Archie -
31.
Million-Error
Jughead -
32.
Just a Little Love Nest
Jughead -
33.
["Word Square"]
Jughead Fun Page -
34.
["Each picture is a word, fill in the name of each article to solve this one!"]
Jughead Fun Page -
35.
Short Shrift
Archie -
36.
Auto-Suggestion
Jughead -
37.
["How well do you know your own country."]
Jughead Fun Page -
38.
The Passing of the Buck
Jughead -
39.
A Hole in None
Archie -
40.
Cap the Climax
Archie -
41.
Finny Fiesta
Jughead -
42.
Trance Form
Jughead -
43.
Labor of Love
Jughead -
44.
["Mystery! Magic! Science! Fun!"]
-
45.
["The scale tells the tale"]
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