(1959)

Archie, 1953 Series
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Price
0.25 USD
Pages
84
On-sale Date
1959-01-18
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Giant Series
Editing
John L. Goldwater (editor-in-chief); Richard H. Goldwater (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Jughead / cover / 1 page (report information)

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Harry Lucey
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Smell this perfume, Juggy!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Veronica tries to tempt Jughead with the smell of perfume. Betty tempts Jughead with the smell of hamburgers frying.
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Keywords
floating heads; hamburgers

Prize Fright (Table of Contents: 1)

Jughead / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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Harry Lucey
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If that's shadow boxing pal, my money is on the shadow!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Archie is preparing to box against Reggie for the right to take Veronica to the Frosh Hop. Jughead convinces Archie to spar against Moose, with Moose pretending to get knocked out. Moose has an exposed nerve on his elbow and the slightest contact makes him pass out. Archie happens to hit that elbow during their fight and Moose is really knocked out. Reggie decides not to box, but Archie thinks he really knocked out Moose, so he chooses to fight anyway. Reggie knocks him out and feels confident enough to take on Moose, but that doesn't work out.

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

Betty and Veronica; Jughead / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Operation Nightmare (Table of Contents: 3)

Jughead / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
See you later, Uncle Herman! I'm going to look in at Betty at the hospital!
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Archie's Pal Jughead
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Herman Jones; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Jughead's uncle Herman brags about a supposed appendectomy he once performed using a rusty pocket knife. Jughead dismisses the tall tale and heads to the hospital where Betty is interning. While he waits for her, he falls asleep and dreams that slipping on the floor and falling leads to an emergency appendectomy to be performed by Uncle Herman. Betty wakes him and he slips on the floor just as he dreamed. When she says his uncle can have him in the examining room in two minutes, Jughead runs away. Betty steps into the elevator where Uncle Herman is the elevator operator.

Don't Robot In (Table of Contents: 4)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Harry Lucey
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well dig little Juggie Jones! Playing with dolls!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
Synopsis
Jughead shows off a small remote control robot. Reggie gets the idea to dress up as a life-sized Jughead robot. He pretends to be out of control and plants kisses on Betty first, then Veronica. When he decides to kiss Midge, Moose puts an end to the robot prank.
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Keywords
robot

The Bad Penny! (Table of Contents: 5)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Bill Vigoda
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Beautiful, class! Beautiful! Watch those pear-shaped tones--
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Professor Flutesnoot; Coach Kleats; Mr. Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Jughead is such a bad singer that Professor Flutesnoot sends him to gym class. He's so much trouble in gym class, Coach Kleats sends him back to choir class. He ends up in the principal's office, where Mr. Weatherbee sends him back to choir class.
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Indexer Notes

When reprinted in Jughead and Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #10 the story is signed "Samm" for Samm Schwartz. This was probably added to the original printing. Interestingly, Reggie is depicted as being in both the choir and gym classes at the same time!

Jingle Belles (Table of Contents: 6)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Samm Schwartz
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Let me show you my wares, Arch! I've got a special line of Christmas jewelry this year!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Midge Klump
Synopsis
Jughead sells the same one-of-a-kind musical bracelet to everyone in the school. The girls are all mad that the guys gave them the same gift, but once Jughead explains that the profits go to an orphanage, the girls are happy with the guys again.
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Sick Spell (Table of Contents: 7)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hi! Jughead! I've been away for a while!
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Archie's Pal Jughead
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Jughead lists all the medical conditions he had, then reveals that he had them on a spelling test.

Plague Take It (Table of Contents: 8)

Reggie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Vocabulary! Nuts! Sagacity! Perspicacity!
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Archie's Rival Reggie
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Reggie convinces Moose that Midge has a disease called "sagacity" and that it is very contagious. Moose gets sick with worry about Midge. Meanwhile, Reggie is going on dates with Midge and gives Jughead money to buy Moose a gift, so he buys a dictionary and encourages him to look up the word "sagacity."
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Reggie Fun Page / activity / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Here's a mathematical trick...
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews

Indexer Notes

Includes math trick, drawing Reggie, matching Archie faces, word ladder, riddles, rebus, and forming words for body parts.

Around The Whirl (Table of Contents: 10)

Pop Tate / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Betty, who's that man Pop is in a huddle with?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Pop Tate; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason
Synopsis
A travel agent comes into the Choklit Shop to talk to Pop about vacation plans. He witnesses the antics of all the gang in the store and decides that Pop doesn't need to travel to see strange sights and weird people.
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The Plays the Thing (Table of Contents: 11)

Jughead / text story / 3 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Archie sat in the last booth of the Choklit Shoppe, all alone.
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Pop Tate; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Archie wants the part of Romeo in the school play so he can rehearse kissing scenes with Veronica, but Reggie gets the part. Jughead convinces Reggie that his trick knee will be a problem during the dueling scenes, so Archie ends up with the part. When he goes to the first rehearsal he finds Betty has landed the part of Juliet, because Veronica was afraid she would have to change her hairstyle.
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Canine Capers (Table of Contents: 12)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Joe Edwards
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Don't you just love his cute little nose?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate
Synopsis
Archie loses Veronica's new puppy, so he goes to the pound to find a replacement. He buys a replacement puppy at a pet store and is glad that Veronica doesn't notice the difference. It turns out the puppy ran back to the store and Archie had bought the same puppy back from the store.
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Indexer Notes

Artist credit from the printing in Jughead and Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #10.

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Prof. Jughead's Educational Corner / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Today, students, we will discuss a most interesting subject, "How to Avoid!"
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Moose Mason
Synopsis
Jughead teaches "how to avoid."
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Peg O' My Heart (Table of Contents: 14)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Tom Moore
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Arch! What are you doing in the new head shrinker's office?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
Synopsis
Archie and Reggie study inkblots at the school psychiatrist's office. Archie decides to analyze Jughead's dreams and give Moose a test putting different-shaped blocks into the correct holes. Moose isn't good at it, so Archie advises Moose to give Midge the silent treatment. Midge assumes Archie did it to spend time with her and as she kisses him, Moose sees and proceeds to stuff Archie into the cannon in front of the school.
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Indexer Notes

Artist credit from the printing in Jughead and Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #10.

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

Oh, Say Can You Ski? (Table of Contents: 16)

Coach Kleats / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Why does everything happen to me? Why? Why? Why?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Coach Kleats; Mr. Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason
Synopsis
Coach Kleats decides to build a ski slope. His students spread snow on the hillside while Jughead takes a nap in the seat of a bulldozer. When Jughead decides to see how the bulldozer works, it goes out of control down the slope, scraping all the snow and ice into a heap at the bottom of the hill.
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Food For Naught (Table of Contents: 17)

Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Say, Pop! What do you charge for a hot fudge sundae?
Feature Logo
Archie's Pal Jughead
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Pop Tate
Synopsis
Jughead asks how much extra it costs to put chocolate sprinkles on ice cream. When Pop Tate replies that there is no charge for the sprinkles, Jughead orders just the sprinkles.

A Stitch in Time (Table of Contents: 18)

Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Hey! When you sold me this sweater you said it was 100% wool!
Feature Logo
Archie's Pal Jughead
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Moose Mason
Synopsis
Moose complains that the tag on a sweater Jughead sold him doesn't say 100% wool. Jughead claims he sewed the tag in to fool the moths.

Market Madness! (Table of Contents: 19)

Jughead / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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Samm Schwartz
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Chee! Who needs a class in finance anyway!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Moose Mason
Synopsis
Jughead sells stock in himself, but when Mr. Weatherbee says the students had better get a profit, Jughead seeks advice from Mr. Lodge. Mr. Lodge leaves Jughead in the office. Jughead takes a phone call and tells the broker to sell. He panics and calls the broker back telling him to buy. Mr. Lodge kicks him out over the fiasco, but Mr. Lodge finds out he has made a profit of three million dollars from the transactions. Mr. Lodge buys all the shares in Jughead for ten dollars a share, so all the gang made money.
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Keywords
stock market
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Smell this perfume, Juggy!"]
    Jughead
  2. 1. Prize Fright
    Jughead
  3. 2. ["Two big new books for your Archie Series library!"]
    Betty and Veronica; Jughead
  4. 3. Operation Nightmare
    Jughead
  5. 4. Don't Robot In
    Jughead
  6. 5. The Bad Penny!
    Jughead
  7. 6. Jingle Belles
    Jughead
  8. 7. Sick Spell
    Jughead
  9. 8. Plague Take It
    Reggie
  10. 9. ["Here's a mathematical trick..."]
    Reggie Fun Page
  11. 10. Around The Whirl
    Pop Tate
  12. 11. The Plays the Thing
    Jughead
  13. 12. Canine Capers
    Archie
  14. 13. ["Today, students, we will discuss a most interesting subject, "How to Avoid!""]
    Prof. Jughead's Educational Corner
  15. 14. Peg O' My Heart
    Archie
  16. 15. ["Now! Bill Woggon presents the biggest, the best!"]
    Katy Keene
  17. 16. Oh, Say Can You Ski?
    Coach Kleats
  18. 17. Food For Naught
    Jughead
  19. 18. A Stitch in Time
    Jughead
  20. 19. Market Madness!
    Jughead
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Luke A.
  • Merlin Haas
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Joey Sayer
  • Matthew Thompson