Archie Comics #4

(September-October 1943)

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

Archie / table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bob Montana

Inks

Bob Montana

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

A typeset table of contents for the issue. Features a small poem about the troubles the editors went through to bring the reader laughs.

Reprints

• in Archie Archives (Dark Horse, 2015 series) #2 - Spring Fever and Other Stories (May 2016)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Weirdly, this did not appear in Dark Horse's Archie Archives, but did in the reprint on the Archie digital app.

What's Cooking In This Issue (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Harry Sahle

Inks

Harry Sahle

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Archie is drawn as a comic book artist holding up the preview page.

Reprints

• in Archie Archives (Dark Horse, 2015 series) #2 - Spring Fever and Other Stories (May 2016)

Indexer Notes

Preview page.

Circus Serenade (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Goggin

Pencils

Harry Sahle

Inks

Zoltan Szenics

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Bingle B. Bungling (introduction); Gumbo (an elephant, introduction)

Synopsis

Archie wreaks havoc on Bingle B. Bungling's circus.

Reprints

• in Archie Archives (Dark Horse, 2011 series) #2 (October 2011)
• in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #238 (April 2013)
• in Archie Archives (Dark Horse, 2015 series) #2 - Spring Fever and Other Stories (May 2016)

Spring Fever (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Goggin (signed as Goggin)

Pencils

Harry Sahle (signed as Sahle)

Inks

Janice Valleau (signed as Ginger)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Souphead (introduction); Veronica Lodge; Mr. Curdle (introduction)

Synopsis

Mr. Andrews forecasts the weather and Jughead and Archie end up in swimming trunks during a snowstorm.

Reprints

• in Archie Archives (Dark Horse, 2011 series) #2 (October 2011)
• in The Best of Archie Comics (Archie, 2011 series) #3 ([August] 2013)
• in Archie Archives (Dark Horse, 2015 series) #2 - Spring Fever and Other Stories (May 2016)

Indexer Notes

First appearance of Souphead, Jughead's younger cousin.

Swing It, Bee-thoven (Table of Contents: 5)

Bumbie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Joe Edwards

Inks

Joe Edwards

Colors

?

Letters

?

Characters

Bee-thoven (introduction); Seams Taylor (villain, introduction)

Oscar the Watch-Dog (?) (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Harry Sahle

Pencils

Harry Sahle

Inks

Janice Valleau

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Oscar (Archie's dog); Fred Andrews; Mrs. Andrews

Synopsis

Mr. Andrews wants Archie to sell Oscar because he eats too much.

Reprints

• in Archie Archives (Dark Horse, 2011 series) #2 (October 2011)
• in Archie Archives (Dark Horse, 2015 series) #2 - Spring Fever and Other Stories (May 2016)

Indexer Notes

Later rewritten as the text stories Tiny, the Police Dog in Super Duck Comics #10 and Man's Best Friend in Pep Comics #64.

Jughead and Souphead (Table of Contents: 7)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Goggin

Pencils

Clem Weisbecker

Inks

Zoltan Szenics

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Souphead

Synopsis

Jughead plays Cops and Robbers with Souphead and his friends.

Reprints

• in Archie Archives (Dark Horse, 2011 series) #2 (October 2011)
• in Archie Archives (Dark Horse, 2015 series) #2 - Spring Fever and Other Stories (May 2016)

Indexer Notes

more of a Jughead story

Archie the Fixer (Table of Contents: 8)

Archie / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Gorman (house name)

Letters

typeset

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews

Cubby Hangs a Picture (Table of Contents: 9)

Cubby / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Joe Edwards

Inks

Joe Edwards

Colors

?

Letters

?

Indexer Notes

contents page title

Glamour In White (Table of Contents: 10)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Harry Sahle

Pencils

Harry Sahle

Inks

Janice Valleau

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Nurse Grady (introduction); Dr. Cueball (introduction); Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones (cameo)

Synopsis

Betty and Veronica take jobs at the same hospital when Archie is there.

Reprints

• in Archie Archives (Dark Horse, 2011 series) #2 (October 2011)
• in Best of Archie Comics Betty and Veronica (Archie, 2014 series) #1 (2014)
• in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #245 (November 2015)
• in Archie Archives (Dark Horse, 2015 series) #2 - Spring Fever and Other Stories (May 2016)

Indexer Notes

Rivalry heats up.

Birthday Blues (Table of Contents: 11)

Archie / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Goggin

Pencils

Harry Sahle

Inks

Janice Valleau

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Fred Andrews; Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Oscar (Archie's dog); Mulligan (introduction); Eustace (introduction)

Synopsis

Mr. Andrews goes to the department store to find out why his folding chair won't open.

Reprints

• in Archie Archives (Dark Horse, 2011 series) #2 (October 2011)
• in Archie Archives (Dark Horse, 2015 series) #2 - Spring Fever and Other Stories (May 2016)

Indexer Notes

More a Pop Andrews story.

The basic story was rewritten as the text stories Swingin' in a Hammock in Wilbur Comics #7 and Sleeping Beauty in Super Duck Comics #14.