(December 1943)

Archie, 1940 Series
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Volume:
?
Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
60
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
?
Brand:
An MLJ Magazine
Editing:
Harry Shorten
Format:
Standard Silver Age Size, Color; Glossy cover; Newsprint interior; Saddle-stitched; Was ongoing series

Issue Notes

plug for Black Hood radio show on inside front cover

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Shield; Jughead; Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Bob Montana
Inks:
Bob Montana
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Reprints:

The Ghost Goes East (Table of Contents)

Shield / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Irv Novick
Inks:
Irv Novick
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Characters:
V: Snaky Charmer (I, D); I: The Ghost Artist
Reprints:

The Hangman and the Snail (Table of Contents)

Hangman / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Bob Fujitani
Inks:
Bob Fujitani
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Characters:
V: The Snail (I, D; Twisto), Samson (I, D); I; Bella
Reprints:

[The Runaway] (Table of Contents)

Li'l Chief Bugaboo / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Theresa Woik?
Pencils:
Higgins
Inks:
Higgins
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

[The Tree On Col. Bungsnort's Nose] (Table of Contents)

Catfish Joe / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Larry Harris
Pencils:
Larry Harris
Inks:
Larry Harris
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Archie the Pug (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Ed Goggin
Pencils:
Harry Sahle
Inks:
Janice Valleau (Ginger)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Characters:
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Oscar; Fred Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee; Coach Leftjab (introduction)
Synopsis:
Archie takes his father's eyeglass presciption uptown when he is challenged by Reggie to a boxing match. When a trapeze knocks Reggie out before the match, Archie is thought to be a boxing star. He joins the boxing team and makes the middleweight class by half a pound. At the match, he is nearly knocked out, but saved when Mr. Weatherbee picks up the prescription and thinks it is Archie's.
Reprints: show reprint note before migration

[Island Ho!] (Table of Contents)

Marco Loco / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Ed Goggin
Pencils:
Harry Sahle
Inks:
Harry Sahle
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Characters:
V: Captain Thud (I)

Triple-Cross (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Chet Manning
Letters:
typeset

Heroes Never Die (Table of Contents)

Captain Commando / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Irv Novick
Inks:
Irv Novick
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Characters:
I: Pierre Gaule (D); V: The Nazis
Reprints:

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Shield; Jughead; Archie
  2. 1. The Ghost Goes East
    Shield
  3. 2. The Hangman and the Snail
    Hangman
  4. 3. [The Runaway]
    Li'l Chief Bugaboo
  5. 4. [The Tree On Col. Bungsnort's Nose]
    Catfish Joe
  6. 5. Archie the Pug
    Archie
  7. 6. [Island Ho!]
    Marco Loco
  8. 7. Triple-Cross
  9. 8. Heroes Never Die
    Captain Commando
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