(January 1944)

Archie, 1940 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
60
Indicia Frequency
monthly except June and September
On-sale Date
1943-10-25
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
Brand
An MLJ Magazine
Editing
John L. Goldwater (editor-in-chief); Harry Shorten (managing editor)

Issue Notes

Order of sequences and other corrections made by Gary Watson, April 2008. On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Red Rube; Steel Sterling / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Harry Sahle (signed as Sahle)
Inks
Harry Sahle (signed as Sahle)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey, Rube!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Steel Sterling; Red Rube

Living Shadows (Table of Contents: 1)

Steel Sterling / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Clem Weisbecker
Inks
Clem Weisbecker
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Steel Sterling fights the battle of his life against the shadows that walked like men...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Sergeant Clancy McGinty; Professor Royce
Synopsis
The professor has invented a projector that makes shadows come to life.

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

Señor Banana / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Goggin (signed as Goggin)
Pencils
Harry Sahle (signed as Sahle)
Inks
Virginia Drury (signed as Ginger)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Pie een the sky!
Genre
humor
Characters
Señor Banana; Stencho Odora
Synopsis
Banana falls asleep after reading about a book about grass as superfood and dreams he has become super strong.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Black Hood / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

The Applejacks / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Happy and Slappy have been given fifty dollars...
Genre
humor
Characters
Slappy Applejack; Happy Applejack; Wild Mountain Bill; Old Confederate General
Synopsis
The Applejack boys and Wild Mountain Bill travel to New York, but only have Confederate money to spend.

Indexer Notes

The woman in the splash panel carrying a purse with the monogram "JGV" appears to be a caricature of MLJ staffer Janice "Ginger" Valleau. Another woman carrying a purse with the monogram "DM" may be another caricature.

Final panel includes text blurb for Archie radio show.

Revenge (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Tommy Tomkins
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Their fingers had met through that wire netting, and then she had slipped the file through, pushed it up his sleeve.
Genre
crime
Characters
Al; Jake; Verna
Synopsis
Al files his way out of jail to get revenge.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Ginger / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Goggin
Pencils
Claire S. Moe (signed as Claire Moe)
Inks
Claire S. Moe (signed as Claire Moe)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Principal Grump!
Feature Logo
Ginger
Genre
teen
Characters
Ginger Snapp; Dotty; Principal Grump; Prof. Piddle; Miss Eclaire
Synopsis
Ginger and Dotty are driving out to a poultry farm to get eggs for Miss Eclaire.

[Don't Blab] (Table of Contents: 8)

Red Rube / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Vigoda
Inks
Bill Vigoda
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Young Rueben Rueben has dedicated himself to fight for what's right in this world!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Red Rube [Rueben Rueben]
Synopsis
Red Rube discovers a Nazi spy radio transmitter station.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Zipsy Doodles / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ed Goggin (signed as Goggin)
Pencils
Ed Goggin (signed as Goggin)
Inks
Ed Goggin (signed as Goggin)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
After deciding you know the answers...

Indexer Notes

Includes quiz about driving laws, two riddles, and image search for things that start with "R."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Chimpy / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards (signed)
Pencils
Joe Edwards (signed)
Inks
Joe Edwards (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm not afraid... (choke) Super-Duper Man (gasp) is coming!!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Chimpy; Genie; Super-Duper-Man; Joe Edwards
Synopsis
Chimpy and Genie go over to the comic book factory to get a new idea for their artist, Joe Edwards.

Indexer Notes

Final panel includes note from Chimpy asking readers to send him a letter with their thoughts on his story, care of MLJ Magazines, 60 Hudson Street, New York, NY.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Wilbur / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Vigoda (signed)
Inks
Bill Vigoda (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hello! That you Linda?
Genre
teen
Characters
Wilbur Wilkin; Linda; Red
Synopsis
Linda is allergic to orchid scent and Wilbur has accidentally dropped an orchid into the punch bowl.

Indexer Notes

First Wilbur story with art by Bill Vigoda, who would become the primary artist on "Wilbur" through the end of the 1940s.

First appearances of Red, the Jughead-esque best friend of Wilbur, and Linda Moore, Wilbur's wealthy girlfriend similar to Veronica. Red has yet to develop his love of food, although he expresses disinterest in dating women in the final panel. Linda appears to be wealthy from the size of her party but is not explicitly described as rich.

The plot of this story would be recycled for the text story "Orchids to You" in Wilbur Comics (Archie, 1944 series) #9, which would itself be recycled as an Archie text story in Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #33.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Hey, Rube!"]
    Red Rube; Steel Sterling
  2. 1. Living Shadows
    Steel Sterling
  3. 2. ["Pie een the sky!"]
    Señor Banana
  4. 3. ["Thanks a million for that shower of letters to WJZ, the Blue Network, N.Y.C. gang, telling 'em how much you enjoy listening to Archie Andrews!"]
    Archie
  5. 4. ["The Black Hood wants you to tune in on the WOR Mutual Broadcasting System."]
    Black Hood
  6. 5. ["Happy and Slappy have been given fifty dollars..."]
    The Applejacks
  7. 6. Revenge
  8. 7. ["Principal Grump!"]
    Ginger
  9. 8. [Don't Blab]
    Red Rube
  10. 9. ["After deciding you know the answers..."]
    Zipsy Doodles
  11. 10. ["I'm not afraid... (choke) Super-Duper Man (gasp) is coming!!"]
    Chimpy
  12. 11. ["Hello! That you Linda?"]
    Wilbur
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Luke A.
  • Steinar Ådland
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore