(July-August 1944)

Archie, 1942 Series
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Volume
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
?
On-sale Date
1944-05-18
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
An MLJ Magazine
Editing
Harry Shorten

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1944, New Series, Vol. 39, No. 3.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Harry Sahle (signed)
Inks
Harry Sahle (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Boy! If the old battle-axe could only see herself now!
Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy
Reprints
Keywords
art; chalk boards; drawings

Indexer Notes

First cover appearance of Miss Grundy.

Introductory Page (Table of Contents: 1)

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

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

Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Oscar (Archie's dog); Fred Andrews; Bumbie The Bee-tective; Cubby The Bear
Synopsis
Page contains panels introducing the five Archie stories, the "new and interesting" Archie's Hobby Page and Archie's Magic Page, and the funny animal features.

Archie the Caveman (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Harry Sahle
Pencils
Harry Sahle
Inks
Janice Valleau
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Arch-ee (caveman, introduction); Grun-di (cave woman, introduction); Veronica (as cave woman, introduction); Jughead (as caveman, introduction); King Bee [Weatherbee] (as caveman, introduction); Reg-gie (caveman, introduction); Betty (as cave woman, introduction); Oscar (as dinosaur, introduction)
Synopsis
A day in the life of teenage caveman Arch-ee and his friends.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

first "alternate Archie" story
Harry Sahle wrote a note at the end asking if readers liked this kind of story.

Archie's Hobby Page (Table of Contents: 3)

text article / 1 page (report information)

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

Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
John Arden describes his hobby of stamp collecting, Bobby Wainwright discusses his name meaning hobby, and Rose Shorten talks about her hobby of collecting insects.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

First appearance of feature.
Rose Shorten probably related to editor Harry Shorten.

Archie's Water-Proofing Solution (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Fred Andrews; Gabby; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Archie waterproofs the girls' dresses. Unfortunately, water makes the dresses shrink and when the sprinkler system goes off at the dance, chaos ensues.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Another appearance of Gabby, the town blabbermouth.

[Oh, boy! Spending my vacation on this farm...] (Table of Contents: 5)

Cubby / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Joe Edward
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
?
Letters
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Archie Mails a Letter (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Archie has trouble mailing a letter to Veronica.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Illustrated "rebus" story

Archie's Magic Page (Table of Contents: 7)

Archie / text story / 1 page (report information)

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

Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Archie performs magic tricks at Betty's birthday party.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

illustrated text story

April Fool (Table of Contents: 8)

Archie / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mrs. Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Thinking Archie is pulling a April Fool's joke, Mr. Andrews throws a box from the attic outside. Unfortunately, it contained his love letters to Mrs. Andrews and Mr. Andrews must go around town and find them.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

story takes place Apr. 1, 1944

[Lame-brain! Dimwit!] (Table of Contents: 9)

Bumbie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Red Holmdale
Inks
Red Holmdale
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Beetle (introduction); Mumble (introduction); Jumble (introduction)

[And Now, Girls] (Table of Contents: 10)

Veronica and Betty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Goggin
Pencils
Janice Valleau
Inks
Janice Valleau
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
And now, girls, we'll have Miss Veronica...
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Dr. George; Miss Neill (introduction)
Synopsis
Betty and Veronica are taking first-aid classes and decide to try out some methods on Archie.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story is untitled.

The title "And Now, Girls" is used in the 2018 collection "Best of Archie Comics Betty and Veronica Vol. 2".

Fresh Cement, Keep Off (Table of Contents: 11)

Oscar / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Harry Sahle
Pencils
Harry Sahle
Inks
Janice Valleau
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Oscar (Archie's dog); sidewalk paver
Synopsis
The sidewalk paver tries to keep Oscar from walking through the wet cement.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Boy! If the old battle-axe could only see herself now!"]
    Archie
  2. 1. Introductory Page
    Archie
  3. 2. Archie the Caveman
    Archie
  4. 3. Archie's Hobby Page
  5. 4. Archie's Water-Proofing Solution
    Archie
  6. 5. [Oh, boy! Spending my vacation on this farm...]
    Cubby
  7. 6. Archie Mails a Letter
    Archie
  8. 7. Archie's Magic Page
    Archie
  9. 8. April Fool
    Archie
  10. 9. [Lame-brain! Dimwit!]
    Bumbie
  11. 10. [And Now, Girls]
    Veronica and Betty
  12. 11. Fresh Cement, Keep Off
    Oscar
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