Archie Comics
#18
(January-February 1946)
Archie,
1942 Series
- Volume
- ?
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- On-sale Date
- 1945-11-23
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
An MLJ Magazine
- Editing
- Harry Shorten
Issue Notes
Last issue to be published under the MLJ brand.
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 1, Part 2, Nos. 1&2, Periodicals, 1946-1947.
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 1, Part 2, Nos. 1&2, Periodicals, 1946-1947.
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gruesome, isn't it? If old Grundy only knew whose face I carved on this hallowe'en pumpkin, Veronica!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Hallowe'en; jack o'lanterns
in 
Archie Proudly Presents
Archie / table of contents / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Table of contents for the issue.
- Reprints
The Frog Catcher
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mrs. Andrews; Judge Morrow (introduction); Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie catches some frogs for a jumping contest and puts them in a casserole dish. Later, Mrs. Andrews mistakes the dish for food and serves it when Judge Morrow comes to visit.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- frogs; judge; money
A Minotaur Maze!
Archie / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Puzzle page with a maze, a riddle, and a crossword puzzle.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- crossword puzzle; maze; riddle
The Lucky Coin
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mrs. Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Archie is convinced that his lucky coin works until it causes him bad luck at Pop Tate's.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- luck; lucky coin
Indexer Notes
Contents page title.
The Soda "Jerk"
An Archie Story / text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Pop Tate; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Mr. Davis; Mrs. Snodgrass
- Synopsis
- Archie gets a job at Pop Tate's and accidentally puts castor oil in all of the sodas he sells.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- castor oil; oil; soda
[Don't fence me in!]
Dotty and Ditto / comic story / 5 pages
- Characters
- Dickie Kahl (Dotty's cousin, introduction)
The Dummy
Archie / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mrs. Andrews; Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead create a dummy Archie for the murder scene in the school play. This causes chaos when people mistake the dummy for the real Archie.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- dummy; school play
[no title indexed]
Archie / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Puzzle page with a maze, connect-the-dots, and a crossword puzzle.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- crossword puzzle; maze
[Uh--Miss Krumbibble, I know how to make the doughnuts...]
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Krumbibble; Mr. Weatherbee; Mrs. Cooper; Mr. Cooper
- Synopsis
- After a cooking class mishap, Betty and Veronica bake a cake to practice their skills. However, the cake causes more chaos than the cooking class.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- cake; cooking class
Indexer Notes
Similar storyline to the Ginger story in Zip Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #36.
Negative Psychology
Archie / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bob Montana (non-recurring characters); Bill Vigoda (new faces)
- Inks
- Bill Vigoda
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Streaky Shore; May Tadpole; Theodosius Tadpole
- Synopsis
- While at an assembly to nominate a class president, Betty yells at Archie and Archie is accepted as a nominee. Archie tells everyone not to vote for him, but Archie's psychology teacher tells him that this will only make more people vote for him. Archie has candy in his mouth during his speech, making him sound like Mr. Weatherbee. Because of this, Archie wins the election.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- class president; election; psychology; speech
Indexer Notes
Same storyline and mostly the same script as the Archie story in Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #27. Some pages have the same art as the original, with changes to the main characters. Others have new dialogue and character poses. The script was also not changed on page 2 from 1942 to 1945.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Gruesome, isn't it? If old Grundy only knew whose face I carved on this hallowe'en pumpkin, Veronica!"]
Archie -
1.
Archie Proudly Presents
Archie -
2.
The Frog Catcher
Archie -
3.
A Minotaur Maze!
Archie -
4.
The Lucky Coin
Archie -
5.
The Soda "Jerk"
An Archie Story -
6.
[Don't fence me in!]
Dotty and Ditto -
7.
The Dummy
Archie -
8.
["Archie"]
Archie -
9.
[Uh--Miss Krumbibble, I know how to make the doughnuts...]
Betty and Veronica -
10.
Betty and Veronica Tell Their Secret
Betty and Veronica -
11.
Negative Psychology
Archie -
12.
["A New Trademark Is Born!"]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Luke A.
- Del Gruber
- Katy Hayhurst
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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