Archie Comics #35

(November-December 1948)

Sitting It Out (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Ray Gill (signed)

Pencils

Bill Vigoda

Inks

Bill Vigoda

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle (cameo); Jughead Jones (cameo); Mary Andrews; Brately (introduction)

Synopsis

Meet Brately, an uncontrollable child who delights in tormenting his baby-sitter, Archie.

Reprints

• in Archie Comics (Bell Features, 1948 series) #35 ([circa February 1949])

Keywords

baby-sitting; child psychology; jigsaw puzzle; playpen; practical jokes; record

Indexer Notes

Art previously credited to Ray Gill; the extent of Ray Gill's work is currently unknown. As per Ray's brother Joe, Ray never drew for Archie Comics; rather, he wrote the scripts and outlined the stories (Charlton Spotlight #5). While some stories of this era signed only by Gill do have a different look from Vigoda's, the pencils here match those of Vigoda.

Dear Diary (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Ray Gill (signed)

Pencils

Bill Vigoda

Inks

Bill Vigoda

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Mr. Bunsen (introduction)

Synopsis

Archie accidentally picks up Mr. Weatherbee's diary from the principal's desk. Reggie snatches the diary and Archie has to pursue him all over the school to get it back.

Keywords

diary; snood

Indexer Notes

Betty wears a colorful snood (a type of hair scarf) that was a fad in the 1940s.

Art previously credited to Ray Gill.

Bit-O-Honey Races to the Rescue! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Meet a Bit-O-Honey; Old Nick / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Old Home Town (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Ray Gill (signed)

Pencils

Bill Vigoda (signed)

Inks

Bill Vigoda (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Andrews; Mrs. Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Floogle (introduction); Mrs. Floogle

Synopsis

Archie and his parents are in a bad mood because everyone is treating them badly. When Archie's father gets a telegram offering him a job in another city, he sends a telegram accepting it. When word gets out, all of the family's friends get together for a going away party. Archie's father decides to stay in Riverdale and everything reverts to the way it was before.

Reprints

• in Archie Americana Series (Archie, 1991 series) #1 - Best of the Forties (1991)
• in Best of Archie Americana (Archie, 2017 series) #1 - Golden Age 1940s-1950s (2017)
• in Archie 80th Anniversary Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2021 series) #1 (March 2021)

Keywords

party; punch bowl; telegram

Captain Tootsie and the Babe Ruth Story (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

The Sport of Queens! (Table of Contents: 6)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Samm Schwartz

Inks

Samm Schwartz

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Cooper; Mrs. Cooper (cameo)

Synopsis

When Betty's father refuses to pay $25 a month for Betty to join an exercise club, he suggests they build a workout center at home. The equipment works fine for the girls, but everything goes wrong when Mr. Cooper tries to use it.

Keywords

exercise; gymnastics; telphone; weight lifting

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

Archie Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Hollywood Tattle Tale / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Archie Andrews]

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Riot of the week is credited to lovely Patricial Neal...

Indexer Notes

Hollywood gossip about upcoming movies.

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

Archie Pencil Fun / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Connect the dots

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones (cameo)

Synopsis

Connect the dots to draw a picture of Veronica ice-skating. Also a number grid.

Guess Who? (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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

The Robutler (Table of Contents: 11)

Archie / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Ray Gill (signed)

Pencils

Bill Vigoda

Inks

Bill Vigoda

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mary Andrews

Synopsis

Archie converts a grandfather clock into a robot butler that controls other labor-saving household devices for his father. The gadgets look good, but making them work correctly is another matter.

Keywords

bathtub; grandfather clock; inventions; robot; shower

Indexer Notes

Art previously credited to Ray Gill.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Archie Puzzle Page / activity / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Joe Edwards

Pencils

Joe Edwards

Inks

Joe Edwards

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A Simple Drawing Lesson

Characters

Archie Andrews (cameo); Jughead Jones

Synopsis

An art lesson on how to draw Jughead's head. Also a "shade the sections with dots" drawing.

Reprints

• in Archie Comics (Bell Features, 1948 series) #35 ([circa February 1949])

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Wilbur / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Erector; Gilbert / advertisement / 1 page (report information)