Archie Comics #44

(May-June 1950)

Swing Your Partner (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Bill Vigoda

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Bill Vigoda

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hi, Archiekins! Going to the square dance tonight?

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy; Gabby

Synopsis

Miss Grundy teaches Archie how to square dance and call dances, and when the caller gets sick, Archie takes his place.

Reprints

• in Pep Comics (Bell Features, 1948 series) #78 ([circa August 1950])

Square Dancing With Archie and His Gang (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / activity / 2 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Bob Montana ?

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Bob Montana ?

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Here it is gang!!

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle

Indexer Notes

Archie-themed call for a square dance. Readers asked to send letters with feedback.

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

Archie Puzzle Page / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

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Characters

Archie Andrews

Indexer Notes

Includes word ladder, word square, and fill in the blanks.

Words Fail Me (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 5.33 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Bill Vigoda

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Bill Vigoda

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Can you use jeopardy in a sentence, Jug?

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Gabby; Miss Grundy; Dilton Doiley; Mr. Weatherbee

Synopsis

Miss Grundy gives an oral quiz to the class, resulting in several puns and gags.

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Katy Keene / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

Here Comes the Bride (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Samm Schwartz

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

...And so I think it is the duty of every one of us to raise money to buy rice for the flood victims of China!

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Mr. Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Fred Andrews

Synopsis

Reggie mishears Archie and Betty discussing a plan to sell wedding announcements and believes the pair are getting married.

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

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

Betty and Veronica / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

To Sit or Not To Sit! (Table of Contents: 9)

Archie / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Samm Schwartz

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Samm Schwartz

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hi, keeds! What did you think of the questionnaire Miss Grundy asked us to fill out about babysitting rates?

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Gabby; Pop Tate; Miss Grundy; Craig (introduction)

Synopsis

When Riverdale High administers a survey to set babysitting rates, Archie answers that they should be paid 25 cents an hour. Betty has Archie tag along while she babysits a bratty child to convince him that babysitters deserve higher pay.

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

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

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

Script

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Trained Squirrel In Film

Indexer Notes

Archie Andrews (Hollywood report)

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Betty and Veronica; Jughead; Katy Keene; Reggie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Hamburger Holiday (Table of Contents: 13)

Jughead / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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Pencils

George Frese (signed as Geo Frese)

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George Frese (signed as Geo Frese)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Did you hear the news Jughead?

Feature Logo

Archie's Pal Jughead

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Jughead works the hamburger stand at the school carnival, but when he eats half the burgers he makes, Archie switches Jughead to the fortune teller's booth, where he tells every customer to avoid hamburgers that night so there are leftovers after the carnival.

Reprints

• in Archie's Pal Jughead (H. John Edwards, 1950 ? series) #2 ([1951])

Indexer Notes

A fence in the splash panel contains a poster advertising Archie's Rival Reggie (Archie, 1949 series).

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Archie Club News / letters page / 0.5 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Look what you get by joining the Archie Club, boys and girls!

Characters

Archie Andrews

Indexer Notes

Promo for Archie Club membership featuring first-prize report from Dorothy Fernandez (Bronx, NY) and second-prize report from Joanne Elliott (Milwaukee 8, WI).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Puzzle Page / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

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Indexer Notes

Contains drawing lesson of a cat and crossword with rebus clues.