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This book collects all of the Archie stories from Pep Comics #51-#53, and Archie Comics #11-#14, all originally edited by Harry Shorten and published by MLJ Magazines between November 1944 and June 1945.
- Script
- Victor Gorelick
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- typeset
- Synopsis
- Introduction written by Victor Gorelick, Editor-in-chief of Archie Comics.
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- Bill Vigoda (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Vigoda (signed)
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- ?
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- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Darn it! The things a guy has to do just to join a fraternity!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie wears a diaper to join a fraternity.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- baby bonnets; baby bottles; diapers; fraternities; fraternity hazings
Reprint of the Archie #11 cover.
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- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda
- Inks
- Bill Vigoda
- Colors
- ?
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- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Fred Andrews; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie gets a new fun kit and begins to pull pranks on everyone. However, he gets into trouble when Mr. Weatherbee gets handcuffed to a chair.
- Reprints
- Script
- Harry Sahle
- Pencils
- Harry Sahle
- Inks
- Harry Sahle
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey you! Is that your mutt?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Oscar (Archie's dog); Archie Andrews (guest star); Fred Andrews; construction worker
- Synopsis
- Oscar realizes that whenever he retrieves a stick, he gets candy. When Mr. Andrews sends Oscar away, the dog comes across some highway stakes. Oscar then tears out the stakes, thinking Archie will give him candy for it.
- Reprints
- Script
- Ed Goggin
- Pencils
- Ed Goggin
- Inks
- Ed Goggin
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
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- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie tells his readers how to perform various magic tricks.
- Reprints
- Script
- Ed Goggin
- Pencils
- Ed Goggin
- Inks
- Ed Goggin
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
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- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie tries to outsmart a set of twins on a snowy day.
- Reprints
This is a rebus story.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda
- Inks
- Bill Vigoda
- Colors
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- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Gabby; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Veronica Lodge; Alice (introduction)
- Synopsis
- Archie ends up competing in the intra-school obstacle contest and giving a speech for Mr. Weatherbee on the same day.
- Reprints
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda
- Inks
- Bill Vigoda
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- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wheee!! It's picnic day at Riverdale!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie goes on a school trip to Indian Point. On the trip, Archie causes Mr. Weatherbee to be head-butted by a goat, sit on mustard, and he catches Mr. Weatherbee skinny-dipping.
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An Archie Short
Mr. Weatherbee's first nude scene!
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- Genre
- humor; teen
- Synopsis
- Roger Winston discusses his hobby of collecting pictures of airplanes, Richy Goldwater and Michael Silberkleit talk of their bottlecap hobby, and Hiram Jennings shares his hobby of collecting postage marks from letters.
- Reprints
Richy Goldwater and Michael Silberkleit are the sons of Archie Comics founders Jon Goldwater and Louis Silberkleit, respectively.
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- ?
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- Janice Valleau
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- Janice Valleau
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- ?
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- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- In order to join the Geta-Hunka-Man sorority, Veronica has to take the clothes of a boy and dress in them. When she takes Jughead's beanie, Jughead chases her to the sorority meeting. At the meeting, the girls mistake Jughead for Veronica and proceed to initiate him.
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Vigoda (signed)
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- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Naw! Pop won't mind my using his tires for football practice Veronica. He's a good sport that way!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Fred Andrews
- Reprints
Reprint of the Pep #51 cover.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Vigoda (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie accidentally signs up for a commando contest and has to deal with Reggie changing the sign.
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- Script
- Ray Cohan
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- When Jughead vists Archie, Archie demonstrates his burglar trap. Then, Jughead tells him that he has a date and wants Archie and Veronica to come along. When Archie gets home late, he uses the cellar door and gets caught in his own trap.
- Reprints
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Vigoda (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
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- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Fore!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- Keywords
- golf; golf caddies; squirrels
Reprint of the Archie #12 cover.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda
- Inks
- Bill Vigoda
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie gets a rifle for his birthday and goes rabbit hunting with Jughead the next day.
- Reprints
This story combines scenes from Archie The Athlete and the Archie Short in Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #2. Also, the numbering of this story is a page ahead, with page 3 being labeled as page 4.
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- ?
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- Bob Montana ?
- Inks
- ?
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- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Cubby The Bear
- Reprints
Puzzle page.
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- ?
- Pencils
- Harry Sahle ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
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- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- A sample of fan mail from Archie readers.
- Reprints
- Script
- Ed Goggin ?
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda (signed)
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- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Fred Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie shows the gang his floating hat.
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An illustrated text story.
- Script
- Harry Sahle
- Pencils
- Harry Sahle
- Inks
- Harry Sahle
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- ?
- Letters
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- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Oscar (Archie's dog); Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Oscar runs away from home after hearing that Archie will use him to pull a sled.
- Reprints
- Script
- Ed Goggin ?
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda (signed)
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie teaches some boys how to throw a football and how to perform his favorite play.
- Reprints
An illustrated text story.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda (signed)
- Inks
- Theresa Woik
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Julia (introduction); Pop Tate; Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mrs. Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica fight over who will take Archie to the Thanksgiving Dance and wreak havoc on Pop Tate and his restaurant.
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Story title is listed in table of contents. This is Pop Tate's second appearance. He still has a mustache and he is still short, old, and bald. However, his restaurant's name has changed from Tate's to Pop Tate Soda.
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- ?
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- Bill Vigoda ?
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- Terry Woik Szenics ?
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- ?
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- Genre
- humor; fashion; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Julia
- Synopsis
- Betty, Veronica, and Julia model new fashions for teenage girls.
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- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Vigoda (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
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- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hiya Veronica!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Reggie tries to sabotage Archie while on a skiing date with Veronica.
- Reprints
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Vigoda (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie replaces his father as air raid warden for the day and causes chaos for the chief warden.
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- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Vigoda (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I...uh...don't think I'll be able to keep that date...
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee
- Reprints
Reprint of the Pep #52 cover.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda
- Inks
- Bill Vigoda
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Archie is fined $10 by Reggie's father for reckless driving and breaks his carnival date with Veronica to get a job. He gets a job at the carnival and has to avoid Reggie and Veronica, who go there on the same day.
- Reprints
The last page shows Archie and Jughead in Pop Tate's, but the soda jerk does not look like Pop.
The last page may also have a different letterer.
- Script
- Harry Kames
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- ?
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- typeset
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie takes Veronica and Jughead for a ride on his yacht.
- Reprints
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda
- Inks
- Bill Vigoda
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
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- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Psstt.... Arch! The jalopy's warmed up for a quick get away, as soon as you pick the winner!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie judges a beauty contest.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- beauty contests; swimsuits
Reprint of the Archie #13 cover.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Vigoda (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Introduction to the issue's stories.
- Reprints
This issue would introduce a standard introduction page that would be used for the next few years. Archie holds up the sign saying "Archie Proudly Presents" while Betty and Veronica hold up the box with the story titles. The only difference between this issue and later issues is that Jughead appears at the bottom of the page.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda
- Inks
- Bill Vigoda
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead sell shampoo door-to-door to get money that Jughead needs. No one buys the shampoo, so Archie dresses up as a girl to sell more bottles. It goes well until he goes to Miss Grundy's house and she asks for a demonstration.
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- Keywords
- drag; salesman; shampoo
- Script
- Ed Goggin ?
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Vigoda (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Fred Andrews
- Synopsis
- A humorous story about Archie performing a magic trick at a party.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- magic
An illustrated text story.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda [as Vig]
- Inks
- Bill Vigoda [as Vig]
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Donate your blood..Sir?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie donates his blood, but when he returns to the dressing room, his clothes are gone. So, he makes his way through the hospital in a nurse's outfit.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- blood; donation; hospital; nurse
- Script
- Will Williams
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Blain
- Synopsis
- Archie gets a job delivering groceries.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- groceries; job
Story changed to feature Wilbur in Wilbur Comics (Archie, 1944 series) #11.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda (signed)
- Inks
- Terry Woik Szenics [as Terry Woik] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; unnamed gym teacher; unnamed chemistry teacher; unnamed cooking teacher; unnamed sewing teacher; Mr. Weatherbee; Mrs. Weatherbee (introduction)
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica's constant bickering causes chaos for the teachers at Riverdale High School.
- Reprints
The unnamed chemistry teacher bears a resemblance to Professor Flutesnoot.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda [as Vig]
- Inks
- Bill Vigoda [as Vig]
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica model clothing.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- fashion
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda
- Inks
- Terry Woik Szenics
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead win a scrap contest and a trip to the Bar X Dude Ranch in Arizona. Once there, Archie tries to act like a real cowboy by eating lots of flapjacks, dressing in cowboy clothing, and trying to ride a horse.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Arizona; cowboy; dude ranch; horseback riding
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda
- Inks
- Terry Woik Szenics
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Mr. Minken (introduction); Miss Dinsmore (introduction)
- Synopsis
- Archie takes Veronica on a girls picnic. This makes Reggie angry and he dresses up as a girl to attend the picnic. After a great hit in baseball, Archie discovers that Reggie is in disguise. As Reggie runs away, he hops a fence and comes face-to-face with a bull.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- bull; girls; picnic
Reggie incorrectly colored with brown hair.
Bill Vigoda is credited, but the art looks more like Harry Sahle.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Vigoda (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Nothing to it, girls! I'll be back over the fence faster than I went!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Reprints
- Keywords
- dogs; pogo sticks
Reprint of the Archie #14 cover.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Vigoda (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Introduction to the issue's stories.
- Reprints
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda
- Inks
- Bill Vigoda
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Fred Andrews; Buster (introduction); Mrs. Whipple (introduction); Murgatroyd (introduction); Mrs. Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie beats Reggie in a bicycle race, but has no money to repair his now broken bike. So, Archie decides to open a baby-sitting business.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- babysitting
Archie's address is 5 Maple Ave.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda (signed as Vig)
- Inks
- Bill Vigoda (signed as Vig)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie helps some neighborhood children build a kite.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- kite
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda
- Inks
- Bill Vigoda
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Floogle (introduction); Mr. Gumbubble (introduction)
- Synopsis
- Archie decides to contribute to the war effort by getting a job at Floogle's Department Store. As usual, Archie causes chaos inside the store.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- department store; war effort
- Script
- Harry Kames
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Dr. Pullem; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- When Archie has Jughead go to the dentist to postpone his appointment, Jughead ends up getting two teeth pulled.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- dentist
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda
- Inks
- Terry Woik Szenics
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Notice / Because of the war a shortage of waitresses...
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica contribute to the war effort by becoming waitresses.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- waitresses; war effort
Title from the reprint in the 2018 collection The Best of Archie: Betty and Veronica Vol. 2.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda (signed)
- Inks
- Stan Borack (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Bertram K. Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie attempts to fix the radiator and sets off a chain of painful events.
- Reprints
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bob Montana (non-recurring characters); Bill Vigoda (new faces)
- Inks
- Bill Vigoda
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Corporal Brent
- Synopsis
- After Archie catches Corporal Brent with Veronica, he is challenged to a duel at the Academy the next day.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- duel; military academy; usher
This story originally appeared in Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #36, but this version has a different first page and has replaced the epilogue with an ad for the scrap drive.
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda
- Inks
- Bill Vigoda
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- He's really going to be out!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
- Reprints
- Keywords
- baseball
Reprint of the Pep #53 cover. Originally credited to Bob Vigoda.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda
- Inks
- Bill Vigoda
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Pop Tate; Mary Lee; Theodosius Tadpole
- Synopsis
- Archie brings Jughead's southern cousin Mary Lee to the dance, not knowing she's unattractive.
- Reprints
Faces similar to Vigoda's signed story in #48.
Same storyline as the Archie story in Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #33.