Archie Comics
#53
(November-December 1951)
Archie,
1942 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1951-09-11
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
An Archie Magazine Approved Reading
- Editing
- John L. Goldwater (editor); Harry Shorten (managing editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Obey That Impulse
Archie / comic story / 5.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Please hurry with my fountain pen, Archie - the first bell has already rung!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley; Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee institutes Dilton's "obey your impulse" mantra throughout the school, to disastrous results.
Stamp Vamp
Archie / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Say, Betty-
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty takes up stamp collecting when Archie shows an interest.
The Drawback
Archie / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- --And there I was -- charging down the open field for a touchdown...
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Mrs. Lodge; Jughead Jones; Coach Kleats
- Synopsis
- Archie is roped into joining the football team.
Double Trouble
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Who's taking you to the country club dance tomorrow, Betty?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie balances simultaneous dates with Betty and Veronica.
[no title indexed]
Archie Fun Page / activity / 0.5 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Indexer Notes
Includes drawing pelican, maze to help Archie find Veronica, and riddles on parade.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 0.5 page
- 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 Jimmie Hobson (Trenton, NJ) and second-prize report from Barbara Stark (Allentown, PA).
Slump Chump!
Jughead / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Let's see now ... good ladies and evening gentlemen of the audio radience.
- Feature Logo
Archie's Pal Jughead- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Nervous before a radio speech, Mr. Weatherbee takes tips on how to relax from Jughead.
[no title indexed]
Hollywood Tattle Tales / text article / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Stick Trick Fails Star
Indexer Notes
"Archie Andrews" reports on movie news.
What's Cookin?
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I don't know why I bother to cook anymore.
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Mr. Andrews cooks a meal for Archie.
Indexer Notes
Art previously credited to George Frese, but it matches Schwartz's art elsewhere in the issue.
Sew What
Archie / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archiekins! I want to show you something!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie tries to clean and repair Veronica's torn dress before a party.
[no title indexed]
Archie Fun Page / activity / 0.33 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Indexer Notes
Includes puzzle to help blind bunny reach carrot and connect-the-dots.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Dear diary..."]
Archie -
1.
Obey That Impulse
Archie -
2.
["Think of how much fun you can have!"]
Laugh Comics -
3.
Stamp Vamp
Archie -
4.
The Drawback
Archie -
5.
Double Trouble
Archie -
6.
[no title indexed]
Archie Fun Page -
7.
["Let's have a little pep talk, gang!"]
Pep Comics -
8.
["Look what you get by joining the Archie Club, boys and girls!"]
Archie Club News -
9.
Slump Chump!
Jughead -
10.
["Stick Trick Fails Star"]
Hollywood Tattle Tales -
11.
What's Cookin?
Archie -
12.
Sew What
Archie -
13.
[no title indexed]
Archie Fun Page -
14.
["Ho! Ho! Ha! Ha!"]
Wilbur
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- Luke A.
- Mike Nielsen
- Daniel Thingvold
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