Archie Comics
#56
(May-June 1952)
Archie,
1942 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bimonthly
- On-sale Date
- 1952-03-14
- 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.
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Vigoda (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What! You're breaking our date, Veronica!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Keywords
- soda fountains; telephone books; telephones
[no title indexed]
Wilbur / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tic...tac...toe...whichever way you go...you always win with Wilbur.
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Wilbur Wilkin
Indexer Notes
Promo for Wilbur Comics (Archie, 1944 series) featuring Wilbur's head in the spaces of a tic-tac-toe board. Inside front cover.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- More fun than a barrel full of monkeys!
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) featuring laughing monkeys reading the series. Inside front cover.
[no title indexed]
Super Duck / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Don't say "good" or "better" or "best"..say "Super Duck."
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Super Duck
Indexer Notes
Promo for Super Duck Comics (Archie, 1944 series). Inside front cover.
Some Enchanted Evening
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- George Frese (signed as
Geo Frese) - Inks
- George Frese (signed as Geo Frese)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yes, Veronica -- you will? We can?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Jughead brings along his dog as his date on a moonlight picnic with Archie and Veronica, much to Archie's chagrin.
Don't Kid Me!
Archie / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- George Frese (signed)
- Inks
- George Frese (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boy! Am I starved!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie unwittingly gets roped into chaperoning the Boy Sprouts' picnic with Betty.
Kicking the Gang Around
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- George Frese (signed as Geo Frese)
- Inks
- George Frese (signed as Geo Frese)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Nah-h-h! Why go to the Choklit Shop?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Fred gets frustrated with the gang's frequent visits to the Andrews house.
Indexer Notes
On page three, Reggie sings "Jezebel," a #2 hit from 1951; the singer Frankie Fane is a parody of Frankie Laine.
[no title indexed]
Archie Fun Page / activity / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Includes drawing owl, blot pictures, optical illusion, dizzy quiz, and rebus (quilt).
[no title indexed]
Wilbur / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wilbur is cookin' with gags!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Wilbur Wilkin
Indexer Notes
Promo for Wilbur Comics (Archie, 1944 series) featuring Wilbur following the recipe for the latest issue.
Haste Makes Waste
Archie / comic story / 6.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Okay! Okay! So I was wrong!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Superintendent Dooper
- Synopsis
- Miss Grundy jumps to the conclusion that Mr. Weatherbee is drunk after celebrating an imminent promotion from the superintendent.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Pep it up, gang!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Indexer Notes
Promo for Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) featuring Archie and the gang in his jalopy.
[no title indexed]
From Hollywood / text article / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Grant, Drake Do Musical Stint In New Picture
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
[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 Patricia Morehead (Muncie, IN) and second-prize report from Kay Henderson (Dallas 11, TX).
[no title indexed]
Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- $500.00 for 500 copies of the 1st edition of the Archie Annual!!!
- Genre
- teen
Indexer Notes
Promo from Archie Comics offering $1 to each reader who sends in a copy of Archie Annual (Archie, 1949 series) #1. First 500 copies received will be accepted. Issues are needed for the company library.
Dream Team
Jughead / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- George Frese (signed as Geo Frese)
- Inks
- George Frese (signed as Geo Frese)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Coach, at the principal's conference, we decided to form girl basketball teams and have inter-high school competition!
- Feature Logo
Archie's Pal Jughead- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Coach Kleats; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Jughead is put in charge of forming and training Riverdale High's girls' basketball team.
[no title indexed]
Dubble Bubble / advertisement / 0.5 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ray Thompson (signed as Ray T.)
- Inks
- Ray Thompson
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ray Thompson ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gee! a new boy!
[no title indexed]
Super Duck / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You kids be the judge!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Super Duck
Indexer Notes
Promo for Super Duck Comics (Archie, 1944 series) featuring judge handing Super Duck a paper reading "Best Award for 1952." Recycles art from earlier version of promo with only change being the year of the award.
Mind Over Madder
Archie / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- George Frese (signed as Geo Frese)
- Inks
- George Frese (signed as Geo Frese)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, Veronica! How's about you and Betty going to the bunny hop with Reggie and me Saturday night?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Charlie; Pop Tate; Gina; Terry; June
- Synopsis
- Archie and Reggie can't afford to take Betty and Veronica to the dance so they borrow money from Jughead.
- Reprints
-
in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #63 (December 2016)
-
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["What! You're breaking our date, Veronica!"]
Archie -
1.
["Tic...tac...toe...whichever way you go...you always win with Wilbur."]
Wilbur -
2.
["More fun than a barrel full of monkeys!"]
-
3.
["Don't say "good" or "better" or "best"..say "Super Duck.""]
Super Duck -
4.
Some Enchanted Evening
Archie -
5.
Don't Kid Me!
Archie -
6.
[no title indexed]
-
7.
Kicking the Gang Around
Archie -
8.
[no title indexed]
Archie Fun Page -
9.
["Wilbur is cookin' with gags!"]
Wilbur -
10.
Haste Makes Waste
Archie -
11.
["Pep it up, gang!"]
-
12.
["Grant, Drake Do Musical Stint In New Picture"]
From Hollywood -
13.
["Look what you get by joining the Archie Club, boys and girls!"]
Archie Club News -
14.
["$500.00 for 500 copies of the 1st edition of the Archie Annual!!!"]
Archie -
15.
Dream Team
Jughead -
16.
["Gee! a new boy!"]
Dubble Bubble -
17.
["You kids be the judge!"]
Super Duck -
18.
Mind Over Madder
Archie -
19.
[no title indexed]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Luke A.
- James Ludwig
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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