Archie Comics
#59
(November-December 1952)
Archie,
1942 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bimonthly
- On-sale Date
- 1952-09-12
- 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
- Stay away from women, Archie! They're bad medicine!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
- Reprints
- Keywords
- ice cream sodas; lovers' hearts; soda fountains
in 
Board With It All
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh dear! There's the bell, already! Class dismissed!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead buy flowers for Miss Grundy to get on her good side after being forced to wash blackboards after school every day.
Squeeze Play
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gee, Ronny, I'm glad to see you sitting up and feeling better!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Jealous that Archie is dating Betty during her illness, Veronica convinces Archie to give Betty a crate of oranges as a gift, knowing that Betty has an allergy.
On the Spot
Archie / comic story / 3.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- N..!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie goes door to door selling spot remover with Jughead to earn money for Betty's birthday gift.
Wooden You Know
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Do you kids realize that in two nights the curtain goes up on our annual variety show, and not one of us is in the thing?
- Feature Logo
Archie's Pal Jughead- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee; Mrs. Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead plans to perform a ventriloquism act at the school variety show.
[no title indexed]
Veronica Fun Page / activity / 0.5 page
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge
Indexer Notes
Includes coloring Veronica's gown, match your wits, rebus, drawing lessons, and riddles on parade. Gown by Jane Harold (Boston, MA).
Aim to Please
Archie / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, kids!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead attempt to kill a strange bear on their picnic, but it turns out to be a statue.
[no title indexed]
Archie Fun Page / activity / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Includes rebus for former U.S. president (Teddy Roosevelt), coloring flags, rearranging letters to spell dog's name, decoding message by crossing out even numbers, and completing drawing of face.
Words Fail Me!
Archie / comic story / 5.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Veronica, you would have split a spleen to scan this schlump as he flat foots into the fizz parlor!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy; Coach Kleats; Reggie Mantle; Superintendent Smith; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee bans teen slang from being used in school, until Betty successfully uses slang to warn the students that the superintendent is present for an inspection.
[no title indexed]
From Hollywood / text article / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Horse Meat Fine (If You Like It) Says French Star
- 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 Irene Ostrow (Brooklyn 3, NY) on fire safety at home and second-prize report from Bonita Lorraine Bonn (Holcombe, WI) on repairing and donating old toys at Christmas.
[no title indexed]
Archie Puzzle Page / activity / 0.5 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
Indexer Notes
Contains copying drawing of Charlie Chaplin, rebus for actress (Laraine Day), crossing out odd numbers to decode message, and whiz quiz.
Meek As a Moose
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey! Hey! Fleet-Feet, drop your flaps, you're flying too low!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
- Synopsis
- Veronica attempts to cure Moose's jealousy by setting up a date with Moose and allowing Archie to date Midge.
[no title indexed]
Archie Fun Page / activity / 0.5 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
Indexer Notes
Includes making a whistle, match your wits, what's the message, and drawing things with the number 5.
Vitamin "See"
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Just do exactly as I say and we'll get along just fine!
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Pal Jughead
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Jughead takes Pop's instructions to "put away" the ice cream and pies literally and eats them all.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Stay away from women, Archie! They're bad medicine!"]
Archie -
1.
["These are the stars of the Archie Comic Group!"]
-
2.
Board With It All
Archie -
3.
Squeeze Play
Archie -
4.
["Join the big parade to our brand new comic magazine, Archie's Pals 'n' Gals starring Archie, Jughead, Betty and Veronica, and Reggie!"]
Archie -
5.
On the Spot
Archie -
6.
["Wilbur is in hot water again!"]
Wilbur -
7.
Wooden You Know
Jughead -
8.
[no title indexed]
Veronica Fun Page -
9.
Aim to Please
Archie -
10.
[no title indexed]
Archie Fun Page -
11.
Words Fail Me!
Archie -
12.
["Don't be half-safe! Be Archie safe!"]
-
13.
["Horse Meat Fine (If You Like It) Says French Star"]
From Hollywood -
14.
["Look what you get by joining the Archie Club, boys and girls!"]
Archie Club News -
15.
[no title indexed]
Archie Puzzle Page -
16.
Meek As a Moose
Archie -
17.
[no title indexed]
Archie Fun Page -
18.
["She's Ginger n' spice and everything nice!"]
Ginger -
19.
Vitamin "See"
Jughead
This issue was modified by, among others
- Luke A.
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
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