Archie Annual
#11
[Canadian]
(1959-1960)
Archie,
1950 Series
- Price
- 0.35 CAD
- Pages
- 84
- Indicia Frequency
- once a year
- On-sale Date
- 1959-06-09
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Giant Series
- Editing
- John L. Goldwater (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date and editor credit from 1961 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress. A (Type 1a) cover price variant intended for foreign (Canadian) distribution.
This issue is a variant of Archie Annual (Archie, 1950 series) #11.
This issue is a variant of Archie Annual (Archie, 1950 series) #11.
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A Star Is Born
Archie / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Michael Angelo; Tom
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge's friend swindles him out of $2,000 with a worthless painting. Later the friend overhears Archie and Veronica talking about the Lodge's gardener Michael Angelo and jumps to the conclusion that Mr. Lodge has acquired a real Michelangelo and offers to buy it.
- Keywords
- gardening; immigrant; Italy; painting; practical joke; swimming pool
Date Deflate
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Fred Andrews; Helen
- Synopsis
- Betty's new friend sees Archie and Veronica together and wants an introduction. Betty stalls because she doesn't want her gorgeous friend to catch Archie. She talks to Archie, who conceitedly agrees to meet the new girl in the park so Veronica won't know about it. Reggie overhears the conversation and rushes to tell Veronica. So the park meeting has an extra attendee, but also an unexpected conclusion.
- Keywords
- conceit; friendship
Martians, Go Home!
Cosmo, the Merry Martian / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Characters
- Cosmo, the Merry Martian; Orbi; Astra; Professor Thimk; The Moonlings; The Gillywump
Indexer Notes
Original art promo for the Cosmo, the Merry Martian #5. Cover is not depicted.
So's Your Aunt Mathilda
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty can't get her handsome new neighbor to notice her. She tells Jughead her problem and he suggests that she write to "Aunt Mathilda's Advice to the Lovelorn" column.
- Reprints
-
in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #41 (April 1980) - in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #23 (July 1986)
-
- Keywords
- advice column; black eye; crush; lawn sprinkler; neighbor; newspaper; rake; tree-climbing
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index to the reprint in Archie's Comic Digest #41 (April 1980).
Un-faithfully Yours
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Veronica is out of town, so Archie decides to ask Betty to the dance. He brags that Betty won't go anywhere without him, but gets deflated by her way of accepting his invitation.
- Keywords
- dance; phone booth; telephone
What's the Pitch?
Coach Kleats / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Coach Kleats; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Elmer Gangle
- Synopsis
- No one on the baseball team can pitch. Coach Kleats wanders the hallways and finds a tall boy who is great throwing an apple core. Coach hustles him to baseball practice where he proves to be just as good with a baseball. Unfortunately, when Monday comes, the pitching phenom is not around.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #42 (June 1980)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #51 (August 2015)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics 75th Anniversary Bash (Archie, 2016 series) (2016)
- in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #19 (May 2016)
- in Archie Spotlight Digest: Archie 75th Anniversary Digest (Archie, 2016 series) #12 (September 2017)
-
- Keywords
- Alaska; apple core; baseball; dog sled; igloo; pitching; water pitcher
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #19.
Wake Up to the Best Buys in Comics!
Archie Giant Series / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Promo for Archie Giant Series titles (also called Archie Quarter Comics) with mail-in coupon for ordering individual issues. Titles available are Archie Annual #11, Betty and Veronica Annual #7, Jughead Annual #7, Archie's Christmas Stocking #6, Archie's Pals 'n' Gals #9, Katy Keene Annual #6, and Katy Keene Pin-Up Parade #7. Covers of most issues are depicted, along with original art of a rooster, going along with the "Wake up!" theme.
Archie's Nine
activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews (cameo); Jughead Jones (cameo); Moose Mason (cameo); Reggie Mantle (cameo)
Indexer Notes
A baseball board game. Mostly text with small head shots of the characters.
Sheep Ahoy!
Moose / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Moose has insomnia. Archie makes some suggestions, but Moose has already tried them.
- Keywords
- insomnia
Calm and Collected
Archie's Pal Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Jughead wants Reggie to help him clean out a garage for half of $10. Reggie refuses, saying he needs to rest up for the party he's hosting that evening. At the party, Jughead suggests a scavenger hunt, and just happens to give party-goers clues for finding items in a certain garage.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- dancing; garage; party; scavenger hunt
The Giant Hunters
American Heritage / text story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Article about whale-hunting.
Indexer Notes
Text with 1/3 page illustration.
Hole in One
Shrimpy / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Joe Harold (credited)
- Pencils
- Joe Harold (credited)
- Inks
- Joe Harold (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Shrimpy [George Smith]; Peggy
- Synopsis
- Shrimpy wants Peggy to watch the hole he's been digging, while he goes home. She wonders if someone is going to steal it.
- Keywords
- hole; shovel
Indexer Notes
Shrimpy responds to his mother calling "George Smith." The dark-haired girl with the ponytail is called Peggy.
The Whole Truth
Shrimpy / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Joe Harold (credited)
- Pencils
- Joe Harold (credited)
- Inks
- Joe Harold (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Shrimpy; Peggy
- Synopsis
- Shrimpy says he's not digging a hole, he's making a hill.
Indexer Notes
A follow-up to the previous sequence.
Stars and Gripes
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Archie wins a contest and gets a date with movie star Jane Bustle. He doesn't know who she is, but Mr. Weatherbee does, and says she was quite a beauty--after World War I. Since there is food involved, Archie is able to palm off the prize to Jughead, who ends up getting escorted by some lovely young ladies.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #41 (April 1980)
-
- Keywords
- contest; dinner; movie star; World War I
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index for the reprint in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #41 (April 1980).
An Ear for Music!
Archie's Pal Jughead / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Tuffy
- Synopsis
- Reggie tries to pull a mean trick on the new kid, Tuffy, when he thinks Jughead told him Tuffy was "stone deaf." What Jughead really said was "tone-deaf," meaning he couldn't tell one musical note from another.
- Keywords
- boxing; bullying; deaf
Help Wanted
Archie's Dad / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie's father decides to stay overnight on a business trip. Later he feels guilty about leaving his wife and Archie alone and takes a midnight plane back home. When he gets home, he finds they are perfectly able to take care of themselves.
- Keywords
- airplane; business trip; hotel; taxi; telephone
You'll Laugh Like the Dickens!
Archie's Christmas Stocking / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead jones (cameo); Betty Cooper (cameo); Veronica Lodge (cameo); Reggie Mantle (cameo) ; Ebenezer Scrooge
Indexer Notes
Promo for Archie's Christmas Stocking #6 with a mail-in coupon. All original art with a holiday theme.
Batter Up!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx
- Synopsis
- When none of Jinx's friends can help her with batting practice, she results to using a pop-up toaster and toast as a substitute.
- Reprints
- in Little Archie Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1985 series) #45 (November 1990)
-
- Keywords
- baseball; toaster
Imagine That
Archie's Pal Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Jughead pulls a gag on Archie and Reggie by running a yelling that Biff Bolsen is coming! After Archie and Reggie panic, they realize that there is no Biff Bolsen. To get even, they go to the seedy part of town and hire a thug to chase them and tell everyone that he's Biff Bolsen. The revenge gag almost works, except that "Biff" decides to insult Moose.
- Keywords
- insult; practical joke; revenge
John Brown
American Hertitage / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- John Brown
- Synopsis
- Brief biography of John Brown as the leader of the anti-slavery movement in Kansas and as the leader of the attack at Harper's Ferry in 1859.
Indexer Notes
Text with 1/3 page illustration.
Archie Said It Couldn't Be Done!!
Archie's Madhouse / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews (cameo)
Indexer Notes
Pre-publication promo for Archie's Madhouse. Mostly text with five very small drawings.
Diet Riot
Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge (cameo); Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee is ordered to go on a diet, with Miss Grundy in charge of seeing he stays on it. Mr. Weatherbee eventually becomes so obsessed with food that he steals items off the student's trays in the cafeteria at lunch.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #41 (April 1980)
-
- Keywords
- cafeteria; diet; doctor; hamburgers; knight's helmet; movie theater
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index to the reprint in Archie Comics Digest (1973 series) #41 (April 1980).
We're Giving Away Free Copies of Archie's Pals 'n' Gals!
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Indexer Notes
Promo for subscriptions to Archie's Pals 'n' Gals with mail-in coupon. Four issues for $1.00 with a free bonus issue.
A Thousand Times 'Know'!
Moose / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Moose comes up with some fractured logic to justify not studying for his exams.
- Keywords
- exams
No Help Wanted
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Archie's father gets two tickets to the boxing match. Archie already has a date with Veronica for that night. Jughead tries to help, but after unsuccessfully talking to Veronica, goes to Archie's father and explains the situation. His father decides to give the tickets to Jughead. Meanwhile, Veronica has had a change of heart and decides to let Archie go to the fights. Jughead and Veronica then meet and decide that the only thing to do is use the tickets themselves.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- boxing; date; television
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["I'm flipping a coin, Jug! ...Heads I take Veronica to the dance... tails I take Betty!"]
Archie -
1.
A Star Is Born
Archie -
2.
Date Deflate
Archie -
3.
Martians, Go Home!
Cosmo, the Merry Martian -
4.
So's Your Aunt Mathilda
Betty -
5.
Un-faithfully Yours
Archie -
6.
What's the Pitch?
Coach Kleats -
7.
Wake Up to the Best Buys in Comics!
Archie Giant Series -
8.
Scalp-Treatment!
Archie -
9.
Cold Comfort
Moose -
10.
Archie's Nine
-
11.
Sheep Ahoy!
Moose -
12.
Some Plumbing
Archie's Pal Jughead -
13.
Calm and Collected
Archie's Pal Jughead -
14.
The Giant Hunters
American Heritage -
15.
Hole in One
Shrimpy -
16.
The Whole Truth
Shrimpy -
17.
Stars and Gripes
Archie -
18.
An Ear for Music!
Archie's Pal Jughead -
19.
Art for Moose Sake!
Moose -
20.
Help Wanted
Archie's Dad -
21.
You'll Laugh Like the Dickens!
Archie's Christmas Stocking -
22.
Batter Up!
Li'l Jinx -
23.
Imagine That
Archie's Pal Jughead -
24.
John Brown
American Hertitage -
25.
Archie Said It Couldn't Be Done!!
Archie's Madhouse -
26.
Diet Riot
Mr. Weatherbee -
27.
We're Giving Away Free Copies of Archie's Pals 'n' Gals!
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals -
28.
A Thousand Times 'Know'!
Moose -
29.
No Help Wanted
Archie
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