Ginger #2
([January] 1952)

Archie, 1951 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
On-sale Date
1952-01-11
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Close-Up Inc.
Brand
An Archie Magazine Approved Reading
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Harry Shorten (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration. Indexed from scanned copy at http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Ginger / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
Harry Lucey
Colors
?
Letters
Terry Szenics

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Aw, stay with me, Tommy! Ginger will only make a monkey out of you in ten minutes!
Genre
teen
Characters
Ginger Snapp; Tommy Turner
Reprints

Love n' Hisses (Table of Contents: 1)

Ginger / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
G'night, Ikky! Thanks for a lovely evening!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Ginger Snapp; Ickky; Patsy; Professor Gooch; Monk
Synopsis
Despondent that he doesn't have the nerve to be more forward with Ginger, Ickky has himself hypnotized.

Indexer Notes

Ickky's name is misspelled in this story as "Ikky."

Don't Pool Around (Table of Contents: 2)

Ginger / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Frese
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Yow! Ever since she got that snazzy new car, Bunny Clarke is really monopolizin' your boyfriend Tommy's time!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Ginger Snapp; Bunny Clarke (introduction); Tommy Turner; Patsy
Synopsis
Bunny tries to intentionally injure Ginger at water polo practice so she'll have a clear lane to Tommy for the prom.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Ginger Fun Page / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

More Bounce to the Ounce (Table of Contents: 5)

Ginger / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There's Ginger!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Ginger Snapp; Tommy Turner; Thornton Crumdyke (introduction); Prunella
Synopsis
Ginger shows a wimpy intellectual how to be a man.

Indexer Notes

Thornton is referred to as "Thorton" for the first two pages of the story.

I Only Have Ice for You (Table of Contents: 6)

Ginger / comic story / 3.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Frese
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
How's about a movie tonight, Bunny?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Ginger Snapp; Bunny Clarke; Tommy Turner; Patsy
Synopsis
Tommy dumps Ginger for Bunny after finding out that Bunny is a champion skier. Patsy's plan for Ginger to win him back is to get pictures of her swimming in icy water.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Command Decision (Table of Contents: 8)

Ginger / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
George Frese (signed as Geo Frese)
Inks
George Frese (signed as Geo Frese)
Colors
?
Letters
George Frese ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I love those sweaters the Sigma Tau girls wear!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Ginger Snapp; Bunny Clarke; Patsy
Synopsis
Ginger tries to join a sorority that Bunny is in charge of admissions. Naturally Bunny sets up a vindictive hazing schedule.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Aw, stay with me, Tommy! Ginger will only make a monkey out of you in ten minutes!"]
    Ginger
  2. 1. Love n' Hisses
    Ginger
  3. 2. Don't Pool Around
    Ginger
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Ginger Fun Page
  5. 4. ["Tell ya what a'hm gonna do!"]
    Archie
  6. 5. More Bounce to the Ounce
    Ginger
  7. 6. I Only Have Ice for You
    Ginger
  8. 7. ["Hoot mon!"]
  9. 8. Command Decision
    Ginger
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  • Michael Hoskin
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