(December 1964)

Archie, 1954 Series
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Price
0.25 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
Six times yearly: January, August, September, December, and semi-monthly in June
On-sale Date
1964-06-29
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Giant Series
Editing
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Issue Notes

Issue entitled The World of Jughead. On-sale date from 1964 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Jughead / cover / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
There's the dismissal bell... and I thought we still had ten minutes left!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Jughead uses a hand bell to get class dismissed early.
Keywords
High school
Cover Thumbnail for Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #30
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

A Ghost of a Chance Chapter I (Table of Contents: 2)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead; Archie; Crudly; Mrs. Strychnine; Great-great-great-great Uncle Cedric
Synopsis
Jughead inherits a castle in England. There he meets a creepy domestic staff, and the ghost of a distant ancestor.
Reprints
Keywords
Castle; ghost; inheritance

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[A Ghost of a Chance Chapter II] Spooking of Souvenirs (Table of Contents: 4)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead; Crudly; Mrs. Strychnine; Great-great-great-great Uncle Cedric; Archie; Reggie; Betty; Veronica
Synopsis
Crudly and Strychnine imprison Jughead, trying to coerce him into deeding them the castle. Great-Uncle Cedric's ghost scares them away.
Reprints
Keywords
Castle; ghost; inheritance

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Surgical Steal (Table of Contents: 6)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
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Letters
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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead; Archie; doctors; nurses; patients; Betty
Synopsis
Jughead switches places with a hospital patient in order to get a free meal, then discovers that he's being taken to surgery.
Reprints
Keywords
Doctor; hospital; mistaken identity; surgery

Western Style! (Table of Contents: 7)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards ?
Pencils
Joe Edwards ?
Inks
Joe Edwards ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Li'l Jinx; Li'l Jinx's dad
Synopsis
Li'l Jinx will have a western-themed party, with 18 head of guests.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Tomato Surprise (Table of Contents: 9)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead; Reggie; Archie; Betty; Veronica
Synopsis
The gang keeps getting caught in the middle on an ongoing tomato-throwing grudge match between Reggie and Jughead, so they take matters into their own hands.
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Ice Going (Table of Contents: 10)

Dipsy Doodles / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
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Letters
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Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
Characters
Jughead [Dipsy Doodles]
Synopsis
It's a hot day, so Jughead [Dipsy Doodles] paints a refrigerator and makes ice.
Reprints
Keywords
Pantomime

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.25 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.25 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The List (Table of Contents: 14)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Dan DeCarlo ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead; Mr. Dill; Mrs. Dill; Betty; Veronica; Reggie; customers
Synopsis
Jughead works like a whirlwind at his new job with the flower shop, then quits after one day. He just wanted to earn enough money to throw himself a party.
Reprints

Steady Girl! (Table of Contents: 15)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Edwards
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Li'l Jinx; Greg
Synopsis
Li'l Jinx holds her fishing pole so steady that a spider spins a web on it.
Reprints
Keywords
Fishing

Indexer Notes

Joe Edwards credits from GCD record at Archie Digest (1974 series) #4.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Archie Club News / letters page / 1.5 pages (report information)

Pencils
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Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
All the news that fits we print
Characters
Skiers

Indexer Notes

Reports from fans Rochelle Reveles and Tony Ercolani

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

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

All That Glitters (Table of Contents: 18)

Dipsy Doodles / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
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Letters
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Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
Characters
Jughead [Dipsy Doodles]
Synopsis
Jughead [Dipsy Doodles] paints a treasure chest, but is surprised by its contents.
Reprints
Keywords
Pantomime; pirate

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Spell It Out (Table of Contents: 20)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
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Pencils
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Inks
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Letters
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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead; librarian; Chuck; Dusty; Archie; Mrs. Jones
Synopsis
Jughead borrows a book of magic spells, and unwittingly wreaks havoc wherever he goes.
Reprints
Keywords
Magician

The Discovery of the Doughnut (Table of Contents: 21)

Professor Jughead's Gripping Moments in History / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
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Inks
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Letters
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Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Professor Jughead; Thaddeus McSmurch
Synopsis
A poor tailor is down to his last buttonhole. He wraps a French bread around it, and discovers the doughnut.
Reprints

Soup's On! (Table of Contents: 22)

Jughead / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
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Letters
?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead; Betty; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; delivery boy
Synopsis
Through no fault of his own, Jughead mixes up deliveries and soon has Mr. Weatherbee soaking his feet in vegetable soup.
Reprints
Keywords
Drug store; high school

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Invalid (Table of Contents: 25)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
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Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
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Letters
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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead; Archie; Betty; Veronica; Pop Tate
Synopsis
Jughead twists his ankle, then makes a nuisance out of himself with his "invalid" condition. Veronica "cures" him by announcing that he has just a few minutes to run to a food show.
Reprints
Keywords
Choklit Shop

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 26) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Writer's Cramp (Table of Contents: 27)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
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Letters
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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead; Moose; Betty; Veronica; Archie
Synopsis
Moose tells the girls that Jughead is writing a book on How to Go Out With Women. Fascinated to learn what he knows, the girls are soon swarming over Jughead. This annoys him considerably, as the title is actually How to Go WITHOUT Women.
Reprints
Keywords
Beach

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 28) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 30) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["There's the dismissal bell... and I thought we still had ten minutes left!"]
    Jughead
  2. 1. ["An amazing invention -- 'Magic Art Reproducer'"]
  3. 2. A Ghost of a Chance Chapter I
    Jughead
  4. 3. ["Boys! Men!"]
  5. 4. [A Ghost of a Chance Chapter II] Spooking of Souvenirs
    Jughead
  6. 5. ["Give me just one evening and I'll teach you to hypnotize easily!"]
  7. 6. Surgical Steal
    Jughead
  8. 7. Western Style!
    Li'l Jinx
  9. 8. ["Get this free!"]
  10. 9. Tomato Surprise
    Jughead
  11. 10. Ice Going
    Dipsy Doodles
  12. 11. ["Stop Watch"]
  13. 12. ["X-ray Specs"]
  14. 13. ["Reward $11,750.00 for this coin"]
  15. 14. The List
    Jughead
  16. 15. Steady Girl!
    Li'l Jinx
  17. 16. ["All the news that fits we print"]
    Archie Club News
  18. 17. ["Archie Club"]
    Archie Club
  19. 18. All That Glitters
    Dipsy Doodles
  20. 19. ["Treasure Chest of Fun"]
  21. 20. Spell It Out
    Jughead
  22. 21. The Discovery of the Doughnut
    Professor Jughead's Gripping Moments in History
  23. 22. Soup's On!
    Jughead
  24. 23. ["Play guitar in 7 days"]
  25. 24. ["Super discount coupon offer"]
  26. 25. The Invalid
    Jughead
  27. 26. ["Dig this crazy offer!"]
  28. 27. Writer's Cramp
    Jughead
  29. 28. ["Vote the straight fun ticket!"]
  30. 29. ["Record Riot"]
  31. 30. ["These Prizes Without Cost"]
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