(Spring 1955)
Archie,
1953 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Editing
- John L. Goldwater (editor)
[no title indexed]
Reggie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Put a nickel in the 'wedding march' girls!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- possibly from Archie newspaper strips (King Features Syndicate, XX-XX-19XX)
Indexer Notes
inside front cover
Note of Approval
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Reprints
-
in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #10 ([May 1958]) [Reprinted in black and white.] -
in Archie's Joke Book (IDW, 2011 series) #1 - Great Gags from Great Archie Artists! (July 2011)
-
Best Washes For a Happy Birthday
Archie's Pop / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #10 ([May 1958]) [Reprinted in black and white.]
- in Archie's Joke Book (IDW, 2011 series) #1 - Great Gags from Great Archie Artists! (July 2011)
-
Backfield in Commotion
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #10 ([May 1958]) [Reprinted in black and white.]
- in Archie's Joke Book (IDW, 2011 series) #1 - Great Gags from Great Archie Artists! (July 2011)
-
Obscure Cure
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Tom Moore
- Pencils
- Tom Moore (signed on the original art)
- Inks
- Tom Moore
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Tom Moore
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Jughead creates a "cure" for Archie's cold, assuming it works since no one has ever come back for a second one.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Information obtained from the original art.
Hounded
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Tom Moore
- Pencils
- Tom Moore (signed on the original art)
- Inks
- Tom Moore
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Tom Moore
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Souphead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead explains to Souphead that "puppy love" is the beginning of a "dog's life".
- Reprints
Pen Pals
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #9 ([April 1958]) [Reprinted in black and white.]
-
No Male Today
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- in Archie's Pal Jughead Annual (Archie, 1953 series) #5 (1957) [New colors]
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #23 (July 1986)
- in Archie's Joke Book (IDW, 2011 series) #1 - Great Gags from Great Archie Artists! (July 2011)
-
The Ace of Clubs
Big Moose / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- in Archie's Pal Jughead Annual (Archie, 1953 series) #5 (1957) [New colors]
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #23 (July 1986)
- in Archie's Joke Book (IDW, 2011 series) #1 - Great Gags from Great Archie Artists! (July 2011)
-
All Wrapped Up
Archie / comic story / 0.67 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #10 ([May 1958]) [Reprinted in black and white.]
-
[no title indexed]
Jughead / comic story / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For Pete's sake, Jug...
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #10 ([May 1958]) [Reprinted in black and white.]
-
Owe Time Friend
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #9 ([April 1958]) [Reprinted in black and white.]
-
Too Reggie-Mented
Reggie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #10 ([May 1958]) [Reprinted in black and white.]
-
[no title indexed]
Katy Keene / text story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- As our curtain rises for this 2-page story about Katy Keene...
- Genre
- humor; fashion; teen
Indexer Notes
Story is a rebus.
Colossal Fossil
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- Feature Logo
Betty and Veronica- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee
- Reprints
Money to Spurn
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #10 ([May 1958]) [Reprinted in black and white.]
- in Archie's Joke Book (IDW, 2011 series) #1 - Great Gags from Great Archie Artists! (July 2011)
-
Fish Tale
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #10 ([May 1958]) [Reprinted in black and white.]
- in Archie's Joke Book (IDW, 2011 series) #1 - Great Gags from Great Archie Artists! (July 2011)
-
A Gloomy Report
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #10 ([May 1958]) [Reprinted in black and white.]
- in Archie's Joke Book (IDW, 2011 series) #1 - Great Gags from Great Archie Artists! (July 2011)
-
Still-Life
Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #10 ([May 1958]) [Reprinted in black and white.]
- in Archie's Joke Book (IDW, 2011 series) #1 - Great Gags from Great Archie Artists! (July 2011)
-
Archie's Picture Dictionary: Astronomy Section
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
Rung Number
Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #10 ([May 1958]) [Reprinted in black and white.]
- in Archie's Joke Book (IDW, 2011 series) #1 - Great Gags from Great Archie Artists! (July 2011)
-
Lodge-ical Request
Veronica's Father / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #10 ([May 1958]) [Reprinted in black and white.]
- in Archie's Joke Book (IDW, 2011 series) #1 - Great Gags from Great Archie Artists! (July 2011)
-
Backfires
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #9 ([April 1958]) [Reprinted in black and white.]
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Why Jughead, what an unusual looking clock. Where did you get it?"]
Archie -
1.
["Put a nickel in the 'wedding march' girls!"]
Reggie -
2.
Happy Daze
Archie -
3.
Big Wheel
Jughead -
4.
Note of Approval
Archie -
5.
Best Washes For a Happy Birthday
Archie's Pop -
6.
From Dad to Worse
Archie -
7.
Missed Understanding
Jughead -
8.
Backfield in Commotion
Archie -
9.
Investment Joker
Reggie -
10.
Archie Gag Bag
Archie -
11.
Obscure Cure
Archie -
12.
Hounded
Jughead -
13.
Pen Pals
Archie -
14.
No Male Today
Betty and Veronica -
15.
The Ace of Clubs
Big Moose -
16.
Archie's Crystal Ball
Archie -
17.
All Wrapped Up
Archie -
18.
["For Pete's sake, Jug..."]
Jughead -
19.
A Fitting O-Pin-Ion
Betty and Veronica -
20.
Swat a Pal
Reggie -
21.
Owe Time Friend
Archie -
22.
Fun Page
Archie -
23.
Too Reggie-Mented
Reggie -
24.
Time Will Fell
Jughead -
25.
["As our curtain rises for this 2-page story about Katy Keene..."]
Katy Keene -
26.
Rough Sledding
Jughead -
27.
Dunce Upon a Time
Moose -
28.
Archie's Picture Dictionary: Aviation Section
-
29.
Colossal Fossil
Betty and Veronica -
30.
From Gag to Verse
Archie and the Gang -
31.
Pound Advice
Mr. Weatherbee -
32.
Eye-Witness
Betty -
33.
Money to Spurn
Archie -
34.
Fish Tale
Jughead -
35.
Weather or Not
Jughead -
36.
Soda Jerky
Archie -
37.
A Gloomy Report
Archie -
38.
Still-Life
Mr. Weatherbee -
39.
Archie's Picture Dictionary: Astronomy Section
Archie -
40.
Sharp Reasoning
Veronica -
41.
Circus Dates
Archie -
42.
Love Laffs
Jughead -
43.
Smashing Success
Veronica -
44.
Rung Number
Reggie -
45.
Lodge-ical Request
Veronica's Father -
46.
Backfires
Archie -
47.
["Now, now, Miss Grundy, calm yourself!"]
Jughead -
48.
["Oooh! Everytime I think of what Archie did last night I get furious again!"]
Betty and Veronica
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Lito Bujanda-Moore
- Nigel Fletcher
- Katy Hayhurst
- Michael Hoskin
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
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