(May 1959)

Archie, 1953 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bimonthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Series
Editing
John L. Goldwater (editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh, dear! - How stupid of me! - You mean it isn't a costume party?
Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Betty Cooper
Reprints
Keywords
hula outfit

Heart's Delight (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Harrumph!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Reprints

Words Flail Me! (Table of Contents: 2)

Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Isn't it beautiful, Daddy?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Reprints

Nights and Daze (Table of Contents: 3)

Moose / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick ?
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Moose, what's this about Midge going to Alaska?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Moose Mason; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Reprints

Tote-A-Loss (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Edwards (sourced)
Inks
Joe Edwards (sourced)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason

Auto Know Better (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen

Food for Thought (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Jughead Jones
Reprints

Sports Shorts (Table of Contents: 7)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Here's a light ball for you, Betty!
Genre
humor; teen
Reprints

Jughead's Mother Goose Up-to-Date (Table of Contents: 8)

Jughead / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Edwards (sourced)
Inks
Joe Edwards (sourced)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones

Where There's a Will (Table of Contents: 9)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen

Kid-Nipped (Table of Contents: 10)

Veronica / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Edwards (sourced)
Inks
Joe Edwards (sourced)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle

Shocking Stocking (Table of Contents: 11)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Edwards (sourced)
Inks
Joe Edwards (sourced)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Archie's Laff Meter (Table of Contents: 12)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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?
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?
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?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen

By Way of Definition (Table of Contents: 13)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida ?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle [Reginald Mantle III]; Jughead Jones [Forsythe Pendleton Jones III]
Synopsis
Jughead is asleep when he's supposed to be helping Archie.
Reprints

Bill-Ked (Table of Contents: 14)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida ?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews
Synopsis
Archie has some bad news for Fred regarding the butcher's bill.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

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?
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?
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Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Garages that expand to keep up with the new models!
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Our copy missing part of page.

Our Fun Page (Table of Contents: 16)

activity / 0.67 page (report information)

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Letters
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Call Me Stupid (Table of Contents: 17)

Moose / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Reprints

Come Clean (Table of Contents: 18)

Jughead's Dipsy Doodles / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Jughead paint a mat onto the floor and sweeps dirt under it.
Reprints

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

Archie Whose Views / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
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Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dash Flash Rash Abash
Genre
humor
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
Synopsis
Four words, each with two cartoons--one from the girl's view, the other from the boy's view.
Reprints

All Bets Off (Table of Contents: 20)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Reprints

Texas Pioneers (Table of Contents: 21)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
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?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
history

Whither the Hula Hoop? (Table of Contents: 22)

Jughead / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen

Old Hat (Table of Contents: 23)

Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen

To Buy or Not To Buy (Table of Contents: 24)

Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen

Alp Wanted (Table of Contents: 25)

Dilton Doiley / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Vigoda
Inks
Terry Szenics
Colors
?
Letters
Terry Szenics

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Careful, folks! Keep close to the side of the mountain!
Genre
humor
Characters
Dilton Doiley
Reprints

Take a Vow (Table of Contents: 26)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Vigoda
Inks
Terry Szenics
Colors
?
Letters
Terry Szenics

First Line of Dialogue or Text
But, Arch! You've just got to lend me five dollars till the end of the week!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Reprints

Shirt-Changed (Table of Contents: 27)

Moose / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen

Musical Shares (Table of Contents: 28)

Moose / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen

Jughead's "Let-Somebody-Else-Do-It" Kit (Table of Contents: 29)

Jughead / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Done up like an ad for a kit to get somebody else to do it.
Reprints

These Stoneheads Are For the Birds! (Table of Contents: 30)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen

An Eye For an I (Table of Contents: 31)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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?
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?

Genre
humor; teen
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Oh, dear! - How stupid of me! - You mean it isn't a costume party?"]
    Archie
  2. 1. Heart's Delight
    Archie
  3. 2. Words Flail Me!
    Veronica
  4. 3. Nights and Daze
    Moose
  5. 4. Tote-A-Loss
    Archie
  6. 5. Auto Know Better
    Archie
  7. 6. Food for Thought
    Jughead Dipsy Doodles
  8. 7. Sports Shorts
    Archie
  9. 8. Jughead's Mother Goose Up-to-Date
    Jughead
  10. 9. Where There's a Will
    Archie
  11. 10. Kid-Nipped
    Veronica
  12. 11. Shocking Stocking
    Betty and Veronica
  13. 12. Archie's Laff Meter
    Archie
  14. 13. By Way of Definition
    Archie
  15. 14. Bill-Ked
    Archie
  16. 15. ["Garages that expand to keep up with the new models!"]
  17. 16. Our Fun Page
  18. 17. Call Me Stupid
    Moose
  19. 18. Come Clean
    Jughead's Dipsy Doodles
  20. 19. ["Dash Flash Rash Abash"]
    Archie Whose Views
  21. 20. All Bets Off
    Archie
  22. 21. Texas Pioneers
  23. 22. Whither the Hula Hoop?
    Jughead
  24. 23. Old Hat
    Veronica
  25. 24. To Buy or Not To Buy
    Veronica
  26. 25. Alp Wanted
    Dilton Doiley
  27. 26. Take a Vow
    Archie
  28. 27. Shirt-Changed
    Moose
  29. 28. Musical Shares
    Moose
  30. 29. Jughead's "Let-Somebody-Else-Do-It" Kit
    Jughead
  31. 30. These Stoneheads Are For the Birds!
    Archie
  32. 31. An Eye For an I
    Archie
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Bob Kopman
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen