(April 1951)
Archie,
1949 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1951-02-20
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
An Archie Magazine Approved Reading
- Editing
- John L. Goldwater (editor); Harry Shorten (managing editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
[no title indexed]
Jughead / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Juggy, I have to pay a forfeit to you and as soon as I put this lipstick on, do you know what you're going to get?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Reprints
-
in Archie's Pal Jughead Archives (Dark Horse, 2015 series) #1 (March 2015)
-
Indexer Notes
Art previously credited to George Frese; it matches Montana's signed covers of the period. 2015 reprint erroneously credited to Frese.
Femmes and Fowls
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- George Frese (signed as
Geo Frese) - Inks
- George Frese (signed as Geo Frese)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You heard me! You take that chicken right back to Archie!
- Feature Logo
Archie's Pal Jughead- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Mrs. Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Jughead and Archie try to start an egg farm with a rooster but trade it in for two ducks until Veronica gets mad that they are exploiting the ducks. Jughead says to make sure not to invite her for the roast duck dinner.
- Reprints
-
in Archie's Rival Reggie (H. John Edwards, 1950 ? series) #4 ([1952] ?) - in Archie's Pal Jughead Archives (Dark Horse, 2015 series) #1 (March 2015)
-
A Bicycle Is Built for One
Jughead / public service announcement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh dear, I'm late!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Jughead warns Archie and Veronica about riding with her on the handlebars and when they get hit by a car, Veronica ends up in the hospital with one leg and one arm in cast.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Pal Jughead Archives (Dark Horse, 2015 series) #1 (March 2015)
-
Indexer Notes
This is one of the few instances of an Archie character's actions shown to have realistic consequences, in terms of the injuries sustained.
Flyin' High
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- George Frese (signed as Geo Frese)
- Inks
- George Frese (signed as Geo Frese)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I don't know what it is, Veronica -- but there's something different about you, today!
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Pal Jughead
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Jughead helps Betty build a kite to impress Archie, but on the way to an open location to fly it, Jughead flies out of the back seat when the kite catches the wind.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Pal Jughead Archives (Dark Horse, 2015 series) #1 (March 2015)
-
Indexer Notes
Pages 4-5 adapted from the Archie newspaper strip dated March 19, 1950 with Betty replacing Archie's role; the portion of the plot involving Betty building a kite with Jughead is added here.
A Hair Brained Plot!
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Don't you just hate it when boys whistle at you, Betty?
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica think Archie is distracted by girls with short hair, but they decide between them that long hair is best. They both show up at the dance with short hair.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Pal Jughead Archives (Dark Horse, 2015 series) #1 (March 2015)
-
Horsepitality
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh boy!
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Pal Jughead
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead visits a diner with an all-you-can-eat special for only 50 cents. He is amazed how it can be so cheap to eat so much, so the owner tells them they also own the hospital next door.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Pal Jughead Archives (Dark Horse, 2015 series) #1 (March 2015)
-
Indexer Notes
The name of the diner is "Tomaine Tommie's" - a misspelling of "ptomaine."
[no title indexed]
Jughead Fun Page / activity / 0.5 page
- Script
- Dave Berg (signed as Berg)
- Pencils
- Dave Berg (signed as Berg)
- Inks
- Dave Berg (signed as Berg)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Characters
- Jughead Jones
- Reprints
- in Archie's Pal Jughead Archives (Dark Horse, 2015 series) #1 (March 2015)
-
Indexer Notes
Three activities: a find-the-objects picture game, a word play, and a math puzzle
Of Moose and Men
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Did you hear the latest? Big Moose has developed a terrific crush on Midgie Smith!
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Pal Jughead
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Midge Klump [as Midgie Smith] (introduction)
- Synopsis
- Jughead helps Moose by writing poems for the new girl, Midgie. Other girls think Jughead is writing the poems on his own behalf and they threaten to beat up Moose if he hurts Jughead. Jughead begs Moose to beat him up rather than face girls who think Jughead is truly a romantic, but Moose is scared of what the girls might do to him.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
The character of Midgie Smith in this story eventually became the character Midge Klump. Moose's jealousy regarding her has been part of the plot of many stories in the Archie line of comics. 2015 reprint erroneously credited to Harry Lucey.
[no title indexed]
Movie Chatter / text article / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- "Spot" Studio Scene Stealer
Indexer Notes
Eight items of Hollywood gossip
The Cake Eater
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Be with you in a few minutes, Arch! I'm whipping up a cake!
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Pal Jughead
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Jughead mixes cake batter, not so he can bake a cake, but so he can lick the entire bowl of batter clean. After lying on the beach in the sun, the doctor determines he has eaten an entire freshly baked cake without taking a bite.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Pal Jughead Archives (Dark Horse, 2015 series) #1 (March 2015)
-
Second Fiddle
Uke O'Laylie / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- George Frese (signed as Geo Frese)
- Inks
- George Frese (signed as Geo Frese)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I don't mind being all alone --- babee-ee --- if I'm all alone with you!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Uke O'Laylie (introduction); Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica asks Uke to play for her in a canoe in the moonlight. She failed to mention that Reggie would be in the canoe as well.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Pal Jughead Archives (Dark Horse, 2015 series) #1 (March 2015)
-
Indexer Notes
First and only appearance of Uke O'Laylie, the ukulele-wielding teen who draws all the girls except the one he's after: Veronica.
[no title indexed]
Jughead Fun Page / activity / 0.6 page
- Script
- Dave Berg (signed as Berg)
- Pencils
- Dave Berg (signed as Berg)
- Inks
- Dave Berg (signed as Berg)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- in Archie's Pal Jughead Archives (Dark Horse, 2015 series) #1 (March 2015)
-
Indexer Notes
Five activities: a maze; a tongue twister; a word play; a picture game, and a number puzzle
Animal Cracks
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ha! Ha! Now we'll find out "who's zoo"!
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Pal Jughead
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Jughead names who each animal in the zoo looks like. Archie says the animal Jughead looks like is pulling a cart outside of the zoo - a donkey.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Pal Jughead Archives (Dark Horse, 2015 series) #1 (March 2015)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Juggy, I have to pay a forfeit to you and as soon as I put this lipstick on, do you know what you're going to get?"]
Jughead -
1.
Femmes and Fowls
Jughead -
2.
A Bicycle Is Built for One
Jughead -
3.
Flyin' High
Jughead -
4.
A Hair Brained Plot!
Betty and Veronica -
5.
Horsepitality
Jughead -
6.
[no title indexed]
Jughead Fun Page -
7.
["You kids be the judge!"]
Super Duck -
8.
Of Moose and Men
Jughead -
9.
["The brightest star"]
-
10.
[""Spot" Studio Scene Stealer"]
Movie Chatter -
11.
The Cake Eater
Jughead -
12.
Second Fiddle
Uke O'Laylie -
13.
[no title indexed]
Jughead Fun Page -
14.
["He's death on crooks and he's murder with the women!"]
Sam Hill Private Eye -
15.
Animal Cracks
Jughead
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- Luke A.
- Peter Croome
- Michael Hoskin
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Matthew Thompson
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