(October 1952)

Archie, 1949 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1952-08-07
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] (Table of Contents)

Jughead / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Vigoda (signed)
Inks
Bill Vigoda (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Jughead! Do something! The guy's yelling for help!!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Jughead is a lifeguard on his lunch hour eating hamburgers.
Reprints
Keywords
beach; hamburger; lifeguard; swimsuits

We Want A Re-Count (Table of Contents: 1)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey, kids! Have you filled out your ballots yet in the popularity poll?
Feature Logo
Archie's Pal Jughead
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
Synopsis
Jughead wins every category in the school favorites because he voted for himself enough to win a majority.
Reprints

Labor Of Love (Table of Contents: 2)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Why the lack of cheer, chum?
Feature Logo
Archie's Pal Jughead
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Pop Tate hires Jughead to be a soda jerk, but Jughead doesn't make a very good worker.
Reprints
Keywords
soda jerk

Jam Session (Table of Contents: 3)

Suzie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Samm Schwartz
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh, Suzie, I've got a problem in addition, and I can't seem to lick it!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Suzie; Angela
Synopsis
Angela asks Suzie how to add thirty inches and forty inches to get ninety inches. Suzie suggests using her school books. Angela puts the school books on the countertop and stands on them to reach the jam in the cupboard.

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Let's face it!
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Find the spies in the tree, what song does the drawing represent, and two riddles.

Leaf Me Alone (Table of Contents: 5)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gosh! Look at all the leaves on the school lawn!
Feature Logo
Archie's Pal Jughead
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Mr. Weatherbee offers a day off of school for the student who will rake the leaves. Jughead piles the leaves and starts to burn them. The smoke goes straight into Mr. Weatherbee's office. Mr. Weatherbee thinks the office is on fire, so he sprays it with the firehose, ruining everything. He thinks Miss Grundy burned up in the fire. He finds out the smoke was from the leaves and Jughead says a wind blew away the rest of the leaves so he would take his day off.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

On page three, the visible portion of Mr. Weatherbee's door reads "Drip," indicating that this may be adapted from a Wilbur story involving Principal Dripwaite.

Spellbound (Table of Contents: 6)

Reggie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You spell Archie, J-E-R-K!
Feature Logo
Archie's Rival Reggie
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Reggie pronounces the word "xenodochein" and asks Archie to spell it backwards, so Archie spells "it" backwards - T I.
Reprints
Keywords
spelling

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

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

Script
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Pencils
?
Inks
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Colors
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
The All-American Newsstand!!
Characters
Archie Andrews

Indexer Notes

Promo for Archie Comics magazines featuring Archie as a newsstand worker surrounded by Archie titles.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Movie Chatter / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Indian Relics Find Way To Actor's Home

Look Who's Talking! (Table of Contents: 9)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Samm Schwartz
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Tell Miss Grundy to bring Jughead in about his last test!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
Synopsis
Mr. Weatherbee tries to encourage Jughead by pointing out George Washington's accomplishments at his age. Jughead retorts by pointing out George Washington's accomplishments at Mr. Weatherbee's age.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
For the laugh of your life, get Laugh Comics at your favorite newsstand now!
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Indexer Notes

Promo for Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) featuring various Archie characters and ordinary people laughing.

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
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Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Join the big parade to our brand new comic magazine, Archie's Pals 'n' Gals starring Archie, Jughead, Betty and Veronica, and Reggie!
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #1.

Party Line (Table of Contents: 12)

Jughead / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Samm Schwartz (signed as S.)
Inks
Samm Schwartz (signed as S.)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Today's your birthday, Jughead ... and I'm going to give you something!
Feature Logo
Archie's Pal Jughead
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Jones; Pop Tate
Synopsis
Jughead's father encourages him to be more social since it's his birthday. He overhears his friends planning his surprise party. He invites everyone to the Chok'lit Shoppe that night. He thinks they won't show because they will be at the surprise party. They decide to throw the surprise party at the Chok'lit Shoppe but Jughead's father finds out the hard way, when he has to pay for it all.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Jughead! Do something! The guy's yelling for help!!"]
    Jughead
  2. 1. We Want A Re-Count
    Jughead
  3. 2. Labor Of Love
    Jughead
  4. 3. Jam Session
    Suzie
  5. 4. ["Let's face it!"]
    Jughead Fun Page
  6. 5. Leaf Me Alone
    Jughead
  7. 6. Spellbound
    Reggie
  8. 7. ["The All-American Newsstand!!"]
  9. 8. ["Indian Relics Find Way To Actor's Home"]
    Movie Chatter
  10. 9. Look Who's Talking!
    Jughead
  11. 10. ["For the laugh of your life, get Laugh Comics at your favorite newsstand now!"]
  12. 11. ["Join the big parade to our brand new comic magazine, Archie's Pals 'n' Gals starring Archie, Jughead, Betty and Veronica, and Reggie!"]
  13. 12. Party Line
    Jughead
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Luke A.
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Matthew Thompson