(December 1952)

Archie, 1949 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1952-10-17
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
An Archie Magazine Approved Reading
Editing
John L. Goldwater (editor); Harry Shorten (managing editor)

Issue Notes

Partially indexed from information in Archie's Pal Jughead Archives #2. On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Jughead / cover / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look, Veronica, Lottie finally got Jug to notice her. Do you think she's using that new perfume, "Scent of Romance"?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Lottie Little; Jughead Jones
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

It Makes Scents (Table of Contents: 2)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
How come you're not going to the school dance, next week?
Feature Logo
Archie's Pal Jughead
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Ophelia Glutenschnable; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Ophelia bets Veronica that she can get Jughead to take her to the school dance.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Schwartz's signature is disguised as the initials S.S. in a heart carved on a fence in the splash panel.

Tanks for the Memory (Table of Contents: 3)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's too nice a day to stay in the house! Let's all go for a ride!
Feature Logo
Archie's Pal Jughead
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Tabby
Synopsis
Jughead is left at the Lodge's to await the delivery of some tropical fish.
Reprints

In the Bag (Table of Contents: 4)

Suzie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gosh, Suzie, you have a cold, you'd better get into bed!
Genre
humor
Characters
Suzie; Ferdie
Synopsis
Suzie takes Ferdie's advice to treat a cold.

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

Dubble Bubble Gum / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's a four letter word and I need it badly!
Reprints

Indexer Notes

A rebus, match the shapes, three riddles, and drawing a boy with a cap.

Plane Talk (Table of Contents: 7)

Jughead / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob White ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You mean you built that glider, and your father flew in it?
Feature Logo
Archie's Pal Jughead
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Archie accidentally launches Jughead in a glider he built.
Reprints

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

Super Duck / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Can you make a coin stick to your head without using glue?
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Sticking a coin to your head without glue, cross out the odd numbers to find the message, two riddles, finish the drawing, and making shadows on the wall.

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

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

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

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hollywood may get Honolulu's native sunshine.

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

Smith Bros. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

Go West Young Man! (Table of Contents: 14)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Vigoda
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well, if it isn't Laughing Lizzy, just bubbling over with despondency as usual!
Feature Logo
Archie's Pal Jughead
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Clem Saddlesore
Synopsis
Betty dresses as a cowgirl as part of Jughead's scheme to get Archie to take her to the prom.
Reprints

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

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

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Look, Veronica, Lottie finally got Jug to notice her. Do you think she's using that new perfume, "Scent of Romance"?"]
    Jughead
  2. 1. ["These are the stars of the Archie Comic Group!"]
  3. 2. It Makes Scents
    Jughead
  4. 3. Tanks for the Memory
    Jughead
  5. 4. In the Bag
    Suzie
  6. 5. ["Is the safari ready to start?"]
    Dubble Bubble Gum
  7. 6. ["It's a four letter word and I need it badly!"]
    Jughead Fun Page
  8. 7. Plane Talk
    Jughead
  9. 8. ["Extra! Extra! Extra!"]
    Super Duck
  10. 9. ["Can you make a coin stick to your head without using glue?"]
    Jughead Fun Page
  11. 10. ["Three cheers for Archie!"]
    Archie
  12. 11. ["Hollywood may get Honolulu's native sunshine."]
    Movie News
  13. 12. ["Hurry! Get your own gold lettered personalized wallet!"]
    Smith Bros.
  14. 13. ["Old devil "gloom" got you down? Let Laugh Comics chase him away... in a hurry!"]
  15. 14. Go West Young Man!
    Jughead
  16. 15. ["Join the big parade to our brand new comic magazine, Archie's Pals 'n' Gals starring Archie, Jughead, Betty and Veronica, and Reggie!"]
    Archie
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Luke A.
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen