(August 1957)

Archie, 1949 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1957-06-11
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-in-chief); Harry Shorten (managing editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Jughead / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
All this exercise sure develops muscles!
Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle

How Tee & Eff Helped the Hometown Sluggers Win! (Table of Contents: 1)

Tastee-Freez / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
14 to nothing! We'll never win!
Genre
sports
Characters
Tee; Eff; Tom
Synopsis
The hometown team is behind until Tee and Eff make a suggestion.

Indexer Notes

Ad in comic form.

Camera Shy (Table of Contents: 2)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
How's this Juggie?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason
Synopsis
Jughead is snapping embarrassing pictures of his friends.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The 1957 action-engineered AMF Roadmaster

Splashing Around (Table of Contents: 4)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Edwards

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Li'l Jinx!--- You've been fighting again!
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Li'l Jinx Holliday; Hap Holliday
Synopsis
Li'l Jinx got all messed up by washing.
Reprints

No Quarter Given (Table of Contents: 5)

Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What, again?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Souphead; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Souphead keeps pestering Jughead for money.
Reprints

G-Round Numbers (Table of Contents: 6)

Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Keep 'em coming Pop! I'm still hungry!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Pop Tate
Synopsis
Jughead eats 29 hamburgers in one sitting.
Reprints

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

advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Scheaffer's new cartridge pen

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

Katy Keene; Little Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Yuk! Yuk! They're new! They're great! They're the latest!
Genre
fashion; teen; children
Characters
Katy Keene; Little Archie Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Betty Cooper

Indexer Notes

Promo for the first issues of Katy Keene Glamour and Little Archie in Animal Land.

Winner Take All (Table of Contents: 9)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Where is he? Where'd he go? When I get done with him they'll have to pick him up with a blotter!
Feature Logo
Archie's Pal Jughead
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate
Synopsis
Jughead keeps taking advantage of Reggie.
Reprints

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
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?
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?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Yahoo! Archie Annual #9 is here!
Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones (cover); Reggie Mantle (calendar)

Indexer Notes

Order form for the annual and a 1958 calendar.

Angles vs. Curves (Table of Contents: 11)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tom Moore
Inks
Tom Moore
Colors
?
Letters
Tom Moore

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Archie, why won't you judge our fashion show?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Betty wants Archie to judge a fashion show, but he goes fishing with Jughead instead.
Keywords
swimsuits

The Hex with It (Table of Contents: 12)

Jughead / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Jughead, did you say you have two tickets to My Fair Woman? Why that's fabulous!
Feature Logo
Archie's Pal Jughead
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
A skeptical Jughead encounters a run of bad luck on his way to a matinee on Friday the 13th with Betty.
Reprints

George Mikan Teaches Tommy the Hook Shot! (Table of Contents: 13)

U. S. Keds / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
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?
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Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Tommy broke through again!
Genre
sports
Characters
Tommy; George Mikan
Synopsis
George tells Tommy he's wearing the wrong sneakers and teaches him a hook shot.

Indexer Notes

Ad in comic form.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Bendix / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's the greatest - man, it's cool!

It's a Fact! (Table of Contents: 15)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Edwards; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Of all the caves to sleep in ---- I had to pick one with a fly that snores!
Genre
non-fiction
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Trivia about a variety of things.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?; ? (photograph)
Inks
?; ? (photograph)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey kids... fly to a New York or California vacation aboard American Airlines
Characters
Jerry Colonna (photo); Ben Blue (photo); Paul Winchell (photo); Jerry Mahoney (photo); Ole Olsen (photo); Chic Johnson (photo); SeƱor Wences [Wenceslao Moreno] (photo)

Indexer Notes

The Popsicle Popsi Doodle Contest.

Asleep in the Deep (Table of Contents: 17)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Vigoda
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Holy jumpin' catfish! What a day for living!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Mrs. Jones; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Archie and Reggie keep trying to get Jughead to wake up and enjoy the day.
Reprints
Keywords
baseball; beach; swimsuits; tennis

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Do you need extra money?

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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?
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?
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?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Here's summer Schwinn fun mark II Jaguar

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["All this exercise sure develops muscles!"]
    Jughead
  2. 1. How Tee & Eff Helped the Hometown Sluggers Win!
    Tastee-Freez
  3. 2. Camera Shy
    Jughead
  4. 3. ["The 1957 action-engineered AMF Roadmaster"]
  5. 4. Splashing Around
    Li'l Jinx
  6. 5. No Quarter Given
    Jughead
  7. 6. G-Round Numbers
    Jughead
  8. 7. ["Scheaffer's new cartridge pen"]
  9. 8. ["Yuk! Yuk! They're new! They're great! They're the latest!"]
    Katy Keene; Little Archie
  10. 9. Winner Take All
    Jughead
  11. 10. ["Yahoo! Archie Annual #9 is here!"]
    Archie
  12. 11. Angles vs. Curves
    Archie
  13. 12. The Hex with It
    Jughead
  14. 13. George Mikan Teaches Tommy the Hook Shot!
    U. S. Keds
  15. 14. ["It's the greatest - man, it's cool!"]
    Bendix
  16. 15. It's a Fact!
  17. 16. ["Hey kids... fly to a New York or California vacation aboard American Airlines"]
  18. 17. Asleep in the Deep
    Jughead
  19. 18. ["Do you need extra money?"]
  20. 19. ["Here's summer Schwinn fun mark II Jaguar"]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Luke A.
  • Peter Croome
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore