(April 1960)
Archie,
1949 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1960-02-10
- 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); Richard H. Goldwater (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Friends to the End - Is This the End?
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead affirm their friendship.
Indexer Notes
With this issue, covers begin to advertise one of the stories inside, a shift away from the traditional gag format. This experiment was standard across Archie titles at the time and would last through October 1960.
Image also appears on the splash page of the first story, although Jughead's head is at a different angle.
Friends to the End! Is This the End?
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Arch! We're pals, aren't we?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Jughead tests his friendship with Archie when he tries to tell him the truth about Archie and Veronica's relationship.
- Reprints
-
in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #7 (March 1975)
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Big Shot
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wow!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Jughead tells Archie about his cousin, who works as a human cannonball.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #11 (April 1975)
-
- Keywords
- human cannonball
Finders Creepers
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A messy, half-eaten bar of candy lying right in the middle of the corridor!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Geraldine Grundy
- Synopsis
- Miss Grundy questions Jughead about a discarded candy bar.
For Better or Mirth
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey Arch, I hear your cousin Melvin is getting married!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- The gang discusses marriage while playing football.
Food for Aught
Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, Betty! Are you going to bake a cake in your cooking class today?
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Principal Mr. Weatherbee
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Waldo Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Geraldine Grundy; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee and Miss Grundy attempt to stop Betty's smuggling of cake from home economics class to her friends.
- Reprints
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #7 (March 1975)
-
Indexer Notes
Script recycled with minor modifications from "A Fool for Food!" in Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #7.
Watch the Beardie
Jughead / comic story / 4.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, Juggie! C'mon in!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Cousin Leroy; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Jughead babysits Veronica's bratty cousin Leroy, who is drawing facial hair on portraits.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #11 (April 1975)
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Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1959
statement of ownership / 0.33 page
- Script
- Louis H. Silberkleit (publisher)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1959. No circulation figures given.
Button Up!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Where are you going, Li'l Jinx?
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx won't button her coat.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #11 (April 1975)
-
Will Hutchins
Archie Presents the Star of the Month! / text article / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- At UCLA, students in the Theatre Arts Department have become familiar with the phrase "Hutch Style"...
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Will Hutchins (photo)
- Synopsis
- Biography to that date of actor Will Hutchins, best known for the starring role in the TV western "Sugarfoot."
Buzzin' Cousin
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Veronica's cousin from the West Coast! Isn't she a knockout?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Cousin Alice
- Synopsis
- Veronica tests Archie's faithfulness to her by having her beautiful cousin Alice attempt to seduce him, but when she visits Archie's house, it's Jughead who she accidentally tries to seduce.
- Reprints
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #9 (July 1975)
- in The Jughead Jones Comics Digest (Archie, 1977 series) #98 (November 1995)
- in Jughead and Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #2 (July 2014)
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Indexer Notes
Writer credit from the reprint in Jughead and Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #2.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Friends to the End - Is This the End?
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1.
Friends to the End! Is This the End?
Jughead -
2.
Big Shot
Jughead -
3.
Finders Creepers
Jughead -
4.
For Better or Mirth
Jughead -
5.
Food for Aught
Mr. Weatherbee -
6.
[Wake Up to the Best Buys in Comics!]
Archie Giant Series -
7.
Watch the Beardie
Jughead -
8.
Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1959
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9.
Button Up!
Li'l Jinx -
10.
Will Hutchins
Archie Presents the Star of the Month! -
11.
Buzzin' Cousin
Jughead -
12.
The Winners
Chicago Roller Skates
This issue was modified by, among others
- Luke A.
- Peter Croome
- Michael Doty
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Evan Shad
- Jim Van Dore
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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