(February 1962)
Archie,
1949 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1961-12-07
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1962 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Where's Charlie?
Archie's Pal Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Charlie (alien)
- Synopsis
- Jughead makes fun of reports of shape-changing aliens, until a bus stop sign starts talking to him. The alien, which Jughead calls Charlie, is friendly, but has fun fooling Archie and Veronica.
- Keywords
- alien; shape-changing
The Full Count
Shrimpy / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Shrimpy
- Synopsis
- The new kid has to prove he can count to ten before Shrimpy and the gang let him play hide and seek with them.
- Keywords
- game; hide and seek
Coaster Countdown!!
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Jughead has an uneasy feeling when he and Archie try out a new roller-coaster.
- Keywords
- roller-coaster
Date's the Limit
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; United Girls Against Jughead [U. G. A. J.]; Sally Sloan
- Synopsis
- Sally is assigned by the U. G. A. J. to get Jughead interested in girls. She tricks him into taking her on a date, but Jughead ignores her most of the time.
- Keywords
- baseball bat; date; movie theater; raspberry syrup
We're Giving Away Free Copies of Archie's Pals 'n' Gals!
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
The Blob
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate; The Blob
- Synopsis
- Jughead is experimenting to find a way to dissolve strong glues. Instead he gets a jelly-like red blob that takes on a life of its own. It imitates the kids (in outline) and devours all the food in sight. Eventually, it tries to imitate Archie and Veronica "in a clinch" and strangles itself (off-panel.)
- Keywords
- blob; invention; shape-changing
Indexer Notes
Second story in the issue about shape-changing beings.
The Flag
text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Article on the history of the United States flag.
- Keywords
- American flag
Indexer Notes
Text article with 1/3 page illustration.
Snacketeer
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- After Jughead cleans out the Lodge's refrigerator, Mr. Lodge has to order a new supply of groceries. When Jughead appears again, Mr. Lodge won't let him in unless he's already had a big supper.
- Keywords
- groceries; refrigerator
Star Struck
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Wednesday Thursday
- Synopsis
- Teenage movie star Wednesday Thursday is going to appear at the Riverdale prom. Her career is slipping, so her manager arranges to have her escorted by Jughead, figuring if she can win him over, it will be a great publicity stunt.
- Keywords
- movie star; prom; publicity stunt
Indexer Notes
The name Wednesday Thursday is a play on that of actress Tuesday Weld.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["There haven't been many arguments since this new referee showed up!"]
Jughead -
1.
Where's Charlie?
Archie's Pal Jughead -
2.
The Full Count
Shrimpy -
3.
Ups and Downs
Shrimpy -
4.
Coaster Countdown!!
Jughead -
5.
Date's the Limit
Jughead -
6.
We're Giving Away Free Copies of Archie's Pals 'n' Gals!
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals -
7.
The Blob
Jughead -
8.
The Flag
-
9.
Snacketeer
Jughead -
10.
Star Struck
Jughead
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steve Coates
- Peter Croome
- Merlin Haas
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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