(March 1963)

Archie, 1949 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1962-12-27
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
Brand
Archie Series
Editing
Richard H. Goldwater (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1963 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Jughead / cover / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
If you think this giant pizza is something, wait till you try my super pizza!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Keywords
pizza

Rhyme Without Reason (Table of Contents: 1)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Moose Mason
Synopsis
Jughead starts talking in rhyme all the time, and infects everyone else with the rhyming bug, to the point where no one in the entire school can stop rhyming. Betty and Veronica team up to accomplish the only thing that can break the spell: hitting Jughead in the head.
Reprints
Keywords
rhyme

Now Ear This (Table of Contents: 2)

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

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

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Li'l Jinx
Synopsis
While walking in cold weather, Jinx's ears get cold. She decides to cover them with her gloves.
Reprints
Keywords
cold; ears; gloves; winter

Skate Mate (Table of Contents: 3)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Jughead has trouble ice-skating.
Reprints
Keywords
hug; ice-skating

Stone Cold (Table of Contents: 4)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate
Synopsis
Jughead tries to convince Archie that he can get anything he wants by putting his faith in a "lucky rock."
Reprints
Keywords
hamburger; luck; rock

These Misses Are Hits! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

Grin and Bear It (Table of Contents: 6)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Midge Klump; Moose Mason
Synopsis
Jughead believes the old saying "smile and the world smiles with you," but his grin is so hideous that it makes everyone angry at him.
Reprints
Keywords
smile

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

Archie Club News / letters page / 1.25 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? [as Liz] (signed)
Inks
? [as Liz] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

First prize of $5.00 to Robert La Rue (River Edge, N.J.) for article on otters. Second prize of $3.00 to Pamela Carr (Brooklyn, N.Y.) for article on history of insects. Third prize of $2.00 to Jimmy Gaine (Garden City, L.I., N.Y) for three jokes.

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

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

Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1962 (Table of Contents: 9)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Louis H. Silberkleit (publisher)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1962. Average paid circulation for the previous 12 months was 250,384.

Short Story (Table of Contents: 10)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Moose Mason
Synopsis
To his horror, Jughead finds he has the power to make anyone or anything vanish by saying "begone."
Keywords
fourth wall; magic

Indexer Notes

Fourth wall broken at the end, when Jughead wishes the whole story would be gone. And it is.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["If you think this giant pizza is something, wait till you try my super pizza!"]
    Jughead
  2. 1. Rhyme Without Reason
    Jughead
  3. 2. Now Ear This
    Li'l Jinx
  4. 3. Skate Mate
    Jughead
  5. 4. Stone Cold
    Jughead
  6. 5. These Misses Are Hits!
    Betty and Veronica
  7. 6. Grin and Bear It
    Jughead
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Archie Club News
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Archie Club
  10. 9. Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1962
  11. 10. Short Story
    Jughead
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