(Summer 1953)
Archie,
1949 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1953-06-26
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
- Brand
-
An Archie Magazine Approved Reading
- Editing
- John Goldwater (editor-in-chief); Harry Shorten (managing editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Pen Pals
Reggie / comic story / 2.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Reggie! You rat! You double-crosser! You worm!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- When Reggie cheats Archie out of a profit on his mail-order pens, Archie gets revenge by faking a recall.
Ticket Stubbed
Reggie / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How would you like to make yourself a five-spot, Jughead?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Jughead sells his prom ticket to Reggie, who shows up assuming that it's a ticket for the Riverdale prom.
Gift of Grab
Ginger / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Holy cow, Bunny, where'd you get the new gas buggy?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Ginger Snapp; Ickky; Bunny Clarke
- Synopsis
- Bunny flaunts her birthday gifts.
Powerful Pet
Reggie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, Jughead! -- What makes you look so happy!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Jughead's pet skunk Reggie causes a stink at Riverdale High.
Oh, I See!
Wilbur / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wilbur, phone call for you!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Wilbur Wilkin; Laurie Lake
- Synopsis
- Wilbur gets a phone call while bathing.
[no title indexed]
Reggie Reports From Film-Land / text article / 1.5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- John Wayne "dictates" to shapely co-star
- Genre
- non-fiction
[no title indexed]
Reggie Fun Page / activity / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Can you name the famous actor this drawing represents?
Indexer Notes
Includes rebus, coloring activity, secret message, and drawing activity.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica Fun Page / activity / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Can you get through this maze by making only two stops?
Indexer Notes
Includes maze, drawing activity, written joke, and dizzy quiz.
The Loan Ranger!
Reggie / comic story / 3.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, I saw you slip that shopworn casanova a ten dollar bill!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Ophelia Glutenschnable; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty and Reggie double-cross each other with their loan schemes.
Indexer Notes
Ophelia's last name is spelled as "Gluëtenschnable" in this story.
Seer Sucker
Reggie / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi Betty! How's the old charity bazaar going?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Reggie tries to play a trick on Jughead at his fortune teller carnival booth.
Bird-Brain
Reggie / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey curly-locks, what's with the high powered spectacles? Studying to be a peeping Thomas?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- When Archie and the girls go bird watching, Reggie dresses up as a giant chicken and accidentally gets shot by Jughead.
[no title indexed]
Reggie Fun Page / activity / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Includes optical illusion, rebus, dizzy quiz, and two fun facts.
Tie Score
Reggie / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look at that! Why does my Aunt Agatha hate me so much? This horror is her birthday gift!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Jughead makes a bet that he can sell Reggie's tie.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["I just saw the rodeo, Veronica! Wow! Are those cowboys good at throwing the bulls!"]
Reggie -
1.
Pen Pals
Reggie -
2.
["A blessed event!"]
Archie -
3.
Ticket Stubbed
Reggie -
4.
Gift of Grab
Ginger -
5.
Powerful Pet
Reggie -
6.
Oh, I See!
Wilbur -
7.
["John Wayne "dictates" to shapely co-star"]
Reggie Reports From Film-Land -
8.
Polio Facts for 1953
-
9.
["Can you name the famous actor this drawing represents?"]
Reggie Fun Page -
10.
["Can you get through this maze by making only two stops?"]
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica Fun Page -
11.
The Loan Ranger!
Reggie -
12.
["Archie has built a strong foundation!"]
Archie -
13.
["Ready soon!"]
Archie -
14.
Seer Sucker
Reggie -
15.
Bird-Brain
Reggie -
16.
[no title indexed]
Reggie Fun Page -
17.
["Come up and see us sometime!"]
Betty and Veronica -
18.
Tie Score
Reggie
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