(June 1954)
Archie,
1949 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1954-04-07
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
An Archie Magazine Approved Reading
- Editing
- John L. Goldwater (editor-in-chief); Harry Shorten (managing editor)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 8, Part 2, No. 1, Periodicals, January-June, 1954.
[no title indexed]
Reggie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Juggy, do you know a six letter word that means "conceit"?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Reprints
in 
Slay That Again
Reggie / comic story / 2.5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey Arch, get this! Reggie says he wouldn't be afraid to ask Big Moose for a date with his girl, "Midge!"
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump
- Synopsis
- Jughead and Archie get back at Reggie after he wins a bet to ask Moose if he can date Midge by using words that Moose cannot understand.
Ant-icipation!
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Want to ride the ferris wheel, Betty?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- While riding the ferris wheel, Betty thinks the people on the ground look like ants.
All's Fare!
Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It was sweet of you to drop over tonight Reggie.
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge (in daydream)
- Synopsis
- Betty gives Reggie a quarter to travel to Veronica's.
Pun-ishment!
Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, Needle-Nose! You working part time now, eh?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Reggie continually hits soda jerk Jughead with puns.
Flowery Speech!
Moose / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey Arch, is a virus nice?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Moose mishears Reggie's suggestion to buy his girlfriend a bunch of iris flowers as a suggestion to buy her a virus.
Best by Test
Reggie / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mr. Weatherbee! You are aware of Reggie's grasp of the subject of history?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- After realizing that Reggie's been cheating by writing notes on his clothes, Mr. Weatherbee forces Reggie to change into bathing trunks for his next test.
Fast and Furious!
Linda / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Edwards (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Edwards (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Edwards (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh! That Wilbur!!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Linda Moore
- Synopsis
- Linda is frustrated that Wilbur got a speeding ticket on Lover's Lane instead of parking the car.
On the Bowl!
Reggie / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, gutter-ball goofus! Where do you think you're going with the bowling ball?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Reggie swaps Mr. Weatherbee's bowling ball with a cannonball from the school lawn.
[no title indexed]
Hollywood Gossip / text article / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dramatic Role Inspires New Dance for Gene
- Genre
- non-fiction
The Blot Thickens
Reggie / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Let's see now! ---- Who can I try this phoney blot gag on next?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Jughead gets revenge on Reggie for his fake ink blot prank.
Mixed Dates!
Reggie / comic story / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi Ronnie!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica makes Reggie guess what he forgot when he arrives for their date.
The Birds and Bees!
Jughead / comic story / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This hamburger, is for the birds! I don't like it! It's spoiled!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Jughead dislikes his hamburger.
[no title indexed]
Katy Keene / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Bill Woggon (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Woggon (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Woggon (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- K.O.! We'll quit training for today...
- Genre
- humor; teen; fashion
- Characters
- Katy Keene; K.O. Kelly; Gloria Grandbilt; Randy Van Ronson; Sis; Chubby
- Synopsis
- Katy and Randy continue to run into Gloria and K.O. on their separate dates.
Indexer Notes
Heart and poses of Sis, Billy, K.O., and Randy by Sarah Lee Smoot (Mt. Vernon, IL); K.O.'s robe etc. by Bobby Jean McMinn (Beaumont, TX); blouse by Joy Hall (Ft. William, Ontario, Canada); sport cars by Ken Jordan (Boys Ranch, TX); Katy's hat and dress by Dianne Starr (Norwood, Manitoba, Canada); Gloria's tea dress by Janell Guilbeau (Sunset, LA); fur stole by Sabina Gross (Long Island, NY).
[no title indexed]
Fun Page / activity / 0.75 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle
Indexer Notes
Includes two drawing activities, rebus, corn off the cob (riddles), words with missing letters, and shadow animals.
Gulping Guppies
Reggie / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Samm Schwartz ?; Red Holmdale ? (see notes)
- Inks
- Samm Schwartz ?; Red Holmdale ? (see notes)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh my poor achin' stomach! I'm starved!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Reggie thinks he drank a thermos full of guppies.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie Spotlight Digest: Archie 75th Anniversary Digest (Archie, 2016 series) #7, where both this story and The Yolk's On You are credited jointly to Samm Schwartz and Red Holmdale, unclear how the credits break down between the two stories.
Film Fun
Reggie / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- D-uh Reggie, yuh oughta see the pitchers Jughead can take wit dis new camera!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Midge Klump (in photograph)
- Synopsis
- Jughead gets back at Reggie for tricking Moose into believing an instant camera can develop photos from previous events.
The Yolks On You
Reggie / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, Jughead! -- Think fast!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Reggie tries to prank Archie with eggs.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie Spotlight Digest: Archie 75th Anniversary Digest (Archie, 2016 series) #7, where both this story and Gulping Guppies are credited jointly to Samm Schwartz and Red Holmdale, unclear how the credits break down between the two stories.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Juggy, do you know a six letter word that means "conceit"?"]
Reggie -
1.
Slay That Again
Reggie -
2.
Ant-icipation!
Archie -
3.
All's Fare!
Reggie -
4.
Pun-ishment!
Reggie -
5.
Flowery Speech!
Moose -
6.
Best by Test
Reggie -
7.
Fast and Furious!
Linda -
8.
On the Bowl!
Reggie -
9.
["Dramatic Role Inspires New Dance for Gene"]
Hollywood Gossip -
10.
The Blot Thickens
Reggie -
11.
Mixed Dates!
Reggie -
12.
The Birds and Bees!
Jughead -
13.
["K.O.! We'll quit training for today..."]
Katy Keene -
14.
[no title indexed]
Fun Page -
15.
["I'm Fosdick!"]
Fearless Fosdick -
16.
Gulping Guppies
Reggie -
17.
Film Fun
Reggie -
18.
The Yolks On You
Reggie
This issue was modified by, among others
- Luke A.
- Chris Boyko
- Del Gruber
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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