(April 1948)
Archie,
1944 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1948-02-20
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Close-Up Inc.
- Brand
-
An Archie Magazine
- Editing
- John L. Goldwater (editor); Harry Shorten (managing editor)
Issue Notes
On sale date taken from arrival date stamped on cover.
Editing credits from this issue's statement of ownership.
Indexed from scanned copy at https://digitalcomicmuseum.com
Editing credits from this issue's statement of ownership.
Indexed from scanned copy at https://digitalcomicmuseum.com
[no title indexed]
Super Duck / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How's your side coming, Faunt?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Super Duck; Fauntleroy Duck
- Reprints
-
in Super Duck Comics (Bell Features, 1948 series) #19 ([circa May 1948])
-
[no title indexed]
Jim Major / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- New easy way teaches guitar in 3 weeks to your satisfaction or no cost
- Characters
- Jim
[no title indexed]
Super Duck / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Bang! Gotcha dead center!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Super Duck; Fauntleroy Duck; General Nusantz
- Synopsis
- Super thinks his new neighbor has stolen his skis.
The Nick of Time
Old Nick / advertisement / 1 page
- Characters
- Old Nick
- Synopsis
- Old Nick catches a purse thief.
Indexer Notes
Ad in comic form.
Super Ducks a Summons
Super Duck / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Super Duck; Fauntleroy Duck; Basil; Mac
- Synopsis
- Super Duck tries to avoid getting a summons from a process server.
- Reprints
-
in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #4 (1978 - 1979)
-
Optical Illusion
Super Duck Puzzle Page / activity / 0.75 page
- Characters
- Super Duck
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #21 (March 1979)
-
Indexer Notes
Optical illusion and find 15 items starting with B.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Want to see Wilbur lay an egg?
- Characters
- Linda Moore; Red Wilson; Wilbur Wilkin
Blunder the Old Apple Tree
Super Duck / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Super Duck
- Synopsis
- Super tries to steal some apples.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #19 (November 1978)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #31 (November 1987)
-
Peace, It's Wonderful
Super Duck / text story / 1.67 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Super Duck; Fauntleroy Duck; Joe Blow
- Synopsis
- Fauntleroy tries to do his homework, but interruptions keep happening.
[no title indexed]
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Red Holmdale (signed)
- Inks
- Red Holmdale (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Troubles!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Troubles; Elmer
- Synopsis
- Troubles' owner locks him up when gets in trouble.
[no title indexed]
Super Duck / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Golly, Supe, you've been feeding this dizzy looking chicken for a year!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Super Duck; Fauntleroy Duck; Alice; Brewster
- Synopsis
- Super Duck is trying to get his Tasmanian Flunkie hen to lay its yearly egg.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Cubby Bear / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Red Holmdale (signed)
- Inks
- Red Holmdale (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How about it Uncle Cubby - won't you take me fishing with you?
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Cubby Bear
- Synopsis
- Cubby and his nephew go fishing.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #17 (July 1985)
-
It Can't Be Done!
Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie fills up both Betty's and Veronica's dance cards.
Indexer Notes
Promo for the Archie feature in Archie Comics, Pep Comics, and Laugh Comics with an original art cartoon.
The Noise Annoys...
Super Duck / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Super Duck; Fauntleroy Duck
- Synopsis
- Super is annoyed about the squeaking as Fauntleroy tries to go upstairs.
In Time to Save a Dime!
Super Duck / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hello, Palace Theatre?
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Super Duck
- Synopsis
- Super races to the theater to beat the dime price raise at 5:00 p.m., but is nailed for several traffic violations that cost him $200 in fines.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- movie; traffic tickets
Captain Tootsie Saves the School Party
Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- C'mon, gang! Let's drop into the gym an' see how the cooking class is doing with their set-up for the school party!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Tootsie; Rollo
- Synopsis
- Kids from a rival school steal the ice cream for a party.
- Keywords
- ice cream; party; school; sock hop
[no title indexed]
Illinois Merchandise Mart / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- America's greatest zipper billfold bargain!
[no title indexed]
National Radio Institute / advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- J. E. Smith
- Pencils
- ? (photograph)
- Inks
- ? (photograph)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Be a radio technician
- Characters
- J. E. Smith (photo)
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["How's your side coming, Faunt?"]
Super Duck -
1.
["New easy way teaches guitar in 3 weeks to your satisfaction or no cost"]
Jim Major -
2.
["Bang! Gotcha dead center!"]
Super Duck -
3.
The Nick of Time
Old Nick -
4.
Super Ducks a Summons
Super Duck -
5.
Optical Illusion
Super Duck Puzzle Page -
6.
["Want to see Wilbur lay an egg?"]
-
7.
Blunder the Old Apple Tree
Super Duck -
8.
Peace, It's Wonderful
Super Duck -
9.
[Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc.]
-
10.
["Troubles!"]
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog -
11.
["Golly, Supe, you've been feeding this dizzy looking chicken for a year!"]
Super Duck -
12.
["How about it Uncle Cubby - won't you take me fishing with you?"]
Cubby Bear -
13.
Word Square
Super Duck Puzzle Page -
14.
It Can't Be Done!
Archie -
15.
The Noise Annoys...
Super Duck -
16.
In Time to Save a Dime!
Super Duck -
17.
Captain Tootsie Saves the School Party
Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll -
18.
["America's greatest zipper billfold bargain!"]
Illinois Merchandise Mart -
19.
["Be a radio technician"]
National Radio Institute -
20.
["American Boys Bill of Rights"]
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