(December 1951)
Archie,
1944 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1951
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Close-Up Inc.
- Brand
-
An Archie Magazine Approved Reading
- Editing
- ?
[no title indexed]
Daisy Manufacturing Company / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Speakin' of Christmas, pardner, I'd sure send for Daisy's air rifleman book!
- Characters
- Red Ryder
Peace at Any Price
Super Duck presents the DeCoffin Family / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Al Fagaly (signed)
- Pencils
- Al Fagaly (signed)
- Inks
- Al Fagaly (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Al Fagaly (signed)
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Super Duck; Fauntleroy Duck; Dr. Philup DeCoffin; Carrie DeCoffin; M.T. DeCoffin; Gladly
- Synopsis
- The DeCoffin family moves into the mansion next door to Super Duck. Meanwhile, Fauntleroy teaches his pet cross-eyed bear to retrieve a stick. When the bear's tricks encroach on Dr. DeCoffin's peace and quiet, he replaces the bear's stick with dynamite, blowing up Super Duck and his house.
[no title indexed]
Fun Page / activity / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Color this picture!
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
Indexer Notes
Color the picture, figure out the slang expression, two riddles, and a rebus.
[no title indexed]
Smith Brothers Cough Drops / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boys! Girls! Hurry! Get your big beautiful U. S. military ring and bracelet!
Avalanche in the Andes
Arch-Gard by Ball-Band / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Arch; Red
- Synopsis
- Arch and Red warn a village about an avalanche.
Indexer Notes
Ad in comic form.
[no title indexed]
Movie Chatter / text article / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Director recalls humorous story, gets wanted scene
- Genre
- non-fiction
[no title indexed]
Lionel Trains / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here it is fellas! Send for it now! The greatest railroad show on Earth!
A Bird in the Hand
Super Duck / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Al Fagaly (signed)
- Pencils
- Al Fagaly (signed)
- Inks
- Al Fagaly (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Al Fagaly (signed)
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Super Duck; Fauntleroy Duck; Dr. Phillup DeCoffin; Gus
- Synopsis
- Dr. DeCoffin's interest in falconry and Super Duck's interest in rare African Brer rabbits conflict in a violent encounter.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Don't Let It Puzzle You! / activity / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Why not try this!
Indexer Notes
Divide a shape into four equal parts, what slang expression does the drawing represent, and figure out the city names.
[no title indexed]
Fleer's Dubble Bubble / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I want a big story about Dubble Bubble for this issue. There's a prize for the best!
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Pud; Sis
- Synopsis
- Pud edits his own paper.
Indexer Notes
Ad in comic form.
Beating the Big Blaze
U. S. Royal and his Jet-Propelled Bike / advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Al Plastino (signed)
- Inks
- Al Plastino (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- U. S. Royal
- Synopsis
- U. S. deals with a burning truck.
School Daze
Super Duck / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Al Fagaly (signed)
- Pencils
- Al Fagaly (signed)
- Inks
- Al Fagaly (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Al Fagaly (signed)
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Super Duck; Uwanna Duck; Buster Noggin; M.T. DeCoffin
- Synopsis
- Uwanna enrolls Buster in M.T. DeCoffin's school, Pathetic University (or Old P.U. as M.T. calls it), and he ends up destroying it.
- Reprints
-
in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #60 (September 1985) [New colors; signature removed]
-
[no title indexed]
Kellogg's Pep / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Free at no extra cost plastic magic moving picture eye
- Characters
- Bob Hope; William Holden; Andy; Bobby Riggs
[no title indexed]
Fun Page / activity / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Try this one!
Indexer Notes
A magic trick, a word square, and three riddles.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ho! Ho! Ha! Ha! That Wilbur is so funny, he kills me... he's always getting into hot water!!
- Characters
- Wilbur Wilkin
[no title indexed]
Arnold, Schwinn & Company / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Back to school - the envy of the gang! Ride to school on a Schwinn!
The Check Up
Cubby the Bear / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Cubby Bear; Junior
- Synopsis
- Cubby goes to the doctor.
Indexer Notes
Rewritten from the Cubby the Bear story in Super Duck Comics #23.
Getting An Erector Is Like Having Your Own Toy Factory
Gilbert Hall of Science / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Ad in comic form.
[no title indexed]
Don't Let It Puzzle You / activity / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What message is conveyed to the little boy by the way the fish are in formation
Indexer Notes
What are the fish saying, a maze, and three riddles.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tell ya what a'hm gonna do!
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
Love'm & Leave'm
Super Duck / comic story / 7.67 pages
- Script
- Al Fagaly (signed)
- Pencils
- Al Fagaly (signed)
- Inks
- Al Fagaly (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Al Fagaly (signed)
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Super Duck; Uwanna Duck; M. T. DeCoffin; Carrie DeCoffin
- Synopsis
- Super Duck juggles between his girlfriend Uwanna and the ugly Carrie DeCoffin at a school dance, which will benefit the re-construction of Pathetic University.
Indexer Notes
This story takes place after next issue's "Love's Labor Lost", where Carrie tries to get a date to the dance with Super Duck.
Rewritten from the last Super Duck story in Super Duck Comics #13.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Read Laugh 'cause the world reads Laugh with you!
Counter-Spook
Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Script
- C. C. Beck ? (signed)
- Pencils
- C. C. Beck (signed)
- Inks
- Pete Costanza (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Tootsie; Rollo; Joe
- Synopsis
- Captain Tootsie guards a museum from thieves.
- Keywords
- mummies; museums Egyptian; robbery
[no title indexed]
American Specialty Co. / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Prizes for everyone
- Characters
- Red Ryder; Cinderella; Roy Rogers; Dick Tracy
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["We're out of duck, sir! But... I think I know where to get some!"]
Super Duck -
1.
["Speakin' of Christmas, pardner, I'd sure send for Daisy's air rifleman book!"]
Daisy Manufacturing Company -
2.
Peace at Any Price
Super Duck presents the DeCoffin Family -
3.
["Color this picture!"]
Fun Page -
4.
["Boys! Girls! Hurry! Get your big beautiful U. S. military ring and bracelet!"]
Smith Brothers Cough Drops -
5.
Avalanche in the Andes
Arch-Gard by Ball-Band -
6.
["Director recalls humorous story, gets wanted scene"]
Movie Chatter -
7.
["Here it is fellas! Send for it now! The greatest railroad show on Earth!"]
Lionel Trains -
8.
A Bird in the Hand
Super Duck -
9.
["Why not try this!"]
Don't Let It Puzzle You! -
10.
["I want a big story about Dubble Bubble for this issue. There's a prize for the best!"]
Fleer's Dubble Bubble -
11.
Beating the Big Blaze
U. S. Royal and his Jet-Propelled Bike -
12.
School Daze
Super Duck -
13.
["Free at no extra cost plastic magic moving picture eye"]
Kellogg's Pep -
14.
["Try this one!"]
Fun Page -
15.
["Ho! Ho! Ha! Ha! That Wilbur is so funny, he kills me... he's always getting into hot water!!"]
-
16.
["Back to school - the envy of the gang! Ride to school on a Schwinn!"]
Arnold, Schwinn & Company -
17.
The Check Up
Cubby the Bear -
18.
Getting An Erector Is Like Having Your Own Toy Factory
Gilbert Hall of Science -
19.
["What message is conveyed to the little boy by the way the fish are in formation"]
Don't Let It Puzzle You -
20.
["Tell ya what a'hm gonna do!"]
-
21.
Love'm & Leave'm
Super Duck -
22.
["Read Laugh 'cause the world reads Laugh with you!"]
-
23.
Counter-Spook
Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll -
24.
["Prizes for everyone"]
American Specialty Co. -
25.
["How to fix any part of any car"]
Motor Book Dept. -
26.
["America's favorite writing fluid Sheaffer's Skrip!"]
W. A. Sheaffer Pen Company
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Luke A.
- Steve Coates
- Gregory Fischer
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- John Pannozzi
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