(1950)
Archie,
1950 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 116
- Indicia Frequency
- Once per year
- On-sale Date
- 1949-10
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
- Editing
- Harry Shorten
Issue Notes
On sale date from Wilbur #28.
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bob Montana (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Montana (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- To read this letter...
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Reprints
in 
[no title indexed]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's a great thrill for me to write you this personal letter, because I feel that I know a great many of you.
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
Notes to You!
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, Archie! Going to the dance, tonight?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Mrs. Cooper; George Cooper
- Synopsis
- When Archie passes up Betty to talk to Veronica, Betty gets mad and writes him a poison pen letter.
Indexer Notes
Betty's father is named George in this story.
Gym Dandy
Archie / comic story / 9 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You wanted to see me, Mr. Weatherbee!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Coach Kleats; Mr. Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mrs. Lodge; Mr. Lodge [John Lodge]
- Synopsis
- When the gym falls apart Archie organizes a dance to raise money to build a new gym.
The Battle of the Rattle
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- May I borrow your car, Archiekins? I'm supposed to pick up my little cousin today and both our cars are busy--
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie lets Veronica borrow his father's car.
Who's Zoo?
Jughead / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You? A job at the zoo?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Jughead's working at the zoo and accidentally lets a monkey loose.
- Reprints
-
in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #126 (January 1996)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie Puzzle Fun / activity / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Can you arrange the digits 1 through 9 in the empty squares shown above so that the combined numbers will add to exactly 15 in the six rows indicated by the arrows.
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Indexer Notes
Three activities, arrange the numbers, connect the dots, and turn lead into gold.
Stop! You're Breaking My Glass
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, would you ask Pop Tate to add a little more soda water in here? It's too sweet.
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie keeps accidentally breaking glasses in the Chok'lit Shop.
The Rug Cutter!
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Let's go for a little ride, Betty! We can decide which movie we want to see tonight!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Mr. Cooper; Fred Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty can't go to the movies with Archie until she does some chores around the house, and Archie decides to help.
The Mystery Finger
Archie Puzzle Page / activity / 0.5 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
Indexer Notes
An illusion, and a word building puzzle.
No Soap
Archie / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I hate to interrupt you, children with your homework -- but is the new laundromat open in town? -- I have two huge bundles to go on the back porch--
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mary Andrews; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie and Betty decide to wash and dry the clothes Archie's mom wanted taken to the laundromat.
The Pin-Up
Jughead / comic story / 6.33 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That's what I said, Archie -- I'm baby-sitting at the Browns' tonight!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Mr. Brown; Mrs. Brown; Charles Augustus Brown; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Jughead is babysitting and he thinks the baby has swallowed a pin.
The Bugaboo Buster!
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, Veronica!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Veronica decides to hold a hard luck party for Friday the thirteenth.
No Pool Like an Old Pool
Archie / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, Archie! Want to go for a swim?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Mr. Cooper
- Synopsis
- It's winter so Archie decides to set up an indoor pool in the attic to swim in.
The Little Squirt
Archie / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, Egghead! Want to see my new picture ring?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Archie keeps accidentally squirting Mr. Weatherbee with various liquids.
What Makes Jughead Run?
Jughead / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Coach -- do you mean to say our track team doesn't stand a chance in tomorrow's inter-high school half mile race?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Coach Kleats; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Riverdale needs to win the track meet, but the coach has to figure out what made Jughead run so fast before.
Nifty Fifty
Archie / text story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- "Hi, Archiekins!" Veronica called.
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie finds a wallet with a fifty dollar bill in it.
Knights to You
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This museum is too spooky, Arch... what are we hanging around all this dead stuff for?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Miss Grundy; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead go to the museum and Archie puts on a suit of armor.
Fat's the Spirit
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, Archie, look! A new kid -- just moved in next door!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Fred F. Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Coach Kleats
- Synopsis
- Archie suddenly becomes fat.
Indexer Notes
"Samm's Furniture Moving" logo on truck in splash page, a reference to artist Sammy Schwartz.
My Job Is Your Job
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jughead! I've been looking all over for you! Lend me five bucks!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mrs. Best; Mrs. Jones; Mrs. Sullivan; Mrs. Holley; Fifi; Mrs. Lee
- Synopsis
- Archie needs to earn five bucks to take Veronica out so he has Jughead line up jobs for him to do.
Indexer Notes
The Mrs. Jones in this story is not Jughead's mother.
There's a Patch to It!
Archie / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well girls, the Patch Hop is here again! As you know the rules are that a girl has to put a patch on the boy she wants to take her to the dance!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Dilbert Doiley [Dilton Doily]; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- There's a patch hop on tonight and Archie wants to avoid being patched by anyone but Veronica.
Indexer Notes
Dilton is called Dilbert in this story.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["To read this letter..."]
Archie -
1.
["It's a great thrill for me to write you this personal letter, because I feel that I know a great many of you."]
-
2.
Notes to You!
Archie -
3.
Gym Dandy
Archie -
4.
The Battle of the Rattle
Archie -
5.
Who's Zoo?
Jughead -
6.
["What makes Archie lead the field?"]
-
7.
["Can you arrange the digits 1 through 9 in the empty squares shown above so that the combined numbers will add to exactly 15 in the six rows indicated by the arrows."]
Archie Puzzle Fun -
8.
Stop! You're Breaking My Glass
Archie -
9.
The Rug Cutter!
Archie -
10.
["Oh boy! Will you have extra pep if you read Pep Comics"]
-
11.
The Mystery Finger
Archie Puzzle Page -
12.
No Soap
Archie -
13.
The Pin-Up
Jughead -
14.
["Hey, kids! Look!"]
-
15.
The Bugaboo Buster!
Archie -
16.
No Pool Like an Old Pool
Archie -
17.
The Little Squirt
Archie -
18.
What Makes Jughead Run?
Jughead -
19.
Nifty Fifty
Archie -
20.
Knights to You
Archie -
21.
Fat's the Spirit
Archie -
22.
My Job Is Your Job
Jughead -
23.
There's a Patch to It!
Archie
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