(1950-1951)
Archie,
1950 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 116
- Indicia Frequency
- once a year
- On-sale Date
- 1950-07
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
- Editing
- Harry Shorten
Issue Notes
All information for this issue from David Postle, April 2009.
On sale date from a promo in Wilbur #31.
On sale date from a promo in Wilbur #31.
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bob Montana (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Montana (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Don't believe everything you see on this cover... that's just a little pipe dream Archie's having!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
The Famous Archie Series Characters
Archie / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Portraits in an art gallery format.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
A Creep in the Deep
Archie / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What fun! A picnic on a boat!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- The gang plans to have a picnic on Archie's new boat, the Droopy Sloop.
Taking the Phone Out of Life
Archie / comic story / 9 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Every time I get my hands full, customers to wait on, and a cheese sandwich on the grill, the phone rings!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Pop Tate; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Pop Tate is sick and tired of the phone booth in the Chok'lit Shop and has it removed.
Better Never Than Late
Archie's Pal Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gangway!! I'm late for school!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper; Mr. Bender; Mrs. Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Annoyed by Jughead's lateness, Miss Grundy wants him to check in to school using a time clock.
Indian Wear Dance
Archie / comic story / 7.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, Archiekins! Coming to the Indian wear dance at my house tonight?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Dilton Doily; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Pop Tate; Betty Cooper; Mr. Lodge; Mrs. Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica has a party where everyone has to dress like an Indian and the best dressed wins a wooden store Indian.
Dinner at Ate
Archie's Pal Jughead / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie Andrews, have you got a moment?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Catera; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Chowhound McGuirk
- Synopsis
- Jughead has an eating contest with Chowhound McGuirk.
Nothing but the Tooth
Archie / comic story / 5.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, Archiekins! Would you like to go somewhere with me this afternoon?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews
- Synopsis
- Fred, Archie and Veronica all have to go to the dentist.
Country Cousin
Archie's Pal Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- George Frese (signed)
- Inks
- George Frese (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Isn't Juggy coming along Archie?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Juniper Jones; Chubby
- Synopsis
- Jughead's Ozark cousin Juniper visits Riverdale.
Uses His Head
Archie / comic story / 5.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- May I try out for the football team, coach? I've been practicing kicking, and...
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Coach Kleats; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie tries out for the football team, much to the Coach's annoyance.
Puck Luck
Archie's Rival Reggie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- But I asked you first, Ronnie!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Coach Kleats
- Synopsis
- Reggie and Betty decide to pretend to have a crush on each other to make Veronica Jealous and go with Reggie to the dance instead of Archie.
- Keywords
- hockey
Unfinished Similes
Archie Puzzle Fun / activity / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Finish the similes, fill in the word square so the answers read the same across and down, find your way through the maze making only two stops.
Death on Wheels
text article / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- One of the sorriest symbols of our times is America's automobile accident record.
- Genre
- non-fiction; car
Indexer Notes
Statistics on highway accidents and advice on driving safely.
Hollywood Scream Test
Archie / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, Archie! What's cooking?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; T. Maxwell Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead's uncle Max from Hollywood is in town and Archie and Jughead have created a beauty contest.
- Keywords
- swimsuits
Bustin' Out All Over
Archie's Pal Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ah, Jughead, my boy, it's a beautiful day to be walking on the campus lawn.
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Timothy Wiggins (bust); Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Perkins; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee hates the bust of Timothy Wiggins that's displayed on campus, but he can't get rid of it until he has a replacement, so the gang has a bust of Mr. Weatherbee made.
All in One
Archie / comic story / 3.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Girls! Girls! Girls! I've got to speak to that boy!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee thinks Archie is wasting his time going after girls and tries to get him a hobby.
Gals and Pals
Archie's Pal Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, Arch, lookit this! I sure could use the extra cash. It says "part time boy wanted."
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Mr. Baker; Lottie; Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Jughead gets a part-time job putting letters in envelopes and mailing them.
Pane in His Neck
Archie's Rival Reggie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, Jughead, here comes Reggie. How about playing that pane of glass gag on him?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantel [Reggie Mantle]; Frazier; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Reggie buys a replacement pane of glass when he breaks one Archie and Jughead are carrying.
Indexer Notes
Reggie's last name is misspelled in this story.
Pardon My Pup Tent
Archie / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look, Jug! The answer to where we'll spend our vacation this summer!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mr. Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead try to put up a pup tent.
The Foul Fowl
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- ..and those girls who cook an entire dinner for four people will be considered as having passed their term exam and also will not have to write the 5,000 word theme on "home management"!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- For their Home Economics class, Betty and Veronica must prepare a dinner for four.
All Tarred Out
Archie / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, how can you work with a drip like that?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Fred Andrews; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; O'Reilly; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead have to repair a hole in the garage roof.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Don't believe everything you see on this cover... that's just a little pipe dream Archie's having!"]
Archie -
1.
The Famous Archie Series Characters
Archie -
2.
A Creep in the Deep
Archie -
3.
Taking the Phone Out of Life
Archie -
4.
After the Atom Spies
"U.S." Royal -
5.
Better Never Than Late
Archie's Pal Jughead -
6.
Indian Wear Dance
Archie -
7.
["Hey kids! Did you know that Veronica and I are out in our own comic book?"]
-
8.
Dinner at Ate
Archie's Pal Jughead -
9.
["Archie's pal Jughead is out in another comic book of his own!"]
Archie's Pal Jughead -
10.
["8-mile range!"]
-
11.
Nothing but the Tooth
Archie -
12.
["Suzie is choosey!"]
-
13.
Country Cousin
Archie's Pal Jughead -
14.
Uses His Head
Archie -
15.
["Hey, kids!.... Climb on the band wagon"]
-
16.
[no title indexed]
Wilbur -
17.
Puck Luck
Archie's Rival Reggie -
18.
Unfinished Similes
Archie Puzzle Fun -
19.
["Wha' hoppen? Why is everybody running? Reggie is back!"]
Archie's Rival Reggie -
20.
Death on Wheels
-
21.
Hollywood Scream Test
Archie -
22.
Bustin' Out All Over
Archie's Pal Jughead -
23.
All in One
Archie -
24.
["The brightest stars in the constellation"]
-
25.
Gals and Pals
Archie's Pal Jughead -
26.
Pane in His Neck
Archie's Rival Reggie -
27.
Pardon My Pup Tent
Archie -
28.
["The magazine that's got everything!"]
Adventures of the Dover Boys -
29.
Crossword Fun
-
30.
The Foul Fowl
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica -
31.
All Tarred Out
Archie
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