(1950-1951)
Archie,
1950 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 116
- Indicia Frequency
- once a year
- On-sale Date
- 1950-06-28
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Editing
- John L. Goldwater (editor); Harry Shorten (credited) (managing editor)
Issue Notes
All information for this issue from David Postle, April 2009.
On-sale date from copyright registration.
On-sale date from copyright registration.
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bob Montana (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Montana (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- 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
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bob Montana (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Montana (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- 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
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bob Montana (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Montana (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- 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.
After the Atom Spies
"U.S." Royal / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- "U.S." Royal; Bob; Tom; Mugsy
- Synopsis
- After Mugsy and his accomplice steal a formula from an atomic plant, Royal stops them using his jet-propelled bicycle.
Indexer Notes
Ad for bicycle tires from United States Rubber Company. Info from scan at http://www.seanbaby.com/.
Better Never Than Late
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gangway!! I'm late for school!
- Feature Logo
Archie's Pal Jughead- 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.
Indexer Notes
Berg places his signature in the window of a business (Berg & Co.) on the splash page.
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 Doiley; 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.
Indexer Notes
Archie, Jughead, Reggie, and Mr. Lodge appear in redface.
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey kids! Did you know that Veronica and I are out in our own comic book?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Dinner at Ate
Jughead / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie Andrews, have you got a moment?
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Pal Jughead
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Catera; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Chowhound McGuirk
- Synopsis
- Jughead has an eating contest with Chowhound McGuirk.
[no title indexed]
Jughead / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie's pal Jughead is out in another comic book of his own!
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Pal Jughead
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- House ad for Archie's Pal Jughead #2.
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 8-mile range!
Indexer Notes
Binoculars.
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.
[no title indexed]
Suzie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Suzie is choosey!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Suzie
Indexer Notes
Promo for Suzie Comics (Archie, 1945 series) featuring Suzie trying on a pile of hats. Choosy is misspelled in the promo.
Country Cousin
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- George Frese (signed as
Geo Frese) - Inks
- George Frese (signed as Geo Frese)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Isn't Juggy coming along Archie?
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Pal Jughead
- 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.
[no title indexed]
Super Duck / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, kids!.... Climb on the band wagon
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Super Duck
Indexer Notes
Promo for Super Duck Comics (Archie, 1944 series).
[no title indexed]
Wilbur / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Synopsis
- House ad for subscriptions to Wilbur Comics.
Puck Luck
Reggie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- But I asked you first, Ronnie!
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Rival Reggie
- 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.
[no title indexed]
Reggie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wha' hoppen? Why is everybody running? Reggie is back!
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Rival Reggie
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Coach Kleats; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle
Indexer Notes
Promo for Archie's Rival Reggie (Archie, 1949 series) #2 featuring Archie, Jughead, and the Riverdale High faculty running from a giant Reggie head. Frese's signature is present here but replaced by the Archie Series banner in other printings of this promo.
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
- Jealous that Veronica is dating the son of a Broadway producer, Archie stages a beauty contest with Jughead's uncle, who produces movies, as the judge to get Veronica a screen test.
- Keywords
- swimsuits
Bustin' Out All Over
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.
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Pal Jughead
- 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.
Indexer Notes
Berg disguises his signature on the cover of a book (History by Berg) in the splash panel.
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.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda
- Inks
- Bill Vigoda
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The brightest stars in the constellation
- Characters
- Wilbur Wilkin; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Suzie; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
Indexer Notes
Promo for Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) and Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) with each regular character appearing in a star.
Gals and Pals
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."
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Pal Jughead
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Mr. Baker; Lottie Little; Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- When Jughead gets a part-time job delivering handbills, Archie's love poem accidentally gets mixed in and delivered to Lottie.
Pane in His Neck
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?
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Rival Reggie
- 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 and then intentionally has someone break a window so he can sell the pane for a profit.
Indexer Notes
Reggie's last name is misspelled in this story. Berg's signature is disguised in a sign on a vacant lot (Berg and Co.) in the splash panel.
Pardon My Pup Tent
Archie / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Vigoda (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- 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.
[no title indexed]
Adventures of the Dover Boys / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Harry Lucey
- Inks
- Harry Lucey
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The magazine that's got everything!
Indexer Notes
Promo for Adventures of the Dover Boys (Archie, 1950 series) #1. Contains four scenes that do not appear within issue.
Crossword Fun
activity / 0.5 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
Indexer Notes
Includes crossword in the shape of Archie.
The Foul Fowl
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"!
- Feature Logo
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica- 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
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bob Montana (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Montana (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- 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
Related Scans
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
Jughead -
6.
Indian Wear Dance
Archie -
7.
["Hey kids! Did you know that Veronica and I are out in our own comic book?"]
Betty and Veronica -
8.
Dinner at Ate
Jughead -
9.
["Archie's pal Jughead is out in another comic book of his own!"]
Jughead -
10.
["8-mile range!"]
-
11.
Nothing but the Tooth
Archie -
12.
["Suzie is choosey!"]
Suzie -
13.
Country Cousin
Jughead -
14.
Uses His Head
Archie -
15.
["Hey, kids!.... Climb on the band wagon"]
Super Duck -
16.
[no title indexed]
Wilbur -
17.
Puck Luck
Reggie -
18.
[Unfinished Similes]
Archie Puzzle Fun -
19.
["Wha' hoppen? Why is everybody running? Reggie is back!"]
Reggie -
20.
Death on Wheels
-
21.
Hollywood Scream Test
Archie -
22.
Bustin' Out All Over
Jughead -
23.
All in One
Archie -
24.
["The brightest stars in the constellation"]
-
25.
Gals and Pals
Jughead -
26.
Pane in His Neck
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
Betty and Veronica -
31.
All Tarred Out
Archie
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