(Winter 1944)

Archie, 1943 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
60
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
On-sale Date
1944-01-15
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
M. L. J. Magazines
Brand
An MLJ Magazine
Editing
Harry Shorten

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1944, New Series, Vol. 39, No. 1.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Super Duck / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dave Higgins (signed)
Inks
Theresa Woik (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Super Duck; Adolf Hitler (as a dog); Snuggy the Bug in the Rug (inset); Squoimy the Worm(inset); Woody the Woodpecker(inset); Baba the Black Sheep (inset)
Keywords
Hitler

Indexer Notes

Signed in lower right-hand corner.

Cover Thumbnail for Jolly Jingles (Archie, 1943 series) #12
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Ballco Products Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Vote For Honest John (Table of Contents: 2)

Super Duck / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dave Higgins ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Super Duck; Honest John; Sheriff Jones; Charlie
Synopsis
Super's cousin Jones invites him to Foul Town which is having trouble in the election.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Shlurp! Shlurp! Weenies!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Trouble
Synopsis
Trouble swipes some weenies from the butcher.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Woody the Woodpecker / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Woody and Sleepy are about to embark on another adventure.. but wait let's begin at the beginning...
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Woody; Sleepy
Synopsis
Woody builds a rocket car to win a race.

Indexer Notes

Not the Walter Lantz character.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Goony the Gremlin / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Red Holmdale (signed)
Inks
Red Holmdale (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Why wuz I born a good gremlin?
Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Goony; Red Holmdale
Synopsis
Goony finds a patch of four-leaf clovers.

Super Duck, The Spy-Smasher (Table of Contents: 7)

Super Duck / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Curley Cole (signed)
Letters
typeset
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Super Duck; Barney Beaver
Synopsis
The pond is flooding.

Indexer Notes

Super Duck is spelled Super-duck in this story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Pinky / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Edwards (signed)
Inks
Joe Edwards (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
C'mon, Methuselah! There's a palace up ahead!
Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Pinky; Methuselah; Princess Peachy
Synopsis
Pinky and Methuselah enter the Land of Beauty where the king is trying to marry off his ugly daughter.

Indexer Notes

This is the final appearance of the "Pinky [Archie]" feature.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Snuggy the Bug in the Rug / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dave Higgins (signed)
Inks
Dave Higgins (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
As our sad tale opens, Snuggy's found a home, but along comes Fido looking for a bone...
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Snuggy
Synopsis
Snuggy has trouble finding a place to stay.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.8 page (report information)

Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc. (Table of Contents: 11)

statement of ownership / 0.2 page (report information)

Script
Louis H. Silberkleit
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Squoimy the Woim / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Edwards (signed)
Inks
Joe Edwards (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Nope! No food today, Squoimy!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Squoimy; Black Mark; Screechy; Skunky; Moe; Skeeter
Synopsis
Black Mark and his gang are stealing food.

Indexer Notes

This is the final appearance of the "Squoimy the Woim" feature.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Willy the Wise-Guy / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Red Holmdale (signed)
Inks
Red Holmdale (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Boy! The circus is in town, an' I'm broke!
Genre
humor
Characters
Willy
Synopsis
Willy wants to get into the circus.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Judge Owl's Fables / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ed Goggin (signed)
Inks
Ed Goggin (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
You've heard the story of the Lion and the Mouse!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Judge Owl; Maxie Mouse; Dandy Lion; Linda Lion; Andy Elephant
Synopsis
Maxie Mouse helps out Dandy Lion.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Baba the Black Sheep / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Now, I can make some of those repairs around the house!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Baba; J. Jukes
Synopsis
Baba tries to fix things around the house.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Invention Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Pickwick Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

American Seed Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Super Duck
  2. 1. ["Remove ugly blackheads or no cost"]
    Ballco Products Company
  3. 2. Vote For Honest John
    Super Duck
  4. 3. ["Shlurp! Shlurp! Weenies!"]
    It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
  5. 4. ["Woody and Sleepy are about to embark on another adventure.. but wait let's begin at the beginning..."]
    Woody the Woodpecker
  6. 5. ["Er.. I'm very sorry, but Mr. Plunk's tied up in a conference.. and can't be disturbed!"]
  7. 6. ["Why wuz I born a good gremlin?"]
    Goony the Gremlin
  8. 7. Super Duck, The Spy-Smasher
    Super Duck
  9. 8. ["C'mon, Methuselah! There's a palace up ahead!"]
    Pinky
  10. 9. ["As our sad tale opens, Snuggy's found a home, but along comes Fido looking for a bone..."]
    Snuggy the Bug in the Rug
  11. 10. ["MLJ leads the way"]
  12. 11. Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc.
  13. 12. ["Nope! No food today, Squoimy!"]
    Squoimy the Woim
  14. 13. ["Boy! The circus is in town, an' I'm broke!"]
    Willy the Wise-Guy
  15. 14. ["You've heard the story of the Lion and the Mouse!"]
    Judge Owl's Fables
  16. 15. ["Now, I can make some of those repairs around the house!"]
    Baba the Black Sheep
  17. 16. ["Free! With this amazing offer red and white wig wag signal flags and authentic code instruction"]
    Invention Company
  18. 17. ["Your choice free with this offer"]
    Pickwick Co.
  19. 18. ["Hurry! Hurry! Sell seeds for victory gardens get your prize!"]
    American Seed Co.
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