(July-August 1947)

Archie, 1942 Series
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Volume
?
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
Bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1947-05-19
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
An Archie Magazine
Editing
Harry Shorten

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 1, Part 2, Nos. 1&2, Periodicals, 1946-1947.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Fagaly (signed)
Inks
Al Fagaly (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Love is funny...I always thought I couldn't possibly fall for a boy who wasn't handsome!
Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Reprints
Keywords
lovers' carved initials

Musclebound Madness (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Vigoda (signed)
Inks
Bill Vigoda (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Oswald Van Dyke III (Veronica's cousin, introduction); Sampson (introduction)
Synopsis
Archie heads to the gym to bulk up after he makes plans to go to the beach with Veronica and her muscular cousin.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Archie nudity panels

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie Puzzle Page / activity / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Reprints

Indexer Notes

crossword puzzle

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

Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Vigoda
Inks
Bill Vigoda
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey gang! Get a load of what goes with Archie in Pep Comics...
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Reprints

Three's a Crowd (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Vigoda (signed)
Inks
Bill Vigoda (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Mr. Lodge; Mrs. Lodge; Penny (Veronica's cousin, introduction); Penny's sisters (Veronica's cousins; introduction)
Synopsis
Archie gets stuck babysitting Veronica's triplet cousins.
Reprints

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

Archie / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Vigoda (signed)
Inks
Bill Vigoda (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Archie! Take that disgusting thing away...
Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mrs. Andrews; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ferdinand (a mouse, introduction)
Synopsis
Archie brings a mouse to school, with the expected results.
Reprints

Photo-Finish (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 3.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Vigoda ?
Inks
Bill Vigoda ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
A dog gets in the way of Archie's entries in the newspaper beauty contest.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Other Vigoda are signed. Jim Ludwig does not think this story is Vigoda 10/08

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Super Duck / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Fagaly
Inks
Al Fagaly
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
He's a pippin, a dandy, he's cockeyed and he's bandy, he's...Superduck the cockeyed wonder...
Characters
Super Duck
Reprints

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

Archie Puzzle Page / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Crossword puzzle, Eternal tiangle and Scrambled animals

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

Hollywood Tattle Tale / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
From whence do all homely women come?
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Archie (Hollywood report)celebrity news and gossip. Features a piece about Ronald Reagan's marriage to Jane Wyman.

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

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Irv Novick (signed) [as I. N.]
Inks
Irv Novick (signed) [as I. N.]
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hubba hubba, Betty!
Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews (cameo); Fosdick Montgomery Thwaite, Jr. (introduction)
Synopsis
Betty and Veronica go to the beach and fight over men.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Bus on page 2 has MLJ Bus Lines written on the side. Shorten's Beach is a reference to editor Harry Shorten.

Water, Water, Everywhere (Table of Contents: 11)

Archie / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Vigoda (signed)
Inks
Bill Vigoda (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mrs. Andrews; Jughead Jones; Stinky (introduction)
Synopsis
Archie tries to water the lawn.
Reprints

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

Katy Keene / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Woggon
Inks
Bill Woggon
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
She's sugar! She's spice! She's everything nice!
Characters
Katy Keene
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Love is funny...I always thought I couldn't possibly fall for a boy who wasn't handsome!"]
    Archie
  2. 1. Musclebound Madness
    Archie
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Archie Puzzle Page
  4. 3. ["Hey gang! Get a load of what goes with Archie in Pep Comics..."]
    Archie
  5. 4. Three's a Crowd
    Archie
  6. 5. ["Archie! Take that disgusting thing away..."]
    Archie
  7. 6. Photo-Finish
    Archie
  8. 7. ["He's a pippin, a dandy, he's cockeyed and he's bandy, he's...Superduck the cockeyed wonder..."]
    Super Duck
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Archie Puzzle Page
  10. 9. ["From whence do all homely women come?"]
    Hollywood Tattle Tale
  11. 10. ["Hubba hubba, Betty!"]
    Betty and Veronica
  12. 11. Water, Water, Everywhere
    Archie
  13. 12. ["She's sugar! She's spice! She's everything nice!"]
    Katy Keene
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Luke A.
  • Dwayne Best
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Del Gruber
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • James Ludwig
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk