Archie Comics
#30
(January-February 1948)
Archie,
1942 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
An Archie Magazine
- Editing
- Harry Shorten
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Is it broken, doctor?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- Keywords
- beds; doctors; stethoscopes
in 
Patch As Patch Can
Archie / comic story / 8.67 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Mrs. Cooper; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- It's Patch Day once again, when the girls get their Patch Hop dates by sewing patches on boys' pants. And when Archie rips his pants while escaping from an undesirable girl, he ends up hiding in Riverdale High with ripped pants - and then no pants!
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Patch Day; school dance; sewing
Indexer Notes
2nd Patch Day story. An early prototype of Big Ethel appears in the story, but is not mentioned by name.
Archie's Hollywood Quiz Page
Archie / activity / 1 page
- Script
- Herbert "Red" Holmdale (signed)
- Pencils
- Herbert "Red" Holmdale (signed)
- Inks
- Herbert "Red" Holmdale (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Herbert "Red" Holmdale (signed)
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Reprints
The Grid Kid
Archie / comic story / 8.67 pages
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Coach Piffle
- Synopsis
- Archie's antics at the football tryouts cause bodily harm for Coach Piffle. Later, Archie accidentally wins the football game for Riverdale.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- football; touchdown
Indexer Notes
Coach Piffle is the latest in a line of Coach Kleats prototypes.
Archie Puzzle Page
Archie / activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones
- Reprints
The Battle of the Jitterbugs
Archie / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- When Veronica says that girls are better than boys at dancing, Reggie sets up a jitterbug contest that pits himself and Archie against Betty and Veronica.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- cross-dressing; dance; jitterbug
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My room could certainly stand redecorating, Ronnie!
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews (in picture)
- Synopsis
- Veronica gyps Betty into doing all the work in redecorating her room.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- redecorating
Indexer Notes
Veronica reads Archie Comics and Pep Comics in splash panel.
The Heat's On
Archie / comic story / 8 pages
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Fred Andrews; Mrs. Andrews; Mr. Jones; Mrs. Jones; Chief Bragle (introduction)
- Synopsis
- When Reggie tricks Archie and Jughead into believing that a PTA meeting at the Andrews' house is really a meeting about whether to kick the pair out of school, Archie and Jughead decide to skip town.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- meeting; PTA; running away
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Is it broken, doctor?"]
Archie -
1.
Patch As Patch Can
Archie -
2.
["You can't beat him for laughs!"]
Archie -
3.
Archie's Hollywood Quiz Page
Archie -
4.
The Grid Kid
Archie -
5.
["First she loves him, then she hates him...that's our Wilbur!"]
Wilbur -
6.
Archie Puzzle Page
Archie -
7.
The Battle of the Jitterbugs
Archie -
8.
Hollywood Tattle Tale
-
9.
["My room could certainly stand redecorating, Ronnie!"]
Betty and Veronica -
10.
The Heat's On
Archie
This issue was modified by, among others
- Luke A.
- Dwayne Best
- Roy Lyons
- Glenn MacKay
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
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