Volume: 1
Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1959-06-18
Editing: Richard H. Goldwater (uncredited)
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Archie / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:teen
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Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones [Forsythe P. Jones]; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
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Indexer Notes

Redrawn from Laugh Comics #62.
Later redrawn for the cover of Archie Comics Digest #19

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

Harry Shorten had been listed as editor of this issue; however he left Archie prior to any 1959 issue. On-sale date from 1959 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

Pool Sharks
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Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones [Forsythe P. Jones]; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis:
Archie and Jughead keep causing Mr. Lodge to have accidents around the pool.
Reprints (5)

"Lil" Bit of Knowledge
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Veronica's four-year-old cousin can already spell her name forwards and backwards.

Fancy Finance
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Jughead / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Jughead Jones [Forsythe P. Jones]; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate (cameo)
Synopsis:
Jughead auctions off his allowance to have more money to buy hamburgers.

Double Trouble Cross!
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Archie / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Archie Andrews; Midge Klump; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones [Forsythe P. Jones]; Moose Mason
Synopsis:
Reggie spoils Moose's surprise party by telling Moose that he's seen Midge with Archie.
Reprints (3)

Indexer Notes

credits taken from reprint

Two Bees or Lots of Bees!
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Archie / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Archie Andrews; Moose Mason
Synopsis:
When he sees a beehive, Moose tries to figure out which one is the queen bee

Snakes Alive!
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Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Reggie picks up a stick to hit a snake, but the stick turns out to be a snake.

Top Value in Comics
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Archie Annual / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

The Price Is Right!
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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page

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Li'l Jinx
Synopsis:
Jinx thinks she should only pay half-price for viewing the moon through a telescope because it was only a half-moon.
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Bound to Agree
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Archie / comic story / 4 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones [Forsythe P. Jones]; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Reggie lends Archie five dollars on the condition that Archie won't ask Veronica out until he's repaid the loan.
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[no title indexed]
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Archie Club News / letters page / 1.5 pages

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First prize of $5.00 to Phil Chappell (Orange, Va.) who is handicapped and has an audio link to his school room. Second prize of $3.00 to Phyllis Hill (Agana, Guam) for article on Guam. Third prize of $2.00 to Kay Wilson (Clarion, Pa.) for three jokes. Fourth prize of $1.00 to Lorraine Bova (Elmhurst, L. I., N.Y.) for article on first postage stamps. Fifth prize of $1.00 to Beverly Butterfield (Vineyard Town, Jamaica) for article on elephants.

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Archie Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

Memory Lame
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Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones [Forsythe P. Jones]; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis:
Archie forgets that he has a date with Veronica, even though she specifically tells him not to forget. He fakes amnesia to cover up his goof.
Reprints (1)
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Come on in, Archie! You're missing all the fun!"]
    Archie
  2. Pool Sharks
    Archie
  3. "Lil" Bit of Knowledge
    Betty and Veronica
  4. Fancy Finance
    Jughead
  5. Double Trouble Cross!
    Archie
  6. Two Bees or Lots of Bees!
    Archie
  7. Snakes Alive!
    Reggie
  8. Top Value in Comics
    Archie Annual
  9. The Price Is Right!
    Li'l Jinx
  10. Bound to Agree
    Archie
  11. [no title indexed]
    Archie Club News
  12. [no title indexed]
    Archie Club
  13. Memory Lame
    Archie
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  • Bob Kopman
  • Lou Mazzella
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  • Eric Rom
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