Ginger (Archie, 1951 series) #1

Volume: 1

Price: 0.10 USD

Pages: 36

On-sale Date: 1951-06-13

Editing: ?

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Ginger / cover / 1 page

Pencils:	George Frese
Inks:	George Frese
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:teen

First Line of Dialogue or Text:Ginger,-- what do you consider to be the most outstanding development in history in recent years?

Characters:

Ginger Snapp

Reprints (16)

in Ginger (Bell Features, 1952 series) #1
in Pep Comics (H. John Edwards, 1951 series) #18
in The Best of Archie Comics (Archie, 2011 series) #[1] (August 2011)
in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #194 (November 2011), #195 (December 2011), #196 (January 2012), #197 (February 2012), #199 (April 2012), #200 (June 2012), #201 (July 2012), #202 (August 2012)
in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #245 (November 2015)
in World of Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #52 (November 2015)
in Best of Archie Comics (Archie, 2016 series) #1 (2016)
in Archie Spotlight Digest: Archie 75th Anniversary Digest (Archie, 2016 series) #5 (February 2017)
in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #2024 - Ginger Snapp: Volume 2 ([February] 2019)

Issue Data

Publisher's Brand: An Archie Magazine Approved Reading
Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Close-Up Inc.
Printer: Printed in the U.S.A.

Indexer Notes

The only date printed in the comic is the copyright date 1951. On-sale date taken from copyright registration. Although no frequency is given in the indicia, this was a quarterly title.
Indexed from scanned copy at http://comicbookplus.com

Smellbound

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Ginger / comic story / 6 pages

Script:	Jack Mendelsohn
Pencils:	George Frese
Inks:	George Frese
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:teen

First Line of Dialogue or Text:Goodbye, Professor Thompson!

Characters:

Ginger Snapp; Patsy; Whiz Baker; Professor Thompson; Mrs. Thompson

Synopsis:: Ginger tries to get her handsome new history teacher to take her to the junior prom.; in The Best of Archie Comics (Archie, 2011 series) #[1] (August 2011)
in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #245 (November 2015)
in Best of Archie Comics (Archie, 2016 series) #1 (2016)
in Archie Spotlight Digest: Archie 75th Anniversary Digest (Archie, 2016 series) #5 (February 2017)

Indexer Notes

Jack Mendelsohn later revised this script and reused it for the story "Chemical Formula" in Candy (Quality Comics, 1947 Series) #42 (September 1953), and then did it again for "Chemical Warfare" in Tippy Teen (Tower, 1965 Series) #1 (November 1965).

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Puzzle Page / activity / 0.5 page

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

Saved By the Belle

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Ginger / comic story / 6 pages

Script:	?
Pencils:	George Frese
Inks:	George Frese
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:humor; teen

First Line of Dialogue or Text:Well, guess it's time for me to go home! 'Night, Ginger! Good night, Mr. Snapp!

Characters:

Ginger Snapp; Mr. Snapp; Ickky; Monk

Synopsis:: After Monk bullies Ickky into no longer dating Ginger, Ginger treats Monk to an expensive, frustrating date to scare him off.; in Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #37 ([February] 1980)

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Puzzle Page / activity / 0.5 page

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Archie's Pal Jughead / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

Shoot the Works

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Ginger / comic story / 7 pages

Script:	?
Pencils:	George Frese
Inks:	George Frese
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:humor; teen

First Line of Dialogue or Text:How do you like it, Daddy?

Characters:

Ginger Snapp; Mr. Snapp; Ickky

Synopsis:: A mix-up between two guns, one loaded with blanks and the other with bullets, spells trouble for Ginger and Mr. Snapp in their Western charity ball routine.

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Movie News / text article / 2 pages

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Letters:	typeset

Genre:non-fiction

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Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

The Bear Facts

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Ginger / comic story / 7 pages

Script:	?
Pencils:	George Frese (signed as Geo Frese)
Inks:	George Frese (signed as Geo Frese)
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:humor; teen

First Line of Dialogue or Text:What's that, boss? A hunting trip? Over the weekend? Fine!

Characters:

Ginger Snapp; Mr. Snapp; Ickky

Synopsis:: Ginger accompanies her father and his boss on a hunting trip.

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Table of Contents

["Ginger,-- what do you consider to be the most outstanding development in history in recent years?"]
Ginger
Smellbound
Ginger
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Puzzle Page
["There's fun in your future!"]
Saved By the Belle
Ginger
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Puzzle Page
["Be happy - go Juggy!"]
Archie's Pal Jughead
Shoot the Works
Ginger
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Movie News
["Hello kids! We're back with a brand new Archie Annual #3."]
Archie
The Bear Facts
Ginger

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Ginger / cover / 1 page

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

Smellbound (Table of Contents: 1)

Ginger / comic story / 6 pages

Indexer Notes

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

Puzzle Page / activity / 0.5 page

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

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

Saved By the Belle (Table of Contents: 4)

Ginger / comic story / 6 pages

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

Puzzle Page / activity / 0.5 page

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

Archie's Pal Jughead / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

Shoot the Works (Table of Contents: 7)

Ginger / comic story / 7 pages

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

Movie News / text article / 2 pages

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Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

The Bear Facts (Table of Contents: 10)

Ginger / comic story / 7 pages

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Smellbound

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Saved By the Belle

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Shoot the Works

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The Bear Facts

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