Volume: 1
Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1954-12-15

[no title indexed]

Archie's Pal Jughead / cover / 1 page


  • Genre:teen; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Golly, Juggie! I never thought I'd get you to help me with a dress fitting!
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Jughead's reply uses the word " 'burgers" with a leading apostrophe, implying that the shortened version of hamburgers was not yet common usage.

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Jughead / comic story / 3 pages


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Archie's Pal Jughead
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:How about meeting in the Choklit Shop after school, this afternoon?
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis:
Jughead charges Archie and Reggie to keep them out of detention. His plan to cover their books using paint backfires when Mr. Weatherbee grabs the still-wet books and gives Archie and Reggie a month of detention.
Reprints (2)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Archie's Pal Jughead
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:George, how about buying that jalopy for Jughead?
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Mr. Jones; Mrs. Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate
Synopsis:
Jughead overhears his parents planning to buy him a jalopy so all the guys buy him treats at the Chok'lit Shop. Back at home, his father presents him with a scale model jalopy.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Jughead's father's first name is given as George in this story.

Book Shnook!

Jughead / comic story / 2.7 pages


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Archie's Pal Jughead
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:So this is your new job? A second-rate character in a second rate book shop!
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis:
Reggie makes fun of Jughead working in a book shop, but he finds something interesting in one of the books, what appears to be a personal note from William Shakespeare to Marc Antony, the subject of the play. Jughead has been adding the personal touch to improve sales.
Reprints (3)

[no title indexed]

comic story / 0.3 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Why so glum, chum?
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Archie complains about the noise in his car, so Jughead suggests he let Veronica drive, implying that she is the noise.
Reprints (3)

Birthday Blues

text story / 2 pages


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:"Archie, you haven't forgotten, have you?" Veronica asked.
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Veronica says that Archie has forgotten a birthday, so Archie scrambles to find money to buy Veronica a birthday present. Jughead helps by convincing Mr. Andrews to give him five dollars. It turns out it wasn't Veronica's birthday Archie forgot, but his father's. Jughead again uses his skill at talking to work a proper exchange of the present for something suitable for Mr. Andrews.
Reprints (2)

Stick To It!

Jughead / comic story / 1 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Why is Jughead staying after school? What has he been up to, now?
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
Synopsis:
Mr. Weatherbee and Miss Grundy are both impressed by how long Jughead is staying in the classroom studying after school. After they leave he tries to pull his pants off the seat where he had been stuck with glue by an unknown practical joker.
Reprints (1)

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page

Two Pages from Debby's Diary

Debby / comic story / 1.8 pages


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Dear Diary: Today I was about to start doing the dishes (Oh I hate them) when----
Characters:
Debby; Oliver (Debby's father); Debby's mother
Synopsis:
Debby helps her mother clean the attic and discovers her mother's old diary. Though it talked about other men, the man who became her husband was her favorite.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Debby's outfit by Marlene E. Meder (Tanaqua, PA); Debby's apron and pose by Edith Ann Cooper (Detroit, MI); Mom's cleaning outfit by Joan Bennett (Miami, FL). Debby's father reads a newspaper on page 1 that includes the comics Archie and Steve Roper, the latter of which was drawn by Woggon's older brother, Elmer.

Katy's Puzzles

Katy Keene / activity / 0.2 page


  • Genre:fashion; teen
Characters:
Sis
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Three activities: color anagram, rebus-style acrostic, and pair matching

Balance of Power

Jughead / comic story / 2.8 pages


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Archie's Pal Jughead
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:If you want to break those bottles Reggie, why don't you just toss 'em away?
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Reggie thinks he's fooled Jughead by out-balancing him using a Thermos bottle to balance on his head and only dropping it three times. He is pleased to announce that this is the gimmick that will win him the bet and that Jughead isn't allowed to use the same Thermos bottle. Jughead was carrying a hot water bottle home from the drugstore and walks easily with the thick rubber bag on his head.
Reprints (1)

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comic story / 0.2 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:What was the idea of calling me a wallflower at the dance last night?
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis:
Reggie called Jughead a wallflower because he ate so much he had a pot belly.
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]

Katy Keene / comic story / 2 pages


  • Genre:humor; teen; fashion
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:C'mon, Katy, we're almost to th' top!
Characters:
Katy Keene; K.O. Kelly
Synopsis:
K.O. tries to get eagle eggs from an abandoned nest, but he finds out the hard way the nest wasn't abandoned, when an adult eagle shows up.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Hiking outfit, pose, sheep, etc. by Gloria Barrett (Pictow, NS, Canada); Title Letters by Jerry Shores (Amarillo, TX); K.O.'s outfit by Eleanor Thiele (Green Bay, WI); Swimsuit and Pose by Nancy Erb (Lewisburg, PA); Katy's outfit by Susan McIlvaine (Toledo, OH)

Fare Exchange!

Jughead / comic story / 1 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis:
Archie and Reggie take Jughead to the train station and they make it on the train but he doesn't. It turns out, they had only come along to see him off.
Reprints (1)

If the Shoe Fits

Jughead / comic story / 3.8 pages


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Archie's Pal Jughead
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Jughead! Do you realize I'm going to be the judge at the Cinderella Ball tonight?
Characters:
Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Ophelia Glutenschnable; Pop Tate; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Synopsis:
Reggie is the judge at a Cinderella dance, where the girl whose foot fits his shoe will win a date of her choice at the nicest restaurant in town. Reggie convinces Jughead to pretend to be a girl, so they can arrange to both win and get the meal. Unfortunately, Ophelia Glutenschnable wears the same size shoe as Jughead, and she picks Reggie as her date.
Reprints (2)

Saving For Two

Reggie / comic story / 0.2 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I just finished my life saving course at the Y!!
Characters:
Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Archie has finished a life-saving course, so he can save beautiful babes at the beach. Reggie wants Archie to save one for him too.
Reprints (2)

There Are Smells That Make Us Happy!

Jughead / comic story / 2 pages


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hey, Arch! This is an expensive joint!
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Archie wants to buy perfume for his girl friend, but when the salesman learns Archie has only two dollars, he kicks him out of the store.
Reprints (2)

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Jughead / comic story / 1 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hey Arch, watch this!
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Jughead's dog Rover is good at fetching the newspaper, so Jughead shoots a bird and the dog still fetches a newspaper.
Reprints (1)

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Prof. Jughead's Educational Corner / comic story / 1 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Today, class, we are going to study the science of bubble blowing.
Characters:
Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Jughead blows bubble gum into different shapes.
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

First appearance of Prof. Jughead's Educational Corner, which would intermittently appear into the 1970s.

Minus Over Matter

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:What's Archie doing in Jughead's house?
Characters:
Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Archie goes to Jughead's house to get a contribution for Reggie's present. He comes out with three dollars, but he admits he went in with eleven dollars.
Reprints (1)

Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Jughead can't help a man by giving him directions, but he quips that he's not the one who's lost.
Reprints (1)
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