Volume: 1
Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1957-08-12
Editing: John L. Goldwater (editor-in-chief); Harry Shorten (managing editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #44 Edit Cover
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Jughead / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Love at "second" sight, Juggy?
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Synopsis:
Jughead's interest in a girl perks up when he finds out what her father does.

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Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Uplifting Experience!
(Table of Contents: 1)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Archie's Pal Jughead
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hmph! There goes that fiend ....... that hoodlum! That - that beast!
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Alice Grundy; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
The students hear Miss Grundy may have to undergo plastic surgery to repair a broken nose. Later when Miss Grundy's young niece visits the school, everyone assumes she's Miss Grundy post-surgery.
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Vanity Case
(Table of Contents: 2)

Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Have you noticed, Ronnie, how the funniest looking guys always seem to get the prettiest girls?
Characters:
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Archie notices that a lot of beautiful women seem attracted to funny-looking men.
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Taken to the Cleaners!
(Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Take a walk with me while I bring this suit to be pressed!
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Archie decides to stop patronizing a local tailor shop.
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Shell Game!
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Jughead / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Archie's Pal Jughead
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Say, Jug ol' pal! Could you lend me fifty cents?
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis:
When Reggie finds out that Jughead is making money selling seashell jewelry, he and Archie conspire to find out how Jughead acquires the jewelry and beat him to the punch.
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Jughead / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Train of Thought
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Jughead / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Get that thing out of the aisle!
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Train Conductor; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Jughead feels the wrath of a train conductor over a suitcase left in the aisle.
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The Defense Rests
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Jughead / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Souphead Jones
Synopsis:
Souphead has bully troubles and Jughead will only intervene if the odds are in his favor.

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

A Clothes Save
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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Yipee!
Characters:
Li'l Jinx Holliday; Hap Holliday
Synopsis:
Jinx has a wardrobe malfunction at the beach.
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Time Flies
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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Daddy! I don't understand it!
Characters:
Li'l Jinx Holliday; Hap Holliday
Synopsis:
Jinx takes the scenic route to the dentist's office.
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

The comics rack in the first panel shows issues of Wilbur, Laugh, Pep, Li'l Jinx, and Archie.

The Great Balloonist
(Table of Contents: 11)

Our American Heritage / text article / 1 page

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  • Genre:biography
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:John Wise, known as the Father of American Ballooning, was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1808.
Synopsis:
A biography of nineteenth century balloonist John Wise.
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Prophet and Loss
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Jughead / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Archie's Pal Jughead
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:He's a clod! That's what he is! An ill-mannered, unkempt clod!
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Midge Klump; Moose Mason
Synopsis:
When Archie hears Betty and Veronica deriding Jughead, he teams with Reggie to make the girls think Jughead is clairvoyant. But Jughead turns around and tries to use the scam to get dinner at the girls' expense, and at the expense of the boys' plans for the evening.
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Love at "second" sight, Juggy?"]
    Jughead
  2. Uplifting Experience!
    Jughead
  3. Vanity Case
    Veronica
  4. Taken to the Cleaners!
    Archie
  5. Shell Game!
    Jughead
  6. ["Rock 'n' roll with laughter!"]
    Jughead
  7. Train of Thought
    Jughead
  8. The Defense Rests
    Jughead
  9. ["This one has everything!"]
    Archie
  10. A Clothes Save
    Li'l Jinx
  11. Time Flies
    Li'l Jinx
  12. The Great Balloonist
    Our American Heritage
  13. Prophet and Loss
    Jughead
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  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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