Volume: 1
Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1943-02-08
Editing: Harry Shorten (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #2 Edit Cover
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Bob Montana (signed)
Inks:
Bob Montana (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Where were we supposed to make that turn, Veronica?
  • Keywords:automobiles; jalopies
Characters:
Bumbie (inset); Squoimy (inset); Judge Owl (inset)
Reprints (1)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On sale date from mikesamazingworld.com

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
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Letters:
typeset
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Typeset table of contents for the issue, with a small article stating that reader response to Issue 1 was amazing.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Weirdly, this did not appear in Dark Horse's Archie Archives, but did in the reprint on the Archie digital app.

A Prevue of "Archie's Troubles"
(Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 1 page

Script:
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  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Synopsis:
Archie and Veronica introduce the issue's stories with art from each story.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

title from contents page; preview page

Archie the Athlete
(Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 9 pages

Script:
?
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Letters:
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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Happy birthday to you...
Characters:
Mr. Gleenbore (introduction)
Synopsis:
Archie decides to join the rifle club but Betty thinks he's signing up for track. So, Archie goes to the track meet while Jughead goes to the rifle club meeting. It turns out that Jughead has excellent aim, but because he is posing as Archie, it is believed that Archie is the one with good aim.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Mantle spelled as Mantel in this story.

The Mad Hypnotist
(Table of Contents: 4)

Cubby / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
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Letters:
?
  • Genre:anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Gee! But it feels great to be out of prison!
Characters:
The Mad Hypnotist (introduction, villain)

Sir Archibald of the Round Table
(Table of Contents: 5)

Archie / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Synopsis:
Archie goes to the history prom as a knight. He falls asleep and dreams of having to rescue Lady Veronica from the Mad Monk (Mr. Weatherbee). Archie awakes but thinks he is still dreaming and holds Mr. Weatherbee at swordpoint.
Reprints (4)

Archie's Secret Weapon
(Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / text story / 2 pages

Script:
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:At least once in his young life, every boy is bitten by the invention bug.
Characters:
Synopsis:
Archie invents the electromagneticsupervelocitysodiumchlorideprojector and tests it on the Riverdale Chowder and Marching Society, thinking they are Nazis.
Reprints (1)

The Case of the Missing Page
(Table of Contents: 7)

Bumbie / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
?
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Letters:
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  • Genre:anthropomorphic-funny animals; detective-mystery
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I'm Bumbie, the bee-tective, see!
Characters:
Joe Edwards (guest star); Harry Shorten; Bob Montana; The Mad Hatter (introduction, villain)

A Hunting We Will Go
(Table of Contents: 8)

Archie / comic story / 3 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
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Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:See! See!
Characters:
Synopsis:
Archie's homemade alarm wakes up everyone-except him.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

title from contents page
An Archie Short

The Big Apple
(Table of Contents: 9)

Squoimy the Woim / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:anthropomorphic-funny animals
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Yum!
Characters:
Squoimy; Annabelle; William Tell; William Tell's son

Indexer Notes

last appearance

Veronica Goes to Town
(Table of Contents: 10)

Veronica / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Synopsis:
Veronica causes chaos wherever she goes while she shops for new nail polish, claiming that no one notices her with the polish she's wearing.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

1st Veronica solo story

Meet the Editor
(Table of Contents: 11)

text article / 1 page

Script:
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?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:biography
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:One bright April morning about a million years ago--or anyway, it feels like a...
Characters:
Harry Shorten

The Fable of the Spider and the Fly
(Table of Contents: 12)

Judge Owl's Fables / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
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?
Letters:
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  • Genre:anthropomorphic-funny animals
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Won't you come into my parlor, Freddie Fly?
Characters:
Slinky Spider (introduction); Freddie Fly; Judge Owl

Indexer Notes

last appearance

Poor Fish
(Table of Contents: 13)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Oscar!
Characters:
Oscar (dog)
Synopsis:
Archie, Mr. Andrews, and Oscar go hunting for ducks.
Reprints (1)
my.comics.org
Tracked in 4 collections.
Issue at www.comics.org
View Change History
Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Where were we supposed to make that turn, Veronica?"]
    Archie
  2. [no title indexed]
  3. A Prevue of "Archie's Troubles"
    Archie
  4. Archie the Athlete
    Archie
  5. The Mad Hypnotist
    Cubby
  6. Sir Archibald of the Round Table
    Archie
  7. Archie's Secret Weapon
    Archie
  8. The Case of the Missing Page
    Bumbie
  9. A Hunting We Will Go
    Archie
  10. The Big Apple
    Squoimy the Woim
  11. Veronica Goes to Town
    Veronica
  12. Meet the Editor
  13. The Fable of the Spider and the Fly
    Judge Owl's Fables
  14. Poor Fish
    Archie
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  • Thomas Burton
  • Peter Croome
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  • Michael Hoskin
  • Mike Nielsen
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  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore
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