Volume:
Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 52
Editing: Harry Shorten (managing editor); John L. Goldwater (credited) (editor); Maurice Coyne (credited) (business manager)
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page

Script:
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Pencils:
Bill Vigoda (signed)
Inks:
Bill Vigoda (signed)
Colors:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Nothing to it, girls! I'll be back over the fence faster than I went!
  • Keywords:dogs; pogo sticks
Characters:
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Issue Data

Archie Proudly Presents
(Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page

Script:
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Pencils:
Bill Vigoda (signed)
Inks:
Bill Vigoda (signed)
Colors:
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Letters:
typeset
Characters:
Synopsis:
Introduction to the issue's stories.
Reprints (1)

The Little Things in Life
(Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
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Colors:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Buster (introduction); Mrs. Whipple (introduction); Murgatroyd (introduction)
Synopsis:
Archie beats Reggie in a bicycle race, but has no money to repair his now broken bike. So, Archie decides to open a baby-sitting business.
Reprints (3)

Indexer Notes

Archie's address is 5 Maple Ave.

How Not to Fly a Kite!
(Table of Contents: 3)

Archie's Hobby Page / text story / 1 page

Script:
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Pencils:
Bill Vigoda (signed as Vig)
Inks:
Bill Vigoda (signed as Vig)
Colors:
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Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Archie helps some neighborhood children build a kite.
Reprints (1)

The Patriot
(Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Mr. Floogle (introduction); Mr. Gumbubble (introduction)
Synopsis:
Archie decides to contribute to the war effort by getting a job at Floogle's Department Store. As usual, Archie causes chaos inside the store.
Reprints (3)

A Friend in Need
(Table of Contents: 5)

Archie / text story / 1.8 pages

Script:
Harry Kames (credited)
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Dr. Pullem
Synopsis:
When Archie has Jughead go to the dentist to postpone his appointment, Jughead ends up getting two teeth pulled.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

No feature logo.

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

statement of ownership / 0.2 page

Script:
Louis H. Silberkleit (credited) (publisher)
Letters:
typeset

[Terrestrial Nostalgia]
(Table of Contents: 7)

Dotty and Ditto / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:humor; children
Characters:
Gramps; Dottum; Princess Little Cow (Dottum's mom, introduction); Princess Little Cow's husband (Dottum's dad, introduction)

Indexer Notes

This feature last appeared in Laugh Comix (Archie, 1944 series) #48.

[Notice]
(Table of Contents: 8)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Notice / Because of the war a shortage of waitresses...
  • Keywords:waitresses; war effort
Characters:
Synopsis:
Betty and Veronica contribute to the war effort by becoming waitresses.
Reprints (3)

Indexer Notes

Title from the reprint in the 2018 collection The Best of Archie: Betty and Veronica Vol. 2.

Be Lovely with Betty and Veronica
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Betty and Veronica / promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages

All Steamed Up
(Table of Contents: 10)

Archie / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Bill Vigoda (signed)
Inks:
Stan Borack (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Synopsis:
Archie attempts to fix the radiator and sets off a chain of painful events.
Reprints (2)

The Gay Young Blade
(Table of Contents: 11)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Bob Montana (non-recurring characters)
Bill Vigoda (new faces)
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Corporal Brent
Synopsis:
After Archie catches Corporal Brent with Veronica, he is challenged to a duel at the Academy the next day.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

This story originally appeared in Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #36, but this version has a different first page and has replaced the epilogue with an ad for the scrap drive.

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Nothing to it, girls! I'll be back over the fence faster than I went!"]
    Archie
  2. Archie Proudly Presents
  3. The Little Things in Life
    Archie
  4. How Not to Fly a Kite!
    Archie's Hobby Page
  5. The Patriot
    Archie
  6. A Friend in Need
    Archie
  7. [no title indexed]
  8. [Terrestrial Nostalgia]
    Dotty and Ditto
  9. [Notice]
    Betty and Veronica
  10. Be Lovely with Betty and Veronica
    Betty and Veronica
  11. All Steamed Up
    Archie
  12. The Gay Young Blade
    Archie
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