Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #18

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Price: 0.10 USD

Pages: 52

On-sale Date: 1945-11-23

Editing: Harry Shorten (editor)

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Archie / cover / 1 page

Pencils:	Al Fagaly (signed)
Inks:	Al Fagaly (signed)
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:humor; teen

First Line of Dialogue or Text:Gruesome, isn't it? If old Grundy only knew whose face I carved on this hallowe'en pumpkin, Veronica!
Keywords:Hallowe'en; jack o'lanterns

Characters:

Reprints (1)

in Archie Archives (Dark Horse, 2011 series) #5

Issue Data

Publisher's Brand: An MLJ Magazine
Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Indicia Frequency: ?
Printer: ?

Indexer Notes

Last issue to be published under the MLJ brand.

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 1, Part 2, Nos. 1&2, Periodicals, 1946-1947.

Archie Proudly Presents

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table of contents / 1 page

Script:	?
Pencils:	Al Fagaly ?
Inks:	Al Fagaly ?
Colors:	?
Letters:	typeset

Characters:

Synopsis:: Table of contents for the issue.; in Archie Archives (Dark Horse, 2011 series) #5

The Frog Catcher

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Archie / comic story / 6 pages

Script:	?
Pencils:	Bill Vigoda
Inks:	Bill Vigoda
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:humor; teen

Keywords:frogs; judge; money

Characters:

Judge Morrow (introduction)

Synopsis:: Archie catches some frogs for a jumping contest and puts them in a casserole dish. Later, Mrs. Andrews mistakes the dish for food and serves it when Judge Morrow comes to visit.; in Archie Archives (Dark Horse, 2011 series) #5
in Archie 1000 Page Comics Jam (Archie, 2015 series) (2015)
in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #263 (September 2015)
in Archie Milestones Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2019 series) #15 (August 2022)

A Minotaur Maze!

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Archie / activity / 1 page

Script:	?
Pencils:	Al McLean (signed)
Inks:	Al McLean (signed)
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:humor; teen

Keywords:crossword puzzle; maze; riddle

Characters:

Archie Andrews

Synopsis:: Puzzle page with a maze, a riddle, and a crossword puzzle.; in Archie Archives (Dark Horse, 2011 series) #5

The Lucky Coin

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Archie / comic story / 6 pages

Script:	?
Pencils:	Bill Vigoda
Inks:	Bill Vigoda
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:humor; teen

Keywords:luck; lucky coin

Characters:

Synopsis:: Archie is convinced that his lucky coin works until it causes him bad luck at Pop Tate's.; in Archie Archives (Dark Horse, 2011 series) #5
in Archie (Archie, 2015 series) #7 (May 2016)

Indexer Notes

Contents page title.

The Soda "Jerk"

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Archie / text story / 2 pages

Script:	?
Letters:	typeset

Genre:humor; teen

Keywords:castor oil; oil; soda

Characters:

Mr. Davis; Mrs. Snodgrass

Synopsis:: Archie gets a job at Pop Tate's and accidentally puts castor oil in all of the sodas he sells.; in Archie Archives (Dark Horse, 2011 series) #5

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Dotty and Ditto / comic story / 5 pages

Script:	Bill Woggon ?
Pencils:	Bill Woggon
Inks:	Bill Woggon
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:humor; children

First Line of Dialogue or Text:Don't fence me in!

Characters:

Dickie Kahl (Dotty's cousin, introduction)

The Dummy

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Archie / comic story / 8 pages

Script:	?
Pencils:	Bill Vigoda
Inks:	Bill Vigoda
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:humor; teen

Keywords:dummy; school play

Characters:

Synopsis:: Archie and Jughead create a dummy Archie for the murder scene in the school play. This causes chaos when people mistake the dummy for the real Archie.; in Archie Archives (Dark Horse, 2011 series) #5

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Archie / activity / 1 page

Script:	?
Pencils:	?
Inks:	?
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:teen

First Line of Dialogue or Text:Archie
Keywords:crossword puzzle; maze

Characters:

Archie Andrews

Synopsis:: Puzzle page with a maze, connect-the-dots, and a crossword puzzle.; in Archie Archives (Dark Horse, 2011 series) #5

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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 7 pages

Script:	?
Pencils:	Bill Vigoda (signed)
Inks:	Al McLean (signed)
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:humor; teen

First Line of Dialogue or Text:Uh--Miss Krumbibble, I know how to make the doughnuts...
Keywords:cake; cooking class

Characters:

Miss Krumbibble

Synopsis:: After a cooking class mishap, Betty and Veronica bake a cake to practice their skills. However, the cake causes more chaos than the cooking class.; in Archie Archives (Dark Horse, 2011 series) #5

Indexer Notes

Similar storyline to the Ginger story in Zip Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #36.

Betty and Veronica Tell Their Secret

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Betty and Veronica / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Negative Psychology

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Archie / comic story / 8 pages

Script:	?
Pencils:	Bob Montana (non-recurring characters) Bill Vigoda (new faces)
Inks:	Bill Vigoda
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:humor; teen

Keywords:class president; election; psychology; speech

Characters:

Streaky Shore; May Tadpole; Theodosius Tadpole

Synopsis:: While at an assembly to nominate a class president, Betty yells at Archie and Archie is accepted as a nominee. Archie tells everyone not to vote for him, but Archie's psychology teacher tells him that this will only make more people vote for him. Archie has candy in his mouth during his speech, making him sound like Mr. Weatherbee. Because of this, Archie wins the election.; in Archie Archives (Dark Horse, 2011 series) #5

Indexer Notes

Same storyline and mostly the same script as the Archie story in Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #27. Some pages have the same art as the original, with changes to the main characters. Others have new dialogue and character poses. The script was also not changed on page 2 from 1942 to 1945.

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Table of Contents ToC

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Archie / cover / 1 page

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

Archie Proudly Presents (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page

The Frog Catcher (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

A Minotaur Maze! (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / activity / 1 page

The Lucky Coin (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

Indexer Notes

The Soda "Jerk" (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie / text story / 2 pages

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

Dotty and Ditto / comic story / 5 pages

The Dummy (Table of Contents: 7)

Archie / comic story / 8 pages

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

Archie / activity / 1 page

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 7 pages

Indexer Notes

Betty and Veronica Tell Their Secret (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 10)

Betty and Veronica / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Negative Psychology (Table of Contents: 11)

Archie / comic story / 8 pages

Indexer Notes

[no title indexed] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 12)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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(Table of Contents)

Archie Proudly Presents

(Table of Contents: 1)

The Frog Catcher

(Table of Contents: 2)

A Minotaur Maze!

(Table of Contents: 3)

The Lucky Coin

(Table of Contents: 4)

The Soda "Jerk"

(Table of Contents: 5)

[no title indexed]

(Table of Contents: 6)

The Dummy

(Table of Contents: 7)

[no title indexed]

(Table of Contents: 8)

[no title indexed]

(Table of Contents: 9)

Betty and Veronica Tell Their Secret

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Negative Psychology

(Table of Contents: 11)

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