Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1953-06-30
Editing: John L. Goldwater (editor-in-chief); Harry Shorten (managing editor)

[no title indexed]

Archie / cover / 1 page


  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Here comes Archie! I hope he likes my new dress! It cost me a fortune!
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Reprints (1)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Guys 'n' Gags

Archie / comic story / 1 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Archie, stand still!
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Souphead; Coach Kleats
Synopsis:
Archie sees a bear; Betty and Archie go canoeing; Souphead annoys the cat; Archie is motivated to run.

Indexer Notes

Series of four one-panel gags inside front cover.

Heavenly Daze

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:All right students, now answer the questions as quickly as you can!
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy
Synopsis:
Archie answers "Heaven only knows" for each question on a quiz, so Miss Grundy gives Heaven a perfect grade.
Reprints (2)

Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Jughead tests Mr. Weatherbee's new policy of scheduling two periods per day in a certain subject by asking for two lunch periods.
Reprints (2)

The Chief of Bad-Gag

Reggie / comic story / 1 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Archie's Rival Reggie
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hey Jughead, I hear you have a cat with a terrific sense of humor!
Characters:
Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Reggie annoys the gang with his gags.
Reprints (1)

Stopped Short

Miss Grundy / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Tweet!
Characters:
Miss Grundy
Synopsis:
Miss Grundy gets pulled over in Archie's jalopy.
Reprints (2)

Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Archie's Pal Jughead
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Jughead aren't you going to dance at all?
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Synopsis:
Betty tries to get Jughead to dance with a girl.
Reprints (2)

A-Loan Together

Archie / comic story / 1 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:But Mom, I already have two dollars...
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews
Synopsis:
Archie asks his father for money but ends up giving him money after Fred details his budget problems.
Reprints (1)

Southern Pride Chicken

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Archie, Madame Wazelle designed a new bathing suit especially for me...
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Archie compliments Veronica's new "Southern Pride" bathing suit.
Reprints (2)

How to Dissolve a Problem

Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Archie's Rival Reggie
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Nothing doing, wise guy! I'm not telling you what I'm working on!
Characters:
Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Reggie tells Jughead about his idea for a universal solvent.
Reprints (2)

Archie / comic story / 1 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Why don't you just sell it and end your misery?
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Archie is outraged by the price when he tries to sell his jalopy.
Reprints (1)

Archie / comic story / 1 page


  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:...Er...Miss Grundy, I know I promised to come over for some tutoring in math...
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy
Synopsis:
Archie uses the fog as an excuse to get out of tutoring and meet the gang, but the fog disorients him and he winds up at Miss Grundy's house anyway.
Reprints (2)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:You want me to tell Betty to call this number and ask for Archie?
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis:
Reggie pulls a gag on Betty by having her call Ah-Chee Wong Hand Laundry to ask for Archie.
Reprints (2)

Study Does It!

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Archie, don't tell me you're finished with your studying so quickly?
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis:
Archie tells Miss Grundy why he won't study.
Reprints (2)

A Slip of the Sip

Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Archie's Pal Jughead
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Here you are, sports...one soda, two straws!
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate
Synopsis:
Archie and Jughead flip a coin to share a soda.
Reprints (2)

Taking No Dances

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Ouch! Don't you find it difficult shopping for shoes?
Characters:
Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Archie takes dance lessons.
Reprints (2)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Betty, we're going to rue the day that hussy came to our school!
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Betty and Veronica buy perfume from another student.
Reprints (1)

Doctor's Orders

Reggie / comic story / 1 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:We've come to see Reggie Mantle.
Characters:
Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Synopsis:
Reggie spends his time under hospital observation observing the nurses.
Reprints (1)

Franks a Million!

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Jughead gives Betty franks instead of francs to make a necklace.
Reprints (3)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:All right wise guy! I'll flip you to see who takes Veronica!
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis:
Archie and Reggie flip each other instead of flipping a coin to determine who dates Veronica.
Reprints (3)

Archie / comic story / 1 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Where to, keeds?
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Archie accidentally drives his car into a new theater.
Reprints (1)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hey Jug, did you hear about Reggie's new photo enlarger!
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Archie tells Jughead about his plan to make a bet on Reggie's photo enlarger.
Reprints (3)

Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Archie encourages Jughead to take the day off from the Chok'lit Shop when he injures his ankle – until he realizes it's Jughead's payday.
Reprints (3)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I'll have to ask Daddy if it's all right for you to come over tonight Archie, hold on!
Characters:
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Veronica says her father was a perfect lamb about Archie coming over.
Reprints (2)

Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Archie's Pal Jughead
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Jughead ... didn't you go to the game with Archie?
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Synopsis:
Jughead describes his falling out with Archie over money.
Reprints (2)

Archie / comic story / 1 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Archie, do you think I'm a pretty girl?
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Synopsis:
Archie absentmindedly agrees with Betty's questions about whether he likes her.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Fourth panel contains billboard with information on polio precautions.

Jokes (But Not Archie's)

comic story / 2 pages


  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Dizzy blonde: "Does this lipstick come off easily?"
Synopsis:
Series of 10 written jokes that do not contain Archie characters.
Reprints (1)

If Fishes Come True

Archie's Pop 'n' Mom / comic story / 1 page


  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I think I'll go catch me a batch of fish for supper tonight!
Characters:
Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis:
Fred goes fishing but comes up empty-handed, so he goes to the fish market to cover his losses. Mary is surprised when he gets home because she told the fish market worker to sell him cod.
Reprints (1)

Archie / comic story / 1 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hi, honey-bun! How's about a spin in the old chariot this afternoon?
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis:
Archie attempts to help Betty and Veronica paint the house.
Reprints (1)

Haste Makes Chased

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:What's the rush?
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Synopsis:
Archie is surprised at how quickly Jughead runs to the lunchroom until he remembers that Veronica is working there.
Reprints (3)

Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Archie's Pal Jughead
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Aha! Swiping cake from the cooking class again!
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis:
Miss Grundy says it looks like mice were nibbling on Jughead's cake all night. Jughead replies that's impossible because the cat slept on it.
Reprints (3)

A Wish in Time

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:A picnic? Oh we'd love to go along!
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Betty and Veronica have a picnic without the boys but wish on their chicken wishbone that the boys were there.
Reprints (1)

Slay It With Music

Archie / comic story / 1 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Oh, Archie, ... wasn't Boone Laswoone wonderful?
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Archie proves he can be romantic by stealing a jukebox from the Chok'lit Shop and playing it outside Veronica's window.
Reprints (1)

Fountain of Ruse

Jughead / comic story / 1 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Archie's Pal Jughead
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:No sodas, Jughead, unless you guarantee payment!
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis:
Jughead tricks Pop Tate into not paying for his sundae.
Reprints (2)

Archie / comic story / 1 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Miss Grundy, can I give you a ride home?
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Miss Grundy attends a play rehearsal and thinks she is the "old skeleton" that Archie is referring to.
Reprints (2)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Maybe when Archie sees these puppets he'll see how I feel about him!
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Betty makes puppets of herself and Archie.
Reprints (2)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Gee, Dad, thanks a million for helping me out with my math problems!
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews
Synopsis:
Mr. Andrews helps Archie with his math homework and later learns that his answers were all wrong.
Reprints (2)

Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 1 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Moose Mason
Synopsis:
Moose takes a spelling test to be eligible for the athletic team.
Reprints (1)

A-Hinting We Will Go

Archie / comic story / 1 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Sigh!
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis:
Mr. Lodge uses his connections at the TV station to have an "Archie go home!" sign held up on live TV.
Reprints (1)

Archie / comic story / 1 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Ah - made it in time to see the ball game on TV!
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews
Synopsis:
Archie's "television commercial obliterator" invention breaks the TV screen, so Mr. Andrews uses it to spank Archie.
Reprints (2)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Here are the slips the students put in the suggestion box Mr. Weatherbee!
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis:
Mr. Weatherbee carries out the students' suggestions — to the trash cans.
Reprints (2)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy
Synopsis:
Miss Grundy asks Archie to punctuate a sentence.
Reprints (2)

Music Breaker

Jughead / comic story / 1 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Archie's Pal Jughead
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Oh my aching ears! Why did I ever become a music teacher?
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Mr. Fluteweed; Miss Grundy
Synopsis:
Mr. Fluteweed has a tough time with orchestra rehearsals due to absences.
Reprints (1)

Archie / comic story / 1 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Archie, what this scene needs is some stars!
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis:
Mr. Weatherbee asks for more stars on Archie's theater set and gets them when Archie knocks a paint can on his head.
Reprints (1)

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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Veronica, if you had 250 apples...
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley
Synopsis:
Miss Grundy asks Veronica a math problem; Archie is annoying Betty; Dilton tells Veronica she overuses two words in her essay.

Indexer Notes

Series of three three-panel gags inside back cover.

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Jughead / comic story / 1 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Archie's Pal Jughead
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Gee! If it wasn't for the mustache...
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Jughead thinks he sees his aunt; Jughead tells Veronica about his uncle's bad luck; Jughead is afraid to turn in his composition on bravery.

Indexer Notes

Series of three three-panel gags on back cover.

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