Volume: 1
Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1957-12-11
Editing: John L. Goldwater (editor-in-chief)

[no title indexed]

Jughead / cover / 1 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Jughead, you have just won the pie-eating contest…--Do you have anything to say?
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Moose Mason

Indexer Notes

Later redrawn for the covers of Laugh Comics Digest #3 and Archie's Pal Jughead Comics #182.

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages


  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason
Synopsis:
Jughead sells a cheap lucky charm to Reggie by getting Archie to unwittingly get Betty and Veronica to kiss him and by getting Moose to knock himself out against a brick wall.
Reprints (1)

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

Crook of Knowledge

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Archie! Hurry and get dressed or you'll be late for school!
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis:
Archie wants a particular shirt to wear, but his mother threw it in the laundry. He had written his history notes on it.

Service With a Smell

Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Archie's Pal Jughead
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Here's the omelette you ordered, Jug!
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Pop Tate
Synopsis:
Pop gives Jughead an omelette with eggs fit for a museum.

Betty and Veronica / activity / 1 page


  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper

Indexer Notes

Cut-out Valentine's basket and place cards

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Archie! It's on! I have Daddy's permission to throw a party tonight!
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis:
Jughead cleans windows in preparation for Veronica's party, only to learn that he's not invited to the upper-class soiree. In retaliation, Jughead writes on the window-side of the blinds while he's cleaning the windows. The sign says "Open House Free Food." and various hoboes come for the meal.
Reprints (1)

The Hummingbird

Nature's Notebook / text article / 1 page


  • Genre:animal; math & science
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:One of the most beautiful birds in the world is the tiny hummingbird.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Article about the hummingbird

The Big Cattle Town

Our American Heritage / text article / 1 page


  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Shortly after the Civil War many thousands of Longhorn cattle were driven over the Chisholm trail from Texas to Kansas.

Indexer Notes

Article about the cattle towns in U.S. history

Make Allowances

Jughead / comic story / 3 pages


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hi Pop! You're looking pretty chipper, today!
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate
Synopsis:
Pop Tate is very excited about Jughead coming, because it's the day Jughead gets his allowance, so Pop serves him whatever he wants. The only thing Jughead wants is water. He won't get his allowance until tomorrow.
Reprints (1)

Special Delivery

Pat the Brat / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:What's the matter, Pat?
Characters:
Pat the Brat; Sam Smith
Synopsis:
Pat comes to his dad with his troubles. A man who appears to have been on the receiving end of Pat's mischief follows him through the door.
Reprints (1)

General Retreat

Pat the Brat / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Well, little man! ... And what are you going to be when you grow up?
Characters:
Pat the Brat
Synopsis:
Pat says he wants to be a general in the army. The cop says that's dangerous because the enemy might shoot him. Pat decides he will be the enemy instead.
Reprints (1)

Words and Moose Sick

Moose / comic story / 2 pages


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Out! Scram! Skat! Blow! Get lost!
Characters:
Moose Mason; Midge Klump
Synopsis:
Moose tries to repeat a romantic line from a movie but gets it all wrong and makes Midge mad at him.
Reprints (1)

Deduce Is Wild

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages


  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Jughead impresses the gang with his powers of deduction, so Reggie tries to set him up. Jughead has to find a pin stolen from the safe. He follows clues such as rice grains and Chinese laundries, but after he finds the pin and Reggie leaves, Jughead admits that he used the window clue, as in looking in it to see where they hid the pin.
Reprints (1)
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