Volume: 1
Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1958-04-15
Editing: John L. Goldwater (editor-in-chief); Richard H. Goldwater (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #48 Edit Cover
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Jughead / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Yup!... Doc says I recovered so quickly because I have such rich, young, blood!
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle

Indexer Notes

Later redrawn for the cover of Reggie #16

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Paid In Fool
(Table of Contents: 1)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Archie's Pal Jughead
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:An English country gentleman, or a Texas rancher!
  • Keywords:gigolo
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump; Moose Mason
Synopsis:
Jughead becomes a gigolo, not only dating any girl who pays him but disguising himself as any type of man they fantasize about. He takes on Reggie as a junior partner in the business, but Reggie can't resist trying to make some trouble for his new boss by signing up Midge for Jughead's services and tipping off Moose about it.
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Take Me Out to the Brawl Game
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Archie / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Of all the rotten luck!!
  • Keywords:baseball
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Loretta
Synopsis:
Archie has to take his seven year-old cousin Loretta to a baseball game.

I Auto Know
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Jughead / comic story / 2.75 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Archie's Pal Jughead
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I've got it! I've got it! I've got it!
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis:
Jughead tells the guys about his idea for "drive-in schools."
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

This story seems prototypical of the character-narrated gag stories that would soon appear in Archie's Madhouse.

By the Numbers
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Moose / comic story / 0.25 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Big Moose
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Moose, I've been looking over your record! It's pretty bad!
Characters:
Moose Mason; Waldo Weatherbee
Synopsis:
Moose argues that his grades aren't really that bad.
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Cattle
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Nature's Notebook / text article / 1 page

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  • Genre:non-fiction; nature; animal; math & science
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Cattle have been essential to man for thousands of years as a source of meat, milk, clothing, and as beasts of burden.
Synopsis:
Article about different types of cattle.

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Prof. Jughead's Educational Corner / comic story / 1.75 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Students! Today we'll discuss the manly art of self-defense!
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Moose Mason
Synopsis:
Professor Jughead lectures on self-defense.

Act Your Age
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Souphead / comic story / 0.25 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Whatcha doin' Souphead?
Characters:
Souphead Jones; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Souphead has trouble assembling a model airplane.

Indexer Notes

Souphead's age is revealed as 10.

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Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Tricks of the Trade!
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Jughead / comic story / 4 pages

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  • Feature Logo:Archie's Pal Jughead
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Good bye, Ronnie! I'm so sorry you won't be home this week end!
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Synopsis:
Betty wants to spend time with Archie, who needs an old turtle for a science project, so Jughead writes something on the turtle's shell to make it seem like it's older.

Stations In Space
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Science & Satellites / text article / 1 page

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  • Genre:non-fiction; math & science
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:On Oct. 4, 1957, the first artificial satellite, "Sputnik I", was launched by Russia.

Buddies to the End
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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:You're my best friend in the whole world, Ga!
Characters:
Li'l Jinx Holliday; Ga Ga
Synopsis:
Li'l Jinx tells Ga Ga she is her best friend.

One Man Band
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Jughead / activity / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Archie's Pal Jughead
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Can you guess what musical instrument I'm pretending to play?
Characters:
Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Jughead asks us to guess what instruments he's pretending to play.
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Foxy Proxy
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Jughead / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump; Moose Mason
Synopsis:
Reggie gets the coach to send Archie to a meeting as a proxy for him, so Reggie can take Archie's place with Veronica at a dance. But Veronica is sick, so Jughead chooses Midge to be her proxy for the dance. A terrified Reggie tries to explain to Moose that he's really just dating Midge as a proxy for Archie, and when that doesn't seem to work, he pays Jughead to be his proxy when Moose gets back.
Reprints (3)

Indexer Notes

Credits added in the 1994 reprint.

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Yup!... Doc says I recovered so quickly because I have such rich, young, blood!"]
    Jughead
  2. Paid In Fool
    Jughead
  3. Take Me Out to the Brawl Game
    Archie
  4. I Auto Know
    Jughead
  5. By the Numbers
    Moose
  6. Cattle
    Nature's Notebook
  7. ["Students! Today we'll discuss the manly art of self-defense!"]
    Prof. Jughead's Educational Corner
  8. Act Your Age
    Souphead
  9. ["Out of this world!"]
    Archie
  10. Tricks of the Trade!
    Jughead
  11. Stations In Space
    Science & Satellites
  12. Buddies to the End
    Li'l Jinx
  13. One Man Band
    Jughead
  14. Foxy Proxy
    Jughead
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