Archie (1943 Archie Comics) comic books 1938-1955

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Cover by Bill Vigoda. Stories by unknown. Art by George Frese and unknown. Featuring Archie in: "Cops and Ribbers"; "Love's Labor Lost"; "The Name Game"; "Act Your Age"; "Do or Dive"; and the 1-pager "Road Shmo"! Plus: Archie's Pal Jughead in "Dressed to Kill"! Also: 2-page text story "It's a Sad Whirl!" Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Featuring Archie in: "Odd Man Out"; "Operation Band-Aid"; "Art Depreciation"; "Something to Beef About"; "From Star to Finish". Plus: 2-page text piece "Hollywood Tattle Tales"! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bill Vigoda. Stories by unknown. Art by Bill Vigoda, George Frese and unknown. Mr. Weatherbee institutes Dilton's "obey your impulse" mantra throughout the school, to disastrous results, in "Obey That Impulse"! Plus: Betty takes up stamp collecting when Archie shows an interest in "Stamp Vamp"; Archie is roped into joining the football team in "The Drawback"; Archie balances simultaneous dates with Betty and Veronica in "Double Trouble"; Mr. Weatherbee takes tips on how to relax from Jughead in "Slump Chump!"; Mr. Andrews cooks a meal for Archie in the 1-pager "What's Cookin?"; and Archie tries to clean and repair Veronica's torn dress before a party in "Sew What"! Also: 2-page text piece "Hollywood Tattle Tales"! And: "Archie Fun Page"! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bill Vigoda. Stories by unknown. Art by George Frese and unknown. Featuring Archie in: "Kiss Me Again"; "Optical Delusion"; "Diamond in the Rough"; "Family Circle"; "Late Date"; "Talking Turkey" (Thanksgiving story); and the 1-pager "Exhausted" (public service announcement warning against carbon monoxide buildup in a garage)! Plus: 2-page text piece "From Hollywood"! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Bob Montana. "Very Kindly Yours"; Betty and Veronica come up with the idea of a "Be Kind to Teachers Week," when everyone is on their best behavior; However, circumstances conspire to cause Reggie, Archie, and Jughead to cause their usual troubles. "The Old Gray Mayor"; Archie needs a composition to enter a contest with the prize of being mayor of Riverdale for a day; While looking for his composition, he keeps running over a middle-aged man. Tootsie Rolls ad with Captain Tootsie. "Love Is Blind"; Betty and Veronica are cleaning house and are a mess; Archie comes by and ignores Veronica's sloppy appearance, but says Betty is a mess. Ginger ad. "The Principal of It"; When Mr. Weatherbee asks the P.T.A. board to petition for an increase in teachers' salaries, Mr. Lodge says that the schools need to be run more like a business. Mr. Weatherbee challenges Mr. Lodge to run the school for a day. From Hollywood article; Hollywood gossip about upcoming movies. Archie Club ad. "Lucky Puck"; When Jughead tries out for the hockey team, Uncle Herman tells one of his tall tales about his trick pucks. Pep Comics ad. Axeing Price public service announcement; Archie shows Reggie how to cut and split wood safely. "Let's Face It"; The girls are studying how to apply makeup and are using Jughead as a model. Super Duck ad. "Come Ona My House My Housa C'mon"; While Veronica is gone to the beauty parlor, Archie returns a record to the Lodge household and drives Mr. Lodge crazy by blasting songs while he tries to decide what record to borrow next. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bill Vigoda. Stories by unknown. Art by George Frese and unknown. Featuring Archie in: "Some Enchanted Evening"; "Don't Kid Me!"; "Kicking the Gang Around"; "Haste Makes Waste"; and "Mind Over Madder"! Plus: Jughead in "Dream Team"! Also: 2-page text piece "From Hollywood"! And: "Archie Fun Page"! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Bill Vigoda? "Fine Feathered Friends," pencils by Bill Vigoda, inks by Terry Szenics; Archie builds an elaborate combination bird house and feeder for Veronica, but the seed proves too tempting for Jughead. "Watch My Dust"; Mary is suddenly in a big hurry to clean the house. "Patch Me If You Can"; The school runs a dance where a male must take whichever female sews her patch on his pants. "It's a Gift"; Archie buys Veronica a present and leaves it with Betty's mother for safekeeping. "Eager Beaver," script by Frank Doyle, art by Harry Lucey; Jughead brings a live beaver to school with the hopes of making the animal the school mascot. Hollywood News article, art by Bill Vigoda. "Stop, Look and Lesson"; Fred pays Jughead's dad to write a composition for school for Archie; When the composition is discovered to be plagiarized, Archie takes the rap to protect his father's reputation. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bob Montana. Stories by unknown. Art by George Frese and unknown. Featuring Archie in: "The Low-Down Highbrow"; "Stamp of Approval"; "It Happened to a Dog"; "The Tie That Binds"; "Pops Tops"; and "Witch Switch"! Plus: Jughead in "Pardon My French"! Also: 2-page text piece "From Hollywood"! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bill Vigoda. Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Featuring Archie in: "Board With It All"; "Squeeze Play"; "On the Spot"; "Aim to Please"; "Words Fail Me"; and "Meek As a Moose"! Plus: Jughead in "Wooden You Know" and the 1-pager "Vitamin "See""! Also: 2-page text piece "From Hollywood"! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Rhyme For Romance"; Archie reads a corny love poem to Veronica, who likes it and kisses him; Reggie decides that stunt would work for him, too, and buys a poem from Jughead; After bragging about how he was up all night writing the poem, Reggie reads it to Veronica. "By Shnook Or Crook"; Mr. Lodge has some jewelry that needs repairs and puts it in the pocket of his sport coat; Unknown to him, Archie has an identical sport coat, and takes Mr. Lodge's when he leaves for the evening. "Hose Who"; Veronica sends Archie to get a section of garden hose; He meets Moose and Midge and mentions that Veronica sent him to get some hose; Midge thinks he means nylon stockings and tells Moose he should get some for her. "What's Buzzin'?"; Miss Grundy has Archie and Jughead clean Mr. Weatherbee's office; As they are doing so, they notice a bee hive in the tree outside the office window; Archie decides to use the vacuum cleaner to get rid of the bees. From Hollywood article about movie gossip. Archie Annual ad. "Ride or Wrong"; Archie and Jughead think Reggie has bought Moose's car. When it won't start, the pair pretend to try to fix the engine, when in reality, they are taking it apart. Archie Club news. Wilbur ad. Archie Fun Page. "Truant False"; Reggie and Archie forget to do their history homework and decide the day would be a good one to play hooky by going fishing at the Old Pond. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by Bill Woggon and unknown. Art by Harry Lucey, Joe Edwards, Bill Woggon and unknown. Featuring Archie in: "Cluckey Buck"; the 1-pager "Ether Way"; "A Medical Case"; "Food For Thought"; the 1-pager "Shop, Look, and Listen"; "Lift and Let Lift"; the 1-pager "Love in Bloom"; and "Look Who's Hair"! Plus: Jughead in "Dangerous When Neat" and the 1-pager "Potent Potion"! Also: Wilbur in "A Socksessful Idea"! And: a tale starring Katy Keene by Bill Woggon! Plus: Suzie in the 1-pager "One Way Ticket"! Also: 2-page text story "Brave As a Mouse"! 44 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Drown and Out"; Archie gets a job as a lifeguard; Betty pretends to be drowning in order for Archie to rescue her, but she overdoes the hugging in the water and Archie has to sock her to get them to shore. "Pranks For the Memory"; Jughead gets hit on the head by a baseball and apparently has temporary amnesia. "Change Your Oil!"; Archie asks the pharmacist to fill a prescription; The prescription is mostly castor oil. "Backfield in Emotion"; The girls are upset that the boys signed up for football and won't date them as much. Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Annual ad. "A Shorts Story"; The boys are wearing Bermuda shorts to school, much to Miss Grundy's displeasure. "Snow Use" text story. "Rags to Riches"; Wilbur and Red sneak into the exclusive Westfield Country Club to go swimming on a hot day. "Missile-Man"; Archie makes a homemade boomerang; It almost hits Mr. Lodge, who tries to get rid of it by throwing it away, which doesn't work. "Pair of Spectacles"; Moose has a part in the school play that requires him to have bad eyesight except when wearing glasses; He's having trouble remembering that, so Betty and Veronica tell him to stay in character until the next rehearsal. Archie's Joke Book ad. Archie Club ad. "Dragnut!"; Everywhere he turns, Mr. Weatherbee is faced with students singing the "Grabnet" [Dragnet] theme song or using versions of the show's catch phrases ("Just the facts, ma'am," etc.), which is driving him crazy. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Teen-Type"; When Archie's father reads of a gang crime in the paper, Archie reassures him that there's only a few juvenile delinquents and they can be spotted by how they dress. Pep Comics ad. "Let's Face It"; Archie appears to be painting a mustache on a portrait of Jughead, sending Mr. Weatherbee into gales of laughter. "Smear Campaign"; Betty and Veronica use Reggie as a guinea pig in their efforts to find smear-proof lipstick; When Betty tries to extend the experiment to Archie, Veronica objects. "Christmas Is Christmas" text story. "Test of the Town"; The gang is mad at Miss Grundy for being too strict; Jughead overhears the school superintendent tell Mr. Weatherbee that unless her class does well on the next day's test, Miss Grundy will be fired for not being effective; The gang thinks all they have to do is not study for the test and they will be rid of Miss Grundy. "Gripe Sniper"; Mr. Weatherbee rigs a microphone under the bench where students sit during lunch hour; He hears Archie and Jughead talk about possibly skipping school to go ice-skating the next day. "Secret Sorrow"; Someone sees Archie kiss a girl (not Veronica) at a dance, but Archie doesn't know who it is; When Reggie tells him to guess what he saw at the dance last night, Archie panics and does everything Reggie tells him to do. Archie Club ad. Archie's Christmas Stocking ad. Wilbur ad. "Sis the Candy Kid," script by Bill Woggon, Barbara McGowan (story idea), and Molly Bill (story idea), art by Bill Woggon; Sis can't open her mouth and Katy takes her to the dentist to see what's the matter. "Watch the Birdie"; Archie, Jughead and Mr. Weatherbee go bird-watching. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Play As You Go"; At a school talent contest, Archie does a Liberace imitation (as Liber-Archie), with the plan of having Jughead play a piano backstage while Archie mimes; Reggie finds out about the plan and does his best to sabotage the routine. "Flood of Advice"; Reggie makes fun of Archie for wearing rubber boots and carrying an umbrella for his date with Veronica (at Veronica's request); Archie decides to ditch the boots and umbrella, but gets caught in the rain on his way to Veronica's. "Cute Numbers"; Betty and Veronica have a mysterious conversation involving numbers; When Mr. Weatherbee asks what they are studying, Veronica says they are just choosing some cute boys from the football team to invite to their party. "Of Dopes and Dames" text story. "The Model Madness"; In hobby shop class, Archie is building a windmill out of buttons, Reggie is building a castle out of marbles, and Jughead is building a railroad engine. Archie Club ad. "Lover-Come Back"; Veronica has dropped Archie for Reggie; Jughead suggests writing fake love notes and signing other girls' names to them to make Veronica jealous. Archie Giant Series ad. "Reverse Decision"; Reggie has some trick glasses that make everything seem to be upside down; He slips the glasses on Moose while he's taking a nap, but the joke goes haywire after Moose wakes up. Archie's Joke Book ad. Untitled story; Reggie calls in a loan to Archie by demanding use of his jalopy that evening. "Shoot to Chill!"; Betty is upset because Veronica often gets her picture in the newspaper; Reggie and Jughead come up with an idea to photograph Betty in a swimsuit standing in the surf on a freezing day. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Bill Woggon and unknown. Art by Bill Woggon and unknown. After walking with Moose's girlfriend Lottie, Reggie fakes amnesia to keep Moose from beating him up in "Forgive and Forget"! Plus: Archie sends a paper airplane note to Veronica but it is intercepted by Mr. Lodge in "Notes to You!"; Sis can't fall asleep in school when her desk is changed in a Katy Keene 1-pager by Bill Woggon; Jughead tries to find a way to get Archie's sore tooth pulled for free in "Nothing But the Tooth!"; Archie's car backfires and he is stopped by a cop in the 1-pager "Safety Last!"; Archie in the half-pagers "No Miss-Tree," "Leaps and Bounce" and "It's For the Birds"; Jughead in the half-pager "Pound Foolish"; Reggie in the half-pager "Shoe-per Salesman"; Archie is usher at a movie theater and Reggie and Jughead try to get past him to get in free in "Matinee Idol"; Archie returns from two weeks at his uncle's farm in "I Love You Sow Much"; Reggie uses flattery to get a good grade from Miss Grundy in "Buttered Toast"; Archie and Miss Grundy are both late to school in the 1-pager "A Pair of Sneakers"; Archie tries to get other girls to ignore him after Veronica becomes jealous in "Jealously Yours!"; and Archie tries to butter up his father to get an advance on his allowance in the 1-pager "Reversed Psychology"! Also: Archie tries to explain the game of baseball to Veronica in the 2-page text story "Game Girl"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Campaign in the Neck," art by Bob Montana; Archie decides to run a last-minute write-in campaign against Reggie for class president; The school election is the same day as the Riverdale mayoral election; Jughead goes to pick up some campaign posters for Archie, but gets the Mayor's instead. "Something Fishy"; Archie and Veronica go to a seaside restaurant where the fish is guaranteed fresh. "Spec-tacular"; Moose insists on wearing the eyeglasses his favorite uncle left him, even though he can't see a thing. Archie Annual ad. "Pass the Smelling Salts"; The Professor has the students identify the smell of chemicals while blindfolded. "The Hand Writing on the Wall"; Reggie wrote all his girl friends' phone numbers on the wall around the pay phone at Pop's and is devastated when Pop has the whole shop painted. "For Goodness Sake!"; Reggie keeps getting dates with Veronica because Archie keeps getting detentions. Archie vows not to get a detention for a whole day. "The Oily Bird"; Veronica's fan is noisy, so Archie oils it; Veronica is not happy with the result. Archie Club ad. "Count Your Blessings"; Archie and Jughead are putting identifying signs over the school doors; When Jughead drops a small one on Archie's head, Jughead tells him he's lucky. "Right or Rung"; Veronica has an argument with Archie; When Pop Tate tries to help Archie patch things up, Archie manages to make Mr. Lodge think he and Veronica are going to elope. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Betty is supposed to be tutoring Archie in English, but is more interested in romance in "To Have and Too Bold!" Plus: Archie caddies for a golf match between Mr. Lodge and a wealthy client in "Caddy-Baddy!"; Archie baby-sits 'Little Asphalt,' the town terror, in "Fall Guy"; Archie gets a postcard from Veronica, who's spending a vacation at a summer resort, in the 1-pager "A Thousand Words"; Betty and Veronica fight over their belongings while at the beach with Archie and Reggie in "Mine Detector"; Reggie fights Big Moose for the finals of the school boxing tournament in "Confidence Man"; Pat the Brat half-pagers "Visibility 0" and "High and Frighty"; Archie takes Veronica to an "outdoor movie" where they sit in their car and watch the television in a store window in the half-pager "The Big Spender"; Wilbur in the half-pager "Ridin' High"; Red in the half-pager "A-La-Oops!"; Archie in the half-pagers "Canoe Top This," "Eye Trouble" and "Campaign Capers"; Betty and Veronica in the half-pager "Belle of the Beach"; and Archie's and Veronica's parents are taking them to separate resorts for the summer in "Hook, Line, and Stinker"! Also: "Fun Page"; "Exploring Veronica's Mind" illustration; "Archie's Puzzles" page; and two pages of text jokes in "Okay Jokes"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

"Thread Bare"; Betty tries every trick she can think of to sew patches on Archie's clothes for the "Patch Hop," but Veronica still wins, without lifting a finger. Archie's Christmas Stocking ad. Archie's Pals 'n' Gals ad. "Fire Away," pencils by Harry Lucey (?); Archie invents a fire alarm and gives it to Mr. Lodge; When Mr. Lodge is entertaining several wealthy industrialists, Archie decides it would be a good time to test the alarm, leading to the usual chaos. "Think—or Thwim," pencils by Bill Vigoda (?);Betty's cabin across the lake from Veronica doesn't have any grass for a lawn; Reggie gives orders to Archie and Jughead to take equipment over on a rowboat; Included is a lawn roller, which is empty and is supposed to be filled after it's taken across. "Bob Bob Bopping Along"; Archie, Betty, and Reggie go to a carnival sideshow, where they describe the acts in hipster slang. "The Music Menace"; Archie is elected president of the Music Appreciation Class and is told by the instructor to bring some records for the class to listen to. "Ain't Misbehaving!"; Archie decides the only way he can keep out of trouble at the beach is to just stay on his blanket all day. Wilbur Comics ad. "Clothes Call"; Jughead is staying at Archie's house while his parents are on vacation; He keeps borrowing Archie's clothes. "There Auto Be a Law!"; Veronica's family gets a new car; Archie decides he can teach Veronica how to drive. "Dollars and Lots of Sense"; While looking for Reggie, Archie discovers that Reggie owes money to almost everyone in town. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.