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Issue: Archie Comics #54
Publication Date: January 1952
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Issues: #54 of 101 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: An Archie MagazineView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/15/1951
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden & Silver Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
First Line: Why do you say Archie should get a job as a rainmaker, Betty?
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In Issue: FlagArchie Comics #32 published ?
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Pages: 1
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Character(s): Archie Andrews
First Line: The All-American Newsstand!!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie Comics magazines featuring Archie as a newsstand worker surrounded by Archie titles.
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Kiss Me Again

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Hi, Betty!
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica try to get Archie alone during a visit to Betty's house.
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Pages: 6
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Optical Delusion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: teen
First Line: Dear alma mater...Riverdale High!
Synopsis: Jughead, Archie, Betty, Reggie and Veronica decide to each wear Jughead's trademark outfit as uniforms during a singing performance in front of the school. This coincides with Mr. Weatherbee returning from a medical visit for a case of nerves, and he soon thinks he's seeing multiple Jugheads around the school.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Script recycled with minor modifications as "Quint-trouble-ets" in Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #57.
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Disclose Notes: Includes word ladder (mule to pool), circle riddle, fun facts about Empire State Building, and completing common sayings.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Character(s): Jughead Jones
First Line: Monkey business!
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Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) featuring Jughead swapping roles with an organ grinder.
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Diamond in the Rough

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
First Line: One of these test tubes contains traces of starch!
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee believes that Archie has accidentally discovered a chemical formula for creating diamonds.
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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Coach Kleats
First Line: Let's have a little pep talk, gang!
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Disclose Notes: Promo for Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) featuring Coach Kleats talking to his football players.
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Family Circle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mary Andrews; Mrs. Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
First Line: But you can't quit the team, Fred---
Synopsis: Fred decides to quit his Friday night bowling team to spend more time at home with his family, only to find that Mary and Archie both have their own Friday night plans.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The Mrs. Cooper in this story doesn't match the era's typical character model of Betty's mother, and it's not specified whether she is intended to be Betty's mother.
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Late Date

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Mrs. Jones; Mr. Jones; Pop Tate; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Big date this afternoon, eh?
Synopsis: Archie tries to make his date with Veronica after forgetting he made plans with Betty for homework help at the same time.
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Pages: 7
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): From Hollywood
Character(s): Archie Andrews
First Line: Star Says Work Is Best Diet
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Replaces "Hollywood Tattle Tales" as the movie news feature with this issue.
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Talking Turkey

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
First Line: Hey, Jug, look at that!
Synopsis: The gang wins a Thanksgiving turkey at a raffle, but when the butcher accidentally sends the turkey to a poor family, the gang decides to let them keep it instead.
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Disclose Notes: Thanksgiving story.
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Exhausted

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
First Line: You keep running the motor, Jughead.
Synopsis: Jughead ignores Archie's warning about closing the garage door while his jalopy is running and is overcome by carbon monoxide fumes.
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Disclose Notes: Berg's signature is hidden in the pencil line of a bush in the first panel.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Archie Andrews
First Line: Look what you get by joining the Archie Club, boys and girls!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie Club membership featuring first-prize report from Diane McCracken (Windsor, CA) and second-prize report from Sandra Stein (Seattle, WA).
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Disclose Notes: Includes finding hidden animals in picture and four rebuses for Hollywood celebrities.

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