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Character(s): Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews

First Line: Archie, would you like to look at something cute?

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Pages: 1

Notes: Art previously thought to be Bob Montana; it matches Schwartz's art of the period.

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Character(s): Archie Andrews

First Line: The brightest star

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Pages: 1

Notes: Promo for Archie Comics publications featuring Archie looking through a telescope at a star consisting of the Archie Comics seal and the 10 Archie Comics titles. Inside front cover.

Stop The Music

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Miss Grundy; Fred Andrews

First Line: Set 'em up, Pop! School's out!

Synopsis: Pop throws the teenagers out, so they decide to open a Teen Center.

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Pages: 8

Whistler's Muddle

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy

First Line: Come with me, young man!

Synopsis: Jughead gets in trouble for whistling in class. He is whistling out of habit because it's how he soothes his bees. When bees invade Miss Grundy's room, Jughead is able to tame them by whistling, which gets him in more trouble with Mr. Weatherbee and leaves the bees buzzing around Mr. Weatherbee's head. Mr. Weatherbee pleads with Jughead to whistle them away, but Jughead lets out such a shrill whistle, that all the bees sting Mr. Weatherbee.

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Pages: 6

Notes: Script recycled with minor modifications as "The Bzz-z and the Bee" in Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #57.

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Feature(s): Pep Fun Page

Character(s): Jughead Jones

First Line: Here's an easy way to copy this picture...

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Pages: 1

Notes: Includes copying picture, rebus (Mother Goose), state abbreviations riddle, backwards sentence riddle, cat quiz, let's make a paper calf, and maze to get Jughead out of woods.

Boil and Trouble

Public Service Announcement on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones

First Line: There, while I'm waiting for the water to boil I'll call Archie and tell him all about it!

Synopsis: Betty leaves the gas on unattended and becomes asphyxiated. She almost dies and misses a date.

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Notes: Berg disguises his signature in the gas fumes in the penultimate panel.

Clean Up Time

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Genres: humorous

Character(s): Suzie; Ferdie; Suzie's father

First Line: Ferdie, be careful!

Synopsis: Ferdie tries to prove his worth to Suzie's father by inventing a new cleaning product.

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Pages: 4

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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

Notes: Promo for Archie Club membership featuring first-prize report from Helaine B. Haaland (Southbury, CT) and second-prize report from Arlene Jackson (Tacoma, WA); continues ad for Archie Club and artwork from earlier issue.

Fearful Li'l Earful

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin; Slats; Mr. Dripwaite; Miss Gargle; Frank Wilkin; Eleanor Wilkin; Red; Red's father; Wilbur's uncle; Li'l Jinx Holliday (cameo)

First Line: You've chosen Wilbur's father to fill the vacancy on the school board!

Synopsis: Slats overhears Mr. Dripwaite telling Miss Gargle about his plan to appoint Mr. Wilkin to the school board and hold the next meeting at the Wilkin house. Slats uses the information to convince Wilbur the school board is meeting at his house to discuss his behavior, so Wilbur skips town with Red.

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Pages: 7

Notes: Both of Wilbur's parents are identified by name Frank and Eleanor Wilkin. Frank and Eleanor were apparently named after the late President of the USA and his wife. Li'l Jinx appears in a poster on a fence on page four.

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Character(s): Jughead Jones

First Line: Coming events cast their shadows!

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Promo for the new bimonthly schedule of Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) featuring Jughead casting a shadow that contains the months in which the series will be on sale.

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Feature(s): Star Dirt

First Line: Read Admiral Hickey Commends "The Flying Missile"

Synopsis: Collection of anecdotes from Hollywood.

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Pages: 2

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Feature(s): Pep Fun Page

First Line: Let's put shadows in this picture ...

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Includes shading picture of house and crossword puzzle.

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First Line: Archie Comics cost but a dime...

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Promo for Archie Comics publications featuring group of family members singing a song about the company's titles.

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Character(s): Katy Keene; Randy Van Ronson; K.O. Kelly; Sis

First Line: As our scene opens Randy Van Ronson is on his way to see Katy Keene in his new Ranch Car

Synopsis: Katy makes a deal to decide whether she will go duck hunting with Randy or fishing with K.O.

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Pages: 5.67

Notes: Outfit and pin-up pose by Carolyn Fickle (Bakersfield, CA); Randy's new ranch car by David Wallace (Buffalo, NY); K.O.'s outfit by Lawrence Carrick (Pensacola, FL) and Betty Miller (Northbrook, IL); candy dress by Dolores Pfeiffer (Phillipsburg, NJ); Katy's dress by Carmela Candela (Elizabeth, NJ); earrings and bracelet by Sharon Rottier (South Birmingham, AL); Randy's outfit by Oralia Hernandez (Houston, TX); Katy's skirt and blouse by Mary A. Martinez (San Antonio, TX).

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Character(s): Sis

First Line: Hey, kids! Look! Send for this beautiful pin-up of Sis...

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Pages: 0.33

Notes: Promo for 6x9-inch paper doll of Sis with 30 cut-out outfits. Katy Keene sets #1 and #2 are still available as of this promo.

Eat's A Pleasure

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Genres: childrens, humorous

Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Bill Bubblegum [Hap Holliday]; Merry Bubblegum [Merry Holliday]

First Line: Wheee ... it's morning again!

Synopsis: Bill is driven to insanity after eatings Rice Soggies for months so Jinx has enough box tops for a magic ring.

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Pages: 5.33

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First Line: Hi, Pen Pals: Our club now has thousands of members who have made many new friends through the mail.

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Pages: 0.67

Notes: Li'l Jinx shares the names and addresses of 44 new club members.

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper

First Line: Hello kids! We're back with a brand new Archie Annual #3.

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Notes: Promo for Archie Annual (Archie, 1950 series) #3. Includes calendar for pre-publication premium.