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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews

First Line: Archie! Which of the flowers in my garden do you like the best? The roses or the tulips?

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Pages: 1

Notes: Later redrawn for the cover of Pep #146

Base Brawl

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Genres: humorous, teen

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

First Line: My -- but Archie's ambitious these days!

Synopsis: Archie wants his father to buy him a baseball uniform, but all his attempts to be helpful backfire. Betty and Jughead try to help, but that doesn't work either.

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Pages: 7.33

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

First Line: Hey, Arch, look here!

Synopsis: Jughead finds a dime and Archie tries to convince him to buy a copy of Suzie Comics instead of getting ice cream.

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Pages: 0.67

Notes: Promo in comic format for Suzie Comics (Archie, 1945 series). Cover to Suzie Comics #82 is depicted.

What's Armada?

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Suzie; Ferdie; Angela; Uncle Blunderbuss; Cannonball Blunderbuss

First Line: Well! Going to a costume ball, Suzie?

Synopsis: Suzie and Ferdie try to help Angela write an essay on Spain. Uncle Blunderbuss comes in and relates a tall tale about Cannonball Blunderbuss, the pirate.

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Pages: 6

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Feature(s): Puzzle Page

First Line: Word Ladder: hard-soft

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Notes: Puzzle page with a Word Ladder and a maze.

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Character(s): Archie Andrews (cameo)

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 with mail-in coupon. Cost is ten cents. Also First Prize of $5.00 to Lucille Cook (Monroe, Wash.) for paragraph on her hobby of writing. Second prize of $3.00 to Bette Ann Frascella (Mamaroneck, N.Y.) for paragraph on her hobby of feeding birds.

A Retiring Fellow

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge (cameo); Mildred; Moose Mason

First Line: Jughead, aren't you ready to meet the gang at the soda shack for a good time?

Synopsis: A pretty girl asks Jughead to change a flat tire on her car. Jughead inadvertently fixes an old man's flat tire first, then fixes the girl's. About that time her husky boyfriend shows up. Frustrated, Jughead kicks the tire on the nearest car, which happens to be Moose's and gives him yet another tire to change.

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Beating the Beach Barrage

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Genres: adventure

Feature(s): U. S. Royal with His Jet-Propelled Bike; U. S. Royal Bike Tires

Character(s): U. S. Royal

Synopsis: U. S. Royal uses his jet-powered bike to rescue a boy who is playing on beach that is scheduled to be shelled by a ship in a training exercise.

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Notes: Full page sequential panel art ad for U. S. Royal bike tires.

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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 #3 with mail-in coupon. Cover is depicted, along with original art. Premium is free copy of 1952 Archie (Pin-Up) Calendar.

Happy Birthday!

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin; Red; Laurie Lake; Linda Moore; Eleanor Wilkin; Frank Wilkin

First Line: I want the biggest box of chocolates for the sweetest gal in the world!!

Synopsis: Wilbur buys a box of candy and Linda and Laurie each think he's buying it for the other. In reality he's buying it for his mother's birthday. The gang takes his mother to the carnival, but she finds it more peaceful back home by herself.

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Pages: 6

Notes: "Eduardos" is the name on the gift-wrapped box in splash panel. The initials "JE" are in panel three of page five.

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Penciller(s): Ray Thompson [as Ray T.] (signed)

Inker(s): Ray Thompson [as Ray T.] (signed)

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Feature(s): Pud; Dubble Bubble; Fleer

Character(s): Pud; Janie; Tim; Butch

First Line: We're Lost!

Synopsis: The gang (minus Pud) is lost in the forest. They find their way out with signs to Pud's Dubble Bubble stand.

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Notes: Ad in comic format for Dubble Bubble bubble gum. Frank H. Fleer Corp., Philadelphia, Pa.

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Feature(s): Archie Pencil Fun

First Line: Can you find your way through the maze below...

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Rebus puzzle with answer of Hum and a maze.

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Genres: humorous, informational

Character(s): Katy Keene; Sis; Skipper Mason

First Line: Hmm! My horoscope says -- Venus indicates signs favorable for new roles...

Synopsis: Skipper Mason tells Katy and Sis he can get them roles in a pirate movie production, but it turns out to just be parts on a float in a parade advertising a movie.

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Notes: Katy's pirate outfit by June McCray (Waynesville, Mo.), Barbara Edwards (Norfolk, Va.), Donna Ann Stock (El Dorado, Kan.), Judy Hart (Grifton, N.C.), and Ramona Glazer (Saginaw, Mich.); candy dress by Adele Mondus (Fords, N.J.); blouse and skirt on Katy by Rose Pedalino (Brooklyn, N.Y.); shoes by Maureen Vigder (Kansas City, Mo.); Katy's pearls by Valerie Dorman (Brooklyn, N.Y.); dinosaur picture by Bruce Marten and Billy Collins (Maumee, Ohio); undies by Shirley Statham (Hoquiam, Wash.); pirate outfits by Elaine Wyant (Auburn, N.Y.), and Sheila Sullivan (Kansas City, Mo.).

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Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews

First Line: The big shot

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Notes: Promo for Archie's Rival Reggie (Archie, 1949 series) featuring Archie shooting Reggie's head out of a cannon.

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Genres: non-fiction

Feature(s): Star Dirt

First Line: What a Day: At the rate Doris Day is putting mileage...

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Pages: 2

Notes: Hollywood publicity gossip and anecdotes. While the contents of this feature usually varied each issue, the anecdotes here are all copied from Archie Annual (Archie, 1949 series) #3.

Time Marches On!

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Genres: humorous

Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday

First Line: Now what happened in school??

Synopsis: Hap teaches Jinx how to tell time. He buys Jinx a wristwatch, but Jinx sets the house clocks to match hers, causing Hap to miss a business call.

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Li'l Jinx Pen Pals -- No. 25

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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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Notes: List of 44 persons (ages 8 to 15) desiring pen pals. In addition to the United States, England and Trinidad are represented.

A Breath of Air

Public Service Announcement on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: humorous

Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle (cameo)

First Line: Hey, Jughead, they just pulled someone out of the water.

Synopsis: When someone is pulled from the surf, Jughead demonstrates the back massage of artificial respiration and explains what he's doing and gives first aid tips.

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Notes: Part of a series.