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Genres: humorous, teen

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

First Line: Juggy, I have to pay a forfeit to you and as soon as I put this lipstick on, do you know what you're going to get?

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Notes: Art previously credited to George Frese; it matches Montana's signed covers of the period. 2015 reprint erroneously credited to Frese.

Femmes and Fowls

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Jughead Jones; Mrs. Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

First Line: You heard me! You take that chicken right back to Archie!

Synopsis: Jughead and Archie try to start an egg farm with a rooster but trade it in for two ducks until Veronica gets mad that they are exploiting the ducks. Jughead says to make sure not to invite her for the roast duck dinner.

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Pages: 5

A Bicycle Is Built for One

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews

First Line: Oh dear, I'm late!

Synopsis: Jughead warns Archie and Veronica about riding with her on the handlebars and when they get hit by a car, Veronica ends up in the hospital with one leg and one arm in cast.

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Notes: This is one of the few instances of an Archie character's actions shown to have realistic consequences, in terms of the injuries sustained.

Flyin' High

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Genres: humorous, teen

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

First Line: I don't know what it is, Veronica -- but there's something different about you, today!

Synopsis: Jughead helps Betty build a kite to impress Archie, but on the way to an open location to fly it, Jughead flies out of the back seat when the kite catches the wind.

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Pages: 5

Notes: Pages 4-5 adapted from the Archie newspaper strip dated March 19, 1950 with Betty replacing Archie's role; the portion of the plot involving Betty building a kite with Jughead is added here.

A Hair Brained Plot!

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Genres: humorous, teen

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

First Line: Don't you just hate it when boys whistle at you, Betty?

Synopsis: Betty and Veronica think Archie is distracted by girls with short hair, but they decide between them that long hair is best. They both show up at the dance with short hair.

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Horsepitality

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Genres: humorous, teen

First Line: Oh boy!

Synopsis: Jughead visits a diner with an all-you-can-eat special for only 50 cents. He is amazed how it can be so cheap to eat so much, so the owner tells them they also own the hospital next door.

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Notes: The name of the diner is "Tomaine Tommie's" - a misspelling of "ptomaine."

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Feature(s): Jughead Fun Page

Character(s): Jughead Jones

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Three activities: a find-the-objects picture game, a word play, and a math puzzle

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Character(s): Super Duck

First Line: You kids be the judge!

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Promo for Super Duck Comics (Archie, 1944 series) featuring judge handing Super Duck a paper reading "Best Award for 1950."

Of Moose and Men

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Midge Klump [as Midgie Smith] (introduction)

First Line: Did you hear the latest? Big Moose has developed a terrific crush on Midgie Smith!

Synopsis: Jughead helps Moose by writing poems for the new girl, Midgie. Other girls think Jughead is writing the poems on his own behalf and they threaten to beat up Moose if he hurts Jughead. Jughead begs Moose to beat him up rather than face girls who think Jughead is truly a romantic, but Moose is scared of what the girls might do to him.

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The Best of Archie #[nn] published January 1980
as Of Moose and Men [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 6

Notes: The character of Midgie Smith in this story eventually became the character Midge Klump. Moose's jealousy regarding her has been part of the plot of many stories in the Archie line of comics. 2015 reprint erroneously credited to Harry Lucey.

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Character(s): Archie Andrews

First Line: The brightest star

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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.

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Feature(s): Movie Chatter

First Line: "Spot" Studio Scene Stealer

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Notes: Eight items of Hollywood gossip

The Cake Eater

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews

First Line: Be with you in a few minutes, Arch! I'm whipping up a cake!

Synopsis: Jughead mixes cake batter, not so he can bake a cake, but so he can lick the entire bowl of batter clean. After lying on the beach in the sun, the doctor determines he has eaten an entire freshly baked cake without taking a bite.

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Second Fiddle

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Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Uke O'Laylie

Character(s): Uke O'Laylie (introduction); Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge

First Line: I don't mind being all alone --- babee-ee --- if I'm all alone with you!

Synopsis: Veronica asks Uke to play for her in a canoe in the moonlight. She failed to mention that Reggie would be in the canoe as well.

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Notes: First and only appearance of Uke O'Laylie, the ukulele-wielding teen who draws all the girls except the one he's after: Veronica.

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Feature(s): Jughead Fun Page

Character(s): Archie Andrews

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Pages: 0.6

Notes: Five activities: a maze; a tongue twister; a word play; a picture game, and a number puzzle

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Character(s): Sam Hill

First Line: He's death on crooks and he's murder with the women!

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Pages: 0.4

Notes: Promo for Sam Hill, Private Eye comic

Animal Cracks

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

First Line: Ha! Ha! Now we'll find out "who's zoo"!

Synopsis: Jughead names who each animal in the zoo looks like. Archie says the animal Jughead looks like is pulling a cart outside of the zoo - a donkey.

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