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Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Jughead

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

First Line: Say! Where's Archie going with Veronica? There's a blizzard outside!

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Notes: Later redrawn for the cover of Archie's Pal Jughead #71

Dots the Trouble

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Betty Cooper (cameo)

First Line: Ah! Nobody here yet! Now I can do a little cramming for that---hmm! What's this?

Synopsis: Jughead gets in trouble with Miss Grundy by completing a "connect-the-dots" drawing of her on the blackboard. Reggie set Jughead up, so turnabout is fair play when Jughead sets up a "connect-the-dots" drawing for Reggie to complete.

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Some Class

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Genres: humorous, teen

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

First Line: Look, Betty, Archie gave me his class pin!

Synopsis: Betty is jealous because Archie gave Veronica one of his class pins. Jughead claims he can get Betty another of Archie's class pins, but when he does, it wasn't what Betty was expecting.

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Feature(s): Fun Page

First Line: It's the sweetest 5-letter word I know!

Synopsis: A rebus, cross out the even numbers, word ladder (roam to fear), and Corn Off the Cob jokes.

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Pages: 0.67

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Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

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

First Line: Join the Big Parade!!!

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Pages: 0.33

Notes: Original art promo with a parade theme for Archie's Joke Book #2.

Paint It the Truth!

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee

First Line: Well, well! If it isn't Vincent Van Goof! What color! What composition! What feeling! -- What is it?

Synopsis: Reggie makes fun of Jughead's painting. When Mr. Weatherbee is going to have a door added to his office, Jughead paints a realistic door and Reggie bangs into the wall. The next day, after the door has been installed, Reggie still thinks it's a painting and gets in trouble with Mr. Weatherbee.

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The Awful Tooth

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Genres: humorous, teen

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

First Line: This monster roamed the earth millions of years ago! He completely disappeared before the Stone Age!

Synopsis: A tour guide in a museum gets tired of Jughhead's wisecracks, and maneuvers Jughead into backing into a sabre-tooth tiger skeleton.

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Down the Hatch

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle

First Line: Hey, Jughead! How come you're puttering around in the paint shop?

Synopsis: Jughead thinks Reggie has drunk a glass of turpentine, thinking it was soda pop, and rushes him to the school dispensary. After treatments to clear Reggie's stomach, including use of a stomach pump, Jughead returns to tell Reggie it was all a mistake and the liquid was soda after all.

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Pages: 2.67

Notes: Rather graphic panel on page two of Reggie running for the bathroom with his hand over his mouth after drinking an emetic solution.

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Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin; Red; Laurie Lake; Slats Morgan

First Line: For a king-size laugh...buy Wilbur Comics!

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Pages: 0.33

Notes: Mostly original art promo for Wilbur Comics, with a small version of Wilbur #53 depicted.

The Molar the Merrier

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews

First Line: Jughead is here, he says it's an emergency.

Synopsis: Jughead goes to the dentist and is in a hurry to have a tooth pulled.

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Repeat Performance!

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Feature(s): Archie Giant Series

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

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Notes: Promo for Jughead Annual #2 and Betty and Veronica Annual #2, with mail-in coupon. Covers to both annuals are depicted, along with original art.

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

First Line: Repeat performance!

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Notes: Promo for Archie's Pal Jughead Annual (Archie, 1953 series) #2 and Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica Annual (Archie, 1953 series) #2.

Bum Steer

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; H. Peever

First Line: What a job! I've got the grease from this overhaul all over my overalls!

Synopsis: Jughead helps Archie overhaul his car. However, when Archie takes it out for a drive, the steering doesn't work and he ends up driving through the Justice of the Peace's yard and flowers.

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Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

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

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Feature(s): Pud; Dubble Bubble; Fleer

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

First Line: Let's go see the lions and tigers now-

Synopsis: The gang goes to the zoo, where an elephant grabs Butch's Dubble Bubble gum.

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Pages: 0.5

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

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First Line: Let's make clothes pin puppets

Synopsis: A rebus, instructions for making clothes pin puppets, duplicate this drawing, and finish these common expressions.

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Pages: 0.5

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Home Cooking

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Genres: humorous

Character(s): Suzie; Ferdie

First Line: (Burp!)

Synopsis: Ferdie's stomach is upset because his mother's been away for two week and restaurant food isn't agreeing with him.

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Text Article on Interior Page(s)

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Feature(s): Movie News

First Line: "Robinson Crusoe" marks the first time the Daniel DeFoe adventure classic has been made as a talking picture and as a color film.

Synopsis: Movie gossip.

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Pages: 1.8

Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1953

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Notes: 1. The names and addresses of the publisher, editor, managing editor, and business managers are: Publisher, Louis H. Silberkleit, 241 Church St., New York 13, N.Y., Editor, John L. Goldwater, 241 Church St., New York 13, N.Y.; Managing Editor, Harry Shorten, 241 Church St., New York 13, N.Y.; Business Manager, Maurice Coyne, 241 Church St., New York 13, N.Y.

2. The owner is: (If owned by a corporation, its name and address must be stated and also immediately thereunder the names and addresses of stockholders owning or holding 1 percent or more of total amount of stock. If not owned by a corporation, the names and addresses of the individual owners must be given. If owned by a partnership or other unincorporated firm, its name and address, as well as that of each individual member, must be given.) Archie Comic Publications, Inc., 241 Church Street, New York 13, N.Y.; Louis H. Silberkleit, 241 Church Street, New York 13, N.Y.; Maurice Coyne, 241 Church Street, New York 13, N.Y.; John L. Goldwater, 241 Church Street, New York 13, N.Y.

3. The known bondholders, mortgages, and other security holders owning or holding 1 percent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities are: (If there are none, so state.) None.

4. Paragraphs 2 and 3 include, in cases where the stockholder or security holder appears upon the books of the company as trustee or in any other fiduciary relation, the name of the person or corporation for whom such trustee is acting: also the statements in the two paragraphs show the affiant's full knowledge and belief as to the circumstances and conditions under which stockholders and security holders who do not appear upon the books of the company as trustees, hold stock and securities in a capacity other than that of a bona fide owner.

5. The average number of copies of each issue of this publication sold or distributed, through the mails or otherwise, to paid subscribers during the 12 months preceding the date shown above was: (This information is required from daily, weekly, semiweekly and triweekly newspapers only.)

LOUIS H. SILBERKLEIT, Publisher

Sworn in and subscribed before me this 20th day of September, 1953, MAURICE COYNE, Notary Public (Commission expires March 30, 1954)

Brain or Shine!

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Dilbert [Dilton Doiley]; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee (cameo)

First Line: Archie! Did you hear the news? Dilbert only got 99% in history exam!

Synopsis: When Dilbert only gets a 99 on a test instead of 100, he is depressed and goes to the chemistry lab. Reggie tells Archie and Jughead that Dilly drank some monacetic-acidester of salicylic acid. Finding Dilly lying down in the locker room, Archie and Jughead both assume the worst and call a doctor and Mr. Weatherbee, not realizing that Dilly had just taken some aspirin for a headache.

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Notes: Dilbert appears to be the same character as Dilton Doiley; Dilton had already appeared in over a dozen stories by this point.

The Star Gazer

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Ginger Snapp; Ickky

First Line: Oh, Ickky, he's my very favorite! Please take me!

Synopsis: Ginger has a crush on movie star Boone La Goon and talks Ickky into taking her to see his latest picture.

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Duel Personalities

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Genres: humorous, teen

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

First Line: I suppose you kids have your dates lined up for the dance!

Synopsis: Reggie and Archie decide to have a duel over who gets to take Veronica to the dance. Archie chooses a custard pie duel in their evening clothes. Veronica only hears "duel" and rushes a doctor to the site. She arrives in time to get hit by a errant pie.

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Katy Keene and Sis the Candy Kid

Character(s): Katy Keene; Sis; Bertha

First Line: Hmmm-as much as I'd like to eat those cookies...

Synopsis: Sis tries to help Katy by putting away the dishes, but falls and knocks over the cookie jar, causing Katy to think she was taking cookies.

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Notes: Fashions, etc., by Mary June Wendelboe (Granger, Ind.), Gywanda Laughlin (Sterling, Kan.), Kay Waite (Stanford, Calif.), Nancy Wydeven (Kimberly, Wis.), and Geneva E. Stout (San Pablo, Calif.)

Close Shave

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Jughead Jones; Mr. Jones

First Line: Dad, can I borrow your electric razor?

Synopsis: Jughead asks to borrow his father's electric razor.

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