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Issue: Archie's Pal Jughead #40
Publication Date: February 1957
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Issues: #40 of 125 Issues (130 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/14/1956
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (11 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 Age US, then Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
First Line: Jughead, Betty tells me you're a palm reader! Can you read mine?
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Pages: 1
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Jet Revulsion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
First Line: Jughead! You almost took my head off with that thing!
Synopsis: Mr. Andrews mistakes Jughead's model plane for an enemy aircraft while working as a Civil Defense plane spotter from the roof of Riverdale High School.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Debutant!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
First Line: Ol' Jug had a girl once!
Synopsis: Jughead describes the time he dated a debutant.
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Pages: 0.5
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High Humor!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
First Line: Reggie! Come here! Quick!!
Synopsis: Jughead tricks Reggie into climbing the school flagpole.
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Pages: 0.5
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Piece of Mine!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Mrs. Jones
First Line: There! Homemade cake for dessert tonight.
Synopsis: Jughead eats an entire cake instead of the piece his mother sliced for him.
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Pages: 0.75
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Mr. Jones
First Line: Jughead, you need more exercise!
Synopsis: Mr. Jones tells Jughead about taking hikes as a child.
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Pages: 0.25
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Charity Begins at Home!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
First Line: Can I have a dime, Daddy?
Synopsis: Li'l Jinx asks her father for a dime to feed someone's empty stomach: her piggy bank's.
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Pages: 1
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Donkey Business

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
First Line: Jughead! How did you ever let Farmer Brown talk you into taking this mixed-up mule to the fair?
Synopsis: When Jughead wins a mule at the fair, Archie lets him keep it in the garage overnight, where it has an encounter with Mr. Andrews.
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Pages: 3
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Growing Pains

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Jughead struggles to keep up with the weeds in his garden.
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Pages: 1
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
First Line: Two big new annuals!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Order form for Archie's Pal Jughead Annual #5 and Betty and Veronica Annual #5. Features characters with giant shovel, pen, and scissors encouraging readers to "dig up a quarter" and clip/sign the order blank.
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Fun Page

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes license plate riddles, crossword, visual puzzle, textual riddle, and optical illusions.
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Light Comedy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
First Line: (Yawn) - why do I get popular every time I get comfortable!
Synopsis: Veronica buys Archie a glow-in-the-dark jacket to embarrass him on his movie date with Betty.
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Pages: 6
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews
First Line: It's a hit!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Promo for Little Archie (Archie, 1956 series) #2 in which Little Archie hunts for the new issue.
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Hair's Looking at You

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Jug looked reproachfully at Archie.
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Pages: 2
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Jingle Jangle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Betty Cooper; Miss Grundy; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason
First Line: Jughead! Hey there! Rhyme boy!
Synopsis: Jughead keeps talking in rhyme.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Credit from the reprint in Jughead Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #200.

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