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Issue: Archie's Pal Jughead #42
Publication Date: June 1957
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Issues: #42 of 125 Issues (130 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: Archie SeriesView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/14/1957
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 13 (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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Look! Veronica has Archie on the Merry-Go-Round!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Later redrawn for the cover of Jughead With Archie #12
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Exercise Caution!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
First Line: (Sigh!) The doctor says exercise ... so exercise it is!
Synopsis: Reggie and Archie try to set up Midge and Jughead in the same room with Moose on the way. Instead, they get caught by Moose talking to Midge.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Good Book

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx Holliday; Gregory
First Line: Why so sad, Li'l Jinx?
Synopsis: Gregory tells Li'l Jinx that he is protected from his babysitter by a book. He found her diary and now she lets him do anything out of fear he'll tell what he read in it. The babysitter doesn't know that Gregory can't read.
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Pages: 2
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Miner Disturbance

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
First Line: No! No! No! That's terrible!
Synopsis: Jughead tries to carry real prospector's tools on the float in the parade. He drops one on Reggie's foot and another hits Archie in the face. He throws away the pick and it punctures the tire of their float. Dressed as Native Americans, Reggie and Archie chase Jughead through the parade route.
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Pages: 3
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Golf Course

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Golf looks like fun!
Synopsis: Veronica offers to teach Betty how to play golf. She learned yesterday.
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Pages: 0.5
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Score Bored

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
First Line: How's your game, Betty?
Synopsis: Betty tells Archie her golf game is improving. Yesterday she shot a 63 and today she will go for the second hole.
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Charm Harm

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
First Line: Sorry, Arch, but I can't go skating with the gang this afternoon!
Synopsis: Jughead gets a job as a door-to-door salesman. As he makes his rounds, everything bad happens to him and he comes in completely disheveled. He was trying to sell good luck charms.
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Subject Matter
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Yahoo! Archie Annual #9 is here!
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Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie Annual (Archie, 1950 series) #9 featuring Archie jumping for joy. Promo includes 1958 pin-up calendar as bonus.
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The Bear Facts!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Archie, are you sure it's safe for a picnic in the woods?
Synopsis: Archie proclaims he will face death for Veronica. When a bear shows up, he runs away so fast he leaves her behind. He said he would face death but that bear was alive.
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Piece-Maker

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Souphead Jones
First Line: Now mind your manners at Leroy's party and don't ask for a second piece of cake!
Synopsis: Jughead instructs Souphead not to ask for a second piece of cake at the party. Souphead cleverly asks for the recipe and is given a second piece without asking.
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Staircase

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Leroy
First Line: Leroy! Must you be so noisy when you come downstairs?
Synopsis: Veronica scolds Leroy for coming down the stairs so loudly. She sends him up to come down again. He comes down quietly the second time by sliding down the bannister.
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Wit and Wit Out

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Mr. Mason
First Line: The hobo was brought before the judge charged with vagrancy.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Eight short jokes with illustrations
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On Your Mark!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
First Line: What are you doing, you mental midget ... starting a scrap drive?
Synopsis: Jughead tricks Reggie by giving him copies of all Reggie's old tests to study for the mid-term exam, complete with Reggie's wrong answers. Reggie gets him back by finding a 20-year-old test and changing it to look like the current year. He gives it to Reggie as a copy of the current mid-term exam. Miss Grundy happens to dig up the same test for their mid-term and Jughead passes with a perfect score.
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In Content Item: FlagJughead's Double Digest #200 [Direct Edition] published April 2014
as On Your Mark! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Credits from the reprint in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #200.

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