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Issue: Archie's Pal Jughead #48

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Publication Date: June 1958

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Issues: #48 of 125 Issues (130 Printings)

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Archie Publications, Inc.

Brand: Archie Series

Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.

On Sale Date: 04/15/1958

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 14 (9 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s):

Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.

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Format

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

Format Notes:

Reprinted In6

3 Content Items

reprinted 3 times as/in other Issues.

2 Content Items
- Paid In Fool [Story on Interior Page(s)]1
- Foxy Proxy [Story on Interior Page(s)]2

reprinted 3 times as Content Items in other Issues.

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Cover, Front

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Title Page

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Content Items (14 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

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Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle

First Line: Yup!... Doc says I recovered so quickly because I have such rich, young, blood!

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Later redrawn for the cover of Reggie #16

Paid In Fool

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump; Moose Mason

First Line: An English country gentleman, or a Texas rancher!

Synopsis: Jughead becomes a gigolo, not only dating any girl who pays him but disguising himself as any type of man they fantasize about. He takes on Reggie as a junior partner in the business, but Reggie can't resist trying to make some trouble for his new boss by signing up Midge for Jughead's services and tipping off Moose about it.

Reprinting

In Issue:

Archie's Double Digest Magazine #24 published September 1986

In Content Item: Flag

Archie Comics Digest #18 published June 1976
as Paid In Fool [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

Take Me Out to the Brawl Game

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Loretta

First Line: Of all the rotten luck!!

Synopsis: Archie has to take his seven year-old cousin Loretta to a baseball game.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

I Auto Know

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

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Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee

First Line: I've got it! I've got it! I've got it!

Synopsis: Jughead tells the guys about his idea for "drive-in schools."

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 2.75

Notes: This story seems prototypical of the character-narrated gag stories that would soon appear in Archie's Madhouse.

By the Numbers

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

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Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Moose Mason; Waldo Weatherbee

First Line: Moose, I've been looking over your record! It's pretty bad!

Synopsis: Moose argues that his grades aren't really that bad.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.25

Cattle

Text Article on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: informational, nature, non-fiction

First Line: Cattle have been essential to man for thousands of years as a source of meat, milk, clothing, and as beasts of burden.

Synopsis: Article about different types of cattle.

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Pages: 1

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Jughead Jones; Moose Mason

First Line: Students! Today we'll discuss the manly art of self-defense!

Synopsis: Professor Jughead lectures on self-defense.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1.75

Act Your Age

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Souphead Jones; Archie Andrews

First Line: Whatcha doin' Souphead?

Synopsis: Souphead has trouble assembling a model airplane.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.25

Notes: Souphead's age is revealed as 10.

[untitled]

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

Credits

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Subject Matter

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

First Line: Out of this world!

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Pages: 1

Notes: Promo for Archie Annual (Archie, 1950 series) #10 with outer space theme. Includes order blank and offer for 1959 Archie pin-up calendar.

Tricks of the Trade!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

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

First Line: Good bye, Ronnie! I'm so sorry you won't be home this week end!

Synopsis: Betty wants to spend time with Archie, who needs an old turtle for a science project, so Jughead writes something on the turtle's shell to make it seem like it's older.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 4

Stations In Space

Text Article on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: informational, non-fiction, science and technology

Feature(s): Science & Satellites

First Line: On Oct. 4, 1957, the first artificial satellite, "Sputnik I", was launched by Russia.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Buddies to the End

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: childrens, humorous

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

First Line: You're my best friend in the whole world, Ga!

Synopsis: Li'l Jinx tells Ga Ga she is her best friend.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

One Man Band

Activity on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Jughead Jones

First Line: Can you guess what musical instrument I'm pretending to play?

Synopsis: Jughead asks us to guess what instruments he's pretending to play.

Reprinting

In Issue:

Laugh Comics Digest #7 published November 1976

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Foxy Proxy

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump; Moose Mason

First Line: Man! --- That Archie!

Synopsis: Reggie gets the coach to send Archie to a meeting as a proxy for him, so Reggie can take Archie's place with Veronica at a dance. But Veronica is sick, so Jughead chooses Midge to be her proxy for the dance. A terrified Reggie tries to explain to Moose that he's really just dating Midge as a proxy for Archie, and when that doesn't seem to work, he pays Jughead to be his proxy when Moose gets back.

Reprinting

In Issue:

Archie Comics Digest #21 published December 1976

In Content Item: Flag

Reggie's Revenge! #1 [Newsstand] published January 1994
as Foxy Proxy [Story on Interior Page(s)]

In Content Item: Flag

Laugh Comics Digest #147 published March 1999
as Foxy Proxy [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

Notes: Credits added in the 1994 reprint.