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Issue: Archie's Pal Jughead #56
Publication Date: November 1959
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Issues: #56 of 125 Issues (130 Printings)
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
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Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/15/1959
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 13 (10 stories, 1 cover)
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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
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
First Line: How can you be sure Archie will like this dress?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Later redrawn for the cover of Jughead With Archie Digest #15
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Cane and Unable

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee
First Line: Ho hum!..Another day, another dollar!
Synopsis: Jughead gives Mr. Weatherbee a cane as a gift but he really doesn't want it.
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Pages: 5
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Brains For Sale

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; Dilton Doiley
First Line: Hey, Dilly - wanna go bowling with us?
Synopsis: Dilton has trouble finding a job.
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The Sales Eggs-ecutive

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones
First Line: Can I help you, Ma'am?
Synopsis: Jughead is working in a store and a lady asks for some fresh eggs.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones
First Line: Today, dear guys and dolls, we are going to discuss a subject of vital importance to us all!
Synopsis: Professor Jughead shows the readers five ways to ask for a raise in their allowance.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Pencils formerly credited to Samm Schwartz, but they do not match Schwartz's stories elsewhere in this issue and instead match Vigoda's model of Jughead.
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The Bookworm Turns

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley; Waldo Weatherbee
First Line: What'cha doin' this afternoon, Dilly?
Synopsis: Moose decides to start reading more and Dilton decides to start exercising.
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Pages: 6
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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: We're giving away free copies of Archie's Pals 'n' Gals!
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Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) offering one-year subscriptions (four issues) with one bonus issue for free.
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Some Patient

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Moose Mason
First Line: D-uh! What do you charge for an operation like that?
Synopsis: Moose asks a tree surgeon what he would charge for an in-office visit.
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Mess for a Miss

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
First Line: Jughead! Is that all you can do?
Synopsis: Jughead wouldn't open the gate for Veronica because the paint is still wet.
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Smooth Delivery

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Tommy Jones
First Line: Yup! Practically assistant manager of the store!
Synopsis: Reggie is proud of working at a television store until he sees Jughead making deliveries in a suit and driving a fancy car.
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Standing Room Only!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Merry Holliday
First Line: Li'l Jinx!
Synopsis: Merry wants a good reason why Jinx is standing on a chair.
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Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

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Genres: biography
Feature(s): Veronica Presents the Star of the Month
First Line: The phrase "to the manor born" fits Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., like the well-known glove...
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Spot Remover

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee; Midge Klump; Moose Mason
First Line: Say, Betty! You've got a spot on your face!
Synopsis: Jughead helps Betty start a fad where every girl wears a fake beauty mark.
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Pages: 6

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