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Issue: Wilbur Comics #38
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Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/05/1951
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 28 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, July-December 1951, page 298, registration number B311148.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.
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
humorous
Wilbur
Red Wilson; Wilbur Wilkin
My friend wants to know if he's allowed to take out anything besides books!
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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George Frese (signed)
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Subject Matter
Archie
Super Duck; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Ferdie; Suzie; Wilbur Wilkin; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
This is the house that Archie built!
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Inside front cover.
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All Wished Up

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Wilbur
Linda Moore; Wilbur Wilkin; Laurie Lake; Miss Gargle
Hmmmmm... I wonder...
Linda makes a wish at the wishing well for Wilbur to ask her out.
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Subject Matter
Pep Comics
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
I see hours of fun for you!
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Promo ad shows the cover of Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #87.
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Subject Matter
Roadmaster
Roady Roadmaster
Hey kids, I'm Roady Roadmaster.
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A Straw Vote

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Joe Edwards (signed)
Joe Edwards (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Wilbur
Laurie Lake; Wilbur Wilkins; Linda Moore; Miss Gargle; Red Wilson
Wilbur-kins --- which li'l ole female do you think of most? The one who sends shivers up and down your spine?
The boys have to drink sodas to vote for their girls in a popularity contest.
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Subject Matter
Archie
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Hello kids! We're back with a brand new Archie Annual #3
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Subject Matter
Kellogg's Raisin Bran
Babe Ruth; Pocahontas; Buffalo Bill [William Cody]; Gene Tunney; Sitting Bull; Wanda Hendrix
Now! Prize plastic picture rings
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Ham 'n Egghead

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Wilbur
Wilbur Wilkin; Red Wilson; Slats Morgan; Laurie Lake; Milty Milton; Miss Ballpoynt; Mr. Sirch; Dripwaite
Look, Laurie and Slats!
When Wilbur finds out Slats and Laurie are trying out for a play, Wilbur tries to get the lead opposite Laurie.
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Subject Matter
Wilbur Fun Page
Wilbur Wilkin
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A junior cross-word puzzle, connect the dots, two punny drawings, and an illusion.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Ray Thompson [as Ray T.] (signed)
Ray Thompson [as Ray T.] (signed)
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Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Dubble Bubble Gum
Pud
Wonder why we aren't catching any fish?
Pud has a secret bait to catch fish.
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Ad in comic form.
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Marooned in the Temple of Death!

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Subject Matter
adventure
Arch-Gards
Red; Archy
Red and Archy, two young adventurers were exploring a Mayan ruin far in the Mexican jungle when...
The native guides run away with Red and Archy's supplies.
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Talk of the Town

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Samm Schwartz (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Suzie
Suzie; Mr. Grumble; Gladys
--and you should see the stunning hat I just bought, Gladys.. black straw, open top and...
Suzie is spending her time in the office talking on the phone to Gladys instead of working.
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Suzie
Suzie; Ferdie; Gregory
Suzie knows how to keep her men on a string
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Hoarse Sense

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Wilbur
Dripwaite; Miss Gargle; Laurie Lake; Wilbur Wilkin; Slats Morgan; Red Wilson; Mr. Dripwaite
All right, Wilbur, recite the preamble to the constitution, for our principal!
Miss Gargle is frustrated that baseball season has made her male students hoarse from cheering.
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Tess and Tim Trap Cattle Rustlers

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
western
The "Popsicle" Kids on the Range
Tess; Tim; Popsicle Pete
...and I showed dad how this Popsicle code-o-graph works, too
Tim and Tess encounter rustlers.
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Half the ad is in comic form.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Woggon
Bill Woggon (signed)
Bill Woggon (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Katy Keene
Katy Keene; Sis; Chubby Chuckles; Skipper Mason
Operator! This is Hillside 0257 --- my phone must be out of order -- I haven't had a call all day!
Katy doesn't have a date so Sis gets Chubby Chuckles to come over with candy.
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Designs by Jennet Jones, Ruth Spencer, Mary Ellen Davis, Peggy Davis, Ruth Healey, Barbara Downie, Dan Schmidt, Leo Ecord, Ardyce Yale, Edith Nielsen, Barbara Nelson, Gayle Guelker, Mary Jean Horst, Steve Katchmer, Joyce Dowdell, Frances Evans, Ola Mae Mathis, Richard Wiltison, Janice Gilley, Fran Krauss, Janice Hayes, Helen Kenfield, Dottie Tiller, June Nugent, Patricia Sykes, Bette Bennett, and Sheila Sullivan.
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Credits
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Bill Woggon
Bill Woggon
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Subject Matter
informational
Katy Keene
Katy Keene; Sis
Now! Brand new cut-out sets
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Katy Keene pin-up sets.
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Get a Schwin!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Schwinn Bicycles
More kids want Schwinn bikes than any other kind in the world!
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Advertisement for the Schwinn Black Phantom bicycle.
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
non-fiction
Stuff About Stars
Interviews 11 autos for one film job
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Paint Necessary So

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Wilbur
Laurie Lake; Wilbur Wilkin; Dripwaite
When it comes to drawing mustaches -- I'm a real Rembrandt - pretty good - heh! Heh!
To try and keep Wilbur out of trouble, Dripwaite puts Wilbur in the art class.
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The Dangerous Buggy Ride

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Schreiber
Bill Schreiber
Bill Schreiber
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Subject Matter
adventure
Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
Captain Tootsie; Joe; Rollo; Leigh; Linda; Neil; Larry
Nice riding Joe!
Captain Tootsie has to stop some runaway horses.
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Past Perfect

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Wilbur
Laurie Lake; Wilbur Wilkin
I got a perfect score on this personality test in Stare Magazine! But I know no one can be perfect!!
Laurie got a perfect score on a personality test, but she knows no one is perfect.
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Don't Let It Puzzle You

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Subject Matter
Wilbur
Wilbur Wilkin
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Subject Matter
Archie Comics; Pep Comics; Laugh Comics
Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
The Three Mirthqueteers fun for all and all for fun!
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Hot Guy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Dave Berg [as Davy Berg] (signed)
Dave Berg [as Davy Berg] (signed)
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Subject Matter
teen
Wilbur
Wilbur Wilkin; Red Wilson
That's another point for me, Red, I'm beating you like I beat Slats. In fact I beat Slats in everything but one game...
Red is suffering from heat exhaustion.
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The Mystery of Pete's Fortune!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Ray Thompson [as R. T.] (signed)
Ray Thompson [as R. T.] (signed)
?; typeset
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Subject Matter
childrens
Jim and Betty; White Cloverine; Wilson Chemical Company
Jim; Betty; Pete; Mrs. Green
How does Pete do it?
Jim and Betty wonder where Pete is getting his money.
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Ad in comic form.
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Pay Less - Get the Best

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
science and technology
Plastic Seat Cover Company
Saran plastic seat covers
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Back cover.

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