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Issue: Archie Annual #2
Publication Date: January 1950
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Issues: #2 of 26 Issues (31 Printings)
Title:
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Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/28/1950
Volume: none
Pages: 116
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 32 (17 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: All information for this issue from David Postle, April 2009.

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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US, latter issues standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding:  
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
First Line: Don't believe everything you see on this cover... that's just a little pipe dream Archie's having!
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The Famous Archie Series Characters

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Portraits in an art gallery format.
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A Creep in the Deep

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
First Line: What fun! A picnic on a boat!
Synopsis: The gang plans to have a picnic on Archie's new boat, the Droopy Sloop.
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Taking the Phone Out of Life

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Pop Tate; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
First Line: Every time I get my hands full, customers to wait on, and a cheese sandwich on the grill, the phone rings!
Synopsis: Pop Tate is sick and tired of the phone booth in the Chok'lit Shop and has it removed.
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After the Atom Spies

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): "U.S." Royal
Character(s): "U.S." Royal; Bob; Tom; Mugsy
Synopsis: After Mugsy and his accomplice steal a formula from an atomic plant, Royal stops them using his jet-propelled bicycle.
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Disclose Notes: Ad for bicycle tires from United States Rubber Company. Info from scan at http://www.seanbaby.com/.
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Better Never Than Late

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper; Mr. Bender; Mrs. Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
First Line: Gangway!! I'm late for school!
Synopsis: Annoyed by Jughead's lateness, Miss Grundy wants him to check in to school using a time clock.
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Indian Wear Dance

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Pop Tate; Betty Cooper; Mr. Lodge; Mrs. Lodge
First Line: Hi, Archiekins! Coming to the Indian wear dance at my house tonight?
Synopsis: Veronica has a party where everyone has to dress like an Indian and the best dressed wins a wooden store Indian.
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Disclose Notes: Archie, Jughead, Reggie, and Mr. Lodge appear in redface.
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Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Hey kids! Did you know that Veronica and I are out in our own comic book?
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Dinner at Ate

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Mr. Catera; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Chowhound McGuirk
First Line: Archie Andrews, have you got a moment?
Synopsis: Jughead has an eating contest with Chowhound McGuirk.
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Character(s): Jughead Jones
First Line: Archie's pal Jughead is out in another comic book of his own!
Synopsis: House ad for Archie's Pal Jughead #2.
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First Line: 8-mile range!
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Disclose Notes: Binoculars.
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Nothing but the Tooth

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews
First Line: Hi, Archiekins! Would you like to go somewhere with me this afternoon?
Synopsis: Fred, Archie and Veronica all have to go to the dentist.
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Character(s): Suzie
First Line: Suzie is choosey!
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Disclose Notes: Promo for Suzie Comics (Archie, 1945 series) featuring Suzie trying on a pile of hats. Choosy is misspelled in the promo.
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Country Cousin

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Juniper Jones; Chubby
First Line: Isn't Juggy coming along Archie?
Synopsis: Jughead's Ozark cousin Juniper visits Riverdale.
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Uses His Head

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Coach Kleats; Jughead Jones
First Line: May I try out for the football team, coach? I've been practicing kicking, and...
Synopsis: Archie tries out for the football team, much to the Coach's annoyance.
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Character(s): Super Duck
First Line: Hey, kids!.... Climb on the band wagon
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Disclose Notes: Promo for Super Duck Comics (Archie, 1944 series).
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Feature(s): Wilbur
Synopsis: House ad for subscriptions to Wilbur Comics.
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Puck Luck

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Coach Kleats
First Line: But I asked you first, Ronnie!
Synopsis: Reggie and Betty decide to pretend to have a crush on each other to make Veronica jealous and go with Reggie to the dance instead of Archie.
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Unfinished Similes

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Feature(s): Archie Puzzle Fun
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Disclose Notes: Finish the similes, fill in the word square so the answers read the same across and down, find your way through the maze making only two stops.
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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Coach Kleats; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle
First Line: Wha' hoppen? Why is everybody running? Reggie is back!
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Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie's Rival Reggie (Archie, 1949 series) #2 featuring Archie, Jughead, and the Riverdale High faculty running from a giant Reggie head. Frese's signature is present here but replaced by the Archie Series banner in other printings of this promo.
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Death on Wheels

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Genres: non-fiction, science and technology
First Line: One of the sorriest symbols of our times is America's automobile accident record.
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Hollywood Scream Test

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; T. Maxwell Jones
First Line: Hi, Archie! What's cooking?
Synopsis: Jealous that Veronica is dating the son of a Broadway producer, Archie stages a beauty contest with Jughead's uncle, who produces movies, as the judge to get Veronica a screen test.
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Bustin' Out All Over

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Mr. Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Timothy Wiggins (bust); Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Perkins; Miss Grundy
First Line: Ah, Jughead, my boy, it's a beautiful day to be walking on the campus lawn.
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee hates the bust of Timothy Wiggins that's displayed on campus, but he can't get rid of it until he has a replacement, so the gang has a bust of Mr. Weatherbee made.
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Disclose Notes: Berg disguises his signature on the cover of a book (History by Berg) in the splash panel.
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All in One

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Betty Cooper
First Line: Girls! Girls! Girls! I've got to speak to that boy!
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee thinks Archie is wasting his time going after girls and tries to get him a hobby.
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Disclose Notes: We originally credited the pencils to Dan DeCarlo, but per Bill Morrison on Facebook, this is not Decarlo. It's generally accepted that DrCarlo's first Archie work was in Betty and Veronica #4, and if you compare the two stories, they do not look the same. The B&V story has recognizable DeCarlo touches even though he was trying hard to look like the Archie house style, and this story doesn't have any of that. https://www.facebook.com/groups/2342226359386468/permalink/3753096128299477/
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Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Suzie; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
First Line: The brightest stars in the constellation
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Disclose Notes: Promo for Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) and Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) with each regular character appearing in a star.
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Gals and Pals

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Mr. Baker; Lottie Little; Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Hey, Arch, lookit this! I sure could use the extra cash. It says "part time boy wanted."
Synopsis: When Jughead gets a part-time job delivering handbills, Archie's love poem accidentally gets mixed in and delivered to Lottie.
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Pane in His Neck

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantel [Reggie Mantle]; Frazier; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
First Line: Hey, Jughead, here comes Reggie. How about playing that pane of glass gag on him?
Synopsis: Reggie buys a replacement pane of glass when he breaks one Archie and Jughead are carrying and then intentionally has someone break a window so he can sell the pane for a profit.
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Disclose Notes: Reggie's last name is misspelled in this story. Berg's signature is disguised in a sign on a vacant lot (Berg and Co.) in the splash panel.
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Pardon My Pup Tent

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mr. Jones
First Line: Look, Jug! The answer to where we'll spend our vacation this summer!
Synopsis: Archie and Jughead try to put up a pup tent.
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Pages: 4
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Adventures of the Dover Boys
First Line: The magazine that's got everything!
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Disclose Notes: Promo for Adventures of the Dover Boys (Archie, 1950 series) #1. Contains four scenes that do not appear within issue.
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Crossword Fun

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Character(s): Archie Andrews
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Disclose Notes: Includes crossword in the shape of Archie.
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The Foul Fowl

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
First Line: ..and those girls who cook an entire dinner for four people will be considered as having passed their term exam and, also, will not have to write the 5,000 word theme on "home management"!
Synopsis: For their Home Economics class, Betty and Veronica must prepare a dinner for four.
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All Tarred Out

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Fred Andrews; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; O'Reilly; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Archie, how can you work with a drip like that?
Synopsis: Archie and Jughead have to repair a hole in the garage roof.
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