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Issue: Archie's Pal Jughead Annual #3
Publication Date: January 1955
 
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Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
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Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/31/1954
Volume: none
Pages: 100
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 58 (45 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: With this issue, stories switch from the standard six-panel layout to an eight-panel layout. In addition, there is an increased emphasis on short-form and gag stories instead of long-form narrative stories. These changes were standard across the Archie Comics line around this time. On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Ah! Ah! Juggie! You promised you'd stop after sixteen hamburgers!
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How much is your quarter worth?
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Order form for Archie's Quarter Comics (Katy Keene Annual #1, Katy Keene Pin-Up Parade #1, Archie's Pal Jughead Annual #3, Archie Annual #6, Archie's Pals 'n' Gals #3, Betty and Veronica Annual #3, and Archie's Christmas Stocking #1).
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Love at First Fright

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Wow! How about that!!
Jughead has a girl friend.
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Pond My Word

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Just a minute, Archie!!
Archie and Reggie are sneaking into class with muddy shoes.
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Squares of Round Table

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Jughead Jones [Sir Trancelot]; King Arthur [Mr. Weatherbee]
Today, kids, we bring you that immortal classic - King Arthur and his Squares of the Round Table!
King Arthur orders a knight to go slay a dragon.
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Don't Hand Me That!

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Pretty good rabbit, hey, Arch?
Jughead is making shadow puppets instead of studying.
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Snow Trouble

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Boy! -- Can you imagine ol' Weatherbee putting up ten bucks for the best essay on winter?
Mr. Weatherbee has a ten dollar prize for the best essay on winter.
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Fun Page
By starting at the correct number you can spell out a famous saying... try it!
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Joke submitted by Joe Harold.
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What's my line?
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Promo for Archie publications parodying the game show "What's My Line?".
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Clothes Call!

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What's wrong boy? You look lower than a snake's arches!
Archie needs to find a fancy suit to wear to take Veronica to a swanky party and Jughead offers to help.
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Uwanna Duck; Super Duck
Yessiree! Super Duck is better than a three-ring circus.
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Promo for Super Duck Comics (Archie, 1944 series) featuring Super Duck as a ringleader and Uwanna as a circus performer.
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A Meatball for Football

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If I could only do something to please Mr. Lodge!
Archie needs to figure out something to please Mr. Lodge and Jughead has tickets to the Hale-Yarvard game.
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Kiss of Ire

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Hey Ronnie! - What are you wearing to the masquerade tonight?
Veronica is having a costume party and Reggie pays Jughead for an original idea.
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Best by Test

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Do you think you'll marry Ronnie some day, Arch?
Jughead asks Archie if he thinks he will marry Veronica.
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Game Try

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I'll bring my Scrabble set!
Archie is having a "play as you go" party and everyone must bring a game.
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Name Callers

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Jughead Jones [Frothingham Jones]; Fred
Ha, ha! I'm breaking up!
Reggie and Archie are laughing that Moose's real name is Marmaduke, and then they wonder what Jughead's real name is.
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In this story Jughead's real first name is given as Frothingham.
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A Strong Case

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So! Eating in class again eh-h-h?
Miss Grundy catches Jughead eating in class and takes him to the principal's office to explain himself.
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Gland-Dandy!

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What's up, Jug?
Archie and Jughead put some monkey-gland extract into Mr. Weatherbee's lunch to perk him up.
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There's the name of a Mother Goose character in this picture can you find it?
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Jughead Fun Page
E-Z does it!
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A Freak Accident!

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Charlie
I want our school carnival to be a big hit this year, Archie! How's the side show coming along?
The school puts on a carnival and Jughead is the man with the iron stomach.
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Boat-Goat!

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This is some boat, Veronica's pop gave her!
While out on Veronica's boat, Archie wishes there was a way to get Reggie away from Veronica.
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Air Today - Gone Tomorrow!

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Wow! That's an airplane plant what am!
Archie and the gang visit Mr. Lodge's aircraft factory where the military has come to see a new jet plane.
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Jughead Fun Page
What expression used in photography does this drawing illustrate?
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A question, how to make a ball toss target, and how to make a Jughead button.
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Archie is out of this world in his brand new Archie's Joke Book #16
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Promo for Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #16 featuring Archie looking through a telescope at the new issue.
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The Fall Guy

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Mr. Weatherbee, look at those pupils leaning out of the window over at the science building! Disgraceful!
Mr. Weatherbee is upset at Archie and Reggie leaning out of the biology window, so Reggie decides to get Archie in trouble using the biology manikin.
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Study Buddy

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Er, -- s-sure, Veronica! I'll be glad to!
Archie has plans with both Betty and Veronica at the same time so he talks Jughead into helping Betty with her Latin so he can spend time with Veronica.
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Dog-Gone

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Poochie
Now remember, Juggie, - don't let Poochie get out of the house! -- He might get lost!
Veronica has Jughead watch her new puppy while she goes over to Betty's.
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Dis-Missile

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All right, Miss Grundy! What have the rogues of Riverdale been up to this time?
Miss Grundy brings in Archie and Jughead for shooting paper clips with rubber bands, but fails to bring in the evidence so Mr. Weatherbee lets them go.
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Pain Killer

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For Pete's sake, Jughead! What's the idea of the wad of gum on your nose?
Jughead has been given novocaine by the dentist and can't feel it when people slap him.
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Midge is blonde in this story.
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I'm through with that dentist! He whistles!
Archie is tired of the song his dentist keeps whistling.
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Stuff and Nonsense

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Oscar (duck)
Yuk! Yuk! Stuffed birds! Even the taxidermist has a bird beak.. and a brain to go with it!
Jughead is practicing taxidermy and sells Reggie a pheasant.
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Sympathy Pain

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Hey Jug! You look bluer than an inkwell!
Jughead is lonely, so Archie invites him along on his and Veronica's date, but it turns out they've been invited to Gloria's dinner party.
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It'd take more than that ugly ol' moose to scare me!
Moose is walking by when he hears Reggie talking about a real moose.
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Hoe Hoe That's Rich

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Mr. Smith
Hey kids! Look! Mr. Weatherbee and Mr. Smith, the head of the school board!
Mr. Weatherbee has given the students a small patch of land to grow stuff on and the one who makes the most money wins a prize.
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Dead Man's Float

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Iggy
Hey, Jug! How'd you like to join me on a big float?
Archie is driving a float in a parade for community pride.
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Bells A-Pippin!

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Miss Pippin
Good morning, boys!
Mr. Weatherbee has hired a young and pretty teacher.
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Who Nose

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Ophelia Glutenschnable
Phew! Do you mean to tell us you're gonna try to sell this perfume?
Jughead, with the help of Archie and Reggie, has a scheme to sell fake perfume to Betty.
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Ophelia's last name is spelled as "Gluetenschnable" in this story.
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Oh Baby

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You know who moved in next door? A baby doctor!
Betty tells Veronica about her new neighbor, the baby doctor.
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Tempered Steal

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Lottie Little
D-duh-h!.. Hi, Juggie! Wuz that Archie I just seen ya with?
Moose wonders why none of the guys want to be his friend.
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Moose's girlfriend is named Lottie in this story.
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Dream Dust

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Hey droopy-lids!-- What's with the bag eyes?
Reggie can't sleep and he keeps rejecting Jughead's suggestion of the sandman.
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D-uh! That crook, Reggie tried to sell me that toll bridge that crosses the creek!
Moose is upset that Reggie tried to swindle him.
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Exclusive Excuses

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Glock Cable
Well, if it isn't the late Mr. Andrews! I hope the school bell didn't wake you up! Let's hear the excuse!..... It may be amusing!
Archie is late for school because he stopped to help movie star Glock Cable.
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Glock Cable is a parody of Clark Gable.
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Operation Jughead

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Honeychile Hamilton
Veronica, what has that new southern belle got that we haven't?
A southern belle is stealing all the boys in town, so Betty and Veronica get her to set her sights on Jughead.
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Teacher's Fret!

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Did you see what Juggy has?
Jughead finds a baby squirrel.
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Pigskin Patsy

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Eddie
No! No!! Football is not for you Jughead!
Jughead wants to play football, but the coach doesn't want him to.
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Gift Smackage

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I just saw Veronica a few minutes ago -- she was having trouble with appendicitis!
Jughead tells Archie that Veronica was having trouble with appendicitis.
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Top Secret

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Arch -- it's called a tonsillectomy when your tonsils are removed, right?
Jughead asks Archie what it's called when you remove a growth on your head.
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Gags, Gals and Giggles!

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Jughead, -- name a liquid that won't freeze!
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Four one-panel gags.
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Just Ash for Cash

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(Groan!) Y'know Arch, there must be an' easier way to break your back than hauling ashes.
While shoveling ash and hauling it to the dump, Reggie notices Jughead has a pile and they decide to add their ash to his.
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Shadow Box

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Jughead Fun Page
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Cops 'n Ribbers

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Fred
Jug, meet my Uncle Fred -- he's a detective!
Archie introduces Jughead to his uncle Fred who is a detective.
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Hat 'n Miss

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Is my hat on straight, Juggy?
Betty wonders if her hat is on straight.
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Quiz Kidded!

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Souphead
Hey Jug! Don't you want to stay home and watch TV
Jughead tries to get into a live taping of a quiz show.
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All-Wet Paint!

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Yes, miss?
Betty wants some red polka-dot paint.
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Sad Shack

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I'd love to go ice fishing, but I'd need someone along to help me--
Mr. Lodge asks Jughead to go ice fishing.
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I dare you to read my mail!
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Do you need money?
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Selling cards.

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