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Issue: Jughead's Folly #1

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Publication Date: January 1957

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Issues: #1 of 1 Issue

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Publisher: Flag

Archie Publications, Inc.

Brand: Archie Series

Indicia Publisher: Close-Up Inc.

On Sale Date: 1957

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Pages: 36

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

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Content Items: 11 (5 stories, 1 cover)

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Notes: Jughead one-shot. This issue is believed to be the first reference to Elvis in the comics. Inspired the later series, "Jughead's Fantasy" #1 (08/60) - #3 (12/60).

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Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Golden Age US (7" x 10.25")

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched

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Content Items (11 total)

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Genres: teen

Character(s): Jughead Jones

First Line: Hey! What Gives! Jughead the Woman-Hater Making Like ELVIS! This You Must Read To Believe!

Synopsis: Jughead singing to his adoring female fans.

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Toys! Tricks! Fun!

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Notes: The inside front cover is for a practical joke company, "Honor House Products Corp." (Hot Pepper Gum, Shrunken Head, Fly in Ice Cube, etc.):

"TOYS! TRICKS! FUN! BE THE FIRST IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO GET THESE WONDERFUL TOYS"

Chapter #1 "Nobody!"

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Genres: teen

Character(s): Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; "Big Moose" Mason; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis: Jughead approaches Veronica because she is having a party and hasn't invited him. She and Betty call him a, "Nobody". Then he insults Big Moose accidentally, but Moose doesn't think he is worth hitting because he is a "nobody". He goes to Pop Tate's "Chok'Lit Shop" (later "Shoppe") to get his "bosom buddies" to treat him to a soda, but Archie and Reggie ignore him and infer that he is "nobody". He leaves feeling totally dejected.

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Chapter 2 Opportunity Knocks!

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Character(s): Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Mayka Starr; (Archie, Reggie, Betty, Veronica in a one-panel cameo)

Synopsis: He returns to the Chok'Lit Shop a little while later to drown his sorrows in a hamburger and is turned away by Pop Tate because he has no money. He goes to the juke box to sing with his "favorite record", "Blue For You". Juggie is heard by a famous talent scout, Mayka Starr who decides that he is a true talent. Mayka Starr offers to make him a star, and Jughead accepts.

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Chapter #3 Going Up!

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Genres: teen

Character(s): Jughead Jones; Mayka Starr; Redfree

Synopsis: He gets on "Redfree's Talent Show" and wows the crowd by making them cry with his heartfelt voice. When he announces that he dislikes women, they go crazy for him.

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What's Your Safety I.Q.?

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Notes: The right side of the centerspread is an ad for U.S. Royal Bike Tires with a "WHAT'S YOUR SAFETY I.Q.?" quiz.

Chapter #4 "The Celebrity"

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Character(s): Jughead Jones; Mayka Starr

Synopsis: He becomes a huge star but has no freedom. All he wants is a hamburger, but his manager keeps him so busy he can't get any burgers. Then he puts him on a diet (he is 3 lbs overweight). He sneaks away to get a hamburger, but he is recognized and swarmed by his female fans.

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Chapter #5 "From Top to Bottom !"

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Character(s): Jughead Jones; Mayka Starr; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis: He decides he can't handle stardown, so he destroys his career and gets fired by his manager. He loses his money and heads back to Riverdale. Back home they don’t believe he was a star. He decides to show them…the next panel shows him asleep in the Chok'Lit Shop. They wake him, and we learn it was all a dream. He has been invited to Veronica's party though, and he agrees to go. Juggie sings at the party. Veronica's Uncle,a talent scout, tells him he has an "interesting voice" and wants to represent him. In the last panel, Juggie turns him down and says he is happy being..."A NOBODY!".

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Leaders In Laughs

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Katy Keene

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Notes: The last page is an in-house ad some classic giant-size Annual issues (Archie Annual #9, Jughead Annual #5, Katy Keene Annual #4, Archie's Pals 'N' Gals Annual #6, Betty and Veronica Annual #5, and Archie's Christmas Stocking #4).

Check the Kind of Body YOU Want!

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Character(s): Charles Atlas

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Notes: The inside back cover is a Charles Atlas ad:

"Check the Kind of Body YOU Want! RIGHT IN THE COUPON BELOW ...and I'll Prove How EASILY You Can Have It!"

Do You Need Extra Money?

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Notes: Finally, the back cover is a greeting card company, "Cheerful Card Co.":

"DO YOU NEED EXTRA MONEY? $35.00 IS YOURS for selling only 50 boxes of our Christmas Card Style Line. And this can be done in a single day. Free Samples. Other leading boxes on approval. mail coupon below today. It costs you nothing to try."