XOW Logo
Issue: Archie Comics #4
Publication Date: September 1943
 
Disclose Detail
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Indicia Publisher: M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/08/1943
Volume: 1
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Harry Shorten
Disclose Notes: Credits from reprints in Archie Archives (Dark Horse, 2011 series) #2

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 4.
  Does this data need corrections? Become an editor.
Disclose Format
Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden & Silver Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
Disclose Reprinted From0
There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets0
 
Quiet!! On the Air!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
teen
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Souphead
Reprinting
FlagArchie Archives #2 published October 2011
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inks credit verified in Alter Ego #110 (June 2012).

Plug for the Archie radio show on cover.
[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
A typeset table of contents for the issue. Features a small poem about the troubles the editors went through to bring the reader laughs.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover. Weirdly, this did not appear in Dark Horse's Archie Archives, but did in the reprint on the Archie digital app.
What's Cooking In This Issue

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
Subject Matter
Archie Andrews
Archie is drawn as a comic book artist holding up the preview page.
Reprinting
FlagArchie Archives #2 published October 2011
 
Miscellaneous
1
Preview page.
Circus Serenade

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Bingle B. Bungling (introduction); Gumbo (an elephant, introduction)
Archie wreaks havoc on Bingle B. Bungling's circus.
Reprinting
FlagArchie Archives #2 published October 2011
FlagArchie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #238 [Direct Edition] published April 2013
as Circus Serenade [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
9
Spring Fever

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Souphead (introduction); Veronica Lodge; Mr. Curdle (introduction)
Mr. Andrews forecasts the weather and Jughead and Archie end up in swimming trunks during a snowstorm.
Reprinting
FlagArchie Archives #2 published October 2011
FlagThe Best of Archie Comics #3 published August 2013
as Spring Fever [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
First appearance of Souphead, Jughead's younger cousin.
Swing It, Bee-thoven

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
Subject Matter
Bumbie
Bee-thoven (introduction); Seams Taylor (villain, introduction)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
6
Oscar the Watch-Dog (?)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Oscar (Archie's dog); Fred Andrews; Mrs. Andrews
Mr. Andrews wants Archie to sell Oscar because he eats too much.
Reprinting
FlagArchie Archives #2 published October 2011
 
Miscellaneous
3
Later rewritten as the text stories Tiny, the Police Dog in Super Duck Comics #10 and Man's Best Friend in Pep Comics #64.
Jughead and Souphead

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Souphead
Jughead plays Cops and Robbers with Souphead and his friends.
Reprinting
FlagArchie Archives #2 published October 2011
 
Miscellaneous
6
more of a Jughead story
Archie the Fixer

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
teen
Archie Andrews
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Cubby Hangs a Picture

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
Subject Matter
Cubby
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
6
contents page title
Glamour In White

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Nurse Grady (introduction); Dr. Cueball (introduction); Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones (cameo)
Betty and Veronica take jobs at the same hospital when Archie is there.
Reprinting
FlagArchie Archives #2 published October 2011
 
Miscellaneous
6
Rivalry heats up.
Birthday Blues

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Fred Andrews; Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Oscar (Archie's dog); Mulligan (introduction); Eustace (introduction)
Mr. Andrews goes to the department store to find out why his folding chair won't open.
Reprinting
FlagArchie Archives #2 published October 2011
 
Miscellaneous
7
More a Pop Andrews story.

The basic story was rewritten as the text stories Swingin' in a Hammock in Wilbur Comics #7 and Sleeping Beauty in Super Duck Comics #14.

Site designed and hosted by XOWTech, Inc..
Any questions or problems with this site should be directed to REMOVE-webmaestro-THESE@xowcomics.com.

XOW, XOWComics.com, XOWTech and XOWTech.com are registered trademarks of XOWTech, Inc.
© XOWTech, Inc., 2010 - 2024. All rights reserved.

Some data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution license.