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Issue: Archie Americana Series #6
Publication Date: January 2002
 
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Title: Best of the Forties Book 2
Variant: unnamed
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Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 6
Pages: 100
ISBN: 1879794098
UPC/EAN: 978187979409251095
Price: $10.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 22 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Paul Castiglia
Disclose Notes: Reprints stories from Laugh Comics #21-25, 27-29, 31, 36
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: Color
Dimensions: 17.5cm x 25.5cm
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Binding: Perfect Bound
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Rex W. Lindsey (signed)
Rex W. Lindsey (signed)
Rosario Peña [credited as Rosario "Tito" Peña]
Rex W. Lindsey
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Archie
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Table of Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Archie
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Happy Accidents

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Paul Castiglia (credited)
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typeset
Subject Matter
Archie Andrews
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Introduction with 1/4 page logo illustration.
Mr. Blunk Comes to Town

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Bill Vigoda
Bill Vigoda
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Subject Matter
Archie
Reprinting
FlagLaugh Comics #21 published January 1946
 
Miscellaneous
9
Car Trouble

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bill Vigoda
Bill Vigoda
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Subject Matter
Archie
Reprinting
FlagLaugh Comics #22 published January 1947
was Car Trouble [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
9
Go Fly a Kite

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bill Vigoda
Bill Vigoda
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Subject Matter
Archie
Reprinting
FlagLaugh Comics #23 published January 1947
was Go Fly a Kite [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
Getting Up in the World

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Archie
Reprinting
FlagLaugh Comics #24 published December 1947
was Getting Up in the World [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7.67
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Katy Keene
Reprinting
FlagLaugh Comics #24 published December 1947
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
Double Trouble

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bill Vigoda
Bill Vigoda
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Subject Matter
Archie
Reprinting
FlagLaugh Comics #25 published February 1948
was Double Trouble [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
It's a Dog's Life

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bill Vigoda
Bill Vigoda
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Subject Matter
Archie
Reprinting
FlagLaugh Comics #27 published June 1948
was It's a Dog's Life [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8.67
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bill Woggon
Bill Woggon
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?
Subject Matter
western
Nevada Jones
Reprinting
FlagLaugh Comics #27 published June 1948
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
You're Driving Me Crazy

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Archie
Reprinting
FlagLaugh Comics #27 published June 1948
was You're Driving Me Crazy! [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
The Lady Killer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
Archie
Reprinting
FlagLaugh Comics #28 published August 1948
was The Lady Killer [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
9
Higher Education

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Ray Gill
Ray Gill
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Subject Matter
Archie
Reprinting
FlagLaugh Comics #29 published October 1948
was Higher Education [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
Talk of the Town

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Ray Gill
Ray Gill
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?
Subject Matter
Archie
Reprinting
FlagLaugh Comics #31 published February 1949
was Talk of the Town [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
If the Hat Fits

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Archie laments to Jughead about how bad Veronica treats him. Jughead reminds Archie that he treats Betty the same way.
Reprinting
FlagLaugh Comics #36 published December 1949
was If the Hat Fits [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
Nature Boy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Jughead
Reprinting
FlagLaugh Comics #36 published December 1949
was Nature Boy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6.33
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Darling Romance
Reprinting
FlagLaugh Comics #36 published December 1949
 
Miscellaneous
0.67
Archie Club

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Archie Club
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover. 1940s promo for the Archie Club in comic form. Includes Archie Club News from Heather Gordon and Michael Oksenhorn.
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Archie
Archie Andrews
The frantic Forties—a time when the comic book industry...
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Back cover. Promo text with head shot of Archie with a background of "An Archie Magazine Approved Reading" brands.

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