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Issue: Archie Comics #39
Publication Date: July 1949
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Issues: #39 of 101 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: An Archie MagazineView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/25/1949
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: standard Golden & Silver Age U. S.
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
First Line: Isn't she a honey...Arch?
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In Content Item: FlagArchie #1 published January 1950
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
First Line: You've seen the rest - now buy the best
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie Comics titles featuring hand stamping seal of approved reading. Inside front cover.
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The Talent Scout

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Cooper; Mrs. Cooper
First Line: Hey, gang! Look at this!
Synopsis: Archie enters Veronica in a Hollywood contest to find the next Cinderella, but Betty accidentally ends up winning.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Art previously credited to Ray Gill; the extent of Ray Gill's work is currently unknown. As per Ray's brother Joe, Ray never drew for Archie Comics; rather, he wrote the scripts and outlined the stories (Charlton Spotlight #5). Pencils match the early signed stories of Schwartz.
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Giving Is Living

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Blinky (introduction); Charlie (introduction)
First Line: Doctor, will you look at the patient?
Synopsis: When Archie mishears the doctor and thinks he will die soon, he begins giving away his belongings.
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Pages: 7.67
Disclose Notes: Art previously credited to Ray Gill.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Archie Andrews
First Line: Tell ya what I'm gonna do, folks!
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Promo for Wilbur Comics (Archie, 1944 series) featuring Archie as a medicine show man hawking the latest issue.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: Look what you get by joining the Archie Club, boys and girls!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie Club featuring first-prize report from Everett Damon (Brockton 10, MA) and second-prize report from Anne Oesau (Stratford, CT).
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The Builder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
First Line: How do you like my new car, Archie??
Synopsis: Archie attempts to build a garage for his father's new car.
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Pages: 6
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The Cold Shoulder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Mr. Cooper; Mrs. Cooper; Archie Andrews
First Line: Care to come to the movies with us, Betty?
Synopsis: Betty takes advantage of not having enough coal to heat the house by inviting Archie over in the hopes that they can snuggle.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Art previously credited to Ray Gill.
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Hollywood Tattle Tales
First Line: Dane Clark was once a struggling artist
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Archie (Hollywood report)
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A Peck of Trouble

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Fred Andrews; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Woody (a woodpecker, introduction)
First Line: Oh, Archie! It's a little woodpecker!
Synopsis: A woodpecker becomes attached to Archie after he repairs its broken wing.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
Disclose Notes: An early example of a Samm Schwartz background gag: "J'ai faim - Jughead" is written on the blackboard, French for "I'm hungry." Jughead plays "The Woody Woodpecker Song" in the penultimate panel, which was one of the most popular songs of 1948.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Character(s): Suzie
First Line: When does 1=3? When one is Suzie!
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie Comics titles in which Suzie appears featuring three identical Suzies.
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Hard To Swallow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
First Line: Archie, are you ready for the English Lit exam this afternoon?
Synopsis: Archie takes the fall for Jughead when he thinks that Jughead has stolen the answers to the English Lit exam.
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Pages: 6.67
Disclose Notes: The name on Mr. Weatherbee's door is "R.O. Weatherbee."
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Mary Andrews
First Line: Archie should have been born twins!
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie emphasizing that he's twice as laughable, twice as lovable, and in two other comic books: Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) and Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series).

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