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Issue: Archie Comics #43
Publication Date: March 1950
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Issues: #43 of 101 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: An Archie MagazineView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/20/1950
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
First Line: Do you mind if I help you clean up your room, Archie?
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In Content Item: FlagArchie Comics #42 published April 1950
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Early To Bed

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
First Line: Can you come over now, Archie?
Synopsis: After being late for school four times in one month, Archie dreams that he is found guilty of truancy and sentenced to the projection chair, where he is transported into the futuristic year of 1979 to see what became of his future and Riverdale.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: In 1979 Riverdale, Jughead has become a mogul in the hamburger business and is married to Betty. Reggie has become the town banker and is married to Veronica.
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Just Plain Geometry

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Miss Grundy; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee
First Line: Psst! Betty!
Synopsis: When Miss Grundy keeps Betty after school for a geometry lesson, causing Betty to miss her date with Archie, Miss Grundy teaches her about love triangles as a new way of thinking about geometry.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Interestingly, the cover of Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #78, which has the same cover date, depicts Miss Grundy instructing Betty to always think of triangles in geometry, causing Betty to picture her love triangle.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones
First Line: Reward! Five million laughs for picking up a copy...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #1 featuring a reward poster for Jughead.
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The Bird Lover

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
First Line: What's with the school ladder, egghead - you going in for higher education?
Synopsis: Archie brings a baby bird into school.
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Pages: 6
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Archie Andrews
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 membership featuring first-prize report from Cynthia Ann Harmon (Detroit 12, MI) and second-prize report from Marie Landry (Donaldsonville, LA).
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Coach Kleats; Mr. Weatherbee
First Line: Did'ja hear the latest, kids? I'm coming out in my own book!!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Promo for the new Archie's Rival Reggie Comics title, in cartoon format.
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A Paneful Experience

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones
First Line: Wha-a-a-t??? Archie broke another window?
Synopsis: Fred becomes enraged when Archie breaks yet another window playing baseball, but he has a change of heart when he encounters a handicapped child who can't play sports.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Art previously thought to be Samm Schwartz, but it matches Frese's work of the period.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Katy Keene; Sis
First Line: Look! By popular demand!!
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Promo for the new Katy Keene Comics (Archie, 1949 series). Dress on Sis by Edith Dickinson (Santa Barbara, CA).
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Katy Keene
First Line: Look! How would you like to win a beautiful autographed...
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Promo for upcoming Katy's Dress Design Contest in Katy Keene Comics (Archie, 1949 series). Winner will have design featured on upcoming cover. Katy Keene handpainted scarf and Katy Keene tie also advertised, but unclear whether winner, runner-ups, or all entrants would receive them.
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Raves and Waves

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones
First Line: Hi, Veronica, what have you got there?
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica test a new permanent wave machine on Archie.
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Hollywood Tattle Tales
First Line: U.N. Delegates See Three-Way Premiere
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Archie (Hollywood report)
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie Puzzle Fun
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Includes connect-the-dots, geometry puzzle, and changing "BALD" to "HAIR" by forming three intermediate words.
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Where There's Smoke

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
First Line: Put a point on this pencil for me, will you, Archie?
Synopsis: Miss Grundy's request for Archie to sharpen a pencil leads to an escalating series of accidents that culminates in a school fire.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Art previously thought to be Bill Vigoda, but it matches Schwartz's other stories in the issue.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
First Line: Lifting the curtain on the newest addition to the Archie Comic Group!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Promo for the new titles in the Archie Comics line: Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series), Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series), and Archie's Rival Reggie (Archie, 1949 series).
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The Hook Worm Turns

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Hooky Hogan; Betty Cooper
First Line: See you later, Jughead! -- I have to go home and study my history!
Synopsis: Jughead tags along with Hooky on a day of skipping school, only to tell Hooky that school is closed that day due to a heating issue.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Hooky's name is spelled "Hookey" in this story.

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