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Issue: Archie Comics #44
Publication Date: May 1950
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Issues: #44 of 101 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: An Archie MagazineView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/21/1950
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Archie, I can hardly wait to see what kind of a picture you've drawn of me!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This cover of this comic is similar to the splash page, and story concept, for the first story in Pep Comics (1940 series) #92 (published July 1952), Artists and Models.
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Swing Your Partner

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy; Gabby
First Line: Hi, Archiekins! Going to the square dance tonight?
Synopsis: Miss Grundy teaches Archie how to square dance and call dances, and when the caller gets sick, Archie takes his place.
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Pages: 8
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Square Dancing With Archie and His Gang

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Letterer(s): ?; typeset
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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
First Line: Here it is gang!!
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Archie-themed call for a square dance. Readers asked to send letters with feedback.
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Feature(s): Archie Puzzle Page
Character(s): Archie Andrews
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Includes word ladder, word square, and fill in the blanks.
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Words Fail Me

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Gabby; Miss Grundy; Dilton Doiley; Mr. Weatherbee
First Line: Can you use jeopardy in a sentence, Jug?
Synopsis: Miss Grundy gives an oral quiz to the class, resulting in several puns and gags.
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Pages: 5.33
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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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Here Comes the Bride

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Mr. Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Fred Andrews
First Line: ...And so I think it is the duty of every one of us to raise money to buy rice for the flood victims of China!
Synopsis: Reggie mishears Archie and Betty discussing a plan to sell wedding announcements and believes the pair are getting married.
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Mary Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Fred Andrews
First Line: Ready soon - the new 2nd edition of the Archie Annual
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Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie Annual (Archie, 1949 series) #2. Orders will include autographed photo of actor who plays Archie on the radio program.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
First Line: You roared with Archie's Pal Jughead Comics...
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Disclose Notes: Promo for the new Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series). Features series logo that was unused in actual series.
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To Sit or Not To Sit!

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Gabby; Pop Tate; Miss Grundy; Craig (introduction)
First Line: Hi, keeds! What did you think of the questionnaire Miss Grundy asked us to fill out about babysitting rates?
Synopsis: When Riverdale High administers a survey to set babysitting rates, Archie answers that they should be paid 25 cents an hour. Betty has Archie tag along while she babysits a bratty child to convince him that babysitters deserve higher pay.
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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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Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie's Rival Reggie (Archie, 1949 series).
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Hollywood Tattle Tales
First Line: Trained Squirrel In Film
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Archie Andrews (Hollywood report)
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Subject Matter
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Katy Keene; Reggie Mantle
First Line: It's magic!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Promo for the new Archie Series titles (Archie's Pal Jughead, Archie's Rival Reggie, Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica, and Katy Keene) featuring Archie pulling the characters out of a magician's hat.
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Hamburger Holiday

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Did you hear the news Jughead?
Synopsis: Jughead works the hamburger stand at the school carnival, but when he eats half the burgers he makes, Archie switches Jughead to the fortune teller's booth, where he tells every customer to avoid hamburgers that night so there are leftovers after the carnival.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: A fence in the splash panel contains a poster advertising Archie's Rival Reggie (Archie, 1949 series).
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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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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Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie Club membership featuring first-prize report from Dorothy Fernandez (Bronx, NY) and second-prize report from Joanne Elliott (Milwaukee 8, WI).
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Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Feature(s): Puzzle Page
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Disclose Notes: Contains drawing lesson of a cat and crossword with rebus clues.

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