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| Publication | May 1948 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Bi-Monthly |
| Notes | Al Fagaly's self-caricature confirmed by "The Art of Archie: The Covers." |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Al Fagaly (caricature) |
| Notes | Al Fagaly's self-caricature confirmed by "The Art of Archie: The Covers." |
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| Text Article | Hello Gang! (1 page) |
| Featuring | Archie Club Page |
| Credits | Script:? [as Archie Andrews] | Letters: typeset;? |
| Content | Characters: Archie Andrews |
| Notes | Spot illustration possibly from previous issue. Text explains that the Archie Andrews Club is replacing the Shield G-Man Club, and that one can get the new Archie button free by returning the Shield identification card. Also mentions that the Archie radio show continues on. |
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| Comic Story | The Teacher's Pet! (7.67 pages) |
| Synopsis | Archie tries to stay out of trouble for a change, but with Reggie's help, his good intentions turn sour. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Gabby; Speck |
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| Content | Characters: Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge |
| Notes | Advertisement for the three magazines Archie appears in |
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| Advertisement | Meet a Bit-o-Honey (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A little girl helps a ski jumper. |
| Content | Characters: Bit-o-Honey |
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| Synopsis | As Katy walks down the street every man she passes compliments her. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Katy Keene; Sis |
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| Comic Story | Yo Ho Ho - And a Bottle of Rubbing Alcohol! (4.67 pages) |
| Synopsis | Archie throws a sword at Jughead who's reading Treasure Island in his attic. Startled, Jug flees, only to step on a skate, hit his head on a beam and get knocked out. Unconscious, he dreams Archie is an evil pirate who hangs him by his thumbs and tries to feed him to the sharks. Until Archie throws a bucket of water on him, to bring him around. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Mrs. Jones |
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| Content | Characters: Wilbur Wilkin; Linda Moore; Red |
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| Comic Story | The Publicity Agent (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Li'l Jinx puts Bill's face on posters that say he's wanted for murder. Then posts them all over town. Bill ends up beaten and arrested by the police and given a raise from his boss. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Li'l Jinx; Bill Bubblegum |
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| Content | Characters: Li'l Jinx |
| Notes | Pen pal addresses. |
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| Text Story | Now You See It - Now You Don't (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Reggie brings disappearing ink to class so he can prank Archie. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Herbie; Mr. Weatherbee; Mr. Snuffle; Mr. Andrews |
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| Synopsis | When gabby runs out of halos for the pay phone, he beats the machine until all the halos spill out. Then Gabby and Gus go to work on a weight and fortune machine, because they don't like the fortunes, until they end up behind bars. |
| Content | Characters: Gloomy Gus; Gabby; St. Pete |
| Notes | This is the final appearance of the "Gloomy Gus" feature. |
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| Captain Tootsie Traps a Bear with Invisible Light (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Using a rifle, with an infra red scope attached, Captain Tootsie tracks and kills a bear that is terrorizing campers. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Tootsie; Coon Tail Charlie; Rollo; the Secret Legion |
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| Comic Story | Meet Nevada Jones (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Nevada is framed by Ace, a crooked sheriff and bitter rival, and accused of robbing gold from the Wells Fargo stagecoach. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Nevada Jones; Willie; Ace Spade |
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| Synopsis | Veronica's Uncle Bumble has the hiccups. The girls try to frighten him with a bearskin rug, it scares him but doesn't cure the hiccups. Suddenly, a real tiger appears and Uncle Bumble swats at its face and attempts to put his head in the tiger's mouth, thinking it's the girls again. When Veronica reappears and he realizes the tiger is real, he runs through the wall. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Uncle Bumble |
| Notes | First Archie story by Samm Schwartz, who would go on to become the lead artist for Jughead. Schwartz would continue working at Archie Comics (with the exception of one break in the mid-1960s to head Tower Comics' Tippy Teen) until his death in 1997. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Advertisement | In the Ring (1 page) |
| Featuring | Butterfinger |
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