| Additional Information |
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| Publication | September 1943 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly, except June and November |
| Notes | cover plugs the Archie radio show |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Superhero; Teen |
| Notes | cover plugs the Archie radio show |
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| Publisher advertisement | Emergency Bulletin No. 21 (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Archie Andrews is now on the radio. |
| Featuring | Shield G-Man Club |
| Credits | Script:? [as Joe Higgins (The Shield)] | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Archie is called "Pep's Bad Boy" in a reference to Peck's Bad Boy. |
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| Comic Story | Diamonds of Death (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | A millionaire is dead, robbery the apparent motive. The apparent killer bought a doll on the day of the death. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Frogface Houlihan (villain, introduction, death); Drape-Shape (villain, introduction, death); Maestro (villain, introduction, death |
| Notes | Credit line is "by Irv Novick". |
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| Comic Story | Knights of the Road (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Abner Thrisk has been on the lam for five years for a murder that he claims he didn't commit. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: John Rector (introduction, death, flashback); Abner Thrisk (introduction); Sam Stengel (villain, introduction, death); Ike Fraser (villain, introduction, death) |
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| Synopsis | Attempts are made to discover if Fido is a dog or a mountain lion. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Li'l Chief Bugaboo; Fido |
| Notes | Credit line says "By Higgins and Woik". Previously the GCD credited the writer as Woik, thinking she was the writer instead of the inker. |
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| Text Story | Death for Dessert (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Archie the Jockey (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Archie and Reggie fight over horseback riding. Veronica believes that Archie can ride and she invites him to the Lodge estate for the weekend. Archie brings Jughead, and Jughead shows Archie how to ride in the early morning hours. Veronica mistakes Jughead for Archie and when Mr. Lodge's jockey gets ill, Archie is picked to step in. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen |
| Notes | Mr. Lodge is incorrectly said to be introduced in this story; his name is given as "Lodge Lodge III"; cont'd next issue
Mrs. Andrews has brown hair. |
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| Comic Story | Elephant in the Swamp (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Killer elephant beaks out of the train and heads into the swamp. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Maybelle (introduction); Mr. Jangling (introduction); Catfish Joe; Mrs. Dilly |
| Notes | Larry Harris has stated that he created, wrote, and drew this series. |
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| Comic Story | Greatness Is Thrust upon Marco (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Marco Loco (introduction, origin); King of Spain (introduction); Queen of Spain (introduction); Christopher Flopp (villain, introduction) |
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| Comic Story | Hitler's Dream (10 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Military; Superhero | Characters: Captain Herman (villain, introduction); Nazis (villains) |
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