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| Publication | April 1950 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Wilbur Wilkin; Linda Moore |
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| Credits | Pencils:?;? (photograph) | Inks:?;? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Love Me-Love My Dog (6.75 pages) |
| Synopsis | Laurie has a new dog, a chihuahua. Wilbur takes him for a walk and gets in trouble when the dog falls in a mail dropbox. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Wilbur Wilkin; Laurie Lake; Linda Moore; Red Wilson; Juan (Laurie's dog); Bowser (Linda's dog) |
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| Publisher advertisement | Lifting the Curtain on the Newest Addition to the Archie Comic Group! |
| Featuring | Archie Series |
| Content | Characters: Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones |
| Notes | Promo for the new Archie Series titles: Archie's Rival Reggie; Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica, and Archie's Pal Jughead. All original art. |
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| Publisher advertisement | Here It Is! Your Archie Annual |
| Featuring | Archie Annual |
| Content | Characters: Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee |
| Notes | Promo for Archie Annual #1 with original art celebrating the 116 page debut issue. This scene would be redrawn for a promo for Archie Annual #16 in 1964. |
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| Content | Characters: Katy Keene |
| Notes | Promo for Katy Keene #1 with Katy's pose and fashions credited to Bob O'Doffer. |
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| Comic Story | Wilbur versus the Green Hairnet (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Wilbur makes a joke about hiring professional wrestler The Green Hairnet for the Riverdale High "All Sports Night," but Laurie takes him seriously and plasters the school with posters. Wilbur writes the Green Hairnet's manager, expecting to be turned down, but the Hairnet's lost love, Strangler Louise, went to school at Riverdale and he accepts. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Wilbur Wilkin; Laurie Lake; Linda Moore; Red Wilson; Mr. Dripwaite; The Green Hairnet (wrestler); Mr. Hardhat; Reggie Mantle; Miss Hybarr [Strangler Louise] |
| Notes | The Green Hairnet's name is a play on the Green Hornet. The Hairnet is a parody of professional wrestlers like Gorgeous George.
Would seem to be a rewrite of an Archie story as Riverdale is his high school, Wilbur is supposed to go to Westfield. |
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| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Characters: Tom Mix |
| Notes | A bullet-shaped telescope and a birdcall for 15 cents and a box top from Hot Ralston or Instant Ralston. |
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| Comic Story | A Pressing Engagement (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Linda comes up with a plan to have Wilbur go without a date to the dance, figuring she would have a chance once he's alone at the dance. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Wilbur Wilkin; Linda Moore; Red Wilson; Laurie Lake |
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| Content | Characters: Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Coach Kleats; Mr. Weatherbee |
| Notes | Promo for Archie's Rival Reggie. |
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| Comic Story | Name Your Poison (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Wilbur dreams he is a knight in days of old. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Wilbur Wilkin; Laurie Lake; Red Wilson; The Black Knight [Slats Morgan]; King Arthur [Commodore Lake]; the Gargle Dragon [Miss Gargle]; Merlindrip [Mr. Dripwaite] |
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| Featuring | Stuff About Stars |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Hollywood gossip. |
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| Statement of Ownership | Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1949 |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1949. No circulation figures given. |
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| Synopsis | Katy and Sis discuss how to attract attention at the corner of Hollywood and Vine. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Fashion | Characters: Katy Keene; Sis Keene; Randy Van Ronson; Jarvis; Heathcliffe (dog) |
| Notes | Sis wants people to think she's child star Margaret O'Brien when she goes walking with Katy. Fashions, hair styles, etc., by Barbara Downie (Kansas City, Mo.), Betty Thompson (Vollaire, N.D.), Annette Collin (New Britain, Conn.), Judy Kellinger (St. Louis, Mo.), Anna Napoli (Bayside, N.Y.), Jacqueline Banfield (no address), Dolores Campbell (Esparto, Calif.), Gail Lonergu (Brooklyn, N.Y), Lena Bias (Torrance, Calif.), Dana Boss (New York, N.Y.), Barbara Ann Milnitz (Plainview, Nebr.), and Charlotte Engen (Maddock, N. D.). |
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| Publisher advertisement | Katy Keene Pin-Up |
| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Characters: Katy Keene |
| Notes | Promo for 6" x 9" Katy Keene pin-up with 25 cut-outs that will fit the figure. Cost is 10 cents from Katy Keene Pin-Up Department, 7070 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood 28, Calif. |
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| Synopsis | Pud has trouble ice-skating until he starts chewing Dubble Bubble gum. |
| Content | Genre: Children | Characters: Pud; Sis; Butch |
| Notes | Ad in comic format for Dubble Bubble bubble gum. Frank H. Fleer Corp., Philadelphia, Pa. |
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| Publisher advertisement | Archie's Comic-Quiz: |
| Featuring | Jughead |
| Content | Characters: Jughead Jones |
| Notes | Original art promo for Jughead comics, featuring riddles with Jughead as the answer. |
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| Comic Story | Cupid's Capers (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Miss Gargle tells Wilbur and Red a sad story about her wedding day during World War I when the groom (a soldier) was late and she called off the wedding. She had second thoughts, but the soldier was shipped out and never came back. Wilbur and Linda try to find a match for Miss Gargle using the lonely hearts section of the newspaper, but the plan has an unforeseen ending. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Wilbur Wilkin; Red Wilson; Linda Moore; Gertrude Gargle; Mr. Dripwaite; Hubert (flashback) |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Characters: Bob West; Peggy |
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| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Characters: Red Ryder |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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