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Publication | August 1950 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
Notes | A box of food at the bottom of the picture next to the cash register is labeled "Sam". |
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Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Suzie |
Notes | A box of food at the bottom of the picture next to the cash register is labeled "Sam". |
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Comic Story | Dough Nuts (5.33 pages) |
Synopsis | Ferdie tries to raise money to take Suzie to a dance by playing the market, but he chooses the wrong market. |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Suzie; Ferdie; Gregory Van Dripp; Uncle Blunderbuss |
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Credits | Letters: typeset |
Notes | Promo of Archie Comics trademark as the "guarantee of the finest in reading entertainment." |
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Comic Story | The Atomic Comic (8.33 pages) |
Synopsis | Stung by Suzie's comments about his looks, Ferdie decides to become a comedian. |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Suzie; Ferdie; Gregory Van Dripp; Uncle Blunderbuss |
Notes | Contains depictions of blackface. |
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Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Characters: Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews |
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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Advertisement | The "Popsicle" Hall of Fame: Carolyn Walker (1 page) |
Synopsis | Dramatization of how Carolyn Walker's quick thinking saved her family from a house fire. |
Featuring | Popsicle |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Carolyn Walker; Popsicle Pete |
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Comic Story | Beauty and the Beach (7 pages) |
Synopsis | When Gregory is reluctant to accompany Suzie and Ferdie to the beach, Ferdie thinks he's finally got Suzie to himself. |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Suzie; Ferdie; Gregory Van Dripp |
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Comic Story | That's My Pop (6 pages) |
Synopsis | Ginger's father gets into a stew because Ginger's latest infatuation seems to be too cheap to take her on a proper date in his eyes. |
Content | Genre: Teen | Characters: Ginger Snapp; Mr. Snapp; Tommy Burns |
Notes | Pencils previously credited to Harry Lucey, but art matches Frese's character designs. Tommy Burns seems to be a different character from Tommy Turner, with black hair instead of blonde, although a character with Tommy Turner's design would be referred to as Tommy Burns in Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #50. |
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Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Characters: Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Mary Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Fred Andrews |
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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Text Article | A Message About Polio (2 pages) |
Synopsis | Article explaining the recent breakthrough in the treatment of polio, urging readers to get immunized. |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Advocacy |
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Synopsis | After getting the latest batch of fan mail (which overwhelms Katy's mailman), Katy and Sis are excited to hear from Skipper Mason's letter that he's sending something related to Katy's love of mink, but it turns out to be the animal and not the coat. |
Content | Genre: Humor; Fashion | Characters: Katy Keene; Smiley the postman; Sis; Randy Van Ronson |
Notes | Evening wear and pose by Ella Marie Smith (Lawrence, KS); dress on Sis by Carolyn Kirchner (Wellsburg, WV); negligee and pose by Maryrose Hughes (Seneca Falls, NY) and Jean Shinnier (San Francisco, CA); gown by Victoria Geremonte (Bayonne, NJ); Katy's gown by Geraldine O'Brien (Newark, NJ); Katy's sun suit by Anna D'Angelo (Brooklyn 27, NY); playsuit by Janice Maher (Coxsackie, NY). |
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Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Characters: Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Suzie; Wilbur Wilkin |
Notes | Promo for the stars of each issue of Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) and Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series). |
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Illustration | Fashions for Sis (1 page) |
Synopsis | A Sis figure which can be cut out as a paper doll, and a series of different dresses which can be placed on the doll. |
Content | Genre: Fashion | Characters: Sis |
Notes | Fashions by Janice Land (St. Louis 12, MO); Pat Rocha (Tulare, CA); Mary Ellen Riley (Indianapolis, IN); Virginia Harman (Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, CA); Judy Kozik (Chicago, IL); Norma Ahlfors (Lynbrook, NY); and Myrtle Fuller (Ludden, ND). |
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Comic Story | Vanish Varnish (4 pages) |
Synopsis | Ferdie invents a varnish that turns objects invisible and Suzie's father sees it as a way to easy street. |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Suzie; Ferdie; Suzie's father |
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Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Characters: Sam Hill |
Notes | Promo for Sam Hill Private Eye (Archie, 1950 series). |
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