| Issue | #49 |
| Published | June 1944 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 52 |
| Editing | Harry Shorten |
| Notes | Archie daydreams about swimming with The Shield and the gang. Cover reprinted as the cover of a one-shot Canadian reprint titled Archie, possibly by F.E. Howard. |
| Characters | Archie Andrews; The Shield; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones |
| Genre | Humor |
| Pencils | Harry Sahle (signed) |
| Inks | Harry Sahle (signed) |
| Notes | Archie daydreams about swimming with The Shield and the gang. Cover reprinted as the cover of a one-shot Canadian reprint titled Archie, possibly by F.E. Howard. |
| Synopsis | Include's Elaine's winning entry into the "Why America is the best place to live" contest. It starts "I think Hitler is just plain stupid." |
| Script | Elaine Schatzman (credited); Joe Higgins (credited) |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover. |
| Characters | Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Reggie; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge |
| Synopsis | Archie is caught trying to play a prank on Reggie and sent to the principal's office. Mr. Weatherbee uses his latest readings in Child Psycology and gives Archie responsibility for a school picnic aboard a boat. Archie accidentally charters a garbage scow, but everything turns out all right in the end. |
| Genre | Teen |
| Script | Ed Goggin |
| Pencils | Harry Sahle [as Sahle] |
| Inks | Virginia Drury [as Ginger] |
| Notes | Inking credit originally "Janice Valleau (Ginger)". Artwork is signed Ginger, so credit changed to "Virginia Drury [as Ginger]" based on info from Jerry Bails' Who's Who. Many changes to story in reprint in Black Hood, see that index for details. |
| Reprinted | in Black Hood (Howard Publications, 1946 series) #[nn] |
| Characters | Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge |
| Synopsis | Promo for Archie Andrews radio show on WOR Mutual. |
| Genre | Teen |
| Script | Bill Vigoda ? |
| Pencils | Bill Vigoda (signed) |
| Inks | Bill Vigoda (signed) |
| Reprinted | in Black Hood (Howard Publications, 1946 series) #[nn] |
| Characters | Father Scarface (introduction); Captain Commando |
| Synopsis | Father Scarface, a Buddhist monk, defends his Monastery from the Japanese with the help of Captain Commando. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Pencils | Clem Weisbecker |
| Characters | Black Hood |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Roger Conway (credited) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Mary Hawkins (Introduction, Villain, Death); The Black Hood |
| Synopsis | Narrated by "the house that crime built", this is the story of Black Hood solving a crime at a house built in 1821 with a history of crimes being committed in it. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Pencils | Clem Weisbecker [as Clem] |
| Inks | Gil Kane ? [as Pen] |
| Notes | First page image also used as cover of Black Hood (Howard Publications, 1946 series) #[nn] |
| Reprinted | in Black Hood (Howard Publications, 1946 series) #[nn] |
| Characters | The Shield; Dusty; The Rajah |
| Synopsis | The Rajah's silver idol goes missing and it's up to the Shield to find out where it went. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Pencils | Clem Weisbecker [as Clem] |
| Inks | Gil Kane ? [as Pen] |
| Characters | Black Hood |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Scott Feldman |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Marco Loco; Snooch |
| Synopsis | Marco Loco meets pearl-diving headhunters. |
| Genre | Humor; Period |
| Script | Carl Hubbell? |
| Pencils | Carl Hubbell (signed) |
| Inks | Carl Hubbell (signed) |
| Synopsis | Ad for books on Boxing, Wrestling and Jiu-Jitsu. |
| Synopsis | Ad includes a picture of a sailor and a note to buy war bonds and stamps. |