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Issue Details

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.

Cover Details

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.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Shield G-Man Club Bulletin No. 27"

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.

10 page Archie story Aboard the NARCISSUS] ["But But -- I can explain everything, Mr. Weatherbee, honest!"

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]

1 page Archie promo (ad from the publisher) "Archie is Good For What Ails You!"

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]

8 page Captain Commando story "Special Communique #15: Father Scarface"

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

1 page Black Hood text story "Crime Is Always Careless"

Characters Black Hood
Genre Superhero
Script Roger Conway (credited)
Letters typeset

10 page Black Hood story "The House That Crime Built"

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]

10 page Shield and Dusty the Boy Detective story "The Rajah's Silver Idol"

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]

1 page Black Hood text story "America - First, Last, and Always"

Characters Black Hood
Genre Superhero
Script Scott Feldman
Letters typeset

6 page Marco Loco story On Gazund Island] ["Let us once again go back in time..."

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)

1 page advertisement "Free With This Offer -- Be the Master..."

Synopsis Ad for books on Boxing, Wrestling and Jiu-Jitsu.

1 page advertisement "Be Popular - Learn the Newest Dances in 5 Days"

1 page advertisement "Baby Ruth Candy Makes Delicious Cookies"

Synopsis Ad includes a picture of a sailor and a note to buy war bonds and stamps.