Issue Details

Issue	#30
Published	January-February 1948
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Editing	Harry Shorten

Cover Details

Characters	Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Genre	teen
Pencils	Al Fagaly (signed)
Inks	Al Fagaly
Reprinted	in Archie: His First 50 Years (Abbeville Press, 1991 series) #[nn]

9 page Archie story "Patch As Patch Can"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Mrs. Cooper; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
Genre	teen
Pencils	Bill Vigoda
Inks	Bill Vigoda
Notes	2nd Patch Day story. An early prototype of Big Ethel appears in the story, but is not mentioned by name.
Reprinted	in Archie Americana Series, Best Of The Forties (Archie, 1991 series) #1

9 page Archie story "The Grid Kid"

Synopsis	Coach Piffle resigns
Pencils	Bill Vigoda
Inks	Bill Vigoda

7 page Archie story "The Battle of the Jitterbugs"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Genre	teen
Pencils	Bill Vigoda
Inks	Bill Vigoda
Reprinted	in Archie Americana Series, Best Of The Forties (Archie, 1991 series) #1

2 page text article "Hollywood Tattle Tale"

Letters	Typeset
Notes	Archie (Hollywood report)

6 page Betty and Veronica story "My room could certainly stand redecorating, Ronnie!"

Pencils	Irving Novick
Inks	Irving Novick
Notes	Veronica reads Archie comics in splash panel

8 page Archie story "The Heat's On"

Characters	I: Chief Bragle
Pencils	Bill Vigoda
Inks	Bill Vigoda