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Issue Details

Issue #62
Published July 1960
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details

Characters Jughead Jones
Synopsis Based on the story "Brain Food."
Genre humor
Pencils Samm Schwartz
Inks Samm Schwartz
Letters Samm Schwartz
Notes Art and lettering identifiable as Samm Schwartz by his style.

8 page Jughead story "Brain Food"

Characters Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee
Synopsis Hurt that everyone in town considers him a freak for his huge appetite, Jughead decides to go on a diet. As soon as he stops eating, he becomes stupid, endangering his ability to win the inter-city scholarship trophy for the school. Miss Grundy realizes why Jughead never got fat: his body converts food into brain power instead of flab, and when he's not eating, he's not smart.
Genre humor
Pencils Samm Schwartz
Inks Samm Schwartz
Letters Samm Schwartz

4 page Jughead story "First Things First"

Characters Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; un-named men
Synopsis Jughead explains that anyone can make money if they strike while opportunity is hot.
Genre humor
Pencils Samm Schwartz
Inks Samm Schwartz
Letters Samm Schwartz

1 page Jughead story "Down With Dames"

Characters Jughead Jones; Souphead Jones
Synopsis Jughead and Souphead play catch and discuss a girl Souphead likes.
Genre humor
Pencils Samm Schwartz
Inks Samm Schwartz
Letters Samm Schwartz
Notes An example of Schwartz's use of unusual layouts: instead of conventional panels, the page is an overlapping mix of oddly-shaped panels and characters in open white spaces.

6 page Jughead story "Dimension Invention"

Characters Jughead Jones; Uncle Herman; Butch; un-named kids; un-named salesman
Synopsis Jughead wins a TV in a raffle, but his Uncle Herman tries to re-wire it so it will show programs in 3-D.
Genre humor
Script Sy Reit ?
Pencils Samm Schwartz
Inks Samm Schwartz
Letters Samm Schwartz
Notes This script was re-made, almost word for word, 10 years later in "That Wilkin Boy" # 9 (September 1970), with Bingo's Uncle Herman replacing Jughead's and Bingo Wilkin replacing Jughead.

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "Sound Barrier!"

Characters Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
Genre humor; children
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

6 page Jughead story "The Search"

Characters Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Mrs. Jones; Mary Andrews
Synopsis Jughead and Archie look for each other without success.
Genre humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Samm Schwartz
Inks Samm Schwartz
Letters Samm Schwartz
Notes Script identifiable as Frank Doyle by his writing style. The first page is another example of Schwartz's experiments with layout: he uses a smaller-than-usual splash panel surrounded by characters floating in an almost panel-free space, with only a few visual cues for us to understand what sequence the drawings are supposed to be in.