Archie (1943 Archie Comics) comic books 1946-1948

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Cover by Al Fagaly. Stories by unknown. Art by Bill Vigoda, Bill Woggon, Bob Montana and Al McLean. Archie catches some frogs for a jumping contest and puts them in a casserole dish. Later, Mrs. Andrews mistakes the dish for food and serves it when Judge Morrow comes to visit in "The Frog Catcher"! Plus: Archie is convinced that his lucky coin works until it causes him bad luck at Pop Tate's in "The Lucky Coin"; a tale starring Dotty and Ditto; Archie and Jughead create a dummy Archie for the murder scene in the school play in "The Dummy"; after a cooking class mishap, Betty and Veronica bake a cake to practice their skills; and while at an assembly to nominate a class president, Betty yells at Archie and Archie is accepted as a nominee in "Negative Psychology"! Also: Archie gets a job at Pop Tate's and accidentally puts castor oil in all of the sodas he sells in the 2-page text story "The Soda "Jerk""! And: Archie activity page "A Minotaur Maze!" 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Fagaly. Stories by Bob Montana and unknown. Art by Bill Vigoda, Bill Woggon, Bob Montana, Pen Shumaker and unknown. Archie and Mr. Andrews try to make Mrs. Andrews a stone fireplace for her birthday, but they run into some trouble along the way in "Mom's Birthday"! Plus: Archie buys some muscle-growing pills from a quack doctor and tries to fight Reggie in "The Strong Man"; Betty and Veronica cause some trouble in the boys-only aviation training room; Reggie and Veronica try to sabotage Archie's hayride in "It Ain't Hay!"; a tale starring Dotty and Ditto; and Archie goes skiing with Veronica and ends up going down the slope backwards in the reprint "Christmas Story"! Also: Archie moves heaven and earth to scrape up $5 for Jughead in the 2-page text story "What Price Friendship!" Full color. (Note: first issue to be published under the Archie Comics brand.) Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Fagaly. Stories by Bob Montana and unknown. Art by Bill Vigoda, Pen Shumaker, Al McLean and Bob Montana. Archie's book of rope tricks proves disastrous when Mr. Andrews tries the 'Hindu rope maze' on his friend and can't get him out in "Knots To You"! Plus: After a visit from his mother-in-law prevents Mr. Jones from going hunting and fishing with Mr. Andrews, Archie takes his place and helps hunt and fish in "The Happy Hunting Grounds"; Betty and Veronica fight over the last dress in a store; after getting shown up by Reggie, Archie decides to learn how to ride a horse and drags Jughead into it with him in "Crazy Over Horses"; and Archie gets initiated into the Philomathian club but hurts Mr. Weatherbee in the process in the reprint story "Boat Ride Blues"! Also: Short articles about Hollywood stars June Haver, Dana Andrews, Vivian Blane, Dennis O'Keefe, Ingrid Bergman, Gary Cooper and Errol Flynn, as reported by 'Archie,' in "Hollywood Tattle Tale: Archie Andrews Reporting"! And: "Archie Puzzle Page" (two of them)! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Fagaly. Stories by Bob Montana and unknown. Art by Bob Montana, Bill Vigoda, Al McLean and unknown. Jughead's birthday proves to be the most troublesome event of the year due to a reindeer sweater fiasco in "Jughead's Birthday"! (Note: first Bob Montana Archie story since his departure to fight in World War II in early 1943.) Plus: After seeing how Theodosius and Jughead benefit from being chivalrous, Archie decides to put Jughead's jacket over a mud puddle for Veronica in "The Gentleman"; after Fred and Archie refuse to wax the foyer floor, Mrs. Andrews does it herself in "Wax Work"; Betty and Veronica go to great lengths to get the autograph of Franchot Dreambean, the famous crooner who's staying at the Riverdale hotel; and when Archie's grandmother comes for a visit, Fred hires Archie and Jughead to repaint the guest room in "The Gruesome Twosome"! Also: Archie gives us some "Hollywood dirt straight from the MGM lion's mouth" about MGM's search for places to film, Gregory Peck's advertising campaign, Audrey Totter, Gary Cooper, William Powell, John Garfield, Dick Bare, Paul Henreid and Ann Sheridan in the 2-page "Hollywood Tattle Tale"! And: "Archie Puzzle Page" (three of them)! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Fagaly. Stories by Bill Woggon and unknown. Art by Bill Woggon and Bill Vigoda. When Betty and Veronica see the rival basketball team for that afternoon's game, they add Mexican jumping beans to their cooking class soup in order to pep up the Riverdale team in "The Campus Queens"! Plus: Archie works hard to prevent a scathing letter from being delivered to Betty in "The Letter"; after Reggie shows him up, Archie goes to Betty for tennis lessons in "It's a Racket"; Archie confuses Betty and Veronica's birthdays; and Archie's loud New Year's party clashes with his parents' quiet one in "Ring Out the Old"! Also: 'Archie' reports on Hollywood movies and stars in the 2-page text piece "Hollywood Tattle Tales"! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Fagaly. Stories by unknown. Art by Bill Vigoda, Irving Novick and unknown. Archie heads to the gym to bulk up after he makes plans to go to the beach with Veronica and her muscular cousin in "Musclebound Madness"! Plus: Archie gets stuck babysitting Veronica's triplet cousins in "Three's a Crowd"; Archie brings a mouse to school, with the expected results; a dog gets in the way of Archie's entries in the newspaper beauty contest in "Photo-Finish"; Betty and Veronica go to the beach and fight over men; and Archie tries to water the lawn in "Water, Water, Everywhere"! Also: Archie (Hollywood report) celebrity news and gossip, including a piece about Ronald Reagan's marriage to Jane Wyman, in the 2-page "Hollywood Tattle Tale"! And: "Archie Puzzle Page" (two of them)! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Al Fagaly. "The Lifeguard," art by Bill Vigoda; Archie fills in for Reggie as a lifeguard and gets into his typical antics. Archie's Hollywood Quiz Page by Herbert "Red" Holmdale. "The Glamour Boy," art by Bill Vigoda; When Archie takes a bunch of papers from Miss Grundy's desk (instead of just his essay) to escape the Riverdale Glamour Girl Society, Reggie discovers that test answers are among the papers and steals them from Archie. Hollywood Tattle Tales article. "A Cozy Date," art by Bill Vigoda; Archie tries to get some time alone with Veronica, but people keep ringing the doorbell. Katy Keene ad. Untitled Betty and Veronica story, art by Irving Novick; Betty and Veronica take the advice of a radio show host and decide to live among nature to lose weight. Super Duck ad. "Service With a Snicker," art by Bill Vigoda; When Archie and Veronica cause the cook and maid to quit, Veronica has Archie dress up as a French maid to serve dinner to the Lodges and their guests--who turn out to be Archie's parents. "Midsummer's Nightmare," art by Bill Vigoda; Archie gets a summer job at Hopntakadip Camp and causes the usual chaos. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Al Fagaly. "Just Plane Trouble," art by Bill Vigoda; Veronica's Uncle Bumble can't seem to escape Archie and his antics. Katy Keene ad. Archie Puzzle Page. "Shoot the Works," art by Bill Vigoda; A mix-up between Archie's calls about his rifle stock repairs and Mr. Lodge's calls to his stock broker add up to a hectic day in the Lodge household. "Pack Up Your Troubles," art by Bill Vigoda; Archie and his parents pack for a vacation on a day's notice and the usual antics ensue. Hollywood Tattle Tale two-page article. "The Sitter," art by Bill Vigoda; Archie and Betty's plan to use a real baby in the school play backfires when they end up having to babysit four babies. Archie's Hollywood Quiz Page. Untitled story, art by Red Holmdale; Miss Grundy's domestic science program loses enrollment to the athletic program, until the girls fight over their appearances in their new uniforms. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Al Fagaly. Introduction of Boxcar Betsy in "The Uninvited," art by Bill Vigoda; When Archie and Veronica find two tramps living in the Lodge vacation estate, they have them serve as butler and maid to Mr. Lodge and his senator guests. Archie Puzzlers. "Snow Use," art by Bill Vigoda; Snowfall leads to a day of hijinks for Archie, including breaking a window, accidentally hitting Mr. Weatherbee with a snowball, and building a fire on Veronica's frozen swimming pool. Archie's Hollywood Quiz Page by Herbert "Red" Holmdale. "The Book Report," art by Bill Vigoda; Archie goes to great lengths to complete Veronica's book report on "A Candid History of Germs," only to find the book report is for Reggie. Hollywood Tattle Tale article. Archie Puzzle Page. "The Cat's Meow," art by Bill Vigoda; When Archie babysits for Veronica's two Siamese cats, he spills catnip on his pants, which later get worn by (and wreak havoc on) Jughead and Mr. Andrews. Nevada Jones ad. Introduction of Max in "My Heart Belongs To Lizzie," art by Bill Vigoda; When Mr. Andrews needs a trade-in to get a new car, he has Jughead fix up Archie's jalopy and trades it in; But when Mr. Andrews sees how much Archie misses his jalopy, he buys it back part by part. "I Can Get It For You Wholesale," art by Irving Novick; Veronica convinces Betty to buy a dress wholesale, only for Betty to find it for a lower price in a Riverdale dress shop. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Al Fagaly. "Signer's Trouble," art by Ray Gill; Archie causes chaos for Uncle Bumble as he tries to sign his medical insurance policy. "Watch the Birdie"; Jughead wants to trade in his father's camera for a custard pie, but Archie decides to takes some pictures of Veronica and Mr. Weatherbee first—until he finds out the camera is broken. Archie Comics Puzzle Page by Herbert "Red" Holmdale. Suzie ad. Introduction of Miss Vodka in "Dance Clown, Dance!!", art by Bill Vigoda; When Archie carries Miss Grundy's bass violin to the auditorium, a series of events begins that leads him to cross-dressing and performing in the school ballet. "Happy Birthday To You" text story with Archie. Introduction of Madame Scalparelli in "All Washed Up!", art by Irving Novick; Betty and Veronica clean some dresses for a dress shop owner at a laundromat. Archie Club page. Introduction of the dog Bonaparte in "Dog Days," art by Bill Vigoda; Archie brings home a stray dog named Bonaparte, and when he's sent to live with Archie's uncle, the Andrews realize how much they miss him and bring him home. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.