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Archie (1943 Archie Comics) comic books 1942-1944

  • Issue #1
    Archie (1943 Archie Comics) 1
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Centerfold missing, affects story. Cover detached. INCOMPLETE.
    • Label #2109271001
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    Cover by Bob Montana. Stories by Joe Edwards and unknown. Art by Bob Montana and Joe Edwards. Archie fantasizes as he writes Veronica an invitation to the prom. After asking Betty to the prom, he learns that Jughead mailed the letter. Veronica accepts the invitation and Archie has to juggle two dates at the prom in "Prom Pranks"! Plus, Cubby the Bear goes to get a bucket of water for his mom but encounters many distractions along the way in "That Old Oaken Bucket"! Also, Archie takes a train trip and causes lots of trouble for salesman Elmer Q. Pluggett in "Train Trouble"! Meanwhile, in order to be a bee-tective, Bumbie needs to find his first case in "Crime Wave In Bugland"! Plus, Archie is cooking pancakes when the air raid siren goes off in "Pancakes In a Blackout"! Also, Squoimy the Woim has written a poem for Annabelle, but that bully Moe Squito keeps trying to get her attention in "Roses Are Red"! And Judy Price, a new girl in town, invites Archie to her Christmas party, but she doesn't tell him she has a twin sister in "The Case of the Missing Mistletoe!" Plus, Speedy wants to win the race for the reputation of all rabbits everywhere, but he keeps getting distracted in the Judge Owl's Fables tale "Slow and Steady Wins the Race"! And Archie wants Jughead to substitute for an injured player in their hockey game, but Jughead just knows that he'll end up getting hurt in "Jughead's Day"! Plus: 2-page text story "That $$#":@!!! Telegram" by Scott Feldman. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #2
    Archie (1943 Archie Comics) 2
    • Paper: Off white
    • Cover detached. 5 pieces of tape on cover and 2 pieces on interior cover.
    • Label #00-0010477-AB-001

    Cover by Bob Montana. Stories by unknown. Art by Bob Montana and Joe Edwards. Archie decides to join the rifle club but Betty thinks he's signing up for track in "Archie the Athlete"! Plus, Cubby the Bear stars in "The Mad Hypnotist"! Also, Archie goes to the history prom as a knight. He falls asleep and dreams of having to rescue Lady Veronica from the Mad Monk (Mr. Weatherbee) in "Sir Archibald of the Round Table"! Meanwhile, Bumbie the Bee-tective stars in "The Case of the Missing Page"! And Archie's homemade alarm wakes up everyone -- except him -- in "A Hunting We Will Go"! Plus, it's Squoimy the Woim's final appearance in "The Big Apple"! Also, Veronica causes chaos wherever she goes while she shops for new nail polish on the first Veronica solo story "Veronica Goes To Town"! And the final Judge Owl's Fables tale "The Fable of the Spider and the Fly"! Also, Archie, Mr. Andrews and Oscar go hunting for ducks in "Poor Fish"! Plus: Archie invents the electromagneticsupervelocitysodiumchlorideprojector and tests it on the Riverdale Chowder and Marching Society, thinking they are Nazis, in the 2-page text story "Archie's Secret Weapon" by Kobold Keep. 60 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #4
    Archie (1943 Archie Comics) 4
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Cover detached.
    • Label #3795082001
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Tape on interior cover.
    • Label #0220468003
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    • Paper: Off white to white
    • 2 center wraps re-attached with tape. Tape on cover.
    • Label #1569573001
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    • Paper: Off white
    • Cover detached. Tape on cover.
    • Label #1222347006
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    Cover by Harry Sahle. Stories by Ed Goggin, Harry Sahle and unknown. Art by Harry Sahle, Joe Edwards, Clem Weisbacker, Zoltan Szenics and Janice Valleau. Archie wreaks havoc on Bingle B. Bungling's circus in "Circus Serenade"! Plus, Mr. Andrews forecasts the weather and Jughead and Archie end up in swimming trunks during a snowstorm in "Spring Fever" (note: first appearance of Souphead, Jughead's younger cousin)! Also, Bumbie stars in "Swing It, Bee-thoven"! Meanwhile, Mr. Andrews wants Archie to sell Oscar because he eats too much in "Oscar the Watch-Dog"! And Jughead plays Cops and Robbers with Souphead and his friends in "Jughead and Souphead"! Plus, Cubby stars in "Cubby Hangs a Picture"! Also, Betty and Veronica take jobs at the same hospital when Archie is there in "Glamour In White"! And Mr. Andrews goes to the department store to find out why his folding chair won't open in "Birthday Blues"! Plus: 2-page text story "Archie the Fixer" by Bob Gorman. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #5
    Archie (1943 Archie Comics) 5
    • 1" Cumulative spine split. Cover and centerfold detached at single center staple.

    Cover by Harry Sahle. Stories by Harry Sahle and unknown. Art by Harry Sahle, Joe Edwards, Clem Weisbecker, Janice Valleau, Zoltan Szenics and unknown. When Archie and Jughead break, and have to pay for, a record, they have no money for the train ride home in "Second Childhood"! Plus, Bumbie stars in "The Heavenly Mystery"! Meanwhile, Archie enters Oscar in a dog show in "Oscar the Prize Package"! Also, Jughead tries out to be a cheerleader due to the good meals the cheerleaders get in "Jughead the Cheer Leader"! And Cubby stars in "Lazy Day"! Plus, Betty and Veronica try to avoid a weird man named Mr. Smudge while flying to the Lodge estate! Also: 2-page text story "Archie's Super-Sled" by Curley Cole. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #6
    Archie (1943 Archie Comics) 6
    • Interior is complete. Back cover missing, centerfold detached. Front cover held on with tape.
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    Cover by Harry Sahle. Stories by Harry Sahle, Ed Goggin and unknown. Art by Harry Sahle, Joe Edwards, Clem Weisbecker, Janice Valleau, Zoltan Szenics, Clem Harrison and unknown. After being yelled at by Mr. Weatherbee, Archie is banned from the Halloween dance in "Halloween Hi-Jinx"! Plus, Bumbie stars in "The Mad Shrimp"! Meanwhile, Archie contributes to the war effort by lending Oscar to the Wags in "Oscar Joins the Wags"! Also, Betty and Veronica compete to be drum majorettes at a football game in "Nominate a Drum Majorette"! And Archie works a fortune booth at a carnival and tells a pretty girl that she will meet a handsome young man on the golf course with red hair the next day in "The Caddy"! Plus, Cubby stars in "Buried Treasure"! Also, Archie tries to get Lana Lamarr attend the bond rally in "The Big Shot"! And Souphead reads about Native Americans and then dreams of being one! Also: 2-page text story "Archie's Dream" by Curley Cole. 60 pages, Full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #9
    Archie (1943 Archie Comics) 9
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Cover detached.
    • Label #0247407001

    Cover by Harry Sahle. Stories by Harry Sahle, Ed Goggin and unknown. Art by Harry Sahle, Joe Edwards, Red Holmdale, Ed Goggin, Janice Valleau and unknown. A day in the life of teenage caveman Arch-ee and his friends in the first 'alternate Archie' story "Archie the Caveman"! Plus, Archie waterproofs the girls' dresses in "Archie's Water-Proofing Solution"! Also, a tale starring Cubby! Meanwhile, Archie has trouble mailing a letter to Veronica in the illustrated 1-page 'rebus' story "Archie Mails a Letter"! And thinking Archie is pulling an April Fool's joke, Mr. Andrews throws a box from the attic outside in "April Fool"! Plus, a tale starring Bumbie! Also, the sidewalk paver tries to keep Oscar from walking through the wet cement in "Fresh Cement, Keep Off"! And Betty and Veronica are taking first-aid classes and decide to try out some methods on Archie! Plus: "Archie's Hobby Page" and "Archie's Magic Page"! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #10
    Archie (1943 Archie Comics) 10
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Slab: Scuffing to inner well of case
    • Label #1991799004
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    Cover by Harry Sahle. Stories by Harry Sahle, Ed Goggin, Bill Vigoda and unknown. Art by Harry Sahle, Ed Goggin, Red Holmdale, Bill Vigoda, Joe Edwards and Janice Valleau. While hiding from the circus ringleader, Archie disguises himself as a trapeze artist in "The Daring Young Man"! Plus, Oscar tries to get rid of the new center of attention, Archie's bunny! Also: Archie runs back and forth between the butcher and his house in the illustrated 1-page 'rebus' story "Archie Brings Home the Bacon"! Meanwhile, Archie and Jughead use Archie's new pet beavers to chop down trees to build a log dam at the country club! Also: a tale starring Cubby! And Veronica and Betty cause a lot of trouble for Betty's new neighbor Frank Tinsley in the first Archie story by Bill Vigoda! Plus, a tale starring Bumbie! Also, Archie is interrupted by various people while trying to do his homework in an Archie Short! And Archie causes a lot of chaos when he takes Betty and Jughead on a picnic in "Picnic Pranks"! Plus: "Archie's Magic Page"! Full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #11
    Archie (1943 Archie Comics) 11
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #0285703001
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    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #1258878008
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    Cover by Bill Vigoda. Stories by Harry Sahle, Ed Goggin and unknown. Art by Bill Vigoda, Harry Sahle, Joe Edwards, Ed Goggin, Red Holmdale and Janice Valleau. Archie gets a new fun kit and begins to pull pranks on everyone in "The Practical Joker"! Plus, Oscar realizes that whenever he retrieves a stick, he gets candy! Also: Cubby stars in "Water Hole"! Meanwhile, Archie tries to outsmart a set of twins on a snowy day in the illustrated 1-page 'rebus' story "Archie Fools the Twins"! Also, Archie ends up competing in the intra-school obstacle contest and giving a speech for Mr. Weatherbee on the same day in "What Makes Archie Run"! And Bumbie stars in "Shadows In the Dark"! Plus, Archie goes on a school trip to Indian Point in an Archie Short! Also, in order to join the Geta-Hunka-Man sorority, Veronica has to take the clothes of a boy and dress in them in "Sorority Shenanigans"! Plus: "Archie's Magic Page" and "Archie's Hobby Page"! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #12
    Archie (1943 Archie Comics) 12
    • First wrap and two center wraps detached. Tears throughout interior.
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    Cover by Bill Vigoda. Stories by Harry Sahle and unknown. Art by Bill Vigoda, Harry Sahle, Joe Edwards, Terry Woik Szenics and unknown. Archie gets a rifle for his birthday and goes rabbit hunting with Jughead the next day in "The Hunter"; Oscar runs away from home after hearing that Archie will use him to pull a sled in "Mush, Oscar! Mush!"; Betty and Veronica fight over who will take Archie to the Thanksgiving Dance and wreak havoc on Pop Tate and his restaurant in "No Thanks For Thanksgiving"; Reggie tries to sabotage Archie while on a skiing date with Veronica in the Archie Short "A Ski Skit"; a tale starring Bumbie; Archie replaces his father as air raid warden for the day and causes chaos for the chief warden in "The Air Raid Warden"; and a tale starring Cubby! Plus: "Archie Antics," "Archie's Magic Page," "Archie's Hobby Page" and "Betty and Veronica Fashion Page"! Full color. Cover price $0.10.