Archie (1943 Archie Comics) comic books 1954-1956

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"Drown and Out"; Archie gets a job as a lifeguard; Betty pretends to be drowning in order for Archie to rescue her, but she overdoes the hugging in the water and Archie has to sock her to get them to shore. "Pranks For the Memory"; Jughead gets hit on the head by a baseball and apparently has temporary amnesia. "Change Your Oil!"; Archie asks the pharmacist to fill a prescription; The prescription is mostly castor oil. "Backfield in Emotion"; The girls are upset that the boys signed up for football and won't date them as much. Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Annual ad. "A Shorts Story"; The boys are wearing Bermuda shorts to school, much to Miss Grundy's displeasure. "Snow Use" text story. "Rags to Riches"; Wilbur and Red sneak into the exclusive Westfield Country Club to go swimming on a hot day. "Missile-Man"; Archie makes a homemade boomerang; It almost hits Mr. Lodge, who tries to get rid of it by throwing it away, which doesn't work. "Pair of Spectacles"; Moose has a part in the school play that requires him to have bad eyesight except when wearing glasses; He's having trouble remembering that, so Betty and Veronica tell him to stay in character until the next rehearsal. Archie's Joke Book ad. Archie Club ad. "Dragnut!"; Everywhere he turns, Mr. Weatherbee is faced with students singing the "Grabnet" [Dragnet] theme song or using versions of the show's catch phrases ("Just the facts, ma'am," etc.), which is driving him crazy. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Teen-Type"; When Archie's father reads of a gang crime in the paper, Archie reassures him that there's only a few juvenile delinquents and they can be spotted by how they dress. Pep Comics ad. "Let's Face It"; Archie appears to be painting a mustache on a portrait of Jughead, sending Mr. Weatherbee into gales of laughter. "Smear Campaign"; Betty and Veronica use Reggie as a guinea pig in their efforts to find smear-proof lipstick; When Betty tries to extend the experiment to Archie, Veronica objects. "Christmas Is Christmas" text story. "Test of the Town"; The gang is mad at Miss Grundy for being too strict; Jughead overhears the school superintendent tell Mr. Weatherbee that unless her class does well on the next day's test, Miss Grundy will be fired for not being effective; The gang thinks all they have to do is not study for the test and they will be rid of Miss Grundy. "Gripe Sniper"; Mr. Weatherbee rigs a microphone under the bench where students sit during lunch hour; He hears Archie and Jughead talk about possibly skipping school to go ice-skating the next day. "Secret Sorrow"; Someone sees Archie kiss a girl (not Veronica) at a dance, but Archie doesn't know who it is; When Reggie tells him to guess what he saw at the dance last night, Archie panics and does everything Reggie tells him to do. Archie Club ad. Archie's Christmas Stocking ad. Wilbur ad. "Sis the Candy Kid," script by Bill Woggon, Barbara McGowan (story idea), and Molly Bill (story idea), art by Bill Woggon; Sis can't open her mouth and Katy takes her to the dentist to see what's the matter. "Watch the Birdie"; Archie, Jughead and Mr. Weatherbee go bird-watching. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Play As You Go"; At a school talent contest, Archie does a Liberace imitation (as Liber-Archie), with the plan of having Jughead play a piano backstage while Archie mimes; Reggie finds out about the plan and does his best to sabotage the routine. "Flood of Advice"; Reggie makes fun of Archie for wearing rubber boots and carrying an umbrella for his date with Veronica (at Veronica's request); Archie decides to ditch the boots and umbrella, but gets caught in the rain on his way to Veronica's. "Cute Numbers"; Betty and Veronica have a mysterious conversation involving numbers; When Mr. Weatherbee asks what they are studying, Veronica says they are just choosing some cute boys from the football team to invite to their party. "Of Dopes and Dames" text story. "The Model Madness"; In hobby shop class, Archie is building a windmill out of buttons, Reggie is building a castle out of marbles, and Jughead is building a railroad engine. Archie Club ad. "Lover-Come Back"; Veronica has dropped Archie for Reggie; Jughead suggests writing fake love notes and signing other girls' names to them to make Veronica jealous. Archie Giant Series ad. "Reverse Decision"; Reggie has some trick glasses that make everything seem to be upside down; He slips the glasses on Moose while he's taking a nap, but the joke goes haywire after Moose wakes up. Archie's Joke Book ad. Untitled story; Reggie calls in a loan to Archie by demanding use of his jalopy that evening. "Shoot to Chill!"; Betty is upset because Veronica often gets her picture in the newspaper; Reggie and Jughead come up with an idea to photograph Betty in a swimsuit standing in the surf on a freezing day. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Campaign in the Neck," art by Bob Montana; Archie decides to run a last-minute write-in campaign against Reggie for class president; The school election is the same day as the Riverdale mayoral election; Jughead goes to pick up some campaign posters for Archie, but gets the Mayor's instead. "Something Fishy"; Archie and Veronica go to a seaside restaurant where the fish is guaranteed fresh. "Spec-tacular"; Moose insists on wearing the eyeglasses his favorite uncle left him, even though he can't see a thing. Archie Annual ad. "Pass the Smelling Salts"; The Professor has the students identify the smell of chemicals while blindfolded. "The Hand Writing on the Wall"; Reggie wrote all his girl friends' phone numbers on the wall around the pay phone at Pop's and is devastated when Pop has the whole shop painted. "For Goodness Sake!"; Reggie keeps getting dates with Veronica because Archie keeps getting detentions. Archie vows not to get a detention for a whole day. "The Oily Bird"; Veronica's fan is noisy, so Archie oils it; Veronica is not happy with the result. Archie Club ad. "Count Your Blessings"; Archie and Jughead are putting identifying signs over the school doors; When Jughead drops a small one on Archie's head, Jughead tells him he's lucky. "Right or Rung"; Veronica has an argument with Archie; When Pop Tate tries to help Archie patch things up, Archie manages to make Mr. Lodge think he and Veronica are going to elope. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Betty is supposed to be tutoring Archie in English, but is more interested in romance in "To Have and Too Bold!" Plus: Archie caddies for a golf match between Mr. Lodge and a wealthy client in "Caddy-Baddy!"; Archie baby-sits 'Little Asphalt,' the town terror, in "Fall Guy"; Archie gets a postcard from Veronica, who's spending a vacation at a summer resort, in the 1-pager "A Thousand Words"; Betty and Veronica fight over their belongings while at the beach with Archie and Reggie in "Mine Detector"; Reggie fights Big Moose for the finals of the school boxing tournament in "Confidence Man"; Pat the Brat half-pagers "Visibility 0" and "High and Frighty"; Archie takes Veronica to an "outdoor movie" where they sit in their car and watch the television in a store window in the half-pager "The Big Spender"; Wilbur in the half-pager "Ridin' High"; Red in the half-pager "A-La-Oops!"; Archie in the half-pagers "Canoe Top This," "Eye Trouble" and "Campaign Capers"; Betty and Veronica in the half-pager "Belle of the Beach"; and Archie's and Veronica's parents are taking them to separate resorts for the summer in "Hook, Line, and Stinker"! Also: "Fun Page"; "Exploring Veronica's Mind" illustration; "Archie's Puzzles" page; and two pages of text jokes in "Okay Jokes"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Brawn Yesterday," pencils by Harry Lucey (?);After reading the book "Mind Over Matter," Archie convinces himself that he can beat up Reggie (and proceeds to demonstrate on poor Jughead); However, when he confronts Reggie with his positive outlook, he finds that Reggie hasn't read the book. Super Duck ad. "See You in My Screams!", pencils by Harry Lucey (?);When Archie gives a smart-aleck answer to Miss Grundy in class, she says she will phone his father that night; Reggie comes up with a plan to get Archie's parents out of the house. "Essay Come, Essay Go"; While baby-sitting for Mr. and Mrs. Smedley, Archie tries to write an essay for school; A radiator keeps making noise, but when Archie goes to get a screw to fix it, he gets his hand stuck in a jar, leading to a series of mishaps. Is That a Fact? article; A series of factual anecdotes about Leonardo da Vinci, Mozart, oxidation of iron, fish diseases, the worth of a minerals in a human body; and the size of mice and whales at birth. "A Square"; When Pat drops a box of doughnuts and they all roll away, he returns to the baker and asks if he has any square ones. "Once a Pond a Time," pencils by Harry Lucey (?);When an old lady criticizes Archie for putting worms on a hook while fishing, Archie shows her that his bait is a plastic worm. Archie Annual ad. "Sinker Swim"; To keep Archie and Reggie from fighting to see who gets to take Veronica to a Jimmy Clax dance, Mr. Lodge offers to officiate a trout fishing contest between the two. Wilbur ad. Archie Club ad. "Father Glows Best"; Archie is embarrassed when his father tells stories of his youth when his friends are over. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.