Archie Comics comic books issue 30

Cover art by Al Fagaly. "Patch As Patch Can," art by Bill Vigoda; It's Patch Day once again, when the girls get their Patch Hop dates by sewing patches on boys' pants; And when Archie rips his pants while escaping from an undesirable girl, he ends up hiding in Riverdale High with ripped pants; second Patch Day story; an early prototype of Big Ethel appears, but is not mentioned by name. Archie's Hollywood Quiz Page by Herbert "Red" Holmdale. "The Grid Kid," art by Bill Vigoda; Archie's antics at the football tryouts cause bodily harm for Coach Piffle; Later, Archie accidentally wins the football game for Riverdale; Coach Piffle, a Coach Kleets prototype, resigns. Archie Puzzle Page. "The Battle of the Jitterbugs," art by Bill Vigoda; When Veronica says that girls are better than boys at dancing, Reggie sets up a jitterbug contest that pits himself and Archie against Betty and Veronica. Hollywood Tattle Tale article. Untitled story, art by Irving Novick; Veronica gyps Betty into doing all the work in redecorating her room; Veronica reads Archie comics in a splash panel. Introduction of Chief Bragle in "The Heat's On," art by Bill Vigoda; When Reggie tricks Archie and Jughead into believing that a PTA meeting at the Andrews' house is really a meeting about whether to kick the pair out of school, Archie and Jughead decide to skip town. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Bob Montana. Untitled story, script by Harry Shorten, art by Irv Novic; An experiment to restore the Shield's super powers fails, and, it seems, he is faced with losing his super powers permanently; In the meantime, the Shield and Dusty become involved in helping to rescue the French Vichy Consul from the clutches of the Strangler and his Nazi gang. "Rhymed Invitations to Death" starring Hangman, Mother Goose, Simon Dickson, Robin Dickson, and Mr. Dickson. Untitled story, script S. M. Iger, art by Alex Blum; Captain Commando (John Grayson, introduction) battles The Nazis. Untitled Danny In Dreamland story starring Alice, Welsh Rabbit, Dill Pickle, and I. Scream Cohen, script by Harry Shorten, art by Bob Montana. Untitled Sergeant Boyle story starring Rajah of Bapal, his son, and Japanese villains, art by Carl Hubbell. Untitled story, script and art by Bob Montana; Archie sets up an escort agency to raise money and ends up dating his teacher, Miss Grundy. Untitled story, script by Joe Blair, art by Paul Reinman; Bentley of Scotland Yard versus Donald Grayson. "God's Wrist Watch" text story starring Sergeant Boyle. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bill Vigoda. "Birthday Blues," art by Bill Vigoda; Both Veronica and Betty give Archie handmade sweaters for his birthday and both girls expect him to wear the sweater to the big game--or else. "Melancholy Baby"; Mr. Wilkin leaves Wilbur in charge of babysitting his boss's young son so they can make a golf date. "The Winner: K.O. Kelly," script and art by Bill Woggon; K.O.'s big break as a fighter gets unintentionally sabotaged by Katy. "Lonely Hearts," art by Herb Holmdale; After breaking up with Ferdie, Suzie enrolls in a lonely hearts club to secure a date. "Beauty Is For The Birds," script and art by Bill Woggon; Debby picks Woogie's brain to find useful information she can use in her school essay on birds. Hollywood Gossip article. "The Bug House," art by Samm Schwartz; Betty helps Veronica open up the Lodge summer home by a wooded lake; However, the girls must do battle with a horde of mosquitoes before they can bed down for the night. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Written and Art by Various & Various. Cover by Dan Parent. TWO BRAND NEW STORIES! First, a week before Christmas, Pow-Girl and Pureheart the powerful discover a band of super-villains are gathering supplies for a major caper and race to uncover the sinister scheme before it can threaten the good people of Riverdale. Then, a mystery game taking place at the holiday party at the Lodge Mansion gives Penny Parker some real suspicions. High society will be reeling after this party! 192 pages, full color. Cover price $9.99.

Canadian price variant. $1.50 cover price. Softcover digest, 4 7/8" x 6 5/8", 128 pages, full color. Cover price $1.50.