(March 1959)

Archie, 1949 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1958-12-18
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Series
Editing
John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (managing editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Jughead / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
Terry Szenics
Colors
?
Letters
Terry Szenics

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Veronica certainly is annoyed with Archie!
Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Reprints

Potent Potion! (Table of Contents: 1)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Sy Reit
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
Harry Lucey
Colors
?
Letters
Harry Lucey

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The only bottle in existence, Betty!
Feature Logo
Archie's Pal Jughead
Genre
teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Jughead is selling a love potion for a dollar and Betty, eager to sway Archie's attention, buys in.
Reprints

Leave and Let Leave (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 1.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Archie!
Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews
Synopsis
Archie devises a labor-saving means of raking the yard.

Who's Calling (Table of Contents: 3)

Veronica / comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Betty, may I use your phone? I want to call Archie!
Genre
teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Veronica wants to make a very short call.

Trick Play (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Sy Reit
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
Harry Lucey
Colors
?
Letters
Harry Lucey

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Coach!! Where's that sweet smile of success?
Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Coach Kleats; Mr. Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy
Synopsis
Everyone gets together to try to help Moose pass a spelling test in order for him to play in the big game.
Reprints
Keywords
football

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Archie; Betty and Veronica; Jughead; Katy Keene / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Kit Carson (Table of Contents: 6)

American Heritage / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ernie Hart (signed as E. H. Hart)
Inks
Ernie Hart (signed as E. H. Hart)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A special breed of men developed in America, a kind of hardy individualist...
Genre
biography; non-fiction
Characters
Kit Carson
Synopsis
Biography of frontiersman Kit Carson.

"Can'ts" in His Trance (Table of Contents: 7)

Jughead / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle ?
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Jughead went to apply for a job??
Genre
teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Jughead takes a job as a magician's assistant.
Reprints
Keywords
magician; stage magic

Cornered (Table of Contents: 8)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Edwards

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Li'l Jinx!
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
Synopsis
Jinx finds a way to take a punishment to her advantage.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

No Sale (Table of Contents: 10)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hmph! I see Big Mouth won the annual salesmanship contest again this year!
Feature Logo
Archie's Pal Jughead
Genre
teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
On a dare, Jughead agrees to convince Veronica to date Reggie.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Veronica certainly is annoyed with Archie!"]
    Jughead
  2. 1. Potent Potion!
    Jughead
  3. 2. Leave and Let Leave
    Archie
  4. 3. Who's Calling
    Veronica
  5. 4. Trick Play
    Archie
  6. 5. ["Archie Quarter Comics have laugh appeal"]
    Archie; Betty and Veronica; Jughead; Katy Keene
  7. 6. Kit Carson
    American Heritage
  8. 7. "Can'ts" in His Trance
    Jughead
  9. 8. Cornered
    Li'l Jinx
  10. 9. ["The Archie Series Revue"]
  11. 10. No Sale
    Jughead
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Luke A.
  • Peter Croome
  • Igor Dybzinski
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen