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Issue: Jughead's Folly #1
Publication Date: January 1957
 
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Issues: #1 of 1 Issue
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: Archie SeriesView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Close-Up, Inc.
On Sale Date: 1957
Volume:
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Jughead one-shot. This issue is believed to be the first reference to Elvis in the comics. Inspired the later series, "Jughead's Fantasy" #1 (08/60) - #3 (12/60).
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US (7" x 10.25")
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Notation
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Pencilling all around masthead.
 
 
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Jughead
Character(s): Jughead Jones
First Line: Hey! What Gives! Jughead the Woman-Hater Making Like ELVIS! This You Must Read To Believe!
Synopsis: Jughead singing to his adoring female fans.
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Pages: 1
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Toys! Tricks! Fun!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The inside front cover is for a practical joke company, "Honor House Products Corp." (Hot Pepper Gum, Shrunken Head, Fly in Ice Cube, etc.):

"TOYS! TRICKS! FUN! BE THE FIRST IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO GET THESE WONDERFUL TOYS"
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Chapter #1 "Nobody!"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Edwards
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Jughead
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; "Big Moose" Mason; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Jughead approaches Veronica because she is having a party and hasn't invited him. She and Betty call him a, "Nobody". Then he insults Big Moose accidentally, but Moose doesn't think he is worth hitting because he is a "nobody". He goes to Pop Tate's "Chok'Lit Shop" (later "Shoppe") to get his "bosom buddies" to treat him to a soda, but Archie and Reggie ignore him and infer that he is "nobody". He leaves feeling totally dejected.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Best of Archie Comics #3 published August 2013
as Chapter #1 Nobody! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Chapter 2 Opportunity Knocks!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Edwards
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Jughead
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Mayka Starr; (Archie, Reggie, Betty, Veronica in a one-panel cameo)
Synopsis: He returns to the Chok'Lit Shop a little while later to drown his sorrows in a hamburger and is turned away by Pop Tate because he has no money. He goes to the juke box to sing with his "favorite record", "Blue For You". Juggie is heard by a famous talent scout, Mayka Starr who decides that he is a true talent. Mayka Starr offers to make him a star, and Jughead accepts.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Best of Archie Comics #3 published August 2013
as Chapter 2 Opportunity Knocks! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Chapter #3 Going Up!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Edwards
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Jughead
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Mayka Starr; Redfree
Synopsis: He gets on "Redfree's Talent Show" and wows the crowd by making them cry with his heartfelt voice. When he announces that he dislikes women, they go crazy for him.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Best of Archie Comics #3 published August 2013
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Pages: 5
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What's Your Safety I.Q.?

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: The right side of the centerspread is an ad for U.S. Royal Bike Tires with a "WHAT'S YOUR SAFETY I.Q.?" quiz.
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Chapter #4 "The Celebrity"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Edwards
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Jughead
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Mayka Starr
Synopsis: He becomes a huge star but has no freedom. All he wants is a hamburger, but his manager keeps him so busy he can't get any burgers. Then he puts him on a diet (he is 3 lbs overweight). He sneaks away to get a hamburger, but he is recognized and swarmed by his female fans.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Best of Archie Comics #3 published August 2013
as Chapter #4 The Celebrity [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
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Chapter #5 "From Top to Bottom !"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Edwards
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Jughead
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Mayka Starr; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: He decides he can't handle stardown, so he destroys his career and gets fired by his manager. He loses his money and heads back to Riverdale. Back home they don’t believe he was a star. He decides to show them…the next panel shows him asleep in the Chok'Lit Shop. They wake him, and we learn it was all a dream. He has been invited to Veronica's party though, and he agrees to go. Juggie sings at the party. Veronica's Uncle,a talent scout, tells him he has an "interesting voice" and wants to represent him. In the last panel, Juggie turns him down and says he is happy being..."A NOBODY!".
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In Content Item: FlagThe Best of Archie Comics #3 published August 2013
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Pages: 9
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Leaders In Laughs

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Subject Matter
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Katy Keene
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The last page is an in-house ad some classic giant-size Annual issues (Archie Annual #9, Jughead Annual #5, Katy Keene Annual #4, Archie's Pals 'N' Gals Annual #6, Betty and Veronica Annual #5, and Archie's Christmas Stocking #4).
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Check the Kind of Body YOU Want!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Character(s): Charles Atlas
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Disclose Notes: The inside back cover is a Charles Atlas ad:

"Check the Kind of Body YOU Want! RIGHT IN THE COUPON BELOW ...and I'll Prove How EASILY You Can Have It!"
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Do You Need Extra Money?

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Disclose Notes: Finally, the back cover is a greeting card company, "Cheerful Card Co.":

"DO YOU NEED EXTRA MONEY? $35.00 IS YOURS for selling only 50 boxes of our Christmas Card Style Line. And this can be done in a single day. Free Samples. Other leading boxes on approval. mail coupon below today. It costs you nothing to try."

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