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Issue: Wilbur Comics #31
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/02/1950
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 23 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, July-December 1950, page 292, registration number B257986.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Wilbur Wilkin; Linda Moore
Sure, Linda! I could dance like this forever, but gosh, I've got to get pop's car home by twelve o'clock!
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Sensational Offer Only 19¢ Each

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
New silk-finish enlargement, ivory gold-tooled frame
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Finders Weepers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Laurie Lake; Wilbur Wilkin; Red Wilson
Hi Wilbur! - Care to squander a couple of passes to the concert with me tonight!
Wilbur finds a wallet with a fifty dollar bill in it.
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If you want a ride like this...
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Ad for Columbia Bicycles from The Westfield Manufacturing Company.
It Pays to Advertise!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Wilbur Wilkin; Red Wilson; Laurie Lake; Pop
Hi Red!!! - What's that you're flipping?
Wilbur gets a job at the Drink Rink as a soda jerk.
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Miscellaneous
7
Ride 'Im Cowboy!

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
adventure
Jeff; Tex
Captain Tootsie and his friends have been invited by their friend Tex to watch the big rodeo...
Captain Tootsie has to bulldog a bull at the rodeo.
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The Water Works

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Miss Gargle; Slats Morgan; Laurie Lake; Wilbur Wilkin; Linda Moore
Attention, class! Mr. Dripwaite, has just called a special meeting of all the teachers, so----
Slats goes fishing when Wilbur is put in charge of the class while Miss Gargle goes to a meeting.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Look for this trademark when you buy a comic magazine!
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The Archie Comics logo, filling the space between the end of the previous story and the advertisement.
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Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
childrens
Pud; Tommy; Pep
Gee, Tommy, what a neat skating sweater!
Pep pulls a loose thread from Tommy's shirt enabling her to win the skating contest.
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Miscellaneous
0.46
Sold by Fleer.
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Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Mary Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Bob Hastings (photo); Fred Andrews
Boys and girls here's your new Archie yearbook 2nd edition
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Order blank for the second Archie Annual and a signed photograph of Bob Hastings, the actor who voiced Archie on radio at the time.
The Builder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Laurie Lake; Wilbur Wilkin; Eleanor Wilkin; Frank Wilkin; Red Wilson
I'm glad you called, Wilbur! I get so bored on these rainy days!
Wilbur and Red build a garage for Wilbur's car.
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Miscellaneous
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Larry Learns About Levers

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Subject Matter
adventure
Larry; Joey Gillette
The boys are setting up camp, when suddenly -- a heavy branch falls and pins Larry's ankle!
Larry is pinned under a tree branch when Joey Gillette helps him with a lever.
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Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
You roared with Archie's Pal Jughead Comics
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Promo for the new Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica series.
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
non-fiction
Stuff About Stars
A dispatch bounding post haste right out of the inner sanctum of the U. S. Department of Agriculture brings the news that movie theatre prospects look mighty corny for 1950.
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Movie is misspelled "movive" in the issue.
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Archie Andrews
A is for Archie
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0.5
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Make every bike-ride twice the fun!
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0.5
Ad for the Cadet model bike speedometer
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, informational
Katy Keene; K. O. Kelly; Windy; Sis Keene; Randy Van Ronson
Our scene opens in Katy's apartment at 7070 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood 28, Calif. -- the phone rings and Katy answers!
K. O. asks Katy to go skiing, but then Randy asks her to go swimming with him.
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Miscellaneous
5.67
Designs from Harriet Murphy, Mattie Maherich, Jackie Hudgens, Gail Bass, and Maribeth German.

The pages are numbered 1-5 and 7, with no page 6.
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Katy Keene
Not 1 not 2 not 3 but 4!
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0.33
Fashion by Angela Redding.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Archie Series
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Katy Keene; Reggie Mantle
It's magic!
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Tom Mix
Look what you can get at low cost by using Shredded Ralston box tops at my trading post
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Ad for premiums from Ralston's Tom Mix Trading Post.
Love Notes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Wilbur Wilkin; Slats Morgan; Laurie Lake
Hot notes!! I've got a delightful disc date to hear some new records, with my favorite blonde, Laurie!!
Wilbur goes to Laurie's to hear some new records.
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Subject Matter
Bob; Jane
Have fun at the piano!
How a woman learned to play the piano using the Latom System.
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Miscellaneous
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Sold by Songs, Decoded.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Close out! 3 power all-metal binoculars
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Sold by Illinois Merchandise Mart.
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