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Issue: Archie Comics #4
Publication Date: September 1943
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Issues: #4 of 101 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: An MLJ PublicationView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/08/1943
Volume: 1
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Harry Shorten
Disclose Notes: Credits from reprints in Archie Archives (Dark Horse, 2011 series) #2

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 4.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: standard Golden & Silver Age U. S.
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Quiet!! On the Air!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Souphead
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagArchie Archives #2 published October 2011
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inks credit verified in Alter Ego #110 (June 2012).

Plug for the Archie radio show on cover.
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[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: A typeset table of contents for the issue. Features a small poem about the troubles the editors went through to bring the reader laughs.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Weirdly, this did not appear in Dark Horse's Archie Archives, but did in the reprint on the Archie digital app.
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What's Cooking In This Issue

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Archie is drawn as a comic book artist holding up the preview page.
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In Issue: FlagArchie Archives #2 published October 2011
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Preview page.
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Circus Serenade

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Bingle B. Bungling (introduction); Gumbo (an elephant, introduction)
Synopsis: Archie wreaks havoc on Bingle B. Bungling's circus.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagArchie Archives #2 published October 2011
In Content Item: FlagArchie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #238 [Direct Edition] published April 2013
as Circus Serenade [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Spring Fever

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Souphead (introduction); Veronica Lodge; Mr. Curdle (introduction)
Synopsis: Mr. Andrews forecasts the weather and Jughead and Archie end up in swimming trunks during a snowstorm.
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In Issue: FlagArchie Archives #2 published October 2011
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of Archie Comics #3 published August 2013
as Spring Fever [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: First appearance of Souphead, Jughead's younger cousin.
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Swing It, Bee-thoven

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Bumbie
Character(s): Bee-thoven (introduction); Seams Taylor (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Oscar the Watch-Dog (?)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Oscar (Archie's dog); Fred Andrews; Mrs. Andrews
Synopsis: Mr. Andrews wants Archie to sell Oscar because he eats too much.
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In Issue: FlagArchie Archives #2 published October 2011
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Later rewritten as the text stories Tiny, the Police Dog in Super Duck Comics #10 and Man's Best Friend in Pep Comics #64.
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Jughead and Souphead

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Souphead
Synopsis: Jughead plays Cops and Robbers with Souphead and his friends.
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In Issue: FlagArchie Archives #2 published October 2011
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: more of a Jughead story
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Archie the Fixer

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Cubby Hangs a Picture

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Cubby
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: contents page title
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Glamour In White

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Nurse Grady (introduction); Dr. Cueball (introduction); Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones (cameo)
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica take jobs at the same hospital when Archie is there.
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In Issue: FlagArchie Archives #2 published October 2011
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Rivalry heats up.
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Birthday Blues

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Fred Andrews; Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Oscar (Archie's dog); Mulligan (introduction); Eustace (introduction)
Synopsis: Mr. Andrews goes to the department store to find out why his folding chair won't open.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagArchie Archives #2 published October 2011
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: More a Pop Andrews story.

The basic story was rewritten as the text stories Swingin' in a Hammock in Wilbur Comics #7 and Sleeping Beauty in Super Duck Comics #14.

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