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Issue: Archie Comics #5
Publication Date: November 1943
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Issues: #5 of 101 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: An MLJ MagazineView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/08/1943
Volume: 1
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: 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:  
Disclose Reprinted In7
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Halloween

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagArchie Archives #2 published October 2011
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Halloween cover but no mention of Halloween inside.
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[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: A typeset table of contents for the issue. Features a small poem about the troubles the editors went through to bring the readers laughs.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Weirdly, this was not featured in Dark Horse's Archie Archives, but was in the reprint on the Archie digital app.
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A Preview of This Issue of Archie Comics

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Oscar (Archie's dog); Mr. Smudge
Synopsis: A preview of the stories in the issue.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagArchie Archives #2 published October 2011
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: preview page
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Second Childhood

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Jasper Punchticket (introduction); Debbie (introduction)
Synopsis: When Archie and Jughead break, and have to pay for, a record, they have no money for the train ride home. They go to a secondhand store and dress up as children so they can ride the train for free.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagArchie Archives #2 published October 2011
In Content Item: FlagArchie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #238 [Direct Edition] published April 2013
as Second Childhood [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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The Heavenly Mystery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Twinky (introduction); Mars Jr. (introduction); Mr. Sun (introduction); Father Time (introduction)
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: contents page title
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Oscar the Prize Package

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Oscar (Archie's dog)
Synopsis: Archie enters Oscar in a dog show. When some toothpaste makes Oscar look like a mad dog, the other contestants leave and Oscar wins the contest.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagArchie Archives #2 published October 2011
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Jughead the Cheer Leader

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Synopsis: Jughead tries out to be a cheerleader due to the good meals the cheerleaders get. While watching Souphead, he notices how Souphead has a lucky coin-and it seems to be working. Jughead takes the coin in hopes of becoming a cheerleader, but it brings him bad luck.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagArchie Archives #2 published October 2011
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Preview Page title is "Souphead's Lucky Coin!".
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Archie's Super-Sled

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Lazy Day

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Title from contents page.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Mr. Smudge (introduction)
First Line: No, no, Veronica!
Synopsis: Betty & Veronica try to avoid a weird man named Mr. Smudge while flying to the Lodge estate.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagArchie Archives #2 published October 2011
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Phrase "sex maniac" used possibly for first time in a comic!
Reprint credit is Harry Sahle but Sahle did not sign the story and Betty & Veronica look different than last issue's story.

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