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Issue: Archie Comics #5
Publication Date: November 1943
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
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:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Halloween

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Subject Matter
teen
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FlagArchie Archives #2 published October 2011
 
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Halloween cover but no mention of Halloween inside.
[untitled]

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

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Subject Matter
Oscar (Archie's dog); Mr. Smudge
A preview of the stories in the issue.
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FlagArchie Archives #2 published October 2011
 
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preview page
Second Childhood

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Jasper Punchticket (introduction); Debbie (introduction)
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
FlagArchie Archives #2 published October 2011
FlagArchie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #238 [Direct Edition] published April 2013
as Second Childhood [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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The Heavenly Mystery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Twinky (introduction); Mars Jr. (introduction); Mr. Sun (introduction); Father Time (introduction)
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8
contents page title
Oscar the Prize Package

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Subject Matter
teen
Oscar (Archie's dog)
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.
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FlagArchie Archives #2 published October 2011
 
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Jughead the Cheer Leader

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Subject Matter
teen
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
FlagArchie Archives #2 published October 2011
 
Miscellaneous
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Preview Page title is "Souphead's Lucky Coin!".
Archie's Super-Sled

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
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Miscellaneous
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Lazy Day

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Miscellaneous
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Title from contents page.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Mr. Smudge (introduction)
No, no, Veronica!
Betty & Veronica try to avoid a weird man named Mr. Smudge while flying to the Lodge estate.
Reprinting
FlagArchie Archives #2 published October 2011
 
Miscellaneous
7
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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