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Issue: Archie Comics #18
Publication Date: January 1946
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Issues: #18 of 101 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: An MLJ MagazineView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/23/1945
Volume:
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Last issue to be published under the MLJ brand.

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 1, Part 2, Nos. 1&2, Periodicals, 1946-1947.
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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
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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Gruesome, isn't it? If old Grundy only knew whose face I carved on this hallowe'en pumpkin, Veronica!
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In Issue: FlagArchie Archives #5 published April 2012
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Pages: 1
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Archie Proudly Presents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: teen
Synopsis: Table of contents for the issue.
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The Frog Catcher

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Judge Morrow (introduction)
Synopsis: Archie catches some frogs for a jumping contest and puts them in a casserole dish. Later, Mrs. Andrews mistakes the dish for food and serves it when Judge Morrow comes to visit.
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In Issue: FlagArchie Archives #5 published April 2012
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Pages: 6
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A Minotaur Maze!

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Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: Puzzle page with a maze, a riddle, and a crossword puzzle.
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The Lucky Coin

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Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: Archie is convinced that his lucky coin works until it causes him bad luck at Pop Tate's.
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Pages: 6
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The Soda "Jerk"

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Mr. Davis; Mrs. Snodgrass
Synopsis: Archie gets a job at Pop Tate's and accidentally puts castor oil in all of the sodas he sells.
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Dickie Kahl (Dotty's cousin, introduction)
First Line: Don't fence me in!
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The Dummy

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Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: Archie and Jughead create a dummy Archie for the murder scene in the school play. This causes chaos when people mistake the dummy for the real Archie.
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Genres: teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews
First Line: Archie
Synopsis: Puzzle page with a maze, connect-the-dots, and a crossword puzzle.
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Miss Krumbibble
First Line: Uh--Miss Krumbibble, I know how to make the doughnuts...
Synopsis: After a cooking class mishap, Betty and Veronica bake a cake to practice their skills. However, the cake causes more chaos than the cooking class.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Similar storyline to the Ginger story in Zip Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #36.
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Betty and Veronica Tell Their Secret

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Miss Simon
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica respond to fan mail and visit Simplicity Patterns, which is where the girls buy the patterns for their dresses.
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Negative Psychology

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Streaky Shore; May Tadpole; Theodosius Tadpole
Synopsis: While at an assembly to nominate a class president, Betty yells at Archie and Archie is accepted as a nominee. Archie tells everyone not to vote for him, but Archie's psychology teacher tells him that this will only make more people vote for him. Archie has candy in his mouth during his speech, making him sound like Mr. Weatherbee. Because of this, Archie wins the election.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Same storyline and mostly the same script as the Archie story in Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #27. Some pages have the same art as the original, with changes to the main characters. Others have new dialogue and character poses. The script was also not changed on page 2 from 1942 to 1945.
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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
First Line: A New Trademark Is Born!
Synopsis: Archie and Jughead announce the change from MLJ Comics to Archie Comics and show off the new logo. Covers from the company's six titles are shown along the bottom of the page.
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