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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones

First Line: In the theory of magnetism, Betty, the closer magnet A gets to magnet B, the stronger the attraction!

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Archie Comics #40 published December 1949
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Asleep in the Deep

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy (as mermaid); Mr. Weatherbee (as octopus); Mary Andrews; Betty Cooper; Captain Tank (introduction)

First Line: Hi, Archie! Coming to my shipwreck party tonight?

Synopsis: When Veronica tells Betty that Archie will take her to her shipwreck party, Archie decides to go as a diver to avoid getting close with Betty. While renting a diving suit, Archie gets knocked unconscious underwater and dreams of a School of Fish.

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Pages: 8

Notes: Art previously credited to Ray Gill; the extent of Ray Gill's work is currently unknown. As per Ray's brother Joe, Ray never drew for Archie Comics; rather, he wrote the scripts and outlined the stories (Charlton Spotlight #5). Art matches the early signed stories of Schwartz.

All a Loan

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Smoakes (introduction); Wilson (introduction); a blind newsdealer (introduction)

First Line: Omigosh! I'm sunk! No cigars!

Synopsis: Mr. Andrews almost loses a bank loan after Archie helps a blind newsdealer watch his stand.

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Pages: 7

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Character(s): Archie Andrews

First Line: Look what you get by joining the Archie Club, boys and girls!

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Promo for Archie Club membership featuring first-prize report from Andrew McLaughlin (Lowell, MA) and second-prize report from Donna MacAlister (Ridgewood, NJ).

Birds of a Feather

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Burns [Professor Flutesnoot] (introduction); Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee

First Line: And instead of the usual examination - I will grade your interest in biology on your contributions to our annual bird exhibit!!!

Synopsis: Archie and Jughead chase an ostrich around Riverdale High after Archie's uncle sends the bird so that Archie can get a good biology grade.

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Notes: While the biology teacher is referred to as "Mr. Burns" in the dialogue throughout this story, he shares Professor Flutesnoot's character design and the ostrich's crate is addressed to "Mr. Flute-" with the remainder of the address being off-panel.

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Character(s): Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews

First Line: Here it is! Your Archie Annual

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Notes: Order form for the first Archie Annual and a poster of Archie.

Jughead Learns About Life

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Hooky Hogan (introduction)

First Line: Boy! What a swell day for a beach party!

Synopsis: Archie and Reggie try to get revenge on Jughead when he takes Veronica to the beach.

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Pages: 7

Notes: Art previously credited to Ray Gill; Schwartz's signature is located in a "SAM" sign on a fence in the splash panel.

First appearance of Hooky in an Archie comic book. A loafer who constantly tried to avoid school (hence the nickname), Hooky was a creation of Bob Montana and had appeared sporadically in the newspaper strip since 1946. He would appear infrequently in the comic book stories of this era.

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Feature(s): Hollywood Tattle Tales

First Line: Bing Crosby Sings In New Disney Feature

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Notes: Archie (Hollywood report).

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Feature(s): Puzzle Page

Character(s): Archie Andrews

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Notes: Includes chain puzzle and connect-the-dots.

You're Driving Me Crazy

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Mrs. Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle

First Line: Betty, I hope you won't think I'm too forward or anything, but there's a very important question I'd like to ask you!

Synopsis: Archie becomes the Lodge chauffeur so that he can be paid for driving Veronica around.

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Standing Room Only!

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Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Pete (a cowboy, introduction)

First Line: Why all the fuss and fury -- entering the jalopy in a cross-country race, Arch?

Synopsis: Jughead takes Veronica horseback riding when Archie has to break his date for a dental appointment.

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Pages: 7

Notes: Art previously credited to Ray Gill, but it matches Frese's signed stories of the era.

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First Line: Life is a jigsaw puzzle, with the parts scattered.

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Notes: Promo for the story "Goodbye, My Love! Goodbye!" in Darling Romance (Archie, 1949 series) #2.