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Issue: Archie Comics #42
Publication Date: January 1950
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Issues: #42 of 101 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: An Archie MagazineView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/18/1949
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
First Line: I'll have one of these!
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In Content Item: FlagArchie #2 published January 1951
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: What makes Archie lead the field?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) featuring anthropomorphic issue jumping hurdle that reads "Millions of Sales." Inside front cover.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Suzie; Ferdie; Angela; Katy Keene; Sis; Ginger Snapp
First Line: She's beautiful but dumb. That's Suzie.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Promo for Suzie Comics (Archie, 1945 series) with portrait of Suzie on beach. Supporting characters and characters from backup features also appear. Inside front cover.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin; Katy Keene
First Line: Wilbur Comics is always a big seller...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.34
Disclose Notes: Promo for Wilbur Comics (Archie, 1944 series). Inside front cover.
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The Good Rumor Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Miss Grundy; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews; A Senator (introduction)
First Line: Yeaaa! School's out!
Synopsis: Archie's comment that he wishes there was no school tomorrow gets misheard and starts a rumor that school will be closed for a holiday, snowballing into a national holiday being declared as the rumor spreads.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6.67
Disclose 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.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Super Duck
First Line: Funnier than the monkeys at the zoo!
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Promo for Super Duck Comics (Archie, 1944 series) featuring two monkeys looking at an issue.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
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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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Order form for the first Archie Annual and a poster of Archie.
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Ignorance Is Bliss

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Gabby; Veronica Lodge; Madame Chrystal (introduction)
First Line: Hi, Betty! Are you eating that triple fudge sundae - or is something eating you?
Synopsis: On the advice of Madame Chrystal, Betty begins ignoring Archie in order to make him notice her.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Art previously credited to Ray Gill; matches the early signed stories of Schwartz. Plot adapted from Archie newspaper strip storyline dated March 5-12, 1947.
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Fortune's Folly

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Mary Andrews; Reggie Mantle
First Line: M-m-m-m -- yummy! That was a delicious super marshmallow triple scoop banana cream sundae!
Synopsis: When Veronica's fortune warns her to be more generous lest she lose her boyfriend, she decides to take Archie on a date and pay for everything. Upset that Veronica is threatening his masculinity, Archie decides to act like Veronica on the date by taking forever to decide an outfit, ordering expensive meals, etc.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Archie and Veronica's weights are revealed (134 and 112 pounds, respectively).
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Growing ... growing ... grown!!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Darling Love (Archie, 1949 series) and Darling Romance (Archie, 1949 series).
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Through the Looking Glass

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Reggie Mantle
First Line: Archie! You'll be late for school!
Synopsis: Archie believes he's invisible after his mother has the mirrors removed for re-backing.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Archie reads a copy of "The Invisible Man" with the author "M.L.J.", a reference to Archie Comics' previous name. Art previously credited to Ray Gill; matches the early signed stories of Schwartz.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Archie Andrews
First Line: Look what you get by joining the Archie Club, boys and girls!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie Club membership featuring first-prize report from Maureen Zaring (Houston, TX) and second-prize report from Patricia Diane Phillips (Los Angeles 28, CA).
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The Handwriting On the Wall!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy
First Line: What are you doing now, Mary?
Synopsis: When a letter from Miss Grundy to Mr. Andrews falls out of the backing of an old Andrews family portrait, Fred assumes that Archie hid it from him, until Miss Grundy tells him that she wrote the letter about Fred to Archie's grandfather many years ago.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Art previously credited to Ray Gill; Schwartz's signature is located on ladder in lower right of splash panel.
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Hollywood Tattle Tales
First Line: Famous Tunes for New Musical
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Archie (Hollywood report)
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Cupid's Boy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy; Johnny Cupid (a fairy, introduction); Professor Dribblechin (introduction)
First Line: Miss Grundy is a pain in the neck!
Synopsis: On the encouragement of Johnny Cupid, Jughead attempts to play matchmaker between Miss Grundy and Professor Dribblechin.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Art previously credited to Samm Schwartz, but it matches Frese's Jughead stories of the era.

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