Synopsis:
This book collects all of the Archie stories from Jackpot Comics #9, Pep Comics #39-#45, and Archie Comics #3-#6, all originally published by MLJ Magazines between May 1943 and January 1944.
Character(s):
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Archie and Betty run a booth at a war stamp rally where kids can throw baseballs at a Hitler dummy. Unfortunately, Jughead ends up in the booth.
First Line:
Archie...puleeeze..anything but a strike out!
Synopsis:
Mr. Spitball just might donate a nice sum of money to Riverdale High School. Unfortunately, Archie's playing on the baseball team when Mr. Spitball goes to a game.
Synopsis:
Archie and Reggie fight over horseback riding. Veronica believes that Archie can ride and she invites him to the Lodge estate for the weekend. Archie brings Jughead, and Jughead shows Archie how to ride in the early morning hours. Veronica mistakes Jughead for Archie and when Mr. Lodge's jockey gets ill, Archie is picked to step in.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:
Miscellaneous
Pages:
7
Notes:
Mr. Lodge is incorrectly said to be introduced in this story; his name is given as "Lodge Lodge III"; cont'd next issue
Mrs. Andrews has brown hair.
Character(s):
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Dr. Breakbone; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
Synopsis:
When Jughead mentions that jockeys have to be a certain weight, Archie stuffs himself in hopes of becoming overweight. Archie gets sick and is visited by Dr. Breakbone. Dr. Breakbone gives Archie a vigorous exercise routine and Archie breaks his arm. When he tells Mr. Lodge of the incident, Mr. Lodge says picking Archie to be a jockey was only a joke.
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.
Character(s):
Archie Andrews; Oscar (Archie's dog); Fred Andrews; Mrs. Andrews
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.
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.
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Reprint Notes:
Miscellaneous
Pages:
7
Notes:
Preview Page title is "Souphead's Lucky Coin!".
Character(s):
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; 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
Reprint Notes:
Miscellaneous
Pages:
7
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.
Character(s):
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Oscar; Fred Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee; Coach Leftjab (introduction)
Synopsis:
Archie takes his father's eyeglass prescription uptown where he is challenged by Reggie to a boxing match. When a trapeze knocks Reggie out before the match, Archie is thought to be a boxing star. He joins the boxing team and makes the middleweight class by half a pound. At the match, he is nearly knocked out, but saved when Mr. Weatherbee picks up the prescription and thinks it is Archie's.
Character(s):
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
After being yelled at by Mr. Weatherbee, Archie is banned from the Halloween dance. Archie goes anyway because Mr. Weatherbee never attends the dances. When Mr. Weatherbee ends up going to the dance, Archie tries to avoid him.
Synopsis:
Archie works a fortune booth at a carnival and tells a pretty girl that she will meet a handsome young man on the golf course with red hair the next day. The following day, Archie becomes a caddy and tries to find the girl.
Synopsis:
Archie tries to get Lana Lamarr attend the bond rally, but she refuses. Jughead then dresses up as Lana Lamarr to fulfill Archie's promise that Lana would appear.