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Issue Details

Issue	#22
Published	December 1941
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Abner Sundell
Notes	First appearance of Archie

Cover Details

Characters	Shield; Dusty; Hangman
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Irv Novick
Inks	Irv Novick

13 page Shield story "Death of a Double"

Characters	Shield; Senor Hernandez; Ludwig (villain); spies; Senor Hernandez's double (death)
Genre	superhero
Script	Harry Shorten
Pencils	Irv Novick
Inks	Irv Novick

11 page Hangman story "The Paths of Three Murderers: Part 2"

Characters	Hangman; Betruchi (villain, death); Lennie (villain, death); Lavalle (villain, death)
Genre	superhero
Script	Joe Blair
Pencils	Paul Reinman
Inks	Paul Reinman

7 page Danny In Wonderland story "Spumoni the Puppet Master"

Characters	Danny; Kupkake; Spumoni (villain, introduction)
Script	Harry Shorten
Pencils	Lin Streeter
Inks	Lin Streeter

8 page Sergeant Boyle story "A Little Detour To France"

Characters	Sergeant Boyle; Corporal Collins; Nazis
Script	Bob Wood ?
Pencils	Carl Hubbell
Inks	Carl Hubbell
Notes	continued in Blue Ribbon Comics (Archie, 1939 series) #20

6 page Jolly Roger story "The Breakup of the Sky Pirates"

Characters	Nazis
Script	Joe Blair
Pencils	Ed Smalle
Inks	Ed Smalle

6 page Archie story "Introducing Archie"

Characters	Archie Andrews [Archibald Andrews; Chick]; Betty Cooper; Sam Cooper; Mildred Cooper; Fred Andrews; Edna Andrews; Gramps Andrews; Jughead Jones [Forsythe P. Jones] (introduction for all)
Synopsis	Archie meets Betty and gets in trouble with her father.
Genre	teen
Script	Vic Bloom
Pencils	Bob Montana
Inks	Bob Montana
Notes	Only Fred Andrews is identified by name in this story. The other parents' names would change over the years.
Reprinted	in Archie: His First 50 Years (Abbeville Press, 1991 series) #[nn]; in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #236 (September 2007); in Archie Americana Series, Best Of The Forties (Archie, 1991 series) #1

6 page Kayo Ward story "The Case of Crummy King"

Characters	Kayo Ward; Crummy King (introduction); Julie King (introduction); Slugs Logan (introduction)
Script	Harry Shorten

6 page Bentley of Scotland Yard story "The Case of the Sea Serpent"

Characters	Bentley; Foxleigh (villain); Stanley Wade (death); Somerset; Stonebrook; Claude Stonebrook
Script	Joe Blair
Pencils	Paul Reinman ?
Inks	Paul Reinman ?