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Issue Details

Issue #30
Published January-February 1948
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Editing Harry Shorten

Cover Details

Characters Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Genre teen
Pencils Al Fagaly (signed)
Inks Al Fagaly
Reprinted in Archie: His First 50 Years (Abbeville Press, 1991 series) #[nn]

9 page Archie story "Patch As Patch Can"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Mrs. Cooper; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
Genre teen
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Inks Bill Vigoda
Notes 2nd Patch Day story. An early prototype of Big Ethel appears in the story, but is not mentioned by name.
Reprinted in Archie Americana Series, Best Of The Forties (Archie, 1991 series) #1

9 page Archie story "The Grid Kid"

Synopsis Coach Piffle resigns
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Inks Bill Vigoda

7 page Archie story "The Battle of the Jitterbugs"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Genre teen
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Inks Bill Vigoda
Reprinted in Archie Americana Series, Best Of The Forties (Archie, 1991 series) #1

2 page text article "Hollywood Tattle Tale"

Letters Typeset
Notes Archie (Hollywood report)

6 page Betty and Veronica story "My room could certainly stand redecorating, Ronnie!"

Pencils Irving Novick
Inks Irving Novick
Notes Veronica reads Archie comics in splash panel

8 page Archie story "The Heat's On"

Characters I: Chief Bragle
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Inks Bill Vigoda