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Issue Details

Issue #101
Published October 1963
Cover Price $0.12
Pages 36
Editing ?

Cover Details

Characters Jughead
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Samm Schwartz
Inks Samm Schwartz
Letters Samm Schwartz
Notes No credits, but art and lettering appear to be by Schwartz.

1 page advertisement "Do You Need Extra Money?"

Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Illustrated ad for selling Christmas cards for Cheerful Card Company, White Plains, N. Y.

6 page Jughead story "Joker's Wild!"

Characters Jughead; Archie; Betty; Veronica; Pop Tate
Synopsis First Archie and Jughead pull a practical joke on Pop Tate; then later Betty and Veronica do another practical joke on him. Pop eventually gets his revenge.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Samm Schwartz
Inks Samm Schwartz
Letters Samm Schwartz
Notes Script identifiable as Frank Doyle by his distinctive style.

1 page advertisement "Billy Wins with Bendix"

Genre children
Notes Ad in comic format for Bendix automatic bicycle transmissions. Bendix Corporation; Elmira, N.Y.

1 page Li'l Jinx story "Forget-Me-Not"

Characters Li'l Jinx; Merry Holliday (Li'l Jinx's mother)
Synopsis Jinx gets in trouble for slamming the door.
Genre gags
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

1 page Jughead story "Culture Vulture"

Characters Jughead; Archie; Veronica; Betty
Synopsis While visiting an art museum, Jughead finds the guards more interested in television.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Notes No credits, but the art style appears to be Vigoda's.

1 page advertisement "Task Force/Convoy Terror"

Genre war
Letters typeset
Notes Two half-page illustrated ads for war games: Task Force ($1.00) simulates WW II Pacific island battles. Convoy Terror ($1.50) is a "nuclear naval battle game." Helen of Toy Co., Commack, N. Y.

7 page Jughead story "A Bum Steer"

Characters Jughead; Archie (cameo); Betty (cameo); Big Moose (cameo);
Synopsis Jughead has to warn Riverdale that Gibbsville students are planning to swipe the Riverdale "good luck charm", the school bell. He gets an unexpected assist from the Gibbsville mascot, a cow.
Genre teen; humor
Script Sy Reit ?
Pencils Samm Schwartz
Inks Samm Schwartz
Letters Samm Schwartz
Notes Shadow figures of Samm Schwartz (with his trademark glasses) and the historical Paul Revere are shown in the final three panels of the story.

1 page [Jughead] promo (ad from the publisher) "What a World!"

Characters Jughead; Archie (cameo)
Genre teen; humor
Notes House ad for Archie Giant Series Magazine #24-The World of Jughead. Cover repro is shown. Coupon for ordering directly from the company for 25 cents (cover price).

4 page Jughead story "Return of Big Ethel"

Characters Jughead; Archie; Big Ethel
Synopsis Big Ethel kidnaps Jughead for a "romantic" ride in a rowboat.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Samm Schwartz
Inks Samm Schwartz
Letters Samm Schwartz
Notes On the first page, Archie's legs stretch out of the splash panel and into the panels below, a favorite Samm Schwartz technique.

Half page Archie Says: advertisement "Nylon Means Strength"

Characters Archie (cameo)
Letters typeset
Notes Illustrated ad for U.S. Royal Bike Tires with head shot of Archie. U. S. Rubber Tire Co., Indianapolis, Ind.

Half page advertisement The "Popsicle Kids" Play It Safe!

Genre children
Notes Ad in comic format for the "Popsicle" Safety Club. Coupon to become a member of the club requires three red "sicle" balls from wrappers plus 10 cents for handling.

2 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Archie Club News"

Characters Archie (cameo)
Script Kevin Bigelow; Brenda Gormley; Margaret Jeung
Letters typeset
Notes Three articles by members of the Archie Club: Kevin Bigelow, Milwaukee, Wis.; Brenda Gormley; Vallejo, Calif.; and Margaret Jeung, Denver, Colo. Bottom half of second page is ad for joining the Archie Club with coupon. Cost is 15 cents.

1 page advertisement "Premiums or Cash Given/100 Toy Soldiers"

Letters typeset
Notes Two one-half page ads. Top is ad for selling White Cloverine Brand salve, illustrated with premiums. Wilson Chemical Co., Tyrone, Pa. Bottom is illustrated ad for 100 plastic toy soldiers for $1.25. Company not designated.

5 page Jughead story "Hoop-de-do"

Characters Jughead; Archie; Reggie
Synopsis Archie tries to teach Jughead how to play basketball.
Genre teen; humor; sports
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Samm Schwartz
Inks Samm Schwartz
Letters Samm Schwartz

1 page advertisement "If You Know Just 20 People..."

Letters typeset
Notes Illustrated ad for selling Christmas cards for Wallace Brown, Inc., New York, N.Y.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Archie Says - Get Lucky!"

Characters Archie
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover, black and white. Promo for subscriptions to various Archie titles. Ten issues for $1.00.

1 page advertisement "Give Me Just One Evening..."

Letters typeset
Notes Back cover; color. Mostly text ad for the 25-lesson "Guide to Hypnotism" illustrated with a drawing and a photo of the unnamed "author." Cost $1.98. Palmer-Jones Publishers, Neward, N. J.