Archie (1943 Archie Comics) comic books 1946

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Cover by Al Fagaly. Stories by unknown. Art by Bill Vigoda, Bill Woggon, Bob Montana and Al McLean. Archie catches some frogs for a jumping contest and puts them in a casserole dish. Later, Mrs. Andrews mistakes the dish for food and serves it when Judge Morrow comes to visit in "The Frog Catcher"! Plus: Archie is convinced that his lucky coin works until it causes him bad luck at Pop Tate's in "The Lucky Coin"; a tale starring Dotty and Ditto; Archie and Jughead create a dummy Archie for the murder scene in the school play in "The Dummy"; after a cooking class mishap, Betty and Veronica bake a cake to practice their skills; and while at an assembly to nominate a class president, Betty yells at Archie and Archie is accepted as a nominee in "Negative Psychology"! Also: Archie gets a job at Pop Tate's and accidentally puts castor oil in all of the sodas he sells in the 2-page text story "The Soda "Jerk""! And: Archie activity page "A Minotaur Maze!" 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Fagaly. Stories by Bob Montana and unknown. Art by Bill Vigoda, Bill Woggon, Bob Montana, Pen Shumaker and unknown. Archie and Mr. Andrews try to make Mrs. Andrews a stone fireplace for her birthday, but they run into some trouble along the way in "Mom's Birthday"! Plus: Archie buys some muscle-growing pills from a quack doctor and tries to fight Reggie in "The Strong Man"; Betty and Veronica cause some trouble in the boys-only aviation training room; Reggie and Veronica try to sabotage Archie's hayride in "It Ain't Hay!"; a tale starring Dotty and Ditto; and Archie goes skiing with Veronica and ends up going down the slope backwards in the reprint "Christmas Story"! Also: Archie moves heaven and earth to scrape up $5 for Jughead in the 2-page text story "What Price Friendship!" Full color. (Note: first issue to be published under the Archie Comics brand.) Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Fagaly. Stories by unknown. Art by Bill Vigoda, Al McLean and Pen Shumaker. Pop decides to fix a door and causes more damage than the atom bomb in "Pop Fixes Things"! Plus: Archie tries to invent an electrical dishwasher in "All Washed Up"; Mr. Weatherbee bans Betty from cheerleading at the swim meet in "'Ray!"; Mr. Andrews decides to play football with Archie's team and ends up winning the game for them in "Spring Practice"; and Archie tries to deliver a coffee grinder to the Red Cross auction, but keeps running into his skinny-dipping friends along the way in "Bringing Up Archie"! Also: Archie attempts to deliver a barrel of fish to a store owner in the 2-page text story "Any Fish Today"! And: "Archie Puzzle Page"! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Fagaly. Stories by Bob Montana and unknown. Art by Bill Vigoda, Pen Shumaker, Al McLean and Bob Montana. Archie's book of rope tricks proves disastrous when Mr. Andrews tries the 'Hindu rope maze' on his friend and can't get him out in "Knots To You"! Plus: After a visit from his mother-in-law prevents Mr. Jones from going hunting and fishing with Mr. Andrews, Archie takes his place and helps hunt and fish in "The Happy Hunting Grounds"; Betty and Veronica fight over the last dress in a store; after getting shown up by Reggie, Archie decides to learn how to ride a horse and drags Jughead into it with him in "Crazy Over Horses"; and Archie gets initiated into the Philomathian club but hurts Mr. Weatherbee in the process in the reprint story "Boat Ride Blues"! Also: Short articles about Hollywood stars June Haver, Dana Andrews, Vivian Blane, Dennis O'Keefe, Ingrid Bergman, Gary Cooper and Errol Flynn, as reported by 'Archie,' in "Hollywood Tattle Tale: Archie Andrews Reporting"! And: "Archie Puzzle Page" (two of them)! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Fagaly. Stories by Bob Montana and unknown. Art by Bob Montana, Bill Vigoda, Al McLean and unknown. Jughead's birthday proves to be the most troublesome event of the year due to a reindeer sweater fiasco in "Jughead's Birthday"! (Note: first Bob Montana Archie story since his departure to fight in World War II in early 1943.) Plus: After seeing how Theodosius and Jughead benefit from being chivalrous, Archie decides to put Jughead's jacket over a mud puddle for Veronica in "The Gentleman"; after Fred and Archie refuse to wax the foyer floor, Mrs. Andrews does it herself in "Wax Work"; Betty and Veronica go to great lengths to get the autograph of Franchot Dreambean, the famous crooner who's staying at the Riverdale hotel; and when Archie's grandmother comes for a visit, Fred hires Archie and Jughead to repaint the guest room in "The Gruesome Twosome"! Also: Archie gives us some "Hollywood dirt straight from the MGM lion's mouth" about MGM's search for places to film, Gregory Peck's advertising campaign, Audrey Totter, Gary Cooper, William Powell, John Garfield, Dick Bare, Paul Henreid and Ann Sheridan in the 2-page "Hollywood Tattle Tale"! And: "Archie Puzzle Page" (three of them)! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Fagaly. Stories by unknown. Art by Bill Vigoda and Bill Woggon. When Reggie snaps a picture of Archie fitting Betty's dress, Archie chases him and ruins the dress in "The Cabbie"! Plus: After Veronica falls into a frozen lake, Archie is forced to wear a dress she made in the Riverdale High School Fashion Show in "Fashion's Follies"; Archie tries to help his father lose weight in "The Fat's In the Fire"; Betty and Veronica go to the dog show to get their minds off of exams, but every dog they see reminds them of a teacher in "Betty and Veronica Go To the Dogs"; and Archie goes to work on his uncle's farm, but is more harm than help in "Down On the Farm"! Also: Archie gives us the latest on Lucille Ball, Mickey Rooney, Wallace Beery, the film 'Uncle Andy Hardy,' Harry Carey, Clarence Brown, Van Heflin's baby and Lauritz Melchior in the 2-page text piece "Hollywood Tattle Tales"! And: "Archie Puzzle Page" (two of them)! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.