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Synopsis:
Archie dreams he's a caveman, but doesn't understand why the guys with funny shapes (Betty and Veronica) want him to catch them.
Pages:
6.000
Script:
Frank Doyle
Pencils:
Harry Lucey
Inks:
Harry Lucey
Letters:
Harry Lucey
Notes:
First appearance of the gang as cavemen, which would later become the "Archie I" series.
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Title:
Sign In Please!
Characters:
Li'l Jinx Holliday; Hap Holliday
Synopsis:
Hap lost his voice and has to write messages.
Pages:
4.000
Script:
Joe Edwards
Pencils:
Joe Edwards
Inks:
Joe Edwards
Letters:
Joe Edwards
Title:
Who Me?
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis:
Mr. Lodge asks Veronica what she sees in Archie and she can't think of anything to say.
Pages:
5.000
Pencils:
Harry Lucey
Title:
Practice Makes Perfect
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Music instructor
Synopsis:
Mr. Lodge wants Veronica to learn to play an instrument. Veronica doesn't want to, and the surrounding area is suffering from the titanic battle of wills.
Pages:
6.000
Script:
Dick Malmgren
Pencils:
Dan DeCarlo
Inks:
Rudy Lapick
Letters:
Bill Yoshida
Title:
Francis Scott Key
Characters:
Francis Scott Key
Synopsis:
Biography of Francis Scott Key.
Pages:
1.000
Letters:
typeset
Title:
Trouble Spot
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
Synopsis:
Resenting the teachers' belief that accidents naturally happen when he's around, Archie tries to prove that trouble can happen when he's not around.
Pages:
6.000
Pencils:
Harry Lucey
Title:
Jughead's Puzzle Page
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Pages:
1.000
Notes:
Jughead does not appear in this story, despite having his name in the title.
A series of gags in the form of puzzles, but the answers are jokes, not anything a reader could reasonably answer.
Title:
Disc Disaster
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Veronica wants Archie to bring some records to her house but insists he doesn't bring Jughead.
Synopsis:
To bust up Betty's date with Archie, Veronica handcuffs herself to Archie's wrist. Then she finds out Betty and Archie's "date" was a trip through the local swamp.
Pages:
6.000
Script:
Frank Doyle
Pencils:
Dan DeCarlo
Inks:
Rudy Lapick
Title:
The House That Lodge Built
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis:
In a story mostly told in narrative captions, Archie gets a chance to redeem himself in Mr. Lodge's eyes when he notices a fire in the Lodge mansion.
Synopsis:
Arrr! Archie, aka Cap'n Kidd, tries to be the scurviest swine on the high seas with the help of a book that teaches him how to talk pirate. Meanwhile, Betty, the booty, shoots the cap'n in the behind with a pistol.
Synopsis:
Betty calls Archie and asks him for a canoe ride.
Pages:
2.000
Letters:
typeset
Title:
Woman Scorned
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
When Archie breaks a date with Betty again, she snaps and decides to murder him. After Betty makes several attempts on Archie's life, involving falling trees and wagons full of bricks, Jughead suggests that Archie try to pacify her.
Pages:
6.000
Script:
Frank Doyle
Pencils:
Harry Lucey
Inks:
Mario Acquaviva
Letters:
Mario Acquaviva
Title:
Gloom Chaser
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Pop Tate; Smithers; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis:
Everything Archie does brings a little more hilarity into Mr. Lodge's life.
Pages:
6.000
Script:
Frank Doyle
Pencils:
Harry Lucey
Title:
Faith, Hope and Charity
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Reggie Mantle; Ethel Muggs; Moose Mason
Synopsis:
Betty's pastries are out-selling Veronica's at the Riverdale High charity bazaar. So Archie bribes Jughead to buy one and eat it.
Pages:
6.000
Script:
Dick Malmgren
Pencils:
Dan DeCarlo
Inks:
Rudy Lapick
Letters:
Bill Yoshida
Title:
Strike Up the Band
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Lone Wolf
Synopsis:
The students protest Mr. Weatherbee's cancellation of the school dance class.
Synopsis:
Archie runs against Reggie for student council president.
Pages:
6.000
Pencils:
Harry Lucey
Title:
The Rich Get Results
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
To demonstrate to Archie that wealth has its privileges, Veronica has one of her father's assistants perform three out of the ordinary tasks.
Pages:
5.000
Script:
Frank Doyle
Pencils:
Dan DeCarlo
Inks:
Rudy Lapick
Letters:
Bill Yoshida
Title:
Career Wise!
Characters:
Li'l Jinx Holliday; Hap Holliday
Synopsis:
Jinx dreams of various things she wants to do when she grows up.
Pages:
4.000
Script:
Joe Edwards
Pencils:
Joe Edwards
Inks:
Joe Edwards
Letters:
Joe Edwards
Title:
The Rival
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Luke Cobbley; Hank Cobbley; Anita Brown; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Archie is scribbling the initials "AA" and "TW" on anything that doesn't move, so Betty and Veronica are determined to find out just who "TW" is.
Synopsis:
Archie breaks a date with Veronica when he has to tidy up the garden. So Veronica goes searching for Reggie. Betty then comes over to help Archie with the garden.
Synopsis:
Veronica shows Archie an athletic medal Reggie gave her, just to make Archie jealous. It spurs the teen to enter and nearly kills himself in the next track and field meet.
Pages:
6.000
Script:
Dick Malmgren
Pencils:
Dan DeCarlo
Inks:
Rudy Lapick
Letters:
Bill Yoshida
Title:
Help Wanted
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Big Moose Mason; Jerry the mechanic
Synopsis:
As usual, Big Moose takes what people say much too literally!
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CGC Census Report*
Grade
0.5
1.0
1.5
1.8
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
4.5
5.0
5.5
6.0
6.5
7.0
7.5
8.0
8.5
9.0
9.2
9.4
9.6
9.8
9.9
10.0
Total
Universal
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
1
2
3
0
0
0
0
12
Qualified
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Signature Series
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Restored
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
1
2
3
0
0
0
0
12
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