Dates
- Cover date
- September-October 1953
- On sale
- July 7, 1953
- Pages
- 52
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Editions and covers
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Creators
Stories
- Winner Lose · 7 pages
After Veronica spends all of her time with Reggie in his boat, Archie buys a boat of his own to compete for Veronica's attention and enters the Riverdale Boat Club race against Reggie with the winner receiving all of Veronica's boating dates.
- Chalk Up Another One! · 1 pages
Jughead creates a ball point chalk.
- On with the Show! · 2 pages
Archie and Reggie want to perform a Vaudeville style act in the school revue.
- Fan My Brow · 1 pages
Betty and Veronica are in the city and brush past Arthur Godfrey - a radio and television personality.
- Safe at Home · 5 pages
After watching crime shows about a safe cracker Archie is worried that someone in breaking into Mr. Lodge's safe and calls the police.
- Cast Me No Questions! · 2 pages
Reggie has splints on his leg and uses it as an opportunity to play a prank on Jughead.
- The Merchant of Menace · 7 pages
Jughead wants to earn a letter in athletics but he's too weak until Dilton creates a concentrated vitamin.
- Making Ends Meet · 2 pages
Archie and Jughead agree to open several packing cases for Mr. Fleetfoot while he leaves the store, and the boys end up using a saw to open a package of baseball bats.
- From Hollywood · 2 pages
Blurbs about actors and actresses.
- It's a Dog Life!! · 3 pages
Veronica sees a new trend of girls wearing dog collars as ankle bracelets and thinks Archie has bought one for her when she sees him with a dog collar.
- Ears the Answer · 1 pages
Out-of-towners ask Jughead for directions to get to Riverdale.
- Pre-Hysteric Era · 6 pages
Veronica wants to dis-invite Reggie from her lawn party for getting Archie into trouble with Miss Grundy. Archie suggests it should be a Neanderthal party where everyone dresses up as cavemen. Reggie shows up to the party anyway and after getting a bump on the head, he thinks he's been transported back in time.
- Just Ducky · 1 pages
Betty tells the boys that a stream is shallow based on the water level on some ducks.
Publisher’s description
"Winner Lose": When Reggie starts to hog Ronnie's attention with his new boat, Archie is determined to beat him in a boat race! Only one problem, though -- Archie doesn't HAVE a boat!
Characters
Reprinted in
Archie Americana Series (1991), Best of Archie Americana (2017), Archie Comics Digest (1973), Archie Showcase Digest (2020)