CATALOG RECORD
Archie Comics #1
first appearance of Judge Owl
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Judge Owl (from Judge Owl's Fables) — introduction
Dates
- Cover date
- Winter 1942
- On sale
- November 15, 1942
- Pages
- 68
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- Prom Pranks · 8 pages
Archie fantasizes as he writes Veronica an invitation to the prom. After asking Betty to the prom, he learns that Jughead mailed the letter. Veronica accepts the invitation and Archie has to juggle two dates at the prom.
- That Old Oaken Bucket · 9 pages
Cubby goes to get a bucket of water for his mom but encounters many distractions along the way.
- Train Trouble · 7 pages
Archie takes a train trip and causes lots of trouble for salesman Elmer Q. Pluggett.
- That $$#":@!!! Telegram · 2 pages
- Crime Wave in Bugland · 7 pages
In order to be a bee-tective, Bumbie needs to find his first case.
- Pancakes in a Blackout · 2 pages
Archie is cooking pancakes when the air raid siren goes off -- he has to turn off all the lights in the house and keep his pancakes from burning at the same time!
- Roses Are Red · 6 pages
Squoimy has written a poem for Annabelle, but that bully Moe Squito keeps trying to get her attention.
- The Case of the Missing Mistletoe! · 5 pages
Judy Price, a new girl in town, invites Archie to her Christmas party, but she doesn't tell him she has a twin sister, which leads to several mixups.
- Meet Bob Montana · 1 pages
- Slow and Steady Wins the Race · 6 pages
Speedy wants to win the race for the reputation of all rabbits everyehere, but he keeps getting distracted.
- Jughead's Day · Archie Featuring Jughead! · 6 pages
Archie wants Jughead to substitute for an injured player in their hockey game, but Jughead just knows that he'll end up getting hurt. Jughead does it anyway and when he gets hit with hockey sticks, he has nightmares about Archie.
Characters
Reprinted in
Archie Comics Digest (1973), Archie Firsts (2010), Archie Archives (2011), Archie: His First 50 Years (1991), Archie Americana Series (1991), Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (2011), The Best of Archie Comics (2011), Archie's Favorite Christmas Comics (2014), The Best of Archie Comics: 75 Years 75 Stories (2015), Archie Spotlight Digest: Archie 75th Anniversary Digest (2016), Best of Archie Comics (2016), Best of Archie Americana (2017), Archie 80 Years of Christmas (2021), Archie 80th Anniversary Jumbo Comics Digest (2021)