Dates
- Cover date
- 1953-1954
- On sale
- June 9, 1953
- Pages
- 100
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #5 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Original edition25¢ coverSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- Having a Blunder-Full Time · 5.67 pages
Faced with the prospect of a month's separation from Veronica while the Lodges vacation at Sunset Lake, Archie convinces his father to take a month's vacation at the same lake, while Mrs. Lodge decides to bring the family back to Riverdale after one day away.
- The Apple Knocker · 7 pages
Archie spends a week acting as a Good Samaritan, and Mr. Lodge decides to help the cause by giving him a barrel of apples to distribute. When Mr. Lodge learns that Jughead may not have washed the insecticide off the apples, he races around Riverdale stealing apples from children, only to realize Jughead did wash the apples and Archie had yet to distribute them.
- Eats a Pleasure · 6 pages
Archie and Veronica go to a private beach, where Archie quickly learns that its restrictive environment isn't for him.
- It's a Dame Shame! · 2 pages
Archie and Reggie are upset when Jughead reports Veronica is having a "knight in mail" party without them, only for Archie to learn she's actually having a Florence Nightingale party.
- Merrily We Bowl Along · 7 pages
The gang's bowling team gets stuck playing with the oafish nephew of the bowling alley owner.
- The Mad Hatter · 5.67 pages
Jealous of Archie's starring role in the play, prop man Reggie gives Archie a series of increasingly smaller hats and convinces him that his head is swelling.
- Good Knight · 6 pages
Archie tries to scrounge up $3 to take Veronica to the dance and daydreams about being a dragon-slaying medieval knight.
- Asleep In the Deep! · 6 pages
During a boys' trip to the beach, Jughead eats the entire lunch, so Archie and Reggie set him out to sea on a surfboard while he sleeps. When they return from the refreshment stand, they think Jughead is missing, prompting a Coast Guard search. Unbeknownst to them, the tide drifted Jughead up the beach to Betty and Veronica, and he gives the boys a ghostly scare when he shows up on Archie's doorstep in a white sheet.
- Double Trouble · 6 pages
Archie's TV has no sound, and Jughead's TV has no picture, so they bring both sets to Archie's house to get the complete baseball game.
- A Door To Adore · 6 pages
Mr. Weatherbee has trouble with his office door.
- Kiss and Run! · 6 pages
Reggie attempts to break up Archie and Veronica by calling Veronica and saying he saw Archie and Betty together, then wearing an Archie wig and sweater while kissing Betty in front of her window.
- The Pinch Sitter · 6 pages
Archie and Jughead try to get Mr. Weatherbee in shape for the Riverdale/Westfield faculty baseball game.
- A Little Bid at a Time · 3 pages
Betty and Reggie scheme to outbid Archie on Veronica's lunch at a boxed lunch dance.
- Sweets For the Sweat · 6 pages
Tired of the gang buying sodas on credit, Pop makes the gang do odd jobs around the shop to earn their sodas.
- Washed Up · 4 pages
Betty and Reggie confuses Jughead's laundry bag for a sack of money he intends to deposit at the bank.
- Surprised Party · 6 pages
Convinced that Miss Grundy is mean because she has no social life, Archie plans a surprise party in her honor so that she won't give as much homework.