Dates
- Cover date
- 1957
- On sale
- 1957
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- Chapter #1 "Nobody!" · 5 pages
Jughead approaches Veronica because she is having a party and hasn't invited him. She and Betty call him a, "Nobody". Then he insults Big Moose accidentally, but Moose doesn't think he is worth hitting because he is a "nobody". He goes to Pop Tate's "Chok'Lit Shop" (later "Shoppe") to get his "bosom buddies" to treat him to a soda, but Archie and Reggie ignore him and infer that he is "nobody". He leaves feeling totally dejected.
- Chapter 2 Opportunity Knocks! · 6 pages
He returns to the Chok'Lit Shop a little while later to drown his sorrows in a hamburger and is turned away by Pop Tate because he has no money. He goes to the juke box to sing with his "favorite record", "Blue For You". Juggie is heard by a famous talent scout, Mayka Starr who decides that he is a true talent. Mayka Starr offers to make him a star, and Jughead accepts.
- Chapter #3 Going Up! · 5 pages
He gets on "Redfree's Talent Show" and wows the crowd by making them cry with his heartfelt voice. When he announces that he dislikes women, they go crazy for him.
- Chapter #4 "The Celebrity" · 5 pages
He becomes a huge star but has no freedom. All he wants is a hamburger, but his manager keeps him so busy he can't get any burgers. Then he puts him on a diet (he is 3 lbs overweight). He sneaks away to get a hamburger, but he is recognized and swarmed by his female fans.
- Chapter #5 "From Top to Bottom!" · 9 pages
He decides he can't handle stardom, so he destroys his career and gets fired. He loses his money and heads back to Riverdale. Back home they don’t believe he was a star. He decides to show them…the next panel shows him asleep in the Chok'Lit Shop. Archie and Reggie wake him, and we learn it was all a dream. He has been invited to Veronica's party though, and he agrees to go. Juggie sings at the party. Veronica's uncle, a talent scout, tells him he has an "interesting voice" and wants to represent him. In the last panel, Juggie turns him down and says he is happy being..."A NOBODY!".
Characters
Reprinted in
The Best of Archie Comics (2011), Archie Spotlight Digest: Archie 75th Anniversary Digest (2016)