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Archie Comics #5

Archie · Series began 1942 · November-December 1943

Dates

Cover date
November-December 1943
On sale
September 8, 1943
Pages
60

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Harry Sahle, Bob Montana, Joe Edwards, Clem Weisbeckerinks: Harry Sahle, Bob Montana, Janice Valleau, Joe Edwards, Zoltan Szenicsscript: Harry Sahle, Curley Cole

Stories

  • A Preview of This Issue of Archie Comics · 1 pages

    A preview of the stories in the issue.

  • Second Childhood · 12 pages

    When Archie and Jughead break, and have to pay for, a record, they have no money for the train ride home. They go to a secondhand store and dress up as children so they can ride the train for free.

  • The Heavenly Mystery · 8 pages
  • Oscar the Prize Package · 6 pages

    Archie enters Oscar in a dog show. When some toothpaste makes Oscar look like a mad dog, the other contestants leave and Oscar wins the contest.

  • Jughead the Cheer Leader · 7 pages

    Jughead tries out to be a cheerleader due to the good meals the cheerleaders get. While watching Souphead, he notices how Souphead has a lucky coin-and it seems to be working. Jughead takes the coin in hopes of becoming a cheerleader, but it brings him bad luck.

  • Archie's Super-Sled · 2 pages
  • Lazy Day · 7 pages
  • Untitled · 7 pages

    Betty & Veronica try to avoid a weird man named Mr. Smudge while flying to the Lodge estate.

Characters

Archie AndrewsVeronica LodgeBetty CooperJughead JonesHiram LodgeFred AndrewsMary AndrewsSouphead Jones

Reprinted in

Archie Archives (2011), Archie Archives (2015), Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (2011), B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (2011), Best of Archie Comics Betty and Veronica (2014), Archie Spotlight Digest: Archie 75th Anniversary Digest (2016)

Run and key data from the Grand Comics Database (comics.org), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Identifiers and aliases from Wikidata (CC0).

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