Dates
- Cover date
- September-October 1949
- On sale
- July 25, 1949
- Pages
- 52
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- The Renting Agent · 7 pages
Archie accidentally rents the Andrews house to a World War II veteran and his family desperately seeking housing during the post-war housing shortage.
- The Close Shave · 4.67 pages
Archie attempts to shave for the first time but faces obstacles from his father and the local barber.
- The Love Call · 5 pages
When Betty's camera flash causes Archie to get hit in the face with a basketball, he tells her to jump off a balcony. Later, when Reggie steals Archie's clothes and puts them on a sandbag hanging above the girls' gym, Betty stands on the balcony to retrieve the clothes and Archie thinks she's committing suicide.
- The Heat's On · 3 pages
Fred unwittingly reads a book about the tropics under a sun lamp and wonders why he's burning up.
- Hollywood Tattle Tales · 2 pages
- Monkey Business · 6 pages
Archie tries to hide a monkey around Riverdale High after the animal comes with his organ grinder costume.
- Prisoner of Love · 7 pages
When a police car accidentally bumps into Archie's parked jalopy and sends it down a hill, crashing into the police station, Betty thinks Archie has broken out of jail.
- The Leather Pusher · 8 pages
When Jughead knocks out Reggie in boxing by putting a horseshoe in his glove, Coach Kleats drafts Jughead to compete for the inter-school boxing title.
Characters
Reprinted in
Archie Archives (2011), Archie (1950), Archie Americana Series (1991), Best of Archie Americana (2017), Archie 80th Anniversary Jumbo Comics Digest (2021)