ARCHIE COMICS #36 - #39
Jan-Aug 1949
Archie gets into enough trouble without putting a shotgun in his hands!
(from Archie Comics #36, Jan-Feb 1949 Ray Gill art)
It's amazing how long Betty has been head over heals for Archie... her patience is astounding....
(from Archie Comics #36, Jan-Feb 1949 Ray Gill art)
...but even that gets tested occasionally!
(from Archie Comics #36, Jan-Feb 1949 Ray Gill art)
Now Veronica can be a little more aggressive with her thoughts!
(from Archie Comics #36, Jan-Feb 1949 Ray Gill art)
Which is unfortunate for Archie, who always seems to put himself in compromising situations...
(from Archie Comics #36, Jan-Feb 1949 Ray Gill art)
Speaking of compromising situations...
(from Archie Comics #36, Jan-Feb 1949 Ray Gill art)
Fan Club ad
(from Archie Comics #37, Mar-Apr 1949 Bill Vigoda art)
Archie gets to drive a real car...
(from Archie Comics #37, Mar-Apr 1949 Ray Gill art)
Same Schwartz shows some style in his Betty and Veronica story....
(from Archie Comics #37, Mar-Apr 1949 Samm Schwartz art)
In particular 'the 50's female nose' which started showing up in these stories...
(from Archie Comics #37, Mar-Apr 1949 Samm Schwartz art)
Jeannie, a French Displaced Person, comes to live with Archie and shows off her accent...
(from Archie Comics #38, May-Jun 1949 Bill Vigoda art)
We need more Jughead! That's what this blog needs! From one of the earliest Joe Edwards drawn Archie stories!
(from Archie Comics #38, May-Jun 1949 Joe Edwards art)
Another one of the Uncle Bumble stories... you'd think that guy would know better than to visit!
Though I posted this more for Veronica's 'profile'...
(from Archie Comics #38, May-Jun 1949 Joe Edwards art)
Fan Club ad. They seemed to change these up every month!
Which is ok!
(from Archie Comics #38, May-Jun 1949 Ray Gill art)
It's amazing how long Betty has been head over heals for Archie... her patience is astounding....
(from Archie Comics #36, Jan-Feb 1949 Ray Gill art)
...but even that gets tested occasionally!
(from Archie Comics #36, Jan-Feb 1949 Ray Gill art)
Now Veronica can be a little more aggressive with her thoughts!
(from Archie Comics #36, Jan-Feb 1949 Ray Gill art)
Which is unfortunate for Archie, who always seems to put himself in compromising situations...
(from Archie Comics #36, Jan-Feb 1949 Ray Gill art)
Speaking of compromising situations...
(from Archie Comics #36, Jan-Feb 1949 Ray Gill art)
Fan Club ad
(from Archie Comics #37, Mar-Apr 1949 Bill Vigoda art)
Archie gets to drive a real car...
(from Archie Comics #37, Mar-Apr 1949 Ray Gill art)
Same Schwartz shows some style in his Betty and Veronica story....
(from Archie Comics #37, Mar-Apr 1949 Samm Schwartz art)
In particular 'the 50's female nose' which started showing up in these stories...
(from Archie Comics #37, Mar-Apr 1949 Samm Schwartz art)
Jeannie, a French Displaced Person, comes to live with Archie and shows off her accent...
(from Archie Comics #38, May-Jun 1949 Bill Vigoda art)
We need more Jughead! That's what this blog needs! From one of the earliest Joe Edwards drawn Archie stories!
(from Archie Comics #38, May-Jun 1949 Joe Edwards art)
Another one of the Uncle Bumble stories... you'd think that guy would know better than to visit!
Though I posted this more for Veronica's 'profile'...
(from Archie Comics #38, May-Jun 1949 Joe Edwards art)
Fan Club ad. They seemed to change these up every month!
Which is ok!
(from Archie Comics #38, May-Jun 1949 Ray Gill art)
Betty takes Archie by surprise...
(from Archie Comics #39, July-Aug 1949 Ray Gill art)
Veronica takes Betty by surprise...
(from Archie Comics #39, July-Aug 1949 Ray Gill art)
Veronica takes Archie by surprise...
(from Archie Comics #39, July-Aug 1949 Ray Gill art)
...and Archie takes Betty by surprise!
(from Archie Comics #39, July-Aug 1949 Ray Gill art)
None of these stories have been reprinted anywhere yet (that I'm aware of), but you can find some great vintage Archie stories from this era in any of these books:
Isn't that Archie's dad in the first panel?
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great views of Archie's past. I hear they are planning to kill him off soon. How will that work? I'm not up on current Arch events.
You're right, that is his dad! Looks like they were smart enough not to give Archie a gun after all!
ReplyDeleteThe Archie that dies will be in 'Life with Archie' Universe. Which incidentally, has been a really good series to read!