ARCHIE COMICS #72 - How to Spot a Hoodlum!
It's November 1954 and even before Rock n Roll ramps up in America, a new form of Juvenile Delinquency is scaring the crap out of parents. Elvis has released his first single, 'That's Alright', but it'll be his second single 'Good Rockin' Tonight' that'll really signal to parents where this new music is coming from. Chuck Berry will break out the following year...
But that's too early to influence what we have in this issue... THAT is most likely influenced by Marlon Brando's 'The Wild One' movie from February of that year.
But never fear, Archie is here to tell us how to spot these characters!
(ARCHIE COMICS #72 cover-dated January/February 1955, on newsstands November 10th, 1954, with art by George Frese)
Hold on a second! That looks like Jughead!
Oy Vey...
Meanwhile the squeaky clean kids of Riverdale decide to test out their new 'smear-proof' lipstick on Reggie... talk about Juvenile delinquency!
But Veronica isn't keen on it when it's Archie! I love Harry Lucey's use of body language in his art!
This is one time that Betty is going to get her man!
The gang gets mad at Miss Grundy for being to strict, and really let her have it in discussion, but when faced with hearing she's getting let go by the school, they group together to keep that from happening. It may sound corny in a day and age of casual sarcasm, but it was this deep down good nature of these characters that gave them lasting appeal.
Archie Comics was great at promoting their other books. The Ads were a work of manipulation themselves. How could we resist?
(ARCHIE COMICS #72 cover-dated January/February 1955, on newsstands November 10th, 1954, with art by various)
Some slapstick violence, courtesy of Reggie...
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