Undercover Archie

ARCHIE COMICS #41

(On Newsstands in Aug 1949)

And then… it began. 

MLJ was about to expand and in the process, make some moves that would have a lasting effect to this very day!

For Archie, we start here with the first of ten consecutive Bob Montana covers, which will culminate with maybe the most popular one of all time…

But one step at a time…

(from Archie Comics #41 - August 1949, artwork by Bob Montana)

‘Thock’ indeed! Ray Gill has a meeting of minds between Archie and Jughead…

(from Archie Comics #41 - August 1949, artwork by Ray Gill)

Leading to Archie having some hallucinations… 

(from Archie Comics #41 - August 1949, artwork by Ray Gill)

Yep… Betty AND Veronica as mermaids… Archie thinks he’s hallucinating again!

(from Archie Comics #41 - August 1949, artwork by Ray Gill)

Fred Andrews easily distracted…

(from Archie Comics #41 - August 1949, artwork by Bill Vigoda)

And out of nowhere… A Samm Schwartz Archie story! (Signed and everything) The Archie roster of artists is starting to grow!

(As far as I know, this is his first ‘Archie’ work that is signed)

(from Archie Comics #41 - August 1949, artwork by Samm Schwartz)

Great Goulessarian! Here’s an Ad for the upcoming Annual!

(from Archie Comics #41 - August 1949, artwork by probably Bill Vigoda)

Jughead plays the ladies man with Veronica… yes! It really happened!

(from Archie Comics #41 - August 1949, artwork by Ray Gill)

Betty decides to take her loan back after she finds out what it was for! Veronica!

(from Archie Comics #41 - August 1949, artwork by Samm Schwartz)

And believe it or not, Jughead ends up on a date AGAIN with Veronica in this issue, going horse back riding when Archie can’t…

(from Archie Comics #41 - August 1949, artwork by Ray Gill)

Wait… what’s this? An AD for a new title from MLJ?

This needs some investigation…

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