JUGHEAD #1
(On Newsstands in November 1949)
Archie Comics on the Newsstand for the Month of November 1949
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I can’t stress enough how important this comic is to the history of Archie Comics. Jughead was Archie’s best friend. Could he sustain his own comic?
(from Jughead #1 - cover date 1949, artwork by George Frese)
In November of 1949, what secondary character got their own comic? Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen? Nope… that was still four years off. Superman’s Girlfriend Lois Lane? Nope, that was still 8 years off!
Luckily, I have some knowledgable comic collectors who read this blog, and maybe they can tell us who, if ANY secondary character was able to hold his own in book as long lasting as ‘Archie’s Pal Jughead”….
(from Jughead #1 - cover dated 1949, artwork by most likely Samm Scwartz)
Look at this, they were so sure of themselves, they were advertising a Reggie comic in Juggy’s first issue! Reggie Mantle!
Did they forget WHO (besides Archie) was the most important pair of characters in this series?
(from Jughead #1 - cover dated 1949, artwork by most likely Samm Scwartz)
The first appearance of Moose (here as Moose ‘McGee’), who was a lot more mean and dangerous looking in this early story than later examples.
(from Jughead #1 - cover dated 1949, artwork by Samm Scwartz - as credited in the Best of Archie Comics - 2011)
And he has no issue with intimidating Archie and Jughead…
(from Jughead #1 - cover dated 1949, artwork by Samm Scwartz - as credited in the Best of Archie Comics - 2011)
Of course Lottie Little makes quite the impression in this story, but she’s not to be confused with Harvey Comics ‘Little Lotta’!
(from Little Lotta #8 - January 1957, artwork by Warren Kremer.)
We even get a story with Souphead, some GGA, and what looks to be an all Samm Scwartz comic! What more could you ask for?
(from Jughead #1 - cover dated 1949, artwork by Samm Scwartz)
Betty and Veronica don’t show up until the very last full story in the book. Archie Comics had a LOT of confidence in Jughead as a character and Samm Schwartz as a (writer? and) artist!
(from Jughead #1 - cover dated 1949, artwork most likely by Samm Scwartz)
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≖ When I was a boy (well after 1949), I thought that Jughead was cool and Archie's behavior made no sense to me. I found Betty and Veronica very appealing as well, even if I couldn't relate to all that girl stuff. So, as a boy with boy interests (i.e. food and being unflappable), a Jughead comic book made total sense to me.
ReplyDelete(When puberty rolled around, of course, Archie's behavior started to make sense.)
I think it was that way for a lot of us!
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