Undercover Archie

ARCHIE's PAL JUGHEAD #3

(On Newsstands in October 1950)

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My scanner is down and I’m kind of dragging my feet to buy a new one, so in order to not get too far behind, it’ll be a digital picture edition of Undercover Archie for now!

Here's a George Frese cover, taking what he’d learned from Bob Montana and using it well!

(from Jughead #3 - October 1950, artwork by George Frese)

Speaking of learning from, it appears George learned a trick or two about exaggerated body motion from Samm Schwartz and has it on display here in one of the better Golden Age Jughead stories ‘The Rubber Bonanza’.

(from Jughead #3 - October 1950, artwork by George Frese)

I’ve been watching MASH on Netflix from the very start, and as much as I see the influence of Groucho Marx in the verbal syntax of Hawkeye Pierce, there are times when somebody is writing Jughead that it sounds virtually the same to me. And those stories are usually drawn by George Frese.

(from Jughead #3 - October 1950, artwork by Samm Schwartz)

Jughead peddling select Archie titles! And looking as thrilled about it as you'd expect!

(from Jughead #3 - October 1950, artwork by Unknown)

The original inspiration for Zap Comix #1? Was it ‘shocking’ for Jughead to appear butt naked in a comic book in 1950?

(from Jughead #3 - October 1950, artwork by Bill Vigoda)

ARCHIE'S RIVAL REGGIE #2

(On Newsstands in October 1950)

Sweet looking copy, right? Nah, spine is split completely… ah well, looks good in a mylar! And another great George Frese cover! George is becoming a star at Archie Comics, as both covers and nearly every piece of art in these two books is by him!

(from Reggie #3 - October. 1950, artwork by George Frese)