Archie Annual #11 for Sale - First Appearance of Shrimpy - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Archie Annual (Archie, 1950 series)
Issue: #11
Publication date: 1959-1960
Key date: 1959-06-09
On-sale date: 1959-06-09
Indicia publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Price: $0.25
Pages: 84
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Shrimpy - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Cosmo - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Orbi - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Astra - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Professor Thimk - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Gillywump - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Harry Lucey	Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge
1	A Star Is Born	comic story	8	pencils: Bill Vigoda	Archie Andrews, Veronica Lodge, Hiram Lodge
2	Date Deflate	comic story	6	pencils: Bill Vigoda	Archie Andrews, Fred Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle
3	Martians, Go Home!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Bob White; inks: Bob White	Astra First, Cosmo First, Gillywump First, Orbi First, Professor Thimk First
4	So's Your Aunt Mathilda	comic story	5	script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Dan DeCarlo; inks: Rudy Lapick; letters: Vincent DeCarlo	Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones
5	Un-faithfully Yours	comic story	1	pencils: Bill Vigoda	Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones
6	What's the Pitch?	comic story	6	script: George Gladir; pencils: Samm Schwartz; inks: Samm Schwartz	Archie Andrews, Coach Kleats, Miss Grundy, Reggie Mantle, Mr. Weatherbee
7	Wake Up to the Best Buys in Comics!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
8	Scalp-Treatment!	comic story	2.67	pencils: Bill Vigoda	Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Dilton Doiley, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle, Moose Mason
9	Cold Comfort	comic story	0.33		Moose Mason
10	Archie's Nine	activity	1		Archie Andrews, Jughead Jones, Reggie Mantle, Moose Mason
11	Sheep Ahoy!	comic story	1		Archie Andrews, Moose Mason
12	Some Plumbing	comic story	0.5	pencils: Bill Vigoda	Miss Grundy, Jughead Jones
13	Calm and Collected	comic story	6	pencils: Samm Schwartz; inks: Samm Schwartz	Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones, Midge Klump, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle, Moose Mason
14	The Giant Hunters	text story	1	letters: typeset
15	Hole in One	comic story	0.5	script: Joe Harold; pencils: Joe Harold; inks: Joe Harold	Peggy, Shrimpy First
16	The Whole Truth	comic story	0.5	script: Joe Harold; pencils: Joe Harold; inks: Joe Harold	Peggy, Shrimpy First
17	Stars and Gripes	comic story	5	script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Samm Schwartz; inks: Samm Schwartz; letters: Terry Szenics	Archie Andrews, Jughead Jones, Reggie Mantle, Mr. Weatherbee
18	An Ear for Music!	comic story	4	pencils: Bill Vigoda	Archie Andrews, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle
19	Art for Moose Sake!	comic story	0.5		Archie Andrews, Moose Mason
20	Help Wanted	comic story	2		Archie Andrews, Fred Andrews, Mary Andrews
21	You'll Laugh Like the Dickens!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Harry Lucey	Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle
22	Batter Up!	comic story	1	script: Joe Edwards; pencils: Joe Edwards; inks: Joe Edwards	Li'l Jinx
23	Imagine That	comic story	6	pencils: Samm Schwartz	Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones, Reggie Mantle, Moose Mason
24	John Brown	text article	1	letters: typeset	John Brown
25	Archie Said It Couldn't Be Done!!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5		Archie Andrews
26	Diet Riot	comic story	6	script: George Gladir; pencils: Bill Vigoda; inks: Vincent DeCarlo; letters: Vincent DeCarlo	Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Miss Grundy, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle, Moose Mason, Mr. Weatherbee
27	We're Giving Away Free Copies of Archie's Pals 'n' Gals!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Harry Lucey	Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge
28	A Thousand Times 'Know'!	comic story	1		Archie Andrews, Reggie Mantle, Moose Mason
29	No Help Wanted	comic story	6		Archie Andrews, Fred Andrews, Mary Andrews, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge, Pop Tate

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Canadian	price 0.35 CAD

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Little Archie Comics Digest Magazine #45	1990	On eBay ›
Archie Annual Digest #36	1980	On eBay ›
Archie's Double Digest Magazine #23	1986	On eBay ›
Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #29	1992	On eBay ›
Archie Comics Digest #41	1980	On eBay ›
Archie Comics Digest #42	1980	On eBay ›
World of Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #51	2015	On eBay ›
Archie's Funhouse Double Digest #19	2016	On eBay ›
Archie 1000 Page Comics 75th Anniversary Bash #[nn] ISBN 978-1-62738-872-6	2016	On eBay ›
Archie Spotlight Digest: Archie 75th Anniversary Digest #12	2017	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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