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16September-October 1945
$0.10

Archie Comics #16

Archie · September-October 1945 · on sale 1945

First appearance: Forsythe Jones II
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Identification plate

Series
Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series)
Issue
#16
Publication date
September-October 1945
Key date
1945-09-00
On-sale date
1945
Indicia publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Forsythe Jones II - 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.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Bill Vigoda; inks: Bill VigodaArchie Andrews, Jughead Jones
1Archie Proudly Presentstable of contents1pencils: Bill Vigoda; inks: Bill VigodaArchie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge
2Double Troublecomic story13pencils: Bill Vigoda; inks: Bill VigodaArchie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle, Mr. Weatherbee
3Swing and Sway the Archie Waycomic story6pencils: Bob Montana, Bill Vigoda; inks: Bill VigodaArchie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle
4Mr. Fixittext story2script: George KapitanArchie Andrews, Fred Andrews, Mary Andrews
5-comic story6pencils: Bill Vigoda; inks: Al McLeanBetty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Gabby
7-comic story5script: Bill Woggon; pencils: Bill Woggon; inks: Bill WoggonDitto, Dotty
8Monkey Shinescomic story11pencils: Bill Vigoda; inks: Bill VigodaArchie Andrews, Fred Andrews, Mary Andrews, Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones, Forsythe Jones II First, Veronica Lodge
9-promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset; ?Archie Andrews, Fred Andrews, Mary Andrews, Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge

Plus 2 pages of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Archie Archives #5
ISBN 978-1-59582-857-6		2011On eBay ›
The Best of Archie Comics #3
ISBN 978-1-936975-61-7		2013On eBay ›
Jughead and Archie Double Digest #62014On eBay ›
Archie Spotlight Digest: Archie 75th Anniversary Digest #82017On eBay ›
Archie 1000 Page Comics Celebration #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-61988-956-9		2014On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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