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Archie's Mechanics #1

Archie · September 1954 · on sale 1954-06-15

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Identification plate

Series
Archie's Mechanics (Archie, 1954 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
September 1954
Key date
1954-09-00
On-sale date
1954-06-15
Indicia publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Price
$0.15
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
1Contentstable of contents1letters: typesetArchie Andrews
2-foreword, introduction, preface, afterword1script: ? [as Archie Andrews]; letters: ?; typesetArchie Andrews
3-foreword, introduction, preface, afterword1script: George Waltz Jr.
4Wire Hanger Trickscomic story2Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mary Andrews
5It's Easy to Make Custom-Designed Earringsactivity1letters: ?; typeset
6Jughead Gets the Pitch on Bike Carecomic story3Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
7Silencing a Noisy Electric Clocktext article0.33letters: typeset
8Easy-to-Make Garage Dustpantext article0.33letters: typeset
9An Easy Way to Lubricate a Door Lock That Stickstext article0.34letters: typeset
10Lazy Susan Pot Rack Is Easy to Buildtext article2letters: typeset
11Hot-Rod Rodeo Tests Your Driving Skillcomic story3Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Archie Andrews
12What's Inside a Baseball?text article1letters: ?; typesetReggie Mantle; Fred Andrews; Archie Andrews
13Build This Fold-Away Train Boardtext article2letters: ?; typeset
14How to Take Better Summer Photoscomic story2letters: ?; typesetBetty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
15So You Want to be an Engineertext article1letters: ?; typeset
16Know Your Airplanes?activity1pencils: Jack McCoy; inks: Jack McCoy
17Tiny Broom-Straw Kitetext article1letters: ?; typesetArchie Andrews
18How Atoms Will Power Locomotivestext article3letters: typeset
19Paddle Tennis is Funtext article2letters: ?; typeset
20Car Beauty Tipstext article1
21Build This Garage Bike Standtext article0.33letters: typeset
22Simple Tin-Can Rack Holds Your Pens and Pencilstext article0.33letters: ?; typeset
23Salt Shaker Holds Fish Foodtext article0.34letters: ?; typeset
24Teen-Age Tycoonstext article2
25New Automatic Power Helps You Steer and Stop!text article2letters: ?; typeset
26The Low Down on Hi-Fitext article2letters: ?; typeset
27New Dial-the-Work Tool is Complete Shoptext article2pencils: ? (photograph); inks: ? (photograph); letters: ?; typeset
28Play it Safe When You Start Skin Divingtext article2letters: ?; typeset
29Science Magictext article1letters: ?; typeset
30Know Your Tools... Sawstext article1
31Angles For Anglerstext article1letters: ?; typesetArchie Andrews; Jughead Jones
32Make Your Homework Easier With This Study Cornertext article1letters: ?; typesetArchie Andrews
33Here Are the ABCs of Color TVtext article2letters: ?; typeset
34Science News Today..... and Tomorrowtext article2letters: typeset
35Puzzle Corneractivity1

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

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