Archie's Joke Book Magazine #49 (1960) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Archie	cover	1	pencils: Samm Schwartz	Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
1	Safety Worst	comic story	1
2	Archie's Sappy Sayings	comic story	1
3	Practice Makes Perfect	comic story	1
4	Big Game Huntress	comic story	0.5
5	Moose's Daffynitions	comic story	0.5
6	Skull Duggery	comic story	0.5
7	Cave Caper	comic story	0.5
8	Pieces of Ate	comic story	1
9	Early Man	text article	1	letters: typeset
10	Broken Up	comic story	1	script: Joe Edwards; pencils: Joe Edwards; inks: Joe Edwards; letters: Joe Edwards
11	Signs of the Times	cartoon	1
12	Math Wrath	comic story	0.5
13	Mistwist	comic story	0.5		Leroy's dad (intro?)
14	Buy Line	comic story	0.5
15	To Each His Moan	comic story	0.5
16	Loaf Conquers All	comic story	0.5
17	Hats That	comic story	0.5
18	Presents of Mine	comic story	0.5
19	Balanced Budget	comic story	0.5
20	Whipper Snapper	comic story	1	pencils: Bill Vigoda; inks: Bill Vigoda	Archie Andrews, Veronica Lodge, Hiram Lodge
21	Passing Signery	cartoon	1
22	Ceiling Zero	comic story	1
23	Caught Holding the Ball	comic story	0.5
24	The Big Show-Off	comic story	0.5
25	Hair Now	comic story	0.5
26	Mis-Match	comic story	0.5
27	The Last Word	comic story	0.5
28	Double-Play on Words	comic story	2
29	Who's Zoo?	comic story	2.5
30	Daffynitions	cartoon	0.5
31	On Your Mark	comic story	0.5
32	Radio Active	comic story	0.5
33	Jump For Joy	comic story	0.5
34	Circus Time	comic story	0.5
35	Dial Control	comic story	1	pencils: Harry Lucey; inks: Harry Lucey

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