The Jughead Jones Comics Digest #55 for Sale - First Appearance of Frank Verrano - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: The Jughead Jones Comics Digest (Archie, 1977 series)
Issue: #55
Publication date: February 1989
Key date: 1989-02-00
On-sale date: 1988-11-15
Indicia publisher: Archie Music Corp.
Price: $1.35
Pages: 132
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Frank Verrano - 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: Dan DeCarlo; inks: Jim DeCarlo	Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy
1	He's a Card	comic story	5	script: George Gladir; pencils: Samm Schwartz; inks: Samm Schwartz; colors: Barry Grossman, Nanci Tsetsekas	Betty Cooper, Hot Dog, Jughead Jones, Gladys Jones
2	Attraction Action	comic story	1		Archie Andrews, Jughead Jones, Smithers
4	Speak Critique	comic story	1		Archie Andrews, Dilton Doiley, Midge Klump, Moose Mason, Mr. Weatherbee
5	-	comic story	1		Jughead Jones
6	The Pick of the Brain	comic story	5	script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Bob Bolling; inks: Bob Bolling; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill Yoshida	Archie Andrews, Dilton Doiley, Reggie Mantle
7	Surprise!	comic story	5	script: Dick Malmgren; pencils: Dick Malmgren; inks: Dick Malmgren; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill Yoshida	Archie Andrews, Jughead Jones
8	Winner's Lament	comic story	1		Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper
9	Attraction Action	comic story	0.5		Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper
10	Tiff Riff	comic story	0.5		Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle
11	Double Trouble	comic story	6	script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Dan DeCarlo; inks: Jim DeCarlo; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill Yoshida	Archie Andrews, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge, Hiram Lodge, Smithers
12	Feast or Famine	comic story	6	script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Dan DeCarlo; inks: Jim DeCarlo; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill Yoshida	Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle, Smithers
13	-	cartoon	1		Archie Andrews, Veronica Lodge
14	Plane Facts	comic story	1		Archie Andrews, Reggie Mantle
15	The Chase	comic story	5	script: George Gladir; pencils: Samm Schwartz; inks: Samm Schwartz; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Samm Schwartz	Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle, Ethel Muggs, Pop Tate
16	Meet Treat	comic story	1		Dilton Doiley, Moose Mason
17	Snow Ho	comic story	1		Jughead Jones, Forsythe Jones II, Gladys Jones
18	The Outsider	comic story	5	script: George Gladir; pencils: Samm Schwartz; inks: Samm Schwartz; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Samm Schwartz	Archie Andrews, Chuck Clayton, Betty Cooper, Dilton Doiley, Hot Dog, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle, Santa Claus
19	Body Heat	comic story	5	script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Dan DeCarlo; inks: Jim DeCarlo; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill Yoshida	Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge, Smithers
20	Christmas Close-Up	comic story	6		Archie Andrews, Veronica Lodge, Hiram Lodge
21	The Dog Who Saved the Day	comic story	6	script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Dan DeCarlo Jr.; inks: Jim DeCarlo; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill Yoshida	Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Dilton Doiley, Gaston, Hot Dog, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge, Hiram Lodge, Smithers
22	Punch Crunch	comic story	0.5		Archie Andrews, Dilton Doiley, Jughead Jones
23	Credit Crumb	comic story	0.5		Archie Andrews, Jughead Jones, Pop Tate
24	Tale of Travail	comic story	1		Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge
25	Baker's Dozen	comic story	5	script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Samm Schwartz; inks: Samm Schwartz; letters: Samm Schwartz	Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle, Mr. Weatherbee
26	Hip Tip	comic story	1		Reggie Mantle, Moose Mason
27	Set Fret	comic story	1		Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Miss Grundy, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge
28	Season's Greetings	comic story	5	script: George Gladir; pencils: Dan DeCarlo Jr.; inks: Jim DeCarlo; letters: Bill Yoshida	Archie Andrews, Midge Klump, Reggie Mantle, Moose Mason, Pop Tate
29	Clock Yock	comic story	0.5		Dilton Doiley, Jughead Jones
30	Early Hurly Burly	comic story	0.5		Miss Grundy, Jughead Jones, Mr. Weatherbee
31	Luck Struck	comic story	1		Archie Andrews, Coach Kleats, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Moose Mason
32	Trick Shtick	comic story	1		Archie Andrews, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle
33	Happy Holidays	comic story	5	script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Stan Goldberg; inks: Rudy Lapick; letters: Bill Yoshida	Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Pop Tate
34	Whiff Tiff	comic story	1		Jughead Jones, Ethel Muggs
35	Rink Fink	comic story	1		Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle
36	All in the Game	comic story	6	script: Dick Malmgren; pencils: Dick Malmgren; inks: Dick Malmgren; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill Yoshida	Archie Andrews, Midge Klump, Reggie Mantle, Moose Mason
37	Wheel Zeal	comic story	0.5		Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones
38	White Fright	comic story	0.5		Archie Andrews, Jughead Jones
39	Archie Says: You Know It's Not Your Day When..	comic story	1		Archie Andrews, Veronica Lodge, Mr. Weatherbee
40	Year-End Living End	comic story	4	script: Al Hartley; pencils: Al Hartley; inks: Jon D'Agostino; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Al Hartley	Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge, Pop Tate
41	Coming in 1989 to a Comic Shop Near You	promo (ad from the publisher)	2	pencils: Dick Ayers; inks: Mike Esposito	The Black Hood, Black Jack, Bob Phantom, Kim Brand, Matthew "Kip" Burland, Captain Flag, The Comet, Bob Dickering, John Dickering, Fireball, The Firefly, Fly Girl, The Fly, The Fox
42	Christmas Togetherness	comic story	5	script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Dan DeCarlo Jr.; inks: Jim DeCarlo; letters: Bill Yoshida	Archie Andrews, Fred Andrews, Mary Andrews, Jughead Jones
43	Horn Scorn	comic story	0.5		Archie Andrews, Reggie Mantle
44	Sight Plight	comic story	0.5		Miss Grundy, Moose Mason
45	Resolution Solution	comic story	1		Jughead Jones, Gladys Jones
46	Health Education	public service announcement	1	pencils: Dan DeCarlo	Archie Andrews, Chuck Clayton, Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge, Mr. Weatherbee
47	The Turnabout	comic story	5	script: George Gladir; pencils: Stan Goldberg; inks: Rudy Lapick; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill Yoshida	Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle, Ethel Muggs

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

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	barcode 07695614544755
Canadian	price 1.50 CAD; barcode 07695614544755

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Archie's Double Digest Magazine #64	1993	On eBay ›
Jughead's Double Digest #57	1999	On eBay ›
World of Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #94	2020	On eBay ›
Archie's Christmas in July	2022	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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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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