Jughead (comic book)

Jughead (also known as Archie's Pal Jughead) is an ongoing comic book series featuring the Archie Comics character of the same name. The character first appeared in Pep Comics #22 (cover dated December 1941). Jughead proved to be popular enough to warrant his own self-titled ongoing comic book series which began publication in January 1949.

Jughead
Cover to Jughead #1 (October 2015). Art by Erica Henderson.
Publication information
PublisherArchie Comics
Schedule(vol. 1-2)
Bimonthly
(vol. 3)
Monthly
FormatOngoing series
Publication date(vol. 1)
January 1949 – June 1987
(vol. 2)
August 1987 - September 2012
(vol. 3)
October 2015 - June 2017
No. of issues(vol. 1)
352
(vol. 2)
214
(vol. 3)
16
Main character(s)Jughead Jones
Creative team
Written byVarious (vol. 1-2)
Chip Zdarsky (vol. 3 #1-8)
Ryan North (vol. 3 #9-14)
Mark Waid (vol. 3 #15-16)
Ian Flynn (vol. 3 #15-16)
Artist(s)Various (vol. 1-2)
Erica Henderson (vol. 3 #1-6)
Derek Charm (vol. 3 #7-16)

Publication history
Cover to Archie's Pal Jughead #1 (January 1949).

Jughead first appeared in Pep Comics #22 in 1941 (also Archie's first appearance) and later grew into his own title Archie's Pal Jughead Comics in 1949, which also guest-starred Archie and his friends. Common story themes included Jughead's insatiable appetite for hamburgers, avoiding Big Ethel who has a crush on him and outsmarting his nemesis Reggie Mantle.

The cover title was shortened to Jughead with #122 in July 1965, though the indicia continued to list Archie's Pal Jughead until also changing in November's #126.[1][2] In #325, Cheryl Blossom made her second appearance after debuting in Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica that same month. The original Jughead series ended with #352 (June 1987).[3]

Jughead returned with a relaunched #1 in August 1987. With #46 (June 1993), the series was renamed Archie's Pal Jughead Comics, echoing the previous volume. In the same issue Jughead finds out that his mother is expecting a baby, and in #50, the baby girl, nicknamed "Jellybean" is born. The second volume ended in 2012 with issue #214.

A third series, titled Jughead, was released in October 2015 as part of Archie Comics' New Riverdale. It is written by Chip Zdarsky with artwork by Erica Henderson.[4] Derek Charm took over as regular artist starting with issue #7.[5]

First appearances
AppearanceVolume/Issue NumberMonth/Year
Moose Mason as Moose McGee(vol. 1) #1January 1949
Midge Klump(vol. 1) #5April 1951
Ethel Muggs(vol. 1) #84May 1962
Forsythia "Jellybean" Jones(vol. 2) #50November 1993
Trula Twyst(vol. 2) #89February 1997

Collected Editions

Volume 1

TitleIssues CollectedPublication Date
Archie's Pal Jughead Archives vol. 1#1-8March 25, 2015[6]
Archie's Pal Jughead Archives vol. 2#9-16June 15, 2016[7]

Volume 3

TitleIssues CollectedPublication Date
Jughead vol. 1#1-628 July 2016
Jughead vol. 2#7-1116 March 2017
Jughead vol. 3#12-1616 November 2017

References
  1. "Archie's Pal Jughead #122 (Issue)".
  2. "Jughead (Archie, 1965 Series)". Grand Comics Database.
  3. "Jughead #352 (Issue)".
  4. "Zdarsky and Henderson Set the Table with New JUGHEAD Series". 27 May 2015.
  5. "Rising Star Derek Charm Joins Chip Zdarsky as Guest Artist on JUGHEAD this June!". 22 March 2016.
  6. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Archies-Pal-Jughead-Archives-1/dp/1616551186
  7. "Archie's Pal Jughead Archives Volume 2 HC :: Profile :: Dark Horse Comics".


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