| Jughead | |
| Schedule: | (vol. 1-2) Bimonthly (vol. 3) Monthly |
| Ongoing: | y |
| Publisher: | Archie Comics |
| Date: | (vol. 1) January 1949 – June 1987 (vol. 2) August 1987 - September 2012 (vol. 3) October 2015 - June 2017 |
| Issues: | (vol. 1) 352 (vol. 2) 214 (vol. 3) 16 |
| Main Char Team: | Jughead Jones |
| Writers: | Various (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) |
| Artists: | Various (vol. 1-2) Erica Henderson (vol. 3 #1-6) Derek Charm (vol. 3 #7-16) |
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 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]
| Appearance | Volume/Issue Number | Month/Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moose Mason as Moose McGee | (vol. 1) #1 | January 1949 | |
| Midge Klump | (vol. 1) #5 | April 1951 | |
| Ethel Muggs | (vol. 1) #84 | May 1962 | |
| Forsythia "Jellybean" Jones | (vol. 2) #50 | November 1993 | |
| Trula Twyst | (vol. 2) #89 | February 1997 |
Volume 1
| Title | Issues Collected | Publication Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archie's Pal Jughead Archives vol. 1 |
| March 25, 2015[6] | |
| Archie's Pal Jughead Archives vol. 2 |
| June 15, 2016[7] |
Volume 3
| Title | Issues Collected | Publication Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jughead vol. 1 |
| 28 July 2016 | |
| Jughead vol. 2 |
| 16 March 2017 | |
| Jughead vol. 3 |
| 16 November 2017 |