''Jughead'' (also known as ''Archie's Pal Jughead'') is an ongoing comic book series featuring the

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character of the

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. The character first appeared in ''

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'' #22 (

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d December

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). Jughead proved to be popular enough to warrant his own self-titled ongoing comic book series which began publication in January 1949.

Publication history

Jughead first appeared in ''

'' #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

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. 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. In #325,

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made her second appearance after debuting in ''

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'' that same month. The original Jughead series ended with #352 (June 1987). ''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'

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. It is written by

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with artwork by Erica Henderson.

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took over as regular artist starting with issue #7.

First appearances

Collected Editions

Volume 1 Volume 3

References

Jughead comics
in the

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