''Jughead'' (also known as ''Archie's Pal Jughead'') is an ongoing comic book series featuring the
Archie Comics
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Pep Comics
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'' #22 (
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d December 1941). 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 ''
Pep Comics
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'' #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
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who has a crush on him and outsmarting his nemesis
Reggie Mantle
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.
The official title was shortened to ''Jughead'' with issue #122 in July 1965. In #325,
Cheryl Blossom
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made her second appearance after debuting in ''
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica
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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. In issue 46 (June 1993), the Jughead title was renamed ''Archie's Pal Jughead Comics'' similar to the previous volume. Also, in this issue Jughead finds out that his mother is expecting a baby. In issue 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
Chip Zdarsky
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with artwork by
Erica Henderson
Erica Henderson is an American two-time Eisner Award-winning comics artist and animator, known for her work on ''The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl'' and '' Jughead'', and for her animation work on ''Venture Bros.''
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.
Derek Charm
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took over as regular artist starting with issue #7.
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