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'' #62 (July 1947).

Publication history

Created by Joe Edwards, Li'l Jinx Bubblegum debuted in

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'' #62 (July 1947) and appeared in backup featurettes before landing her own title from 1956 to 1957.Li'l Jinx
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from the original on October 26, 2015. During her peak period, Jinx's stories ranged from three-panel blackout gags to seven-page stories. Jinx was normally depicted as a lovable but mischievous young girl, engaged in a comical battle of wills with her long-suffering father. Like most of

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'', and ''Archie Giant Series Magazine'' Li'l Jinx starred in her first solo series titled ''Li'l Jinx'' which began with #1 in November 1956, and continued with #12–16 from January to September 1957. She later starred in another series, ''Li'l Jinx Giant Laugh-Out'', which lasted from 1971 to 1973. Li'l Jinx strips have been reprinted in the various

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'' story reprint featured Li'l Jinx crossing over briefly (though the artwork was actually edited so that Li'l Jinx replaced an unnamed child that appeared in the original printing of that story). She also made a cameo appearance in the 2007 story, Civil Chores Part 3, in Tales of Riverdale # 24.

Character and story

Jinx was the daughter of Hap and Merry Holliday, earning her unusual name by virtue of being born on

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. Creator Edwards based Jinx's adventures on his own experiences as a parent. While "Li'l" is not part of her given name, everyone always calls her "Li'l Jinx" in the comics' dialogue, similar to the title character of ''

''. Jinx's friends included: *Charley Hawse (later called Fat Charley and then just Charley) who was amply contoured, fond of confectionery, and sometimes played the role of a bully, *Greg, who sometimes was a childhood sweetheart of Jinx. *Gigi, who was rich and a bit selfish, a la

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, but still a good friend, and *Mort the Worry Wart, who was known to have an inferiority complex. Following the

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, Li'l Jinx's friends also included

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kids Russ and Roz.

Jinx as a teen

In '' Life with Archie: The Married Life'' #7, a short story showing Jinx (renamed Jinx Holliday) starting her first day at high school along with all her friends was included in the issue as bonus material. In 2012, Archie Comics decided to publish stories with a teenage version of the character. The first graphic novel, named simply ''Jinx'', was released in April 2012 featuring new material alongside stories released in ''Life with Archie: The Married Life''. It was written by J. Torres and Terry Austin while

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provided the artwork. A follow up, ''Jinx: Little Miss Steps'', was released in June 2013, continuing to chronicle the adventures of Jinx and her friends in high school."Comics Should be Good" article about "Little Miss Steps"
/ref> In ''Jughead the Hunger vs Vampironica'', an alternate version of Jinx reveals her real father to be Satan. She read from the book of Lucifer and caused the various worlds of the Archie Multiverse to cross over, most specifically the title worlds.

Collected editions

The series has so far released two collected volumes:

References

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