Jughead #13: Roll Model
This is the beginning of the sacred holiday here at Skate and Annoy known respectfully as the 7 days of Jughead. We’ll see if I have the intestinal fortitude to actually follow through with it, so here goes. Let’s start with Jughead #13, AKA Volume 2 #13, from 1989. The first series started in 1949, but volume 2 started in 1987. This issue features story called “Roll Model” that takes place in the hallways of Riverdale High, like half of all Archie-realted skateboarding stories. Oh, the antics… The tomfoolery! Shenanigans!
Originally I was going to eliminate the first page of the story until I realized it contained CRUCIAL PLOT DETAILS, and even if the skateboard was off camera, the skateboarding was in fact on camera. What is the comic book equivalent of the term “Off camera?”
Like so many comic books, this issue featured multiple “sales club” adverts. This one for the Sales Leadership Club in Springfield Massachusetts offers you the opportunity to earn a nice looking skateboard if you sell 26 items.
meanwhile, the Olympic Sales Club out of Enfield Connecticut gave you the opportunity to earn a “Mogul Monster Snowboard” if you sold 34 items. Ignore the off center preview.
