The Jughead Comic Book Magazine Series is a spinoff from Archie Comics

Archie Comics

Archie Comics is an American comic book publisher headquartered in the Village of Mamaroneck, Town of Mamaroneck, New York, known for its many series featuring the fictional teenagers Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle and Jughead Jones. The characters were created by...

, featuring Archie Andrews

Archie Andrews (comics)

Archie Andrews, created in 1941 by Vic Bloom and Bob Montana, is a fictional character in an American comic book series published by Archie Comics, as well as the long-running Archie Andrews radio series, a syndicated comic strip, The Archie Show, and Archie's Weird Mysteries.-Character and...

's best friend Jughead

Jughead Jones

Jughead Jones is a fictional character in Archie Comics who first appeared in the comic in December 1941. He is the son of Forsythe II; although in one of the early Archie newspaper comic strips, he himself is identified as Forsythe Van Jones II...

 in his own stories.

Jughead first appeared in Pep Comics

Pep Comics

Pep Comics is the name of an American comic book anthology series published by the Archie Comics predecessor MLJ Magazines Inc. during the 1930s and 1940s period known as the Golden Age of Comic Books...

#22 in 1941 and later grew into his own title Archie's Pal Jughead Comics in 1949. Archie and friends would also guest-star. Most stories show how Jughead pigs out on food, avoiding Big Ethel

Big Ethel

"Big" Ethel is a fictional character by Archie Comics. She is a student of Riverdale High School, known to her schoolmates by the nickname Big Ethel, though this nickname has virtually fallen out of use since the 1990s...

, who has a crush on him and outsmarting nemesis Reggie Mantle

Reggie Mantle

Reggie Mantle is a fictional character in the Archie Comics book. His full name is given as Reginald Mantle, but he is usually called by his nickname Reggie, and sometimes refers to himself as "Mantle, The Magnificent." The character was introduced in 1942...

. A one-shot titled Jughead's Folly was published in 1957 and features Jughead as Elvis. It is one of the rarest of all Archie comics and is popular due to the Elvis reference. Archie's Pal Jughead Comics was shorted to Jughead with issue #122 in July 1965. In #325, Cheryl Blossom

Cheryl Blossom

Cheryl Blossom is a fictional character of the Archie Comics universe. She is a wealthy teenage girl, the privileged daughter of a software engineer.-History and character:...

 made her second appearance after debuting in Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica in the same month

Month

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. The Jughead comic lasted until #352 June 1987. However, Jughead returned relaunched with a new #1 in August 1987. With issue #46 June 1993, the Jughead title was renamed Archie's Pal Jughead Comics similar to the previous volume. With #46 Jughead finds out his mother is expecting. In #50 the baby girl, nickname

Nickname

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d "Jellybean" is born. The second volume is still being published bimonthly and has reached issue #200. Jughead was a spin-off of Archie but has also featured spin-offs of his own.
Jughead title history

• Archie's Pal Jughead Comics (1949–Nov 1965, #1–126); cover title (but not indicia
  Indicia (publishing)
  Indicia is the plural of the Latin word indicium, meaning distinguishing marks.In magazine publishing, indicia refers to a piece of text traditionally appearing on the first recto page after the cover, which usually contains the official name of the publication, its publication date, information...
  
  ) changed to Jughead in #122
• Jughead (Dec 1965–June 1987, #127–352)
• Jughead Vol. 2 (Aug 1987–May 1993, #1–45)
• Archie's Pal Jughead Comics Vol. 2 (June 1993–present, #46–present)

Jughead spin-offs

• Jughead as Captain Hero (Oct 1966-Nov 1967, #1-7)
• Jughead's Baby Tales (Spring 1994-Winter 1994, #1-2)
• Jughead's Diner (Apr 1990-Apr 1991, #1-7)
• Jughead's Fantasy (Aug 1960-Dec 1960, #1-3)
• Jughead's Folly (1957, #1)
• Jughead's Jokes (Aug 1967-Sept 1982, #1-78)
• Jughead's Pal Hot Dog (Jan 1990-Oct 1990, #1-5)
• Jughead's Time Police (July 1990-May 1991, #1-6)

Jughead Digest magazines

• Jughead and Friends Digest Magazine (June 2005-Aug 2010, #1-38)
• The Jughead Jones Digest Magazine (June 1977-May 1996, #1-100)
• Jughead's Double Digest
  Jughead's Double Digest
  Jughead's Double Digest is an American comic book. Begun as a companion publication to the Jughead 32-page comic book and Jughead With Archie Digest magazine, it is a publication of Archie Comics. The Double Digest series are larger versions of the Archie Digest publication line...
  
  Magazine (Oct 1989-present, #1-present)
• Jughead With Archie Digest Magazine (Mar 1974-May 2005, #1-200)