Archie
#130
[15¢]
(August 1962)
Archie,
1959 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- nine times a year in February, March, April, June, July, August, September, November and December
- On-sale Date
- 1962-06-01
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Printer
- Printed in the U.S.A.
Issue Notes
A test market variant, with 15¢ cover price of a general distribution issue with 12¢ cover price. On-sale date from 1962 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue is a variant of Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #130.
This issue is a variant of Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #130.
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I think this push-button age is getting out of hand!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate
- Keywords
- jukeboxes; Pop's Chocklit Shoppe; robots; soda fountains
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The Reject
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mr. Andrews [Fred]; the Ravens [Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Big Moose Mason; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge] (a group of imaginary juvenile delinquents)
- Synopsis
- After he soaps Pop Tate's window, Archie is convinced he's a juvenile delinquent. Mr Andrews convinces him he's not when Archie fails a juvenile delinquent test.
- Reprints
-
in Archie: The Best of Harry Lucey (IDW, 2011 series) #1 (August 2011)
-
- Keywords
- gang fight; gangs; imaginary sequence; leather jackets
Promising
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Li'l Jinx's parents [Merry Holliday; Hap Holliday]
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx's dancing teacher tells her she's a promising student.
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #156 (October 1968)
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #14 (May 1976)
-
The Peril
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead and Archie are talking about science fiction when Betty's large jello slips away from her. Archie thinks its the Blob!
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #156 (October 1968)
- in Archie: The Best of Harry Lucey (IDW, 2011 series) #1 (August 2011)
-
- Keywords
- Jello; picnic; science fiction
Indexer Notes
"The Blob" movie was released in 1958.
Weights and Measures
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge [Hiram]
- Synopsis
- Archie creates a gag gift for Professor Flutesnoot: a hollowed book filled with lead pellets for "heavy reading". But when Mr. Lodge can't pick up the book, he thinks his diet has made him weak.
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #156 (October 1968)
- in Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #28 (1976)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #152 (August 2007)
- in Archie: The Best of Harry Lucey (IDW, 2011 series) #2 (August 2012)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #319 (June 2021)
-
- Keywords
- book; diet; golf clubs; lead pellets; practical joke
Odd Ball
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee [Waldo]; Miss Grundy [Geraldine]
- Synopsis
- Reggie tricks Archie into being a ticket collector at a dance, leaving Veronica free for Reggie to date.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- dance
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 1.5 pages
Indexer Notes
First prize of $5.00 to Mark O'Brien (Holyoke, Mass.) for article on biology. Second prize of $3.00 to Laura Kally (Villa Park, Ill.) for article on Braille. Third prize of $2.00 to Laura Lessard (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) for article about the skunk. Fourth prize of $1.00 to Melinda Ellen Miller (Jericho, N.Y.) for three jokes. Fifth prize of $1.00 to Blanche Mazur (Pompton Lakes, N.J.) for five jokes.
His Own Worst Enemy
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Big Moose Mason (cameo); Midge Klump (cameo)
- Synopsis
- When Archie runs into a tree, he starts having a conversation with a ghostly twin.
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #160 (February 1969)
- in Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #28 (1976)
-
- Keywords
- conceit
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["I think this push-button age is getting out of hand!"]
Archie -
1.
The Reject
Archie -
2.
Promising
Li'l Jinx -
3.
The Peril
Archie -
4.
Weights and Measures
Archie -
5.
The Secret Is Out!
Archie Annual -
6.
Odd Ball
Archie -
7.
Fun with the Popsicle Kids
Popsicle Kids; Popsicle -
8.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News -
9.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club -
10.
His Own Worst Enemy
Archie
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