Archie #113

(September 1960)

Duel Personality (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Harry Lucey

Inks

Terry Szenics

Colors

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Letters

Terry Szenics

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Lodge

Synopsis

After Mr. Lodge cuts his finger on an old dueling sword, a rumor spreads around town that he got the injury by fighting Archie in a duel.

Keywords

duel; rumors; sword

Hey Kids! Help John Wayne Defend the Alamo! (Table of Contents: 2)

Popsicle / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Jack Sparling

Inks

Jack Sparling

Colors

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Letters

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Characters

Davy Crockett (as played by John Wayne); Jim Bowie (as played by Richard Widmark); William Travis (as played by Laurence Harvey)

Indexer Notes

Ad in comic format promoting the movie "The Alamo" on the top half of the page. Contest tie-in "Enter the Popsicle "Alamo Heroes" Contest!' on the bottom half of the page. Art identification by Gene Reed on GCD-Main list on 2015-08-12.

Birds of a Feather Flock Together (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Bill Vigoda

Inks

Terry Szenics

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate

Synopsis

With great determination, Archie heads over to Veronica's house to tell her that he's breaking their date. Everyone in town follows him to see if he'll actually have the nerve.

Keywords

date; parade

Take This Free Gift... (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie's Pals 'n' Gals / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Indexer Notes

Promo for subscriptions to Archie's Pals 'n' Gals with mail-in coupon. Four issues for $1.00 with a premium of three free ball-point pens. Cover of Archie's Pals 'n' Gals #12 is depicted in small size, along with head-shots of the main characters from clip art.

Cap the Climax (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Bill Vigoda

Inks

Terry Szenics

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

Jughead and Reggie make fun of Archie's new tam o'shanter, but all the girls seem to love it.

Keywords

hat; models; tam o'shanter

Show Off (Table of Contents: 6)

Veronica / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Bob White

Inks

Bob White

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge

Synopsis

Mr. Lodge asks Veronica and Archie to turn down the music while he's working.

Keywords

dancing; homework

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Archie Club News / letters page / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script

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Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

First prize of $5.00 to Mary Jo Novotny (Erie, Pa.) for article on the United Nations. Second prize of $3.00 to Anita Pusey (Houston, Texas) for article on bacteria. Third prize of $2.00 to Janet Kern (Medford Lakes, N.J.) for article on honesty. Fourth prize of $1.00 to Jack Hurlbut (Omaha, Nebr.) for article on Petrified Forest of Arizona. Fifth prize of $1.00 to Don Arendt (Chicago, Ill.) for two jokes.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Archie Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

Characters

Archie Andrews (cameo)

Indexer Notes

Promo for memberships in the Archie Club with mail-in coupon. Cost is 15 cents.

Board To Tears (Table of Contents: 9)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Sy Reit

Pencils

Harry Lucey

Inks

Terry Szenics

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Geraldine Grundy; Pop Tate

Synopsis

After Miss Grundy gives them detention yet again, Archie and Jughead decide to try getting on her good side by giving her flowers.

Keywords

blackboards; detention; flowers; hat