Archie #132
(November 1962)

Archie, 1959 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
nine times a year in February, March, April, June, July, August, September, November and December
On-sale Date
1962-08-21
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.
Editing
Richard H. Goldwater (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1962 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
Terry Szenics
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
--so you see, Pop, that's why I need an allowance increase!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews
Keywords
allowances; pie charts

Bag Boys (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
Harry Lucey
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Archie and Reggie refuse to carry Veronica's purse, but Jughead not only carries it, he uses it as a weapon.
Reprints
Keywords
purse

A Quick Change Artist! (Table of Contents: 2)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Edwards

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
Synopsis
While her father is sleeping, Jinx practices to be a barber.
Reprints
Keywords
barber; haircut

Far Out (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 0.75 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
Harry Lucey
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Tommy Tempo
Synopsis
Fred meets a hep-cat and his translator.
Reprints
Keywords
slang; translator

Silly Question (Table of Contents: 4)

Reggie / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
Harry Lucey
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doily
Synopsis
Reggie tells Dilton which way they should face on the beach.
Reprints
Keywords
beach; umbrella

Fun with the Popsicle Kids (Table of Contents: 5)

Popsicle Kids; Popsicle / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Creig Flessel
Inks
Creig Flessel
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Popsicle Kids
Synopsis
The kids show off the baseball glove and gold chain necklace that they received by sending in Popsicle wrappers.

Indexer Notes

Ad in comic format for Popsicle frozen treats.

The Black Book Returns (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
Marty Epp
Colors
?
Letters
Marty Epp

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Archie is writing in his mysterious little black book again. His friends hatch a plan to get it away from him and find out what's in it.
Reprints
Keywords
Little Black Book

Indexer Notes

Continued from "The Little Black Book" (Archie # 129).

Dig This Crazy Offer! (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

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

Indexer Notes

Promo for subscriptions to Archie's Pals 'n' Gals, with mail-in coupon. Four issues for $1.00 plus a free bonus issue.

Soft Soap Artist (Table of Contents: 8)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
Harry Lucey
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Reggie makes a soap sculpture of Veronica.
Reprints
Keywords
garden hose; modeling; mud; soap sculpture

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

First prize of $5.00 to Betty La Grotta (Philadelphia, Pa.) for article on hypnotism. Second prize of $3.00 to Joanne Bramante (Brooklyn, N.Y.) for article on Mount Vesuvius. Third prize of $2.00 to Christine Bird (Chicago, Ill.) for article on geysers. Fourth prize of $1.00 to Marsha Hall (Galena Park, Texas) for article on bats.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Archie Andrews (cameo)

Indexer Notes

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

Double Play (Table of Contents: 11)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
Harry Lucey
Colors
?
Letters
Harry Lucey

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Archie is reluctant to play ball with Jughead because he's afraid Veronica will go off with Reggie. Veronica convinces him to have confidence in himself. Then she goes off with Reggie, only to discover that Archie is actually playing catch with Betty.
Reprints
Keywords
confidence
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["--so you see, Pop, that's why I need an allowance increase!"]
    Archie
  2. 1. Bag Boys
    Archie
  3. 2. A Quick Change Artist!
    Li'l Jinx
  4. 3. Far Out
    Archie
  5. 4. Silly Question
    Reggie
  6. 5. Fun with the Popsicle Kids
    Popsicle Kids; Popsicle
  7. 6. The Black Book Returns
    Archie
  8. 7. Dig This Crazy Offer!
    Archie's Pals 'n' Gals
  9. 8. Soft Soap Artist
    Archie
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    Archie Club News
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Archie Club
  12. 11. Double Play
    Archie
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steve Coates
  • Merlin Haas
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jaime Weinman