Archie
#139
(August 1963)
Archie,
1959 Series
- 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
- 1963-06-10
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1963 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Know something, Betty?... These sun glasses you gave me are pitch black!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Arche Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Keywords
- beaches; music; radios; sunbathing; sunglasses; swimsuits
Alphabet Soup
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Midge Klump; Big Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley; Big Ethel Muggs; Cricket O'Dell; Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- The Archie characters are represented by a strange alphabet: ABVJRGWmBMDECL.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- alphabet; arrow; fourth wall; jealousy; money; phone booth
Indexer Notes
A take-off on alphabet books (A stands for apple; B stands for boy, etc.). The story is told entirely in captions.
Photo Fin-Ish
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie and Veronica are plagued by photograph peddlers.
- Keywords
- photographers; pier; skin diving; underwater
Head Work
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Smithers; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie gets an expensive vase stuck on his head.
- Reprints
-
in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #180 (June 2001) - in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #179 (June 2007)
- in Archie's Super Comics Digest (Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 2012 series) #[nn] (2012)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #229 (July 2012), #299 (July 2019)
- in Archie Milestones Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2019 series) #15
-
- Keywords
- hammock; love letters; vase
Career Boy
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Reggie accuses Archie of being a gold-digger, that he would only marry Veronica for her money.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #81 (December 1986)
-
- Keywords
- money
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 1.5 pages
Indexer Notes
A letter from "Archie" requesting members write reports about themselves fills the first page. On the second page is first prize of $5.00 to Michael McIntyre (Redendo Beach, Calif.) for an article about bagpipes.
Fast Company
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge is chasing Archie, who's chasing Reggie, who's pulling Veronica with him. And all of them run over Jughead.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #102 (September 1998), #153 (September 2004), #208 (July 2010)
- in Jughead and Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #20 (June 2016)
-
- Keywords
- flowers; gardening; running
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Know something, Betty?... These sun glasses you gave me are pitch black!"]
Archie -
1.
Alphabet Soup
Archie -
2.
That's Different
Li'l Jinx -
3.
Photo Fin-Ish
Archie -
4.
Head Work
Archie -
5.
Order This! Get This Free!
Archie Annual -
6.
Career Boy
Archie -
7.
Archie Says: Nylon Means Strength
Archie; U. S. Royal -
8.
Announcing the "Popsicle" Safety Awards!
Popsicle Kids; Popsicle -
9.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News -
10.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club -
11.
Fast Company
Archie
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- Mark Coale
- Steve Coates
- Merlin Haas
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Ramon Schenk
- Jaime Weinman
- Gregg Whitmore
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