Archie
#142
(December 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
- 1963-10-08
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Editing
- Richard Goldwater
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
- It's the toughest initiation we've ever given anybody!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
- Keywords
- bondage; Delta Phi Pi; fraternities; hazing; paddles; television commercials; televisions
Trouble Spot
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
- Synopsis
- Resenting the teachers' belief that accidents naturally happen when he's around, Archie tries to prove that trouble can happen when he's not around.
- Reprints
-
in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #1 (August 1973) - in Archie's Double Digest Quarterly Magazine (Archie, 1982 series) #1 (January 1982)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #249 (April 2014)
- in Archie Digest, Free Comic Book Day Edition (Archie, 2014 series) #1 (June-July 2014)
-
- Keywords
- bulletin board; cafeteria; varnish
Archie Says: Nylon Means Strength
Archie; U. S. Royal / advertisement / 0.5 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews (cameo)
Indexer Notes
Ad for U. S. Royal bicycle tires with Archie head shot. U. S. Rubber Tire Company, Indianapolis, Ind.
[no title indexed]
Double Takes! / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You girls ever play golf before?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Two-panel gags with Archie, Betty and Veronica.
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #177 (September 1970)
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #116 (August 1993)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #222 (May 2014)
-
- Keywords
- golf; scale; sweater
No Match!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
- Synopsis
- Jinx knew the right answers, but the teacher didn't ask the right questions.
- Keywords
- tests
Gloom Chaser
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Smithers; Pop Tate; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Everything Archie does brings a little more hilarity into Mr. Lodge's life.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #1 (August 1973)
- in Archie's Double Digest Quarterly Magazine (Archie, 1982 series) #4 (October 1982)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #160 (June 2005), #208 (July 2010)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #269 (August 2016)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Prestige (Archie, 2023 series) (2023)
-
- Keywords
- ice cream; rain; umbrella
Open Before Christmas (and Long After)
Archie's Christmas Stocking / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
Indexer Notes
Promo for Archie's Christmas Stocking #25, with mail-in coupon. Cover is depicted along with original art with a Christmas theme.
Get the Message!
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie bends down to read a message on the sidewalk, only to discover that it's part of another Reggie prank.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #2 (October 1973)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #56 (March 2016)
-
- Keywords
- practical jokes; tomatoes
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 1.5 pages
Indexer Notes
First prize of $5.00 to Sandra Jadlowski (Oklahoma City, Okla.) for article about herself. Second prize of $3.00 to Gayland Jones (Galena Park, Texas) for article about his friend Shelby. Third prize of $2.00 to Michelle Rosenthal (Brooklyn, N.Y.) for eight jokes. Fourth prize of $1.00 to James Summers (Evanston, Ill.) for article about his dog.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews (cameo)
Indexer Notes
Promo for memberships in the Archie Club with mail-in coupon. Cost is 15 cents.
Fly-Over Chicane
Gilbert Auto-Rama / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Ad in panel format for the Fly-Over Chicane of Gilbert Auto-Rama model racing set. The A. C. Gilbert Company, New Haven, Conn.
Hate Affair
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie isn't too worried when Reggie takes Veronica out driving; she appreciates him more after a date with Reggie.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #1 (August 1973)
- in Archie's Double Digest Quarterly Magazine (Archie, 1982 series) #9 (January 1984)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #272 (November 2016), #333 (October 2022)
-
- Keywords
- broken axle; puddle; sports car
Get a Lucky Piece...Free When You Join the Archie Comic Book Club
Archie Comic Book Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
Indexer Notes
Promo for subscriptions to Archie series titles. Cost is 10 issues for $1.00 with premium of Kewanee Lucky Penny Piece with each subscription.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["It's the toughest initiation we've ever given anybody!"]
Archie -
1.
Trouble Spot
Archie -
2.
Archie Says: Nylon Means Strength
Archie; U. S. Royal -
3.
["You girls ever play golf before?"]
Double Takes! -
4.
No Match!
Li'l Jinx -
5.
Gloom Chaser
Archie -
6.
Open Before Christmas (and Long After)
Archie's Christmas Stocking -
7.
Get the Message!
Archie -
8.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News -
9.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club -
10.
Fly-Over Chicane
Gilbert Auto-Rama -
11.
Hate Affair
Archie -
12.
Get a Lucky Piece...Free When You Join the Archie Comic Book Club
Archie Comic Book Club
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Steve Coates
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Jaime Weinman
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