Archie
#148
(August 1964)
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
- 1964-07-20
- 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 1964 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- As I was saying, Jug... sometimes these drag races turn out to be real drags!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Keywords
- drag racing; dragsters
Litter Perfect!
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Mr. Andrews sends Archie to the store to buy a new garbage can. But when Reggie teases Archie about his car, Archie throws the new trashcan over Reggie. Reggie gets stuck in it and dents it a few times getting out, much to Mr. Andrews' dismay.
- Reprints
-
in Life with Archie (Bantam Books, 1973 series) #H7450 (March 1973) - in Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #27 (1975-1976)
- in Archie: The Best of Harry Lucey (IDW, 2011 series) #2 (August 2012)
-
- Keywords
- garbage can
Sign Savvy
Archie / comic story / 0.66 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie playfully buries Veronica in the sand while at the beach. He then puts a "No Trespassing" sign near her while he gets her an ice cream cone.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- beach
Some Old Steps
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Li'l Jinx's father [Hap Holliday]
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx is practicing some loud dance steps, to her father's annoyance.
- Reprints
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #4 (September 1974)
-
- Keywords
- dancing
[no title indexed]
Bendix Corporation / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You called for a piano tuner?
- Synopsis
- A boy calls a piano tuner to help him fix all the cables on his bicycle. The piano tuner recommends replacing the cables with the Bendix automatic bike axle.
Indexer Notes
Ad in comic format for Bendix Automatic bicycle axles. The Bendix Corporation, Eclipse Machine Division, Elmira, N.Y. Art style is very much influenced by Peter Max.
Footsore and Weary
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Archie decides to make a plaster mold of his foot for a speech. But Reggie substitutes cement for the plaster, unbeknowst to Archie.
- Reprints
- in Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #27 (1975-1976)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #13 (November 1984)
- in Archie: The Best of Harry Lucey (IDW, 2011 series) #2 (August 2012)
- in Archie's Favorite High School Comics (Archie, 2015 series) (2015)
-
- Keywords
- broken leg; cast; cement; plaster; sledge hammer
Here It Is! Your Archie Annual
Archie Annual / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Professor Flutesnoot; Mary Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Fred Andrews; Midge Klump; Mr. Lodge; Dilton Doiley
Indexer Notes
Promo for Archie Annual #16 with mail-in coupon. 25 cents for comic and free 1965 Archie Pin-Up calendar. Original art with parade theme.
Measure Up
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie needs to cut a piece of wood to a specific size to fix his stereo cabinet. He can't find a ruler, so he measures the space with his hands. He then races to the school shop to cut a piece of wood. He falls, goes on an elevator and hits a tree, but still has the measurement as the space between his hands.
- Reprints
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #4 (September 1974)
- in Archie Americana Series (Archie, 1991 series) #8 - Best of the Sixties Book 2 (2008)
- in The Best of Archie Comics (Archie, 2011 series) #[1] (August 2011)
- in Archie's Americana Series (IDW, 2011 series) #3 - Best of the '60s (February 2012)
- in Archie Comics Super Special (Archie, 2012 series) #4 (December 2013)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #51 (August 2015)
- in Best of Archie Comics (Archie, 2016 series) #1 (2016)
-
Indexer Notes
This is the exact same page count, title and plot as the story "Measure Up" in Archie (Archie, 1962 series) #561. The story in #561 has new artwork and script.
[no title indexed]
The Adventures of Patty & Andy, The Popsicle Twins; Popsicle / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Say Andy, it says on TV we can win a trip by Trailways "Silver Eagle" to the N. Y. World's Fair.
- Characters
- Popsicle Twins [Patty; Andy]
- Synopsis
- The twins enter the Popsicle Safety Contest to try to win a trip to the New York World's Fair.
Indexer Notes
Ad in comic format for Popsicle frozen treats with mail-in coupon to send for an entry blank for the contest.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 1.5 pages
Indexer Notes
First prize of $5.00 to Ronnie M. Bull (Long Beach, Calif.) for a description of the Naples Christmas Pageant parade. Second prize of $3.00 to Kay Dee Rivard (Detroit, Mich.) for an article on her vacation to Texas.
[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.
Just For Fun
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Smithers
- Synopsis
- Archie wears a funny wig to the Lodge's house.
- Reprints
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #4 (September 1974)
- in Archie: The Best of Harry Lucey (IDW, 2011 series) #1 (August 2011)
-
- Keywords
- Beatle wig; umbrella
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["As I was saying, Jug... sometimes these drag races turn out to be real drags!"]
Archie -
1.
Litter Perfect!
Archie -
2.
Sign Savvy
Archie -
3.
Some Old Steps
Li'l Jinx -
4.
["You called for a piano tuner?"]
Bendix Corporation -
5.
Footsore and Weary
Archie -
6.
Here It Is! Your Archie Annual
Archie Annual -
7.
Measure Up
Archie -
8.
["Say Andy, it says on TV we can win a trip by Trailways "Silver Eagle" to the N. Y. World's Fair."]
The Adventures of Patty & Andy, The Popsicle Twins; Popsicle -
9.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News -
10.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club -
11.
Just For Fun
Archie
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