Archie
#156
(July 1965)
Archie,
1959 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- nine times a year February, March, April, June, July, August, September, November and December
- On-sale Date
- 1965-05-05
- 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
- ?
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1965 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Samm Schwartz; Harry Lucey (figures of Betty and Archie at the top of the cover)
- Inks
- Samm Schwartz
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Samm Schwartz
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This model auto is so authentic it behaves like a real car!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Keywords
- plastic models
Woman Scorned
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- When Archie breaks a date with Betty again, she snaps and decides to murder him. After Betty makes several attempts on Archie's life, involving falling trees and wagons full of bricks, Jughead suggests that Archie try to pacify her.
- 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: The Best of Harry Lucey (IDW, 2011 series) #1 (August 2011)
- in Archie Milestones Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2019 series) #4 (October 2019)
-
- Keywords
- boomerang; goldfish bowl; iron; ironing board
Getting Arty!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx practices her art by adding facial features to both posters around town and pictures in the museum.
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #171 (February 1970)
-
- Keywords
- graffiti; modern art; museum; posters
Hip Quips
Archie and the Gang / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Big Ethel Muggs; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Gag 1: Big Ethel and her date go to Lover's Lane. Gag 2: Archie and Reggie love watching Veronica bowl. Gag 3: Archie tells Veronica he's not good enough for her and she agrees.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #2 (October 1973)
-
- Keywords
- bowling; lovers lane
Indexer Notes
This page is a series of 3 two-panel gags.
Bully For You
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Big Moose Mason; Coach Kleats; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- Coach Kleats gets Big Moose to let Archie throw him a few times in wrestling to help boost Archie's confidence in the sport. Flush with his success, Archie goes around the school throwing everyone he meets. Then it's up to the Coach and Moose to take Archie down a peg.
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #171 (February 1970)
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #2 (October 1973)
- in Archie: The Best of Harry Lucey (IDW, 2011 series) #1 (August 2011)
- in Archie's Favorite High School Comics (Archie, 2015 series) (2015)
-
- Keywords
- bullying; wrestling
The Giant of Them All Is Still the Greatest Buy in Comics!
Archie Annual / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Promo for Archie Annual #17 with mail-in coupon. Premium is 1966 Archie Pin-Up calendar. Annual and calendar are depicted. Small head shots of the Archie gang are shown, which may be original or may be clip art.
Couch Coach
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge; Dr. Olof R. Ocker (a psychiatrist); Smithers
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge's psychiatrist wants to meet the root of his frustrations, namely Archie. But when they meet, Archie ends up helping Dr. Ocker with some childhood issues.
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #171 (February 1970)
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #2 (October 1973)
- in Archie: The Best of Harry Lucey (IDW, 2011 series) #1 (August 2011)
-
- Keywords
- psychiatry
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 1.5 pages
Indexer Notes
First prize of $5.00 to Patsy Merchant (Pittsburgh, Pa.) for article on living in different places due to her father being in the Navy. Second prize of $3.00 to Mona Rusk (Richmond, Calif.) for article on her European vacation. Third prize of $2.00 to Jerry Perry (Rosepine, La.) for article on diving. Fourth prize of $1.00 to Dene Johnson (Houston, Texas) for a poem.
[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.
Who Me?
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Both Archie and Veronica try to figure out what she sees in him without success.
- 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: The Best of Harry Lucey (IDW, 2011 series) #1 (August 2011)
-
- Keywords
- dandelion; mirror; tennis; vanity
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["This model auto is so authentic it behaves like a real car!"]
Archie -
1.
Woman Scorned
Archie -
2.
Getting Arty!
Li'l Jinx -
3.
Hip Quips
Archie and the Gang -
4.
Bully For You
Archie -
5.
The Giant of Them All Is Still the Greatest Buy in Comics!
Archie Annual -
6.
Couch Coach
Archie -
7.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News -
8.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club -
9.
Who Me?
Archie
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