Archie #157

(August 1965)

Signs of Peace (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Harry Lucey

Inks

Mario Acquaviva

Colors

?

Letters

Mario Acquaviva

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Tired of Betty's and Veronica's fighting, Archie creates signs and graffiti demanding peace.

Reprints

• in All Out with Archie (Yaffa / Page, 1980 ? series) #8 (1988)
• in Archie Americana Series (Archie, 1991 series) #8 - Best of the Sixties Book 2 (2008)
• in Archie's Americana Series (IDW, 2011 series) #3 - Best of the '60s (February 2012)

Keywords

graffiti; kissing

Indexer Notes

Take-off on Superman on page three, "mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper" and "That's what I call super man!"

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

The Adventures of Patty & Andy the Popsicle Twins / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Sky Pictures (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Synopsis

Jinx lies under a tree and imagines pictures in the clouds above.

Reprints

• in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #165 (September 1969)

Keywords

clouds; imagination; rain

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie Pin-Up / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Harry Lucey

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Archie, do you think I'm using the right bait?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Archie and Veronica sitting on a dock, fishing.

Reprints

• in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #165 (September 1969)

Keywords

fishing

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Rocky and Bullwinkle; Cheerios; General Mills / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

What's In a Word? (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Harry Lucey

Inks

Mario Acquaviva

Colors

?

Letters

Mario Acquaviva

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge; Smithers; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Mr. Lodge, convinced that Archie will do him harm, repeatedly harms himself while trying to avoid Archie, while Archie does nothing but stand around and say the word "But."

Keywords

acid; carpet; painting

The Giant of Them All is Still the Greatest Buy in Comics! (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Archie Annual / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

How's Trix?; Trix Rabbit; General Mills / advertisement / 0.75 page (report information)

Medical Madness (Table of Contents: 9)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Harry Lucey

Inks

Vincent DeCarlo ?

Colors

?

Letters

Victor Gorelick

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason

Synopsis

Archie creates a Jekyll-and-Hyde potion that makes him look exactly like Reggie.

Reprints

• in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #165 (September 1969)
• in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #20 (July 2016)

Keywords

bus; Jekyll and Hyde; potion

Indexer Notes

A store in panel five of page five is named "Victor's," a reference to Victor Gorelick. A sign on the back of a bus says "Read Archie Comics."

Archie Gets All the Brakes (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Archie; Bendix Corporation / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Cuckoo Bird Yuks It Up! (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Cuckoo Bird; Cocoa Puffs; General Mills / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

First prize of $5.00 to Tommy Busse (Madison, Wis.) for article on the fundamentals of radio. Second prize of $3.00 to Alan Lichnerowicz (Burnham, Ill.) for article on the hyrax. Third prize of $2.00 to Lewis Brown (Newport News, Va.) for article about the leopard. Fourth prize of $1.00 to Jane Depew (Charlotte, N.C.) for poem about spring.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

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

The Favor (Table of Contents: 14)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Harry Lucey

Inks

Mario Acquaviva

Colors

?

Letters

Mario Acquaviva

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Veronica demands that Archie get a new car.

Reprints

• in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #330

Keywords

brakes; sports car; tow truck

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Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page (report information)