Life with Archie #153

(January 1975)

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Canyon House; Jeri of Hollywood Photos / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Way It Was (Table of Contents: 2)

Life with Archie / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Jon D'Agostino

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This is the way it happened -- so help me! You could look it up! You know ol' Arch and ol' Jughead! Real, what ya might call, insufferable pals, right?

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Life with Archie [skinny 'Life with']

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Waldo Weatherbee; Arnie Roth

Synopsis

A man of the cloth (namely a cloth salesman from Duluth) convinces Betty, Veronica and Jughead not to fight over Archie's attention all the time, but when they try to give him his space, he's shattered by their rejection of him.

Reprints

• in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #99 (July 1990)

Indexer Notes

This otherwise standard story is told in a somewhat surreal way, with ironic narrative captions in almost every panel and some very Vaudevillian dialogue.
Includes indicia at bottom of first page.

Meet Dusty, America's Most Beautiful Doll! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Kenner Toys / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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Super Values Products / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Engravaplates Social Security Cards / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Spouse Trapped (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Bob Bolling

Inks

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Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text

So long, Jug! See you tomorrow!

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Archie

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Mrs. Andrews puts mousetraps in her refrigerator to stop Jughead from raiding it.

Reprints

• in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #99 (July 1990)
• in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #40 (November 1996)

Indexer Notes

Includes a plug for the new Archie's Restaurant in Merrillville, Indiana at bottom of first page.

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

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Records/Tapes Unlimited / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

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Archie Club News / letters page / 1 page (report information)

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Letters

typeset

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Archie Club News

Characters

Archie Andrews

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from Catherine Fleming (Nashville, Tenn.) First prize - $6.00 and Lauren Lovett (San Diego, Calif.) Second prize - $4.00.
Includes membership application form for the Archie Club.

Monkey Business (Table of Contents: 10)

Life with Archie / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Jon D'Agostino

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Wow, Ron, this has got to be the fanciest party ever!

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Life with Archie [skinny 'Life with']

Genre

adventure; humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mrs. Van Posh; Jocko; Charlie

Synopsis

At a high society party, a trained monkey steals Mrs. Van Posh's necklace, and Archie takes off after the animal, falling off ledges and docks in pursuit of the jewels.

Reprints

• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #147 (April 1997), #147 (April 1997)
• in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #64 (March 2002)
• in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #255 (November 2014), #313 (November 2020)

Indexer Notes

Story is told in two parts.

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Movie Buys memorabilia / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Super Values Products / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Honor House Products / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Insult That Made a Man Out of 'Mac' (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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100 Little Dolls / advertisement / 1 page (report information)