Life with Archie #168

(April 1976)

The Insult That Made a Man Out of 'Mac' (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

The Man Who Never Was!! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Archie my boy, think nothing of it! It's merely a priceless heirloom! Egad! It could happen to anybody! Don't you give it a second thought!

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Life with Archie [skinny 'Life with']

Genre

adventure; humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Hubert Smithers; Hawkins

Synopsis

Mr. Lodge is kidnapped by the general manager of his corporation and replaced with a robotic double, who fools everyone, including Mr. Lodge's own daughter. But the robot can't fool Archie, who suspects that the real Mr. Lodge could never be so nice to him.

Reprints

• in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #30 (May 1988)
• in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #37 (April 1993)
• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #207 (July 2004)
• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #208 (July 2010)
• in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #275 (February 2017)

Keywords

robot

Indexer Notes

Story is told in two parts. Logo is only featured on page one of the second part.
Indicia included on bottom of first page.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Hostess Cup Cakes; Josie / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Fooling Around (Table of Contents: 4)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Joe Edwards

Pencils

Joe Edwards

Inks

Joe Edwards

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Edwards

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Come on, Greg! What's the answer? Why are you hesitating so long?

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Greg; Li'l Jinx

Synopsis

Greg admits he's a fool.

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

Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bob Montana

Inks

Bob Montana

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I've been pouring at the PTA and the Women's Club. I'm exhausted!

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Archie's Gag Bag

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews

Synopsis

Archie's parents are exhausted after long days.

Reprints

• from Archie newspaper strip (King Features Syndicate) XX-XX-19XX

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

Louis H. Silberkleit (credited)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Actual number of copies of single issue published nearest to filing date: 169,008.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

ICS / International Correspondence Schools / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Universal Bodybuilding / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Bi-Centennial Quiz (Table of Contents: 9)

Archie / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Here are some interesting facts concerning the U.S.A. See how many you can answer correctly!

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Archie

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Questions about American history.

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Perfume / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Wheels of Fortune (Table of Contents: 11)

Life with Archie / comic story / 5 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

Archie! It's poor Mrs. Trimble! She's being dispossessed! Put out in the street!!

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Life with Archie [skinny 'Life with']

Genre

drama; humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Mrs. Trimble; Orson Wales

Synopsis

An old woman is being kicked out of her home by her landlord, Orson Wales. Archie manages to turn the table on Wales when it turns out that one of her few possessions is his beloved childhood wagon, "Thunderbolt."

Reprints

• in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #30 (May 1988)
• in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #82 (April 2004)
• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #203 (December 2009)
• in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #296 (March 2019) [Original title was called “Wheels of Fortune”.]

Indexer Notes

A take-off on the movie "Citizen Kane."

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Canyon House / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

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Archie Club News

Characters

Archie Andrews

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from Kris Thompson (Mpls., Minn.) First prize - $6.00 and Carsten Gursche (Vancouver, B.C., Canada) Second prize - $4.00.
Includes membership application form for the Archie Club.

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Laugh Comics Digest / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Super Values Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Book of Secrets (Table of Contents: 17)

Life with Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Mario Acquaviva

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text

'The History of Shoelaces,' Archie?

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Life with Archie [skinny 'Life with']

Genre

adventure; humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Miss Carlson; Boris

Synopsis

Archie takes out a very obscure book, "The History of Shoelaces." It turns out a spy stashed his microfilm in that book, figuring no one would ever take it out.

Reprints

• in Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #7 (June 1988)
• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #205 (April 2004)
• in Archie 1000 Page Comics Blow-Out (Archie, 2015 series) (2015)
• in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #49 (June 2015)

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Sea-Monkeys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Junior Sales Club of America Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Kellogg's Cereals / advertisement / 1 page (report information)