Archie Giant Series Magazine #142

(October 1966)

[Magic-Scope] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Ad for Magic-Scope magnifier/compass from Resco Products

Indexer Notes

Indicia at bottom

The PH Factor (Table of Contents)

Pureheart the Powerful / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Doyle

Pencils:

Bob White

Inks:

Marty Epp

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; superhero; teen

Characters:

Pureheart the Powerful [Archie Andrews]; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis:

Archie discovers that by calling on his own PH Factor he can become Pureheart the Powerful. Unfortunately, the PH factor is so strong that it makes everyone forget they saw Pureheart or recognize him as Archie.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #46 (February 1966)

Hardy Appetite (Table of Contents)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Edwards

Pencils:

Joe Edwards

Inks:

Joe Edwards

Letters:

Joe Edwards

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Li'l Jinx; Greg

The Looker (Table of Contents)

Pureheart the Powerful / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Doyle

Pencils:

Bob White

Inks:

Marty Epp

Colors:

?

Letters:

Marty Epp

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; teen

Characters:

Pureheart the Powerful [Archie Andrews]; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; The Looker (villain)

Synopsis:

Pureheart the Powerful battles The Looker, a gorgeous woman who has the power to turn men to stone with one glance -- unless she chooses to look them directly in the eye, in which case they turn into bubbling hot chicken fat. But how can Pureheart fight this fiendish femme fatale when his superhero code forbids him to hit a woman?

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #47 (March 1966)

The Vanishing Race (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

?

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? (illustration)

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?

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?

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typeset

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Genre:

non-fiction

Reprints:

• ?

Hero to Go!!! (Table of Contents)

Captain Hero / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Doyle

Pencils:

Bill Vigoda

Inks:

Vince DeCarlo

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; superhero; teen

Characters:

Captain Hero [Jughead Jones]; The Fink (a super-villain); Hot Foot (super-villain); Ethel Muggs; Pop Tate

Synopsis:

Jughead dreams he's a superhero named Captain Hero.

Reprints:

• in Archie's Super Teens (Archie, 1994 series) #1 (1994)
• from ?

Evilheart's Revenge! (Table of Contents)

Pureheart the Powerful / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Doyle

Pencils:

Bill Vigoda

Inks:

Mario Acquaviva

Colors:

?

Letters:

Mario Acquaviva

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; teen

Characters:

Pureheart the Powerful [Archie Andrews]; Evilheart [Reggie Mantle]; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis:

Reggie discovers that just as Archie can transform into Pureheart the Powerful by calling on his inner goodness, he can use his inner rottenness to turn into that caped fink, Evilheart.

Reprints:

• from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #48 (April 1966)

Dinner for One (Table of Contents)

Superteen / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Doyle

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo

Inks:

Rudy Lapick

Colors:

Barry Grossman ?

Letters:

Vince DeCarlo

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; teen

Characters:

Superteen [Betty Cooper]; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Principal Waldo Weatherbee; The Consumer (villain)

Synopsis:

Superteen battles the Consumer, an alien monster who can eat anything and anyone. She has to back down when the Consumer threatens to devour Archie, but luckily Jughead's eating power is greater than any alien's.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #119 (November 1965)

Pretty Wise (Table of Contents)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Edwards

Pencils:

Joe Edwards

Inks:

Joe Edwards

Colors:

?

Letters:

Joe Edwards

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Li'l Jinx

Synopsis:

Jinx comes home dirty to see her aunt. Her aunt says is pretty dirty and Jinx replies that she is prettier clean.

Mad Doctor Doom's Dupe! (Table of Contents)

Pureheart the Powerful / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Doyle

Pencils:

Bob White

Inks:

Marty Epp

Colors:

?

Letters:

Marty Epp

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; teen

Characters:

Pureheart the Powerful [Archie Andrews ]; Evilheart [Reggie Mantle]; Betty Cooper [as Superteen]; Veronica Lodge; Mad Doctor Doom (villain)

Synopsis:

Mad Doctor Doom cons Evilheart into testing out a deadly world-domination device, the killer robot Computo.

Reprints:

• from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #48 (April 1966)