(December 1961)

Archie, 1953 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
eight times a year in February, April, June, July, August, September, October, and December
On-sale Date
1961-10-05
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Series
Editing
?

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1962 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
This is your pen pal?
Genre
teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Frankenstein's Monster
Keywords
pen pal; Transylvania

Strange Students (Table of Contents: 1)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Dan DeCarlo ?
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Colors
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Letters
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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Veronica notes classmates from India, France, Holland... and outer space?

Angler's Angle (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie and the Gang / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Big Moose
Synopsis
Archie and his pals are deep sea fishing when they catch an octopus.
Reprints
Keywords
deep sea fishing; octopus

Tall Story (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Dan DeCarlo ?
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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Bill; Gertrude
Synopsis
Veronica fixes up Archie's tall friend Bill with her tall friend Gertrude.
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Two of a Kind (Table of Contents: 4)

Big Moose / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Big Moose; Dilton Doiley
Synopsis
Dilton thinks Moose's socks are unusual.

Imbesilly (Table of Contents: 5)

Big Moose / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Big Moose
Synopsis
Moose applies for a job as camp counselor.

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

Dilton's Poetry Corner / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Dan DeCarlo ?
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Fellas, beware! Take care!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Reprints

Instant Insight! (Table of Contents: 7)

Reggie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Reggie finds out his date's father was a boxer.
Reprints

A New Deal in Cards (Table of Contents: 8)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Dan DeCarlo ?
Inks
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Colors
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Letters
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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Fur Slur (Table of Contents: 9)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Dan DeCarlo ?
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Colors
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Letters
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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Reggie promised Betty a fur piece but gave her a Davy Crockett hat.
Reprints

Take Five (Table of Contents: 10)

Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Reggie asks Jughead to loan him $5 - once he's earned it.
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Sight for Sore Eyes! (Table of Contents: 11)

Betty / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Betty's new hairdo covers her eyes.
Reprints

Sport Shorts (Table of Contents: 12)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Dan DeCarlo ?
Inks
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Colors
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Letters
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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Coach Kleats; Jughead Jones
Keywords
baseball; bowling; ping pong; soccer

Signs of the Times (Table of Contents: 13)

Archie / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Only the latest equipment!
Genre
humor

Peeve Heave (Table of Contents: 14)

Reggie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Mr. Rogers; Beatrice Rogers
Synopsis
Mr. Rogers throws Reggie out of his house; on the plus side, Beatrice notes he didn't throw Reggie as far as usual.

Scrambled Yoks (Table of Contents: 15)

Archie and Jughead / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
What does a cartoonist like to draw best?
Genre
humor
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

A Lot of Love (Table of Contents: 16)

Dilton Doiley / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Dilton Doiley; Doris
Synopsis
Dilton shows Doris all the names Reggie has carved into a tree.

Cook's Tour de Force (Table of Contents: 17)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Letters
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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Archie and Reggie use Betty and Veronica's biscuits as hockey pucks.
Reprints

Perfect Pitch (Table of Contents: 18)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews
Synopsis
An umpire mocks Archie's eyesight, not realizing he himself is tremendously nearsighted.
Keywords
baseball

Double Duty (Table of Contents: 19)

Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Jughead lies down on the job while painting Veronica's portrait.

Marked Man! (Table of Contents: 20)

Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Reggie denies being kicked out of his girlfriend's house.

Dial "S" for Stupid! (Table of Contents: 21)

Big Moose / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
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Letters
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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Big Moose; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Moose doesn't understand sundials.
Keywords
sundial

Using the Old Bean (Table of Contents: 22)

Dilton / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Dilton Doiley; Pop Tate; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Dilton guesses "0" for the number of peas in a jar.
Reprints

Rally to the Alley Girls (Table of Contents: 23)

text article / 1 page (report information)

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Letters
typeset

Genre
fashion

Winner and Loser (Table of Contents: 24)

Shrimpy / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
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Letters
Joe Edwards

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I bet I can keep my eyes closed longer than you!
Genre
humor; children
Reprints

Stretching Things (Table of Contents: 25)

Shrimpy / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
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Letters
Joe Edwards

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Okay! Okay! You can have one potato chip!
Genre
humor; children
Reprints

It Pays to Advertise (Table of Contents: 26)

Betty / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Leroy (Veronica's cousin)
Synopsis
Betty uses Leroy's kite to meet a new boy.
Reprints

The Curfew (Table of Contents: 27)

Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
The father of Reggie's girlfriend puts out the cat, the dog, and Reggie (the wolf).

Groovy Movie (Table of Contents: 28)

Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Alice
Synopsis
Alice wants to see a drive-in movie with Reggie.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29)

Double Takes / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's not as if I asked you to walk to the dance, Ronnie...
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones; Big Moose

Dandy Date! (Table of Contents: 30)

Dilton Doiley / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Dilton Diley; Joan
Synopsis
Dilton runs out of gas while driving Joan - so he leaves her to get more gas.
Reprints

Punch Phobia! (Table of Contents: 31)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Big Moose
Synopsis
Moose accidentally breaks into Archie's dressing room.
Reprints
Keywords
boxing
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["This is your pen pal?"]
    Archie
  2. 1. Strange Students
    Betty and Veronica
  3. 2. Angler's Angle
    Archie and the Gang
  4. 3. Tall Story
    Archie
  5. 4. Two of a Kind
    Big Moose
  6. 5. Imbesilly
    Big Moose
  7. 6. ["Fellas, beware! Take care!"]
    Dilton's Poetry Corner
  8. 7. Instant Insight!
    Reggie
  9. 8. A New Deal in Cards
    Betty and Veronica
  10. 9. Fur Slur
    Betty and Veronica
  11. 10. Take Five
    Jughead
  12. 11. Sight for Sore Eyes!
    Betty
  13. 12. Sport Shorts
    Betty and Veronica
  14. 13. Signs of the Times
    Archie
  15. 14. Peeve Heave
    Reggie
  16. 15. Scrambled Yoks
    Archie and Jughead
  17. 16. A Lot of Love
    Dilton Doiley
  18. 17. Cook's Tour de Force
    Betty and Veronica
  19. 18. Perfect Pitch
    Archie
  20. 19. Double Duty
    Jughead
  21. 20. Marked Man!
    Reggie
  22. 21. Dial "S" for Stupid!
    Big Moose
  23. 22. Using the Old Bean
    Dilton
  24. 23. Rally to the Alley Girls
  25. 24. Winner and Loser
    Shrimpy
  26. 25. Stretching Things
    Shrimpy
  27. 26. It Pays to Advertise
    Betty
  28. 27. The Curfew
    Reggie
  29. 28. Groovy Movie
    Reggie
  30. 29. ["It's not as if I asked you to walk to the dance, Ronnie..."]
    Double Takes
  31. 30. Dandy Date!
    Dilton Doiley
  32. 31. Punch Phobia!
    Archie
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steve Coates
  • Merlin Haas
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen