(October 1962)

Archie, 1953 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
8 times a year
On-sale Date
1962-08-21
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Series
Editing
John L. Goldwater (editor)

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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First Line of Dialogue or Text
What some people won't do for a passing grade in algebra!
Genre
teen
Characters
Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones

Indexer Notes

Later redrawn for the cover of Archie #540

Law of the Land (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis
Archie shows up as a cowboy to take Veronica to a masquerade party.
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Rebel Robot (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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humor; teen
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Swank Prank (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Dan DeCarlo
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This is the swankiest restaurant I've ever seen!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
El Swank is the swankiest restaurant in town, but Archie figures it won't be that expensive.
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Fowl Bawl (Table of Contents: 4)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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humor; teen

To Put It Mildly (Table of Contents: 5)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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humor; teen

Seeing the Light (Table of Contents: 6)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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I say, it's impossible!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Midge Klump; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
Synopsis
Archie and Jughead disagree about Moose.
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Days Daze (Table of Contents: 7)

Moose / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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humor; teen
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Cold Logic (Table of Contents: 8)

Moose / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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humor; teen
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Dot's Dot (Table of Contents: 9)

Shrimpy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Joe Edwards
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Joe Edwards
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Joe Edwards
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Joe Edwards

Genre
humor; children

As You Like It (Table of Contents: 10)

Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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humor; teen
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Sitting Pretty (Table of Contents: 11)

Betty / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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humor; teen
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Mistifying Machine (Table of Contents: 12)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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humor; teen
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Even Money (Table of Contents: 13)

Moose / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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humor; teen
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A Hole in One (Table of Contents: 14)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
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Sign Design (Table of Contents: 15)

Reggie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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humor; teen
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The Three R's (Table of Contents: 16)

Archie Presents / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen

Music to My Ears (Table of Contents: 17)

Moose / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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humor; teen
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Pro and Convictions (Table of Contents: 18)

Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
humor
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Beast of Burden (Table of Contents: 19)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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humor; teen
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Wily Wish (Table of Contents: 20)

Moose / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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humor; teen
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Quick Sale (Table of Contents: 21)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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humor; teen
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Head Work (Table of Contents: 22)

Reggie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Bill Vigoda (sourced)
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Bill Vigoda (sourced)
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Genre
humor; teen

Indexer Notes

This is billed as a Reggie story even though Reggie does not appear in it, nor does any other Riverdale character.

Mad Movie (Table of Contents: 23)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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humor; teen
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Cat-Tale (Table of Contents: 24)

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

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Sweet Betty, she's always generous to a fault!
Genre
humor; teen

Rye Reply (Table of Contents: 25)

Reggie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen

A Sad Tale (Table of Contents: 26)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27)

Riverdale High Bulletin Board / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

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Principal Thought For the Day
Genre
humor

Chef's Special (Table of Contents: 28)

Reggie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
Synopsis
Reggie is dressed as a potato at a costume party.
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Keywords
costume party

Drive-In Drama (Table of Contents: 29)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["What some people won't do for a passing grade in algebra!"]
    Archie
  2. 1. Law of the Land
    Archie
  3. 2. Rebel Robot
    Archie
  4. 3. Swank Prank
    Archie
  5. 4. Fowl Bawl
    Betty and Veronica
  6. 5. To Put It Mildly
    Betty and Veronica
  7. 6. Seeing the Light
    Jughead
  8. 7. Days Daze
    Moose
  9. 8. Cold Logic
    Moose
  10. 9. Dot's Dot
    Shrimpy
  11. 10. As You Like It
    Veronica
  12. 11. Sitting Pretty
    Betty
  13. 12. Mistifying Machine
    Archie
  14. 13. Even Money
    Moose
  15. 14. A Hole in One
    Archie
  16. 15. Sign Design
    Reggie
  17. 16. The Three R's
    Archie Presents
  18. 17. Music to My Ears
    Moose
  19. 18. Pro and Convictions
    Mr. Weatherbee
  20. 19. Beast of Burden
    Archie
  21. 20. Wily Wish
    Moose
  22. 21. Quick Sale
    Archie
  23. 22. Head Work
    Reggie
  24. 23. Mad Movie
    Archie
  25. 24. Cat-Tale
    Betty and Veronica
  26. 25. Rye Reply
    Reggie
  27. 26. A Sad Tale
    Archie
  28. 27. ["Principal Thought For the Day"]
    Riverdale High Bulletin Board
  29. 28. Chef's Special
    Reggie
  30. 29. Drive-In Drama
    Archie
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steve Coates
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen