Archie #513 [Direct Edition]
(October 2001)

Archie, 1959 Series
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Price
1.99 USD; 2.39 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Every four weeks, twice in July
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Comics
Barcode
762816467476 51311
Editing
Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief); Victor Gorelick

Issue Notes

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Stan Goldberg (signed)
Inks
Bob Smith (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Here's twenty bucks for my request: "The Sounds of Silence!"
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis
Mr. Lodge will pay money to make Archie stop singing.
Keywords
Music

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Back Attack (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Craig Boldman (credited)
Pencils
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Inks
Bob Smith (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters
Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Fred Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Mr. Lodge has back trouble, making him even crankier than usual toward Archie. Archie takes Jughead's suggestion of rigging up a magnet belt to help with Mr. Lodge's pain. The magnets are so powerful that they attract metal objects from around the house, injuring Mr. Lodge even more.
Reprints
Keywords
Magnet; quack cure

Indexer Notes

Archie's Double Digest #253 credits script to George Gladir and inks to Henry Scarpelli, but Craig Boldman confirms the script was his.

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

A-Files / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Earn $5 or $10 as an official reporter for the A-Files page.
Characters
Archie Andrews; astronaut

Indexer Notes

Reports from fans Charlotte Callaway and Gina Muñoz.

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

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

Love Hurts (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bill Golliher (credited as Golliher)
Pencils
Stan Goldberg (credited as Goldberg)
Inks
Bob Smith (credited as Smith)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Archie's wooing comes to a bad end when he confuses Veronica with Betty.
Reprints

Raking It In (Table of Contents: 7)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Greg Crosby (credited)
Pencils
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Inks
Bob Smith (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Mr. Andrews orders Archie to rake the leaves from the lawn. In a sequence of favors, the whole gang gets the job done.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

GCD record at Archie Double Digest #233 credits script to Mike Pellowski; inks to Mike Esposito; colors to Barry Grossman; and lettering to Bill Yoshida.

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

Editor's Notebook / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Fan Art / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Letters
?

Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Keywords
Fan art

Indexer Notes

Reader submitted artwork by MiNi Chung, Johnny Tsang, and Tiffany White.

Park Lark (Table of Contents: 11)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir (credited)
Pencils
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Inks
Bob Smith (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; shoppers; Nancy Woods; Chuck Clayton
Synopsis
Archie and Betty are heading to a big sale, but Archie wastes lots of time jockeying for a good parking space. Once they get inside they learn that Archie has driven them to the wrong mall.
Reprints
Keywords
Mall; shopping

Indexer Notes

GCD record at Archie's Double Digest # 233 credits inks to Mike Esposito; colors to Barry Grossman; and letters to Bill Yoshida.

Helpful Hints (Table of Contents: 12)

Archie / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Michael Pellowski (credited as Pellowski)
Pencils
Stan Goldberg (credited as Goldberg)
Inks
Bob Smith (credited as Smith)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; pretty girls
Synopsis
Humorous advice for teens
Reprints

Indexer Notes

May be the story of the same length and title in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine # 18.

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

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

Chair Man of the Bored (Table of Contents: 15)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Golliher (credited)
Pencils
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Inks
Bob Smith (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis
Jughead and Archie damage Mr. Andrews' new high-tech reclining chair. Mrs. Andrews satisfies him by just surreptitiously putting a new slipcover on the old chair.
Reprints

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Here's twenty bucks for my request: "The Sounds of Silence!""]
    Archie
  2. 1. ["Oops!"]
  3. 2. Back Attack
    Archie
  4. 3. ["Can you unlock the mystery?"]
  5. 4. ["Earn $5 or $10 as an official reporter for the A-Files page."]
    A-Files
  6. 5. ["Archie Americana Series Best Of The Eighties is here!"]
  7. 6. Love Hurts
    Archie
  8. 7. Raking It In
    Archie
  9. 8. ["Dear Archie Readers"]
    Editor's Notebook
  10. 9. ["Order a five issue subscription to any Double Digest magazine for only $10.00!"]
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Fan Art
  12. 11. Park Lark
    Archie
  13. 12. Helpful Hints
    Archie
  14. 13. ["Sonic 100 The Ultimate Issue!"]
  15. 14. ["They're weird, just like you like 'em!"]
  16. 15. Chair Man of the Bored
    Archie
  17. 16. ["Five-issue digest subscriptions"]
  18. 17. ["Archie's Subscription Offer"]
  19. 18. ["Reebok girls: ladybug cutouts, changeable colors."]
  20. 19. ["New apple green flavor SweeTARTS."]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Kirk House
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore