(July 1960)

Archie, 1946 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1960-05-08
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Close-Up Inc.
Brand
Archie Series
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (managing editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1960 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

Sick, Sick, Sick! (Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Richard H. Goldwater ?
Pencils
Harry Lucey (Archie figure); Bob White ? (Jughead figure)
Inks
Marty Epp (Archie figure); Bob White ? (Jughead figure)
Colors
?
Letters
Terry Szenics ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Would you believe id? I have a code!
Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Archie is sick. Find out why.

Indexer Notes

The Archie figure is a stat from the splash panel of the story "Sick, Sick, Sick!".

Sick, Sick, Sick! (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle ?
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
Marty Epp
Colors
?
Letters
Marty Epp

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis
Archie speaks directly to the audience, previewing stories he would have told them if he weren't sick with a head cold.

Indexer Notes

The three stories "previewed" are purported to appear in Betty & Veronica Summer Fun (no number given), Laugh #115 and Archie's Pal, Jughead #63, according to the end of the story. The last three panels are blank.

Archie's Color-ful Gags (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
George Gladir ?
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Samm Schwartz
Colors
?
Letters
Samm Schwartz

Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee; Moose Mason
Synopsis
There are eight pictures, four with a character giving the gag setup and four giving the punch line. Match the colored circle near the pictures to match the appropriate setup with the proper punch line.

Story Time (Table of Contents: 3)

Shrimpy / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Joe Harold
Pencils
Joe Harold
Inks
Joe Harold
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Shrimpy; Peggy
Synopsis
Peggy reads a story to Shrimpy.
Reprints

Star Gazing (Table of Contents: 4)

Shrimpy / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Joe Harold
Pencils
Joe Harold
Inks
Joe Harold
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Shrimpy
Synopsis
Shrimpy is unimpressed by a night sky full of stars.
Reprints

Platter Chatter (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
George Gladir ?
Pencils
Bill Vigoda
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Record shop owner
Synopsis
Archie and his friends take unfair advantage of a record store's sampling booth.
Reprints

K.O. and Gloria (Table of Contents: 6)

Katy Keene / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Woggon (signed)
Pencils
Bill Woggon (signed)
Inks
Hazel Marten; Kathryn Bill
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
fashion; teen
Characters
K.O. Kelly; Gloria Grandbilt; Willie The Weeper; Two-Ton Tommy
Synopsis
Gangsters try to take K.O.'s fight management contract away from Gloria.

Too Reggie Mented (Table of Contents: 7)

Reggie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Reggie laments his new job.

In a Spin (Table of Contents: 8)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Li'l Jinx; Greg; Charley Hawse
Synopsis
Charley challenges Jinx to see who can spin on the soda fountain seats the longest.
Reprints

Tree For Two (Table of Contents: 9)

Moose / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
George Gladir ?
Pencils
Bill Vigoda
Inks
Bill Vigoda
Colors
?
Letters
Marty Epp ?

Genre
teen
Characters
Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Moose shows up in a cast and sling after his first day of work.

This Unchanging World (Table of Contents: 10)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Vigoda
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
When Archie brings up in jest his father's suggestion of bicycling to the countryside for a picnic lunch with Veronica, she thinks it's a wonderful idea. But events prove to the contrary.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Sick, Sick, Sick!
    Archie
  2. 1. Sick, Sick, Sick!
    Archie
  3. 2. Archie's Color-ful Gags
    Archie
  4. 3. Story Time
    Shrimpy
  5. 4. Star Gazing
    Shrimpy
  6. 5. Platter Chatter
    Archie
  7. 6. K.O. and Gloria
    Katy Keene
  8. 7. Too Reggie Mented
    Reggie
  9. 8. In a Spin
    Li'l Jinx
  10. 9. Tree For Two
    Moose
  11. 10. This Unchanging World
    Archie
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steve Coates
  • Igor Dybzinski
  • Merlin Haas
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen