Archie #110

(June 1960)

[Treasure Chest of Fun] (Table of Contents: 1)

Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Bike speedometer reads up to 50 m.p.h.

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Advertisement for the the following products: bike speedometer; jiu-jitsu instructions; joy buzzer; ventriloquism instructions; miniature radio; surprise package; foaming sugar; whoopee cushion; miniature radio; rubber snake; pharoah serpents; electric motor; black eye joke; atomic smoke bomb; snow storm tablets; bitter cigarette; pocket gym; shrunken heads; auto breaker; black chewing gum.

Inside front cover.

Mama's Boy (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Archie, it looks like rain!... You'd better wear your rubbers!

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Archie

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Betty Cooper (cameo); Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate

Synopsis

Archie thinks his mother is babying him too much. Archie's father tells his wife to lay off the sentiment, but when she does, both she and Archie are unhappy.

Reprints

• in Life with Archie (Bantam Books, 1973 series) #H7450 (March 1973)

Keywords

cigar; crying; sentiment; smoking

Indexer Notes

Listed on cover.

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Columbia Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Sportiest! Speediest! Shiniest!

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Advertisement for the new Columbia Fire Arrow bicycle from the Westfield Manufacturing Company.

Just Add Water... (Table of Contents: 4)

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

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Whoa! You can't come into the house with that box of dirt!

Genre

humor; children

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Hap Holliday; Li'l Jinx

Synopsis

Jinx invents an "instant mud pie" mix.

Reprints

• in Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #35 (December 1984)
• in Little Archie Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1985 series) #45 (November 1990)
• in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #166 (July 2001)
• in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #128 (March 2009)

Keywords

invention; mud pies

A Man's Intuition (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Isn't it romantic? We're all alone! Just you and I!

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Archie

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Cousin Leroy; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Archie and Veronica are all alone--except for cousin Leroy.

Reprints

• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #32 (January 1988)

Keywords

arrow

Safety First! (Table of Contents: 6)

Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Psst! Jug,have you heard? The girls have chosen today as Leap Year Day!

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Archie's Pal Jughead

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge (cameo); Reggie Mantle (cameo)

Synopsis

On Leap Year Day the girls can kiss boys, so Jughead wears a catcher's mask as protection.

Reprints

• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #32 (January 1988)

Keywords

catcher's mask; kissing; Leap Year Day

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TV Booster Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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TV Booster makes all TV sets work better

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for television signal boosters from TV Booster Co.

Cookie Crumble (Table of Contents: 8)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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A fool and his money are soon parted!

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Archie

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate

Synopsis

When Archie sees Jughead with a big stack of Girl Scout cookies, he wonders why Jughead is buying so many. He and Reggie figure Jughead has a money-making angle, so they offer to buy all his boxes of cookies.

Reprints

• in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #115 (August 1994)

Keywords

cookies; Girl Scouts

They Said It Couldn't Be Done! (Table of Contents: 9)

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

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They said you couldn't make an Archie Annual that would deliver more laughs than ever before!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle

Indexer Notes

Promo for Archie Annual (Archie, 1950 series) #12 with mail-in coupon. Premium is a free 1961 Archie Pin-Up Calendar. Cover and calendar are depicted, along with original art.

Paging Houdini (Table of Contents: 10)

Archie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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This guy's the greatest, Juggie! Absolutely endsville!

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Archie

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

After Archie talks about how great an escape artist Harry Houdini was, Reggie claims to be an escape artist, too. Archie gets some chains and padlocks, but his father, a big Houdini fan, interrupts and has Archie put the chains on him instead.

Reprints

• in Life with Archie (Bantam Books, 1973 series) #H7450 (March 1973)

Keywords

chains; escape artist; padlocks; wager

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Daffy-Nitions / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

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Skeleton -- a bony person with his inside out and his outside off

Genre

humor

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Humorous definitions for skeleton, buffet supper, bride, puppy love, and transparent.

Keywords

skeleton; toaster

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U. S. Royal Bicycle Tires [U. S. Royal Bike Tires; U. S. Royal Tires; U. S. Bike Tires; Uniroyal] / advertisement / 0.67 page (report information)

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America's fastest selling bicycle tire...

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for U. S. Royal bicycle tires.
Ad runs across the bottom third of two facing pages.

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8 Popular Record [8 Latest Record] [8 Twist Record] Hits / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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8 latest hit records $1.00

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Advertisement for records from Rembrandt Co.

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Life with Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.16 page (report information)

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"This might be your life"

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Promo ad for Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #3. (Issue number taken from indicated on sale date of on or about May 15, 1960.)

Special Assignment for Archie Club Reporters (Table of Contents: 15)

Archie Club News / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

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Here's an assignment that presents a special opportunity for you to win a deluxe American-made bicycle merely for writing on one of the most popular participant sports in the country -- bicycle riding.

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Archie Club NEWS [block letter "NEWS"]

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Contest calling for 100 word essays on "Why I Like to Ride a Bike." Best eight entries will win a bicycle. Includes information on how to join the Archie Club.

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Honor House Products / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Safety deposit bank vault

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Advertisement for combination lock safes from Honor House.

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Griffin Products / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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14 sure-fire party tricks

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Advertisement for party novelties from Griffin Products.

Sauce for the Goose (Table of Contents: 18)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Jug! Cover for me! I do't want Ronnie to see me!

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Archie

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate (cameo)

Synopsis

Veronica wants Archie's help with a meeting of the Wednesday Afternoon Ladies Guild, so Archie is hiding from her. Jughead makes a flowery speech about Archie snubbing Veronica when she needs help, which makes him feel ashamed and he goes to see Veronica. It turns out Veronica wants Jughead to speak before the group, so Archie makes the same flowery speech to Jughead to get his cooperation.

Keywords

advice; ashamed; persuasion; speech

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Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Don't be half a man!

Genre

non-fiction

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Charles Atlas (photograph)

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for the dynamic-tension bodybuilding system from Charles Atlas.
Inside back cover.

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Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Boys! Girls! Ladies! Men!

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Ulysses S. Grant; Abraham Lincoln; Theodore Roosevelt; George Washington

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for the Cloverine Brand salve sales kit from Wilson Chemical Co., offering signet rings as premiums.
Back cover.