Archie #120

(July 1961)

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

Knit Wits (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (sourced)

Pencils

Harry Lucey (sourced)

Inks

Marty Epp (sourced)

Colors

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Letters

Marty Epp (sourced)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Moose! You're wearing a tie!

Feature Logo

Archie

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason

Synopsis

After Archie admires a tie that Midge knitted for Moose, both Veronica and Betty decide to knit Archie a tie.

Reprints

• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #196 (April 2003)
• in Archie: The Best of Harry Lucey (IDW, 2011 series) #2 (August 2012)
• in Archie 1000 Page Comics Spark (Archie, 2020 series) (2020)
• in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #99 (July 2020)

Keywords

jealousy; knitting; ties

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Roy & Al - The U. S. Royal Twins; U. S. Royal Bicycle Tires [U. S. Royal Bike Tires; U. S. Royal Tires; U. S. Bike Tires; Uniroyal] / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page (report information)

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Bendix Bicycle Transmission / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

A Pitch In Time (Table of Contents: 5)

Coach Kleats / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Samm Schwartz ?

Pencils

Samm Schwartz

Inks

Samm Schwartz

Colors

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Letters

Samm Schwartz

First Line of Dialogue or Text

How's baseball practice, Coach?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Coach Kleats; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Waldo Weatherbee

Synopsis

Moose is pitching badly in baseball practice.

Keywords

baseball; pitching

Indexer Notes

The punchline: "I'm throwing as hard as ever, but the ball's not getting there as fast!" is based on a similar quote by 1930s New York Yankees pitcher Lefty Gomez.

Game of Chance (Table of Contents: 6)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Samm Schwartz

Inks

Samm Schwartz

Colors

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Letters

Samm Schwartz

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What's Jug up to now?

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Jughead

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Jughead tries to do a fancy dive into the Lodge pool, but there's a problem.

Keywords

diving; swimming pool; trampoline

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Hi-Power Binoculars / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Who's Got What? (Table of Contents: 9)

Archie / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (sourced)

Pencils

Harry Lucey (sourced)

Inks

Marty Epp (sourced)

Colors

?

Letters

Marty Epp (sourced)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Look Jug! They're fighting over me again!

Feature Logo

Archie

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones; Midge Klump (cameo); Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Waldo Weatherbee

Synopsis

When Reggie is selected MVP of the school football team, the girls stop fighting over Archie and start fighting for the right to go to the prom with Reggie.

Reprints

• in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #20 (July 2016)

Keywords

bragging; conceit; prom; trophy

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

In Color (Table of Contents: 11)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 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 don't want to eat it!

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Hap Holliday; Li'l Jinx

Synopsis

When her father tells Jinx that spinach will "put color in your cheeks," Jinx says she doesn't want green cheeks.

Keywords

spinach

The K.O. Kid (Table of Contents: 12)

Archie / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Harry Lucey

Inks

Terry Szenics

Colors

?

Letters

?

Feature Logo

Archie

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

Archie trains for a boxing match against Reggie, but the match never gets started.

Keywords

boxing; exercise bike; jump rope; punching bag

Indexer Notes

This story has no dialogue.

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The World of Dinosaurs / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

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Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Federal Civil Defense was established in 1951.

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Archie Club NEWS [block letter "NEWS"]

Characters

Archie Andrews (cameo); Betty Cooper (cameo); Veronica Lodge (cameo)

Indexer Notes

Clip art with Archie, Betty, and Veronica head shots. First prize of $5.00 to Thomas M. White (Las Cruces, N.M) for article on Civil Defense. Second prize of $3.00 to Norma Steward (Rockford, Ill.) for article on the cardinal. Third prize of $2.00 to Freddie Bonner (Berkeley, Calif.) for article on the history of money. Fourth prize of $1.00 to Jane Carmichael (Los Alamos, N.M) for facts about plants. 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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Juke Box Bank / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

SSsh! (Table of Contents: 17)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (sourced)

Pencils

Harry Lucey (sourced)

Inks

Harry Lucey (sourced)

Colors

?

Letters

Harry Lucey (sourced)

Feature Logo

Archie

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Archie tries to get some eggs home from the store without dropping them.

Reprints

• in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #5 (July 2014)
• in The Best of Archie Comics (Archie, 2011 series) #4 ([August] 2014)
• in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #51 (August 2015)
• in Archie 1000 Page Comics Jam (Archie, 2015 series) (2015)
• in Archie Spotlight Digest: Archie 75th Anniversary Digest (Archie, 2016 series) #8 (May 2017)

Keywords

eggs; house key; rain barrel

Indexer Notes

This story has no dialogue until the final page.

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Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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