Archie #121

(August 1961)

The Shadow Knows (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Samm Schwartz

Inks

Samm Schwartz

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Samm Schwartz

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Archie can't figure out how Veronica knows his every move, until he realizes he's being followed by a "shadow" who appears to be everywhere Archie goes.

Reprints

• in Jughead with Archie Plus Betty & Veronica & Reggie, Too (Archie, 1974 series) #1 (March 1974)
• in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #251 (July 2014)

Keywords

disguise; spies

Indexer Notes

The "Shadow" in the title is drawn in the logo style of some of the Shadow pulp magazines.
Credits from reprint in Archie Double Digest #251.

Bob Hope Meets Jimmy and Jane (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Popsicle Products / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Party Time! (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie and the Gang / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Bill Vigoda

Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Midge Klump (as Delilah); Reggie Mantle (as Don Juan); Big Moose Mason (as Samson); Archie Andrews (as Romeo); Veronica Lodge (as Juliet); Betty Cooper [as Juliet); Jughead Jones (as Rip van Winkle)

Synopsis

Veronica throws a costume party where the kids come dressed as historical characters.

Reprints

• in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #1 (October 1989)

Keywords

costume party

A New Twist (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Big Moose Mason

Synopsis

Archie tries yoga and gets himself stuck. After freeing himself, he then attempts to show Midge the same pose when he loses his balance. She catches him and Moose catches them! Then Archie finds himself in a huge human knot.

Reprints

• in Jughead with Archie Plus Betty & Veronica & Reggie, Too (Archie, 1974 series) #1 (March 1974)
• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #155 (November 2004)
• in Archie Americana Series (Archie, 1991 series) #8 - Best of the Sixties Book 2 (2008)
• in Archie's Americana Series (IDW, 2011 series) #3 - Best of the '60s (February 2012)
• in The Best of Archie Comics (Archie, 2011 series) #4 ([August] 2014)

Keywords

jealousy; yoga

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

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

Dancing Daddyo (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Bill Vigoda

Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Lodge; Mrs. Lodge

Synopsis

The kids are having a dance party at Veronica's house, but have to keep moving the party as they are too noisy for Mr. Lodge, and Mrs. Lodge is using the terrace for her bridge club. Finally, Archie finds a place in the mansion no one is using.

Reprints

• in Archie Comics Spectacular Block Party (Archie, 2015 series) (2015)
• in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #54 (January 2016)

Keywords

dancing; record player; swimming pool

On Second Thought (Table of Contents: 7)

Reggie / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Bill Vigoda

Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Reggie is bullying the freshmen of the high school, but one boy doesn't back down and challenges Reggie. The two go to the gym where the boy reveals he's a Jui-jitsu expert. Then Reggie suddenly backs down.

Reprints

• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #39 (March 1989)

Keywords

bullying; jiu-jitsu; martial arts

Surprise Invitation (Table of Contents: 8)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Bill Vigoda

Inks

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Colors

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Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

Reggie and Archie are talking in Miss Grundy's class about how to spend their afternoon. She then solves the problem for them.

Reprints

• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #39 (March 1989)

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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)

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

Archie Club News / letters page / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Harry Lucey (vignettes of Archie, Betty and Veronica)

Inks

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

Characters

vignettes: Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Indexer Notes

First prize of $5.00 to Sydney Trum (Beaumont, Texas) for article about first aid. Second prize of $3.00 to Louis Deluca (Brooklyn, N.Y.) for article on the death of Abraham Lincoln. Third prize of $3.00 to Julia Zucker (Bridgeport, Conn.) for article on newspapers. Fourth prize of $1.00 to Jay Sylvester (Vineland, N.J.) for four jokes.

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

Jack of All Trades (Table of Contents: 12)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Reggie rigs Archie's car so it won't run, then offers to rent it from Archie for the day. Unbeknownst to Reggie, Archie saw Reggie rigging the car, then rigged it himself so that it wouldn't run for Reggie.

Reprints

• in Jughead with Archie Plus Betty & Veronica & Reggie, Too (Archie, 1974 series) #2 (May 1974)

Keywords

auto jack; practical joke

204 Revolutionary War Soldiers Only $1.98 (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Revolutionary War Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)