Archie #122

(September 1961)

Spare That Strike (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Harry Lucey

Inks

Terry Szenics

Colors

?

Letters

Terry Szenics

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Sally Peters

Synopsis

After the boys suggest that bowling is a great way to get in shape, the girls decide to come along to the bowling alley and take up the game themselves.

Reprints

• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #63 (December 1983)
• in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #3 (October 1987)

Keywords

bowling; camera

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

Popsicle / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Capricious Caper (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

The girls chide the boys for lying around all day doing nothing, and insist on going to the beach.

Reprints

• in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #77 (October 1995)
• in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #52 (October 2000)

Keywords

beach

To the Winner-- (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Harry Lucey

Inks

Terry Szenics

Colors

?

Letters

Terry Szenics

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Wanting to be fought over in an old-fashioned competition, Veronica offers a date to whichever boy wins an obstacle race. Reggie proves better than Archie at getting past the obstacles, but the biggest obstacle Archie faces is Betty with a sexy new outfit and hairdo.

Reprints

• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #63 (December 1983)
• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #19 (November 1985)
• in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #120

Keywords

log rolling; obstacle course

The World of Jughead Is Out of This World! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

Daredevil Daffy (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bill Vigoda

Inks

Terry Szenics

Colors

?

Letters

Terry Szenics

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doily; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

The guys discuss the harrowing, risky experiences they had at the beach today. Only Reggie is unimpressed.

Keywords

beach; fishing; moray eel; skin diving; surfing

Do Not Disturb! (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

Joe Edwards

Pencils

Joe Edwards

Inks

Joe Edwards

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Edwards

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday

Synopsis

Hap has just settled down to watch the prize fight on TV and is upset when Jinx wants to watch something else.

Reprints

• in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #59 (November 1983)
• in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #142 (July 1998)

Keywords

boxing; television

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

Roy & Al - The U.S. Royal Twins; U.S. Royal Bicycle Tires / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

First prize of $5.00 to Joyce Henderson (Detroit, Mich.) for article about police dogs. Second prize of $3.00 to Ronald M. Westman (Lindsborg, Kan.) for article about geologists. Third prize of $2.00 to Debbie Oliver (Indianapolis, Ind.) for article about the Battle of Gettysburg. Fourth Prize of $1.00 to Louis Sarno (Medford, Mass.) for article on electric eels.

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

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

The Cool One (Table of Contents: 11)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Harry Lucey

Inks

Marty Epp

Colors

?

Letters

Marty Epp

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

When Archie sees Reggie with Veronica he astonishes everyone by playing it cool and not losing his temper. When no one's looking, though, he takes out his anger on inanimate objects.

Reprints

• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #72 (June 1985)
• in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #120

Keywords

garbage can; golf club; temper