Archie
#123
(November 1961)
Archie,
1959 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- nine times a year in February, March, April, June, July, August, September, November and December
- On-sale Date
- 1961-08-28
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Editing
- Richard Goldwater
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1962 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Do you know where I can find a good dentist?
- Genre
- humor; science fiction; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Keywords
- dentist; extraterrestrials; flying saucers
[no title indexed]
Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Treasure chest of fun
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for the following products from Honor House: bike speedometer; jui jitsu instructions; joy buzzer; surprise package; ventriloquism instructions; miniature radio; rubber snake; pharoah serpents; whoopee cushion; electric motor; foaming sugar; black eye joke; atomic smoke bomb; snow storm tablets; miniature camera; pocket gym; bitter cigarette; hot candy; black chewing gum; auto breaker; shrunken head.
Inside front cover.
Invasion
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (sourced)
- Pencils
- Harry Lucey (sourced)
- Inks
- Marty Epp (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Marty Epp (sourced)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Arch! -- It's dangerous throwing a lot of strange chemicals together like that!
- Feature Logo
Archie- Genre
- humor; science fiction; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Sasu; General
- Synopsis
- A three-inch-tall alien woman from the planet Asterosia lands on Earth to determine if the planet is worth invading. She meets Archie, who is trying to fix up Reggie with a date and can't find anyone. So that night, Reggie dates a girl who fits in the palm of his hand.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- chemistry; double date; flying saucer; miniature alien; slang
[no title indexed]
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
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm sure glad we have these U. S. Royals!
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- U. S. Royal Twins: Al; Roy
- Synopsis
- Roy and Al are riding unicycles on a wire across a waterfall.
Indexer Notes
Ad for U. S. Royal bicycle tires. United State Rubber, Indianapolis 4, Ind.
[no title indexed]
Bendix Bicycle Transmission / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Amazing new invention!
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for the Bendix Automatic Transmission and Power Brake from the Bendix Corporation.
Jealous Jumper
Reggie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, Midge!
- Feature Logo
Reggie- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Midge Klump; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Reggie tries to hit on Midge while Moose is out water-skiing.
- Reprints
-
in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #9 (August 1984)
-
- Keywords
- beach; water-skiing
The Tiptoe Tip-Off!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Maybe I can sneak in and out without my mommy seeing me!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Merry Holliday (off-panel voice); Li'l Jinx
- Synopsis
- Jinx tries to sneak into the house, but her trail of muddy footprints betrays her.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #9 (August 1984)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #34 (May 1988)
-
- Keywords
- footprints; mud
[no title indexed]
50 Wallet Size Photos / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Introductory offer - 50 wallet size photos only $1
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for wallet-sized photos from Photo King.
[no title indexed]
8 Popular Record [8 Latest Record] [8 Twist Record] Hits / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 8 latest record hits $1.00
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for records from Rembrandt Co.
Over-Joyed
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Midge Klump; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Archie finds a pair of roller skates and puts them on, leading to a disastrously painful chain of events.
- Reprints
- in The Best of Archie Comics (Archie, 2011 series) #3 ([August] 2013)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #253 (September 2014)
-
- Keywords
- black eye; fortune-telling; palm-reading; roller skates; tin can
Indexer Notes
This story, a showcase for Harry Lucey's gift for silent comedy, has no dialogue until the final page.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We're giving away free copies of Archie's Pals 'n' Gals!
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
Indexer Notes
Promo for subscriptions to Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) with mail-in coupon. Four issues for $1.00 with a free bonus issue.
String Along
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jug! What do you want with that old piece of string?
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Jughead, who collects string, ties it to Reggie's belt so Archie can follow him. Archie follows, not knowing that Reggie has found the string and tied it to a dog instead.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- string
[no title indexed]
Honor House Products; Insect Collecting Kit / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Insect collecting kit only $1.00
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for an insect collecting kit from Honor House.
[no title indexed]
Best Values Coins and Currency / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Reward $2,000.00 for this coin!
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for the 1961 Best Values Large Coin Catalogue.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There are many old stories about mermaids.
- Feature Logo
Archie Club NEWS [block letter "NEWS"]- Characters
- Archie Andrews
Indexer Notes
First prize of $5.00 to Mary Milmont (Cheyenne, Wyo.) for article on mermaids. Second prize of $3.00 to Walter Lyons, Jr. (Queensboro, Ky.) for article on penguins. Third prize of $2.00 to Violet Cruz (New York, N.Y.) for article on seals. Fourth prize of $1.00 to Kevin Wilson (Sanger, Calif.) for four jokes. Fifth prize of $1.00 to Linda Sepe (Jackson Heights, N.Y.) for three jokes. Includes information on how to join the Archie Club.
[no title indexed]
Revolutionary War Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Russ Heath (signed as
RH (interlocked)) - Inks
- Russ Heath (signed as RH (interlocked))
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 204 Revolutionary War soldiers only $1.98
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for miniature figures from Revolutionary War Soldiers.
Ad printed landscape.
Man's Best Fiend
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (sourced)
- Pencils
- Harry Lucey (sourced)
- Inks
- Marty Epp (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Marty Epp (sourced)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Think we'll see anything scary, Arch?
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Vampire
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead go to a cemetery at midnight and meet a vampire who takes them to his castle on the hill. But no matter what he does, he can't scare these idiots.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- black cat; camera; cemetery; coffin; mirror; vampire
Indexer Notes
One clue to the identity of the inker, apart from the style, is that the tombstone in the splash panel reads "R.I.P. Martin," referring to Martin "Marty" Epp.
[no title indexed]
Wallace Brown Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If you know just 20 people...
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for the Christmas card sales kit from Wallace Brown, Inc.
[no title indexed]
Magic Art Reproducer / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- An amazing invention - "Magic Art Reproducer"
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for the Magic Art Reproducer from Norton Products.
Inside back cover.
[no title indexed]
Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boys! Girls! Ladies! Men!
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for the Cloverine Brand Salve from Wilson Chemical Co., offering a zodiac ring as a premium.
Back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Do you know where I can find a good dentist?"]
Archie -
1.
["Treasure chest of fun"]
Honor House Products -
2.
Invasion
Archie -
3.
["I'm sure glad we have these U. S. Royals!"]
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] -
4.
["Amazing new invention!"]
Bendix Bicycle Transmission -
5.
Jealous Jumper
Reggie -
6.
The Tiptoe Tip-Off!
Li'l Jinx -
7.
["Introductory offer - 50 wallet size photos only $1"]
50 Wallet Size Photos -
8.
["8 latest record hits $1.00"]
8 Popular Record [8 Latest Record] [8 Twist Record] Hits -
9.
Over-Joyed
Archie -
10.
["We're giving away free copies of Archie's Pals 'n' Gals!"]
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals -
11.
String Along
Archie -
12.
["Insect collecting kit only $1.00"]
Honor House Products; Insect Collecting Kit -
13.
["Reward $2,000.00 for this coin!"]
Best Values Coins and Currency -
14.
["There are many old stories about mermaids."]
Archie Club News -
15.
["204 Revolutionary War soldiers only $1.98"]
Revolutionary War Soldiers -
16.
Man's Best Fiend
Archie -
17.
["If you know just 20 people..."]
Wallace Brown Greeting Cards -
18.
["An amazing invention - "Magic Art Reproducer""]
Magic Art Reproducer -
19.
["Boys! Girls! Ladies! Men!"]
Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steve Coates
- Merlin Haas
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Joey Sayer
- Jaime Weinman
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