Archie
#140
(September 1963)
Archie,
1959 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- nine times a year in February, March, April, June, July, August, September, November and December
- On-sale Date
- 1963-08-19
- 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 1963 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Sand Crab
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge has a miserable day at a public beach, and finally decides to buy the whole beach just for the pleasure of keeping people off it.
- Reprints
-
in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #2 (October 1973) - in Archie's Double Digest Quarterly Magazine (Archie, 1982 series) #4 (October 1982)
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Animal Antics
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie says his dog is learning foreign languages in school.
Walkee Talkee...
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
Press Agent
Archie / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- When Mr. Lodge is getting a bad reputation in South America, Archie tries to get him some positive press, but winds up getting his picture published on a reward poster for wanted criminal "Killer" Kane, which leads to Mr. Lodge's arrest and Killer Kane's escape to Brazil.
Indexer Notes
A boy in the story is wearing a beanie like Jughead's, a throwback to a time when that was a common hat for small boys.
Bulb Snatcher
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Pop Tate; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie tries to get bulbs for Pop Tate's new fluorescent light fixture, but keeps breaking them on the way to the shop.
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #200 (October 1972)
- in Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #39 (1981-82)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #116 (July 2000)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #231 (September 2012), #311 (September 2020)
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Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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["Archie, I crown you the “Michelangelo of surfboard painters”!"]
Archie -
1.
Sand Crab
Archie -
2.
Animal Antics
Archie -
3.
Walkee Talkee...
Li'l Jinx -
4.
Press Agent
Archie -
5.
Bulb Snatcher
Archie
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