Archie
#159
(November 1965)
Archie,
1959 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- nine times a year February, March, April, June, July, August, September, November and December
- On-sale Date
- 1965-10-10
- 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 1965 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Veronica, do you notice any similarity between him and me?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
- Keywords
- cinemas; James Bond films
in 
Groovy.
U. S. Royal Fastrak; UniRoyal / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. Ad for Fastrak "slick" bicycle tires from U.S. Royal, U. S. Rubber Tire Co., Indianapolis, Ind.
Male Call
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Jughead bets Archie that he can't spend one day without female companionship, and Archie escapes to an island to get away from Betty and Veronica.
- Reprints
-
in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #4 (September 1974)
-
- Keywords
- beach; canoe; island; sorority; swim suits; umbrella
[no title indexed]
Rocky and Bullwinkle; Cheerios; General Mills / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Are Cheerios your favorite cereal, Bullwinkle?
- Characters
- Rocky the Flying Squirrel; Bullwinkle the Moose
- Synopsis
- Bullwinkle skydives to show that everyone should go with Cheerios. But they should watch where they're going.
Indexer Notes
Ad in comic form for Cheerios breakfast cereal from General Mills.
See Saw
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
- Synopsis
- Hap wonders where his golf club is.
- Reprints
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #12 (January 1976)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #55 (November 1991)
-
- Keywords
- golf club; saw
Jam Jest
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie and Veronica get stuck in a traffic jam on the way to the lake, then get stuck in another traffic jam when they get their boat in the water.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #15 (October 1985)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #102 (September 1998)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #279 (July 2017)
-
- Keywords
- boats; traffic jam
[no title indexed]
Ellbarr Distributing / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Exclusive fun products by mail
- Keywords
- joy buzzer; martial arts; x-ray glasses
Indexer Notes
Nineteen small ads for novelties from Ellbarr Distributing, Weston, Ontario, Canada.
Take Your Choice
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie hits on a bathing suit model, leading to violent fighting among Veronica, the model, and Betty.
- Reprints
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #4 (September 1974)
-
- Keywords
- models; swim suits
The World of Jughead Is a World of Laughs
The World of Jughead / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Promo for The World of Jughead #36, with mail-in coupon. Cover is depicted. Appears between pages two and three of "Take Your Choice."
Worth Wishing For..
How's Trix?; Trix Rabbit; General Mills / advertisement / 0.75 page
- Characters
- Trix Rabbit
- Synopsis
- The Trix Rabbit finds a magic lamp and wishes for a box of Trix. When it appears, a genie soon follows and takes it away.
Indexer Notes
Ad in comic format for Trix breakfast cereal. General Mills.
[no title indexed]
The Mighty Crusaders / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Mighty Crusaders
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Mighty Crusaders [The Comet; The Shield; Fly-Man; The Black Hood]
Indexer Notes
Promo for the The Mighty Crusaders comic.
Inspiration
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Colonel Flintbee (flashback); Mrs. Lodge (flashback)
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge tries to inspire Archie by telling him the story of how he made his fortune. But he then proceeds to tell his whole life story without ever explaining how he got rich. It takes Veronica to explain it: he married a millionairess.
- Reprints
- in Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #27 (1975-1976)
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #66 (January 1985)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #71 (April 1994)
-
- Keywords
- dishwasher; elevator; military academy; newsboy; newspaper; wedding
[no title indexed]
Archie; Bendix Corporation / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dig this, gang!
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Indexer Notes
Ad for Bendix Automatic 2-Speed bicycle shift, with mail-in coupon. Bendix Corporation, Eclipse Machine Division, Elmira, N.Y.
The Cuckoo Bird Yuks It Up!
Cuckoo Bird; Cocoa Puffs; General Mills / advertisement / 0.5 page
- Characters
- The Cuckoo Bird; Gramps
- Synopsis
- The Cuckoo Bird tells Gramps a bad joke about a bald man.
Indexer Notes
Ad in comic format for Cocoa Puffs breakfast cereal. General Mills.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 1.5 pages
Indexer Notes
First prize of $5.00 to Cindy Martell (APO 238, New York, N.Y.) for article about living in England. Second prize of $3.00 to Lynda Floyes (Santa Monica, Calif.) for article on flying saucers. Third prize of $2.00 to Joan Grimsley (Middleburg, Va.) for article on an encounter with two lynx. Fourth prize of $1.00 to Marion Munoz (Brooklyn, N.Y.) for two jokes. Fifth prize of $1.00 to Gary Dunn (Glendora, Calif.) for article on croquet.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews (cameo)
Indexer Notes
Promo for memberships in the Archie Club with mail-in coupon. Cost is 15 cents.
100 Little Dolls
100 Doll Co. / advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Ad, with order coupon, for rubber and plastic dolls from The 100 Doll Co., Newark, N.J.
[no title indexed]
J. A. Zampino / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now... fear no man!
Indexer Notes
Ad with order coupon for book on Forbidden Oriental Fighting Arts from J. A. Zampino, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Jaded Jest
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty asks Archie if he'll love her when she's "old, worn and jaded," and is offended when he jokingly implies that she already is.
- Reprints
- in Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #27 (1975-1976)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #19 (November 1985)
-
- Keywords
- vanity
[no title indexed]
Wallace Brown, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boys, girls, men, women
Indexer Notes
Ad, with order coupon, for Christmas card assortments on approval from Wallace Brown, Inc., New York, N.Y.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Veronica, do you notice any similarity between him and me?"]
Archie -
1.
Groovy.
U. S. Royal Fastrak; UniRoyal -
2.
Male Call
Archie -
3.
["Are Cheerios your favorite cereal, Bullwinkle?"]
Rocky and Bullwinkle; Cheerios; General Mills -
4.
See Saw
Li'l Jinx -
5.
Jam Jest
Archie -
6.
["Exclusive fun products by mail"]
Ellbarr Distributing -
7.
Take Your Choice
Archie -
8.
The World of Jughead Is a World of Laughs
The World of Jughead -
9.
Worth Wishing For..
How's Trix?; Trix Rabbit; General Mills -
10.
["The Mighty Crusaders"]
The Mighty Crusaders -
11.
Inspiration
Archie -
12.
["Dig this, gang!"]
Archie; Bendix Corporation -
13.
The Cuckoo Bird Yuks It Up!
Cuckoo Bird; Cocoa Puffs; General Mills -
14.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News -
15.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club -
16.
100 Little Dolls
100 Doll Co. -
17.
["Now... fear no man!"]
J. A. Zampino -
18.
Jaded Jest
Archie -
19.
["Boys, girls, men, women"]
Wallace Brown, Inc. -
20.
[Insure Your Future with an I.C.S. High School Diploma]
International Correspondence Schools (ICS) -
21.
Monster Size Monsters
Honor House Products Corp
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- Merlin Haas
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
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