Archie
#161
(February 1966)
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
- 1965-12-05 ?
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Printer
- Printed in the U.S.A.
- Editing
- John L. Goldwater (credited) (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (credited) (managing editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date calculated from on-sale dates of preceding and succeeding issues.
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, I'm going to report you to the principal for reading and not watching TV!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Geraldine Grundy; Ethel Muggs
- Reprints
- Keywords
- books; classrooms; computers; reading
in Indexer Notes
Later redrawn for the cover of Archie Comics Digest #25.
Carry On
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Smithers (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Archie demonstrates Fireman's Carry.
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Title of story from the British film series "Carry On"? Contains Pop-art style POW panel.
A Hit Miss!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx Holliday; Greg
- Synopsis
- Greg is walking with Li'l Jinx when he ducks a snowball meant for him.
[no title indexed]
Betty's Pin-up / illustration / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh! I almost forgot! I have a message for you…
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty sitting on Archie's lap and kissing in the park.
Hawaiian Punch
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Monuaku; Kolua
- Synopsis
- Archie gets a Hawaiian scent that he's seen advertised in a commercial, but it only makes him irresistible to Hawaiian girls.
Indexer Notes
Title based on a heavily advertised fruit flavored drink, Hawaiian Punch.
Archie Says... Get This Raincoat Free!
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Ad for subscriptions.
Play the Odds
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty and Archie go "gamboling," leading to many arguments involving the word's similarity to "gambling."
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- Kathy Danford; Cheryl L. M. DeRosa; Deena Moss; Susan Brandenburg
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Half a page articles by readers, half a page ad for Archie Club.
Rocks in His Head
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge hides his jewels in a fish tank, which Archie removes from the house.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Archie, I'm going to report you to the principal for reading and not watching TV!"]
Archie -
1.
Carry On
Archie -
2.
A Hit Miss!
Li'l Jinx -
3.
["Oh! I almost forgot! I have a message for you…"]
Betty's Pin-up -
4.
Hawaiian Punch
Archie -
5.
Archie Says... Get This Raincoat Free!
-
6.
Play the Odds
Archie -
7.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News -
8.
Rocks in His Head
Archie
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steve Coates
- Peter Croome
- Katy Hayhurst
- Brian Saner Lamken
- Donald Dale Milne
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Steven Rowe
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
- Jaime Weinman
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