Archie
#197
(February 1970)
Archie,
1959 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- nine times a year: In February, March, April, June, July, August, September, November and December
- On-sale Date
- 1969-11-18
- 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
- Richard Goldwater (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1970 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dad, can I borrow one of your ties?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee
- Reprints
- Keywords
- fashion; neckties
in 
A Fair Shake
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Don't you feel a little embarrassed, Betty, just shaking that silly tambourine when the rest of us 'Archies' are playing musical instruments?
- Feature Logo
Archie- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- The Archies [Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle]; Midge Klump; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Betty is feeling sad because everyone thinks her tambourine playing is useless in the Archies' numbers. Moose tells Archie to make Betty feel useful -- or else.
Indexer Notes
Includes indicia at bottom of first page.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 2 pages
- Feature Logo
Archie Club News- Characters
- The Archies [Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle]; Hot Dog
Indexer Notes
Includes letters from Leslie G. Miller (Ellettsville, Ind.) 1st prize - $5.00, Peggy Glaser (Parma, Ohio) 2nd prize - $3.00, Leah Hart (Reed, Okla.) 3rd prize - $2.00, Wander Stoudemire (Dayton, Ohio) 4th prize - $1.00, and Kathy Boucher (St. Charles, Mo.) 5th prize - $1.00.
Includes membership application form for the Archie Club.
The Yule Fool
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Real!... It's got to be the real thing! The tradition goes back hundreds of years! It's no time for nonsense!
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie wants to cut down a real tree for Christmas, while Reggie and Veronica prefer the greater convenience of store-bought artificial trees.
- Reprints
-
in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #240 (December 1975) - in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #100 (February 1990)
- in The Best of Archie Christmas Comics (Archie, 2020 series) (2020)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #304 (January 2020)
-
Indexer Notes
Includes promotional blurb for Archie Series comic books on the bottom of the first page.
Inks credit from reprint in The Best of Archie Christmas Comics (Archie, 2020 series).
Student Rebellion
Archie 1 / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie 1; Betty 1; Grundy 1; Jughead 1; Reggie 1; Veronica 1; Weatherbee 1
- Synopsis
- In Prehistoric Riverdale, the dissident students decide to stage a sit-in and set up their own school.
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #244 (March 1976)
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #44 (January 1983)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #33 (March 1988)
-
Gift Rap
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wow!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Greg; Li'l Jinx
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx is injured by a Christmas gift.
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #240 (December 1975)
- in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #17 (February 1990)
-
Latecomer
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Starting the new season the way we ended the old, eh, Mr. Latecomer?
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee castigates Archie for being late as usual, only to realize that Archie was actually early for school. The principal is horrified at the prospect of having to apologize to Archie.
Indexer Notes
Includes promotional blurb for "The Archie Comedy Hour' on CBS TV on the bottom of the first page.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Dad, can I borrow one of your ties?"]
Archie -
1.
["'Sorry, we hire only high school graduates'"]
Wayne School Courses -
2.
A Fair Shake
Archie -
3.
["Get free Archie toys"]
Post Cereals [multiple varieties] -
4.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News -
5.
["Become a 'Miss Young America Beauty Girl' (...and never baby-sit again)"]
Young America Cosmetics, Inc -
6.
The Yule Fool
Archie -
7.
["Archie giant size freakout"]
Archie Comics -
8.
Student Rebellion
Archie 1 -
9.
["Go Speedy Wheels!"]
Chex -
10.
Gift Rap
Li'l Jinx -
11.
Latecomer
Archie -
12.
["50th anniversary special bonus offer"]
Pro-Football Merchandising, Inc. -
13.
["You'll find one of these catalogs priceless"]
ICS / International Correspondence Schools -
14.
["Make money get prizes with fast selling 75ยข Christmas packs"]
American Specialty Company Christmas Cards & Seals
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