Archie
#199
(April 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
- 1970-02-17
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Editing
- Richard H. Goldwater (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1970 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
The Boy Wonder
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie tries to compete with Reggie's snowmobile by attaching a sail to his sled.
- Reprints
-
in Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #5 (February 1978) - in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #14 (January 1985)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 1.67 pages
Indexer Notes
letters submitted by Margie Wong; Linda Hovan; Mery Lippman; Vickie Wilson;
page also includes membership application for the Archie Club
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.33 page
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Statement of October 1, 1969
Average number of copies sold preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 515,356
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 596,451
Owners: Archie Comics Publications Inc, Louis Silberkleit, John L. Goldwater, all at 1116 First Avenue, New York, N.Y., 10021
A Big Fat Compliment
Archie's Dad / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Mary tells Fred that she's putting him on a diet.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- diet
The Maxi Men
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Mr. Svenson
- Synopsis
- Archie and Reggie make fun of the girls' new fashion choice, the maxi coat.
- Reprints
Loud and Clear
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx is making to much noise.
It's a Steal
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie considers selling his jalopy.
It's Always Fall
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie hates the winter because he's constantly slipping and falling on the icy sidewalks. Veronica decides to give Archie more congenial weather by taking him and Betty to her heated indoor pool.
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #456 (March 1977)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #265 (February 2016)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Shindig (Archie, 2016 series) (2016)
- in Archie Milestones Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2019 series) #1 (April 2019)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #327
-
Indexer Notes
Inker credit from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #265.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Arch, how come you kiss every girl who wears a chain belt?"]
Archie -
1.
The Boy Wonder
Archie -
2.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News -
3.
[no title indexed]
-
4.
A Big Fat Compliment
Archie's Dad -
5.
The Maxi Men
Archie -
6.
Loud and Clear
Li'l Jinx -
7.
It's a Steal
Archie -
8.
It's Always Fall
Archie
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