(May 1977)

Archie, 1952 Series
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Price
0.30 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Published 9 times a year in January, March, May, June, July, August, September, October and December.
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Series [vertical]
Barcode
0271000696705
Editing
John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (managing editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Let's pretend this exam is a TV quiz show!
Genre
teen
Characters
Moose Mason; Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones

Video Tape Trauma (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Archie! What's the meaning of this outrage?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee; Professor Flutesnoot; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Hubert Smithers
Synopsis
Archie and Jughead make a video tape of themselves, and Mr. Lodge accidentally takes it with him to his conference instead of his videotaped speech.
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A Winner (Table of Contents: 2)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Joe Edwards

First Line of Dialogue or Text
This diet is killing me!
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
Synopsis
Charley Hawse is on a diet.

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Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

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The principal wants this bronze plaque mounted on a wooden shield!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee

Indexer Notes

From Archie daily ? (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX?

Statement of Ownership (Table of Contents: 4)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Louis H. Silberkleit
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP. MANAGEMENT AND CIRCULATION (Required by 39 U.S.C. 3685).

1. Title of publication: Archie's Pals 'N' Gals.
2. Date of filing: Oct. 1. 1976.
3. Frequency of issue: 9 times a year: Jan., Mar., May, June, July, Aug., Sept., Oct. and Dec.
3A. No. of issues published annually: 9.
3B. Annual subscription price: $3.25.

6. Names and addresses of publisher. editor and managing editor:
Publisher: Archie Comic Publications, Inc., 1116 First Avenue. New York. N.Y. 10021.
Editor: John L. Goldwater. 1116 First Avenue. New York. N.Y. 10021.
Managing editor: Richard H. Goldwater. 1116 First Avenue. New York, N.Y. 10021.

10. Extent and nature of circulation:
A. Total no. copies printed:
Average no. copies catch issue during preceding 12 months. 321,755.
Actual no. of copies of single issue published nearest to filing date. 325,386.

High Hopes (Table of Contents: 5)

Dilton / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
I just finished my dancing lessons!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Dilton Doiley; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Reggie tells Dilton that he has no chance in getting Thelma to go to the dance with him because he's too short.
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Minority Gripe (Table of Contents: 6)

Chuck / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Look at ol' Chuck, will you?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Chuck Clayton; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Coach Clayton
Synopsis
Chuck is feeling down because he's in a minority group in Riverdale and that makes him feel left out.

Inflation Jubilation (Table of Contents: 7)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Sal Amendola
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I still don't know why you can't come along, Archie!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Betty shows Archie how to have a low cost ski vacation.
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Keywords
skiing
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Let's pretend this exam is a TV quiz show!"]
    Archie
  2. 1. Video Tape Trauma
    Archie
  3. 2. A Winner
    Li'l Jinx
  4. 3. ["The principal wants this bronze plaque mounted on a wooden shield!"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  5. 4. Statement of Ownership
  6. 5. High Hopes
    Dilton
  7. 6. Minority Gripe
    Chuck
  8. 7. Inflation Jubilation
    Betty
This issue was modified by, among others
  • John
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen