(October 1973)

Archie, 1946 Series
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Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Close-Up Inc.
Brand
Archie Series [circular]
Editing
John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (managing editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The sails are trimmed just right!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Cover Thumbnail for Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #271
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Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Sour Flower (Table of Contents: 2)

Ethel / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Al Hartley
Pencils
Al Hartley
Inks
Al Hartley
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida
First Line of Dialogue or Text
He loves me---
Feature Logo
Big Ethel
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Ethel Muggs
Synopsis
Desperate for love, Ethel conspires to break Moose and Midge up so she can have him for her own.
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Indexer Notes

Indicia at bottom of first page.

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Converse Shoes; Sears, Roebuck and Co. Shoes / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Itch Hitch (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Nothing but ants, mosquitos and bugs!
Feature Logo
Archie
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
The boys are forced to cut their camping trip short due to swarms of insects.

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Sunshine Art Studios Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Daredevil Stunts - Wild Action!] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Kenner Toys / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Shopping Shock (Table of Contents: 7)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir ?
Pencils
Al Hartley
Inks
Al Hartley
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Arch, how did we get sucked into this?
Feature Logo
Betty and Veronica
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Archie volunteers to ferry Veronica to an exclusive dress shop, and then Betty to a discount version of the same, all the while listening to Jughead complain.
Reprints

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Youth Opportunity Sales Club / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

Think (Table of Contents: 9)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Joe Edwards
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Daddy! I need help with my homework!
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Hap Holliday; Li'l Jinx
Synopsis
Jinx is given a homework assignment that involves creating questions for other people to answer.

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Li'l Jinx / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Sears Free Spirit Bicycle / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Archie Club News / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
$100.00 in cash prizes will be divided among the first 20 winners drawn in my new Archie montage contest!
Feature Logo
Archie Club News

Indexer Notes

Archie montage contest and letters from Neva Ann Schmoll (Glenolden, Pa.) First prize - $5.00, and Trene Mortensen (Greensboro, N.C.) Second prize - $3.00.
Includes membership application form for the Archie Club and a plug for the Archie's Restaurant in Joliet, Illinois.

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Best Values Coins and Currency / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Sea-Monkeys / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Volley Folly (Table of Contents: 15)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Samm Schwartz
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Samm Schwartz
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Nice spike, Arch!
Feature Logo
Archie
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Midge Klump; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Ethel Muggs
Synopsis
The boys challenge the girls to a volleyball game, little suspecting that the girls have been practicing.
Reprints

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ICS / International Correspondence Schools / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Cheerful Card / Cheerful House Cards and Stationery / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["The sails are trimmed just right!"]
    Archie
  2. 1. ["Famous name prizes or cash"]
    Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards
  3. 2. Sour Flower
    Ethel
  4. 3. ["'We were 20 points down with 2 minutes to go... And my Winners were still missing'"]
    Converse Shoes; Sears, Roebuck and Co. Shoes
  5. 4. Itch Hitch
    Archie
  6. 5. ["Pass this test and you may earn $300"]
    Sunshine Art Studios Greeting Cards
  7. 6. [Daredevil Stunts - Wild Action!]
    Kenner Toys
  8. 7. Shopping Shock
    Betty and Veronica
  9. 8. ["Free album of fast selling personalized Christmas cards to show how easy it is to make money and earn prizes!"]
    Youth Opportunity Sales Club
  10. 9. Think
    Li'l Jinx
  11. 10. ["'35!' '23!' '16!' That's how many new friends some of our members have made since they joined our pen pal club!"]
    Li'l Jinx
  12. 11. ["The Free Spirit Spyder. It looks like it's moving even when it's standing still."]
    Sears Free Spirit Bicycle
  13. 12. ["$100.00 in cash prizes will be divided among the first 20 winners drawn in my new Archie montage contest!"]
    Archie Club News
  14. 13. ["Reward $11,750.00 for this coin!"]
    Best Values Coins and Currency
  15. 14. ["Enter the wonderful world of amazing live sea-monkeys"]
    Sea-Monkeys
  16. 15. Volley Folly
    Archie
  17. 16. ["14 ways to help you earn more money"]
    ICS / International Correspondence Schools
  18. 17. ["Do you need extra money?"]
    Cheerful Card / Cheerful House Cards and Stationery
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  • Igor Dybzinski
  • Merlin Haas
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
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