Archie #453 [Newsstand]
(November 1996)

Archie, 1959 Series
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Price
1.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1996-08-20
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Comics
Barcode
071896467475 11
Editing
Victor Gorelick; Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On sale date from the online Public Catalog of Copyright information from the United States Copyright Office:
"no. 453, Nov96. Claimant: Archie Comic Publications, Inc. Created 1996; Pub. 1996-08-20; Reg. 1996-09-11; TX0004335429".
This issue is a variant of Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #453 [Direct Edition].

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Henry Scarpelli
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Every year they get a little more melodramatic about their first day back!
Genre
teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
Reprints

Opening Daze (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Henry Scarpelli
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Waldo Weatherbee
Synopsis
The guys are enamored by the new girl at school who later turns out to be a teacher.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Editor's Notebook / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

You Find Some You Lose Some! (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Harold Smith
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Henry Scarpelli
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Bill Yoshida ?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Veronica can't find her mobile phone.

Archie's Club News (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie Club / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Game Plan (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Michael Pellowski
Pencils
Mike Worley ?
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Mike Worley ?
Letters
Bill Yoshida ?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews
Synopsis
Archie and his father are just laying around while Mary does all of the work in the garden.

Indexer Notes

Credits are Pellowski, Worley and Lapick.

Mike Pellowski is usually the writer, Rudy Lapick usually does inks. Mike Worley is a colorist but may have done the pencils.

The I Love Archie Photo Contest (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie Photo Contest / photo story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Colors
? (photographs)
Letters
? (photographs)

You Gotta Face It (Table of Contents: 7)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Harold Smith
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Henry Scarpelli
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Bill Yoshida ?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Mr. Lodge sees Archie everywhere he goes and has to see a psychiatrist.

Meal Deal (Table of Contents: 8)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Michael Pellowski
Pencils
Sean Murphey
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida ?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews
Synopsis
Archie's mother has a fancy term for leftovers.

Indexer Notes

Credits are Pellowski, Murphey and Lapick

Well Wishes (Table of Contents: 9)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Harold Smith
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Henry Scarpelli
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Bill Yoshida ?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Archie makes a wish in a wishing well and all of his wishes come true.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Every year they get a little more melodramatic about their first day back!"]
    Archie
  2. 1. Opening Daze
    Archie
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Editor's Notebook
  4. 3. You Find Some You Lose Some!
    Archie
  5. 4. Archie's Club News
    Archie Club
  6. 5. Game Plan
    Archie
  7. 6. The I Love Archie Photo Contest
    Archie Photo Contest
  8. 7. You Gotta Face It
    Archie
  9. 8. Meal Deal
    Archie
  10. 9. Well Wishes
    Archie
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  • Thomas Johnson