Archie #617 [Direct Edition]
(March 2011)

Archie, 1959 Series
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Price
2.99 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
A archiecomics.com
Barcode
762816467476 61711
Editing
Victor Gorelick (editor/editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan Parent (signed as Dan Parent [stacked])
Inks
Dan Parent (signed as Dan Parent [stacked])
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Everyone gets along in Riverdale!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Barack Obama; Sarah Palin
Reprints
Keywords
President of the United States of America
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Yogi Bear / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Campaign Pains Part Two (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Alex Simmons (credited)
Pencils
Dan Parent (credited)
Inks
Rich Koslowski (credited)
Colors
Digikore Studios (credited)
Letters
Jack Morelli (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Come on, Ethel! We have to move while this story is hot! What have we got?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Ethel Muggs; Barack Obama; Sarah Palin; Trula Twyst; Waldo Weatherbee
Synopsis
When Obama and Palin become aware of their supposed endorsements for Archie's and Reggie's campaigns for student body president, they come to Riverdale to get to the bottom of things and events begin to spiral out of control. After receiving advice from the U.S. presidential candidates, Archie and Reggie decide to drop out of the school political race.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Archie Comics Book Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Made in the U.S.A. Style (Table of Contents: 4)

illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Dan Parent ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Characters
Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle

Indexer Notes

Fashion illustrations of Archie's friends.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Life with Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Veronica / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Archie Comics / advertisement / 0.75 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Number of copies of single issue published nearest to filing date: 18,723.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Archie Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

Kingdom Hearts / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Dragonquest / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Everyone gets along in Riverdale!"]
    Archie
  2. 1. ["Save Jellystone Park!"]
    Yogi Bear
  3. 2. Campaign Pains Part Two
    Archie
  4. 3. ["Become a member of the Archie Comics Book Club for only $19.99 a month!"]
    Archie Comics Book Club
  5. 4. Made in the U.S.A. Style
  6. 5. ["Archie marries Betty & Veronica!"]
    Life with Archie
  7. 6. ["Veronica times three for only $10"]
    Veronica
  8. 7. ["Politics unusual!"]
    Archie
  9. 8. ["Get the Archiecomics app!"]
    Archie Comics
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
  11. 10. ["Archie one year subs"]
    Archie Comics
  12. 11. ["Archie's latest adventure is right on target!"]
    Archie
  13. 12. ["It's a play-full world"]
    Kingdom Hearts
  14. 13. ["Battle agains powerful monsters with your friends!"]
    Dragonquest
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Joey Sayer
  • Ramon Schenk
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