Price: 0.12 USD
Pages: 36
Editing: John L. Goldwater (credited) (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (credited) (managing editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #27 Edit Cover
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Life with Archie / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:adventure; humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Relax, girls, patient X will be all right! Then we'll know who he is, and what this is all about!
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Indexer Notes

Cover based on a scene from the story inside. No credits, but art appears to be by White.

Issue Data

  • Publisher's Brand: Archie Series
  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: seven times a year in January, March, May, July, August, September, and November
  • Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
  • Printer: ?

Indexer Notes

Editor credits taken from Statement of Ownership.

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American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page

The Strange Case of Patient X
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Life with Archie / comic story / 24 pages

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  • Genre:adventure; humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The time: 3 a.m. - the place: Riverdale, U.S.A. Cloaked in its mantle of darkness, the city sleeps -
Characters:
"Patient X"; man with the red mustache; Dr. Ben Lacey; Nurse Burke
Synopsis:
Betty and Veronica become nurse's aides at the hospital, where one of the new patients is a comatose man known only as "Patient X." Betty notices a mysterious man with a red mustache peeking into "Patient X"'s room. When "Patient X" starts to come out of his coma, his only words are "Must protect Carezzo." Archie and the gang take it upon themselves to solve the mystery of who "Patient X" is, what he's trying to protect, and what the man with the red mustache has to do with all this.
Reprints (4)

Indexer Notes

Previous indexer postulates the script is by Sy Reit from the style and by an in-joke in the story: a hospital P.A. announcer calls for "Dr. Reit" on p. 9. (On p. 7, the announcer calls for "Dr. White," referring to Bob White, the penciller.) Previous indexer credited inks to Bob White.

When reprinted in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #245, script is credited to Frank Doyle.

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Bendix Bicycle Transmission / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page

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Ed Sale Secret System / advertisement / 0.5 page

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Task Force / advertisement / 0.5 page

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Archie Giant Series Magazine / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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Best Values Coins and Currency / advertisement / 0.5 page

E-Motion Pictures
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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Daddy! The whole gang is going.. Is going to the movies...
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Synopsis:
Jinx cajoles her father into giving her money for the movies.
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Yubiwaza System / advertisement / 1 page

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Archie Club News / letters page / 1.67 pages

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Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Tylor Lubsen (South Plainfield, N.J.) First prize - $5.00, Abbe Fares (San Pedro, Calif.) Second prize - $3.00, Sandy Arnold (Peoria, Ill.) Third prize - $2.00.
Includes membership application form for the Archie Club.

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statement of ownership / 0.33 page

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typeset

Indexer Notes

Average number of copies of each issue during preceding 12 months: 316,106.

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Honor House Bicycle Accessories / advertisement / 1 page

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Junior Sales Club of America Cards / advertisement / 1 page

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Chicago Roller Skates / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Relax, girls, patient X will be all right! Then we'll know who he is, and what this is all about!"]
    Life with Archie
  2. ["Brother, can you spare a dime 10ยข?"]
    American Body Building Club
  3. The Strange Case of Patient X
    Life with Archie
  4. ["Isn't that your bicycle?"]
    Bendix Bicycle Transmission
  5. ["Play your guitar in 7 days or your money back"]
    Ed Sale Secret System
  6. ["America's most exciting war game"]
    Task Force
  7. ["Spectacular is the only word for it"]
    Archie Giant Series Magazine
  8. ["Reward $11,750 for this coin"]
    Best Values Coins and Currency
  9. E-Motion Pictures
    Li'l Jinx
  10. ["Boys! Men! I'll help you master yubiwaza"]
    Yubiwaza System
  11. [no title indexed]
    Archie Club News
  12. [no title indexed]
  13. ["Bike bonanza of big buys"]
    Honor House Bicycle Accessories
  14. ["Nationally famous prizes at no cost to you!"]
    Junior Sales Club of America Cards
  15. ["Smoothest... cushioned ride on the Medalist"]
    Chicago Roller Skates
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