Price: 0.40 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1979-01-23
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Cover Thumbnail for Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #255 Edit Cover
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Archie / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Your frammastas is out of alignment with the main carburetor's rheostat!
Characters:
Al; Archie Andrews

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On sale date from the Comic Reader #165.

Bill Chill
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Archie / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
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ESP Spree
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Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor
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Frail Male
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Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Reggie argues with Betty and Veronica about how the English language proves male superiority.
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Girl Whirl
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Archie / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Archie has girls on his mind.
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Show Woe
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Archie's Mother / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Mary Andrews; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Mrs. Andrews preempts Archie's TV show.
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Team Esteem
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Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
Synopsis:
Mr. Weatherbee looks for the school basketball team news in the entertainment section.
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Gobble Squabble
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Archie / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Archie and Jughead argue over the last piece of pie.
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Cool Rule
(Table of Contents: 8)

Svenson the Janitor / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor
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Svenson; unnamed janitor
Synopsis:
Svenson cautions another janitor to stay away from the school doors at dismissal time.
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Shopper Chopper
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Veronica makes it a point to shop for clothes somewhere Betty doesn't.
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Tape Jape
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Archie / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
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Picture Puzzle
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Roz / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor; children

[no title indexed]
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Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 0.25 page

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  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Plug in the pump, Archie, and we’ll start our circulatory system in motion!

Howling Winds Puzzle
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Archie / activity / 1 page

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Gaze Haze
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Archie / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Archie finds a way to get all the girls to look at him.
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Shoes Ruse
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Big Moose / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Moose Mason; Waldo Weatherbee
Synopsis:
Mr. Weatherbee tells Moose not to put his shoes on the desk. Not realizing the principal's lack of clarity, Moose decides to take off his shoes and put his bare feet on the desk instead.
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Droll Role
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Archie / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
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Joke of the Month
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Archie / cartoon / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
Synopsis:
A gag for each month of the year.
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The Big Apple
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Sabrina / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:fantasy-supernatural; teen
Characters:
Sabrina; Cousin Ambrose; Harvey
Synopsis:
Harvey is watching highbrow culture for all the wrong reasons.
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Shelter Skelter
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs
Synopsis:
With everything rented in the ski resort, Betty and Veronica join Ethel in an igloo.
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Report Support
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Archie / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Archie claims that Jughead will eat anything.
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Knee Glee
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Archie / comic story / 0.5 page

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Characters:
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Archie doesn't have to get on both knees to ask Veronica out; one will be enough.
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Pin Din
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Big Moose / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Moose Mason; Archie Andrews
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Cool Fool
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Big Moose / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Moose Mason
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Wait Fate
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Archie / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Archie is waiting for Veronica to come out of the phone booth when it starts snowing.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (2011 series) #317, no credits listed in this digest.

Store Coupons for Teens
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Archie and the Gang / comic story / 1 page

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Copy Caper
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Ethel / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Big Ethel Muggs; Helen; Arthur
Synopsis:
Ethel takes Helen's new boyfriend to the copy center.
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Cape Caper
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Archie / comic story / 1 page

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News Muse
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Archie / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee
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Conversation Consternation
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Mr. Lodge / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis:
Veronica demands that Archie apologize, but Archie demands that Veronica apologize. Soon nobody knows what they are apologizing for.
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Delightful Sightful
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Archie / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis:
Archie is going to watch girls on the ski slope from the comfort of the ski lodge.
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Veronica Pin-Up / cartoon / 1 page

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  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Wha..?!
Characters:
Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis:
Veronica brings home empty boxes from shopping.
Reprints (7)
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Your frammastas is out of alignment with the main carburetor's rheostat!"]
    Archie
  2. Bill Chill
    Archie
  3. ESP Spree
    Mr. Weatherbee
  4. Frail Male
    Reggie
  5. Girl Whirl
    Archie
  6. Show Woe
    Archie's Mother
  7. Team Esteem
    Mr. Weatherbee
  8. Gobble Squabble
    Archie
  9. Cool Rule
    Svenson the Janitor
  10. Shopper Chopper
    Betty and Veronica
  11. Tape Jape
    Archie
  12. Picture Puzzle
    Roz
  13. ["Plug in the pump, Archie, and we’ll start our circulatory system in motion!"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  14. Howling Winds Puzzle
    Archie
  15. Gaze Haze
    Archie
  16. Shoes Ruse
    Big Moose
  17. Droll Role
    Archie
  18. Joke of the Month
    Archie
  19. The Big Apple
    Sabrina
  20. Shelter Skelter
    Betty and Veronica
  21. Report Support
    Archie
  22. Knee Glee
    Archie
  23. Pin Din
    Big Moose
  24. Cool Fool
    Big Moose
  25. Wait Fate
    Archie
  26. Store Coupons for Teens
    Archie and the Gang
  27. Copy Caper
    Ethel
  28. Cape Caper
    Archie
  29. News Muse
    Archie
  30. Conversation Consternation
    Mr. Lodge
  31. Delightful Sightful
    Archie
  32. ["Wha..?!"]
    Veronica Pin-Up
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