Price: 0.12 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1963-01-25
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Archie / cover / 1 page

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?
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?
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  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I don't care how they do it on TV!
  • Keywords:test
Characters:
Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason

Issue Data

  • Publisher's Brand: Archie Series
  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Close-Up Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: monthly
  • Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
  • Printer: ?

Indexer Notes

Starting in this issue, "Josie" (created by Dan DeCarlo and Frank Doyle) becomes the main backup feature for this title. The feature would continue in both "Laugh" and "Pep" through 1965. On-sale date from 1963 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

The Sitting Duck
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Reggie / comic story / 6 pages

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Letters:
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Pop Tate; Midge Klump
Synopsis:
Reggie fails at getting Archie pummeled by Moose and, to his regret, manages to lose his evil reputation.

Billy Wins with Bendix
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Bendix Corporation / advertisement / 0.5 page

Video Variety
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Archie and the Gang / comic story / 2 pages

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?
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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mary Andrews
Synopsis:
Archie's class watches educational TV programs, complete with commercials.

The Tomboy
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Josie / comic story / 6 pages

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?
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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Josie; Albert; Josie's father
Synopsis:
Josie argues with her father that he raised her as a tomboy. In order to win the argument she gets Albert to treat her like one of the boys.
Reprints (1)

Buy 4! Get 5!
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Archie's Pals 'n' Gals / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Money Business
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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4.33 pages

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  • Genre:humor; children
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Synopsis:
Jinx says she and Greg found some money in the woods and buried it there. Hap goes with her to dig up the money and see what it is.

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Li'l Jinx Pen Pals / text article / 0.67 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Haven't you ever wished to meet new friends from distant places?
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Indexer Notes

List of 44 persons (ages 6 to 15) desiring pen pals. In addition to the United States, countries include Panama Canal Zone, India, Canada, and Jamaica.

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Archie Club News / letters page / 1.5 pages

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? [as Liz] (signed)
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? [as Liz] (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

First prize of $5.00 to Lois Cuccinello (Paterson, N. J.) for article on the Suez Canal. Second prize of $3.00 to Jane Engelman (Columbus, Ohio) for article about the Moon. Third prize of $2.00 to Marcy McCann (San Diego, Calif.) for article on surfing.

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Archie Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

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Archie / cartoon / 1 page

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?
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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones (cameo)
Synopsis:
Three cartoons: A "Think" sign on a ski lift; Archie does the Twist on ice skates; and Archie gives a wrong answer to Miss Grundy.

Indexer Notes

In the first cartoon, a background gag uses the Charles Addams classic "tracks around a tree" from 1940.

How America Was Really Discovered
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Professor Jughead / comic story / 4 pages

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  • Genre:satire-parody; teen; humor
Characters:
Professor Jughead (cameo); Christopher Columbus; Christopher O'Houlihan
Synopsis:
Parody of Columbus discovering America has a rowboat operator from England getting there first.
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["I don't care how they do it on TV!"]
    Archie
  2. The Sitting Duck
    Reggie
  3. Billy Wins with Bendix
    Bendix Corporation
  4. Video Variety
    Archie and the Gang
  5. The Tomboy
    Josie
  6. Buy 4! Get 5!
    Archie's Pals 'n' Gals
  7. Money Business
    Li'l Jinx
  8. ["Haven't you ever wished to meet new friends from distant places?"]
    Li'l Jinx Pen Pals
  9. [no title indexed]
    Archie Club News
  10. [no title indexed]
    Archie Club
  11. ["Think"]
    Archie
  12. How America Was Really Discovered
    Professor Jughead
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