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Issue: Archie #163
Disclose Detail
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Brand: Archie SeriesView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/18/1966
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 12 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (managing editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1966 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Disclose Format
Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age U.S.; then Standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
 
 
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Dan DeCarlo
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Quick, Jug! Give this enemy agent a karate chop!
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Wallet!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle
Harry Lucey
Martin Epp
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Martin Epp
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Archie thinks he's lost his wallet in a snow drift and enlists his friends to find it.
Reprinting
FlagWorld of Archie Double Digest #15 [Direct Edition] published April 2012
as The Wallet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5
Perfect Pal

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir
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Subject Matter
teen
Jughead
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate
Jughead sweet-talks Archie into paying for lunch.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Archie Gets All the Brakes

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Harry Lucey
Harry Lucey
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?
Subject Matter
Archie; Bendix Corporation
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Ad in comic format for Bendix 2-speed bicycle axle, with mail-in coupon. The Bendix Corporation, Dept. A, Eclipse Machine Division, Elmira, N.Y.
Nothing

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
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Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Li'l Jinx
Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday
Hap desires more detail from Jinx on her day at school.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Guessing Game

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Edwards ?
John Rosenberger
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?
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Archie practices his dance moves while ice-skating.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Line Plunge

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle
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?
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Coach Kleats; Mr. Weatherbee; Pop Tate
Coach Kleats tries to motivate Archie by planting a taped distress call from Veronica in his football helmet.
Reprinting
FlagArchie Double Digest #248 [Direct Edition] published March 2014
as Line Plunge [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
Join the Parade

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Harry Lucey
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?
Subject Matter
Betty and Veronica Spectacular
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
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Miscellaneous
1
Promo for Betty and Veronica Spectacular #138 with mail-in coupon. Only logo is depicted, rest of the ad is original art with Betty and Veronica in a parade theme.
Whose Move?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle
Harry Lucey
Mario Acquaviva
?
Mario Acquaviva
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
Reggie hires a boy to feed incorrect information to Archie to get him away from Veronica. But the kid decides to play each side against the other for his own profit.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
5
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Archie Club News
Archie, as Pureheart The Powerful, appeared for the time...
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1.5
First page article requests reader reaction to the Archie as Pureheart the Powerful stories, along with a list of his upcoming appearances. Second page is first prize of $5.00 to Lori Jean Restcheck (Fort Lee, N.J.) for article on parakeets.
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Archie Club
Archie Andrews (cameo)
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Promo for memberships in the Archie Club with mail-in coupon. Cost is 15 cents.
Little Boy Blew

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle
Harry Lucey
Mario Acquaviva
?
Mario Acquaviva
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Archie wants to try out for band, so he roams the halls practicing his trumpet to the irritation of Mr. Weatherbee.
Reprinting
FlagArchie Annual Digest #32 published January 1978
 
Miscellaneous
5

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