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Issue: Archie and Me #141

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Publication Date: October 1983

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Issues: #141 of 161 Issues (167 Printings)

Title:

Variant: U.S. Cover Price

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Archie Publications, Inc.

Brand: Archie Series

Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications, Inc.

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume:

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0271000696910

Price: $0.60 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Victor Gorelick

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: Color

Dimensions: Standard Modern Age US

Paper Stock: Newsprint

Binding: Saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series

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Archie and Me #141 [U.S. Cover Price]

Archie and Me #141 [CA Cover Price]

Reprinted In2

2 Content Items
- Blowout! or The Strange Case of the Kamikaze Radial [Story on Interior Page(s)]1
- For the Defense [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.

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Cover, Front

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Content Items (6 total)

The New Teacher

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Bob Bolling (signed)

Inker(s): Bob Bolling

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, humorous

Feature(s): Archie and Me

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Malcolm Meeks; Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley; Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs; Chuck Clayton; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge

First Line: Archie and Mr. Weatherbee learn things aren't always what they seem

Synopsis: An allegorical portrayal of the events of the story "The New Teacher": the meek teacher Malcolm Meeks looks in the mirror and sees the reflection of an angry, snarling man.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: With this issue, Bob Bolling took over "Archie and Me" as artist and writer (he had previously drawn but not written stories for the title). He brought a new approach to the title, incorporating drama and fantasy as well as humor, and bringing in characters and continuity from his classic "Little Archie" stories. His memorable run on the title would last through issue # 152.

Jughead does not appear on the cover, though he does briefly appear in the story. This appears to have been an intentional omission, because Jughead would be de-emphasized in Bolling's "Archie and Me" run; he doesn't appear in most of the stories and only has a line or two when he does appear.

The New Teacher

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Bob Bolling

Penciller(s): Bob Bolling

Inker(s): Bob Bolling

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, humorous

Feature(s): Archie and Me

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Malcolm Meeks; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Geraldine Grundy; un-named kids

Synopsis: A new teacher, the aptly named Malcolm Meeks, arrives at Riverdale High. He immediately antagonizes Mr. Weatherbee by denting his new Yakasaki Pigeon and he loses the respect of the students due to his unwillingness to fight back against Reggie's pranks. But Betty suspects that Meeks's timid exterior is concealing some kind of deep-seated rage inside of him. When Meeks is made acting coach of the baseball team during the big game against Hasselhead High, a freak accident during the game gives him the chance to show what he's been hiding, and face up to a traumatic event from his past.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 11

Notes: Mr. Weatherbee's new Yakasaki Pigeon, and the fact that it constantly gets dented in the same place, would be a running gag throughout Bolling's "Archie and Me" run.

Strange Brew

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): George Gladir

Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo Jr.

Inker(s): Jim DeCarlo

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Sabrina

Character(s): Sabrina Spellman; Cousin Ambrose; Aunt Hilda

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.5

Distraction Action

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): George Gladir

Penciller(s): Bob Bolling

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Dilton

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; un-named girls

Synopsis: Archie is easily distracted from his studies.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Blowout! or The Strange Case of the Kamikaze Radial

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Bob Bolling

Penciller(s): Bob Bolling

Inker(s): Bob Bolling

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Archie and Me

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis: When Mr. Weatherbee's Yakasaki Pigeon gets a flat tire, he can't carry it to the gas station because of his bad back, so Archie offers to do it for him.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

World of Archie Double Digest #22 [Direct Edition] published November 2012
as Blowout! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 5

Notes: The ending of this story is virtually the same as Bolling's Little Archie story "Balloon Boy" (from Little Archie #10).

For the Defense

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Frank Doyle

Penciller(s): Bob Bolling

Inker(s): Chic Stone

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Archie and Me

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; un-named clerk; un-named manager; un-named shoppers

Synopsis: Archie is worried about making a speech for public speaking class, but he stops being tongue-tied when he needs to defend Mr. Weatherbee from charges of shoplifting.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Archie Double Digest #243 [Direct Edition] published October 2013
as For the Defense [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 5

Notes: When reprinted in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #243, inks are credited to Rudy Lapick.