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Issue: Archie Comics #59
Publication Date: November 1952
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Issues: #59 of 101 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: An Archie MagazineView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/12/1952
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (8 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: standard Golden & Silver Age U. S.
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
First Line: Stay away from women, Archie! They're bad medicine!
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Character(s): Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Wilbur Wilkin; Fauntleroy; Ginger Snapp; Super Duck; Suzie; Katy Keene
First Line: These are the stars of the Archie Comic Group!
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Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie Comics publications featuring the main characters of each series. Inside front cover.
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Board With It All

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate
First Line: Oh dear! There's the bell, already! Class dismissed!
Synopsis: Archie and Jughead buy flowers for Miss Grundy to get on her good side after being forced to wash blackboards after school every day.
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Squeeze Play

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Reggie Mantle
First Line: Gee, Ronny, I'm glad to see you sitting up and feeling better!
Synopsis: Jealous that Archie is dating Betty during her illness, Veronica convinces Archie to give Betty a crate of oranges as a gift, knowing that Betty has an allergy.
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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
First Line: Join the big parade to our brand new comic magazine, Archie's Pals 'n' Gals starring Archie, Jughead, Betty and Veronica, and Reggie!
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Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #1.
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On the Spot

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones
First Line: N..!
Synopsis: Archie goes door to door selling spot remover with Jughead to earn money for Betty's birthday gift.
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Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin; Laurie Lake; Red; Linda Moore
First Line: Wilbur is in hot water again!
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Disclose Notes: Promo for Wilbur Comics (Archie, 1944 series) featuring Wilbur jumping out of a scalding bathtub.
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Wooden You Know

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee; Mrs. Jones
First Line: Do you kids realize that in two nights the curtain goes up on our annual variety show, and not one of us is in the thing?
Synopsis: Jughead plans to perform a ventriloquism act at the school variety show.
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Feature(s): Veronica Fun Page
Character(s): Veronica Lodge
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Disclose Notes: Includes coloring Veronica's gown, match your wits, rebus, drawing lessons, and riddles on parade. Gown by Jane Harold (Boston, MA).
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Aim to Please

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Hi, kids!
Synopsis: Archie and Jughead attempt to kill a strange bear on their picnic, but it turns out to be a statue.
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Disclose Notes: Includes rebus for former U.S. president (Teddy Roosevelt), coloring flags, rearranging letters to spell dog's name, decoding message by crossing out even numbers, and completing drawing of face.
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Words Fail Me!

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy; Coach Kleats; Reggie Mantle; Superintendent Smith; Betty Cooper
First Line: Veronica, you would have split a spleen to scan this schlump as he flat foots into the fizz parlor!
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee bans teen slang from being used in school, until Betty successfully uses slang to warn the students that the superintendent is present for an inspection.
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Character(s): Archie Andrews
First Line: Don't be half-safe! Be Archie safe!
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Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie Comics publications emphasizing that they are approved with new stories.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): From Hollywood
Character(s): Archie Andrews
First Line: Horse Meat Fine (If You Like It) Says French Star
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Character(s): Archie Andrews
First Line: Look what you get by joining the Archie Club, boys and girls!
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Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie Club membership featuring first-prize report from Irene Ostrow (Brooklyn 3, NY) on fire safety at home and second-prize report from Bonita Lorraine Bonn (Holcombe, WI) on repairing and donating old toys at Christmas.
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Feature(s): Archie Puzzle Page
Character(s): Archie Andrews
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Disclose Notes: Contains copying drawing of Charlie Chaplin, rebus for actress (Laraine Day), crossing out odd numbers to decode message, and whiz quiz.
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Meek As a Moose

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
First Line: Hey! Hey! Fleet-Feet, drop your flaps, you're flying too low!
Synopsis: Veronica attempts to cure Moose's jealousy by setting up a date with Moose and allowing Archie to date Midge.
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Character(s): Archie Andrews
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Disclose Notes: Includes making a whistle, match your wits, what's the message, and drawing things with the number 5.
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Character(s): Ginger Snapp; Mr. Snapp; Ickky Jones; Tommy Turner
First Line: She's Ginger n' spice and everything nice!
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Disclose Notes: Promo for Ginger Comics (Archie, 1951 series) featuring chef dreaming of Ginger.
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Vitamin "See"

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Archie Andrews
First Line: Just do exactly as I say and we'll get along just fine!
Synopsis: Jughead takes Pop's instructions to "put away" the ice cream and pies literally and eats them all.
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