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Issue: Archie Comics #65
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Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/11/1953
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 28 (16 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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
teen
Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Jughead! Hydrogen plus oxygen equals water! Can you give me another example of a chemical change?
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Atomic Fishin'

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Smithers; Mr. Lodge; Mr. Pfluger
Oh, you'd better not come over today, Archie! Daddy's in a terrible mood, and it certainly won't improve with you in the house!
Mr. Lodge can't catch any fish so Archie buys a bucket of fish and has Jughead hook fish to Mr. Lodge's hook.
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Miscellaneous
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Jughead is reading a copy of Archie's Pals 'n' Gals.
Confidentially It Sinks!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
How do you like my new canoe Veronica? I made it myself! It's prefabricated!
Archie takes Veronica for a ride in his new prefabricated canoe.
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Mower or Less!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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humorous, teen
Fred Andrews; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
You heard me Archie, grab the lawn mower and get busy!
Archie's dad tells him to treat lawn mowing as a game.
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Hat Check!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
It was nice of you, to baby sit with me Archie!
Archie is helping Veronica babysit, and to keep the kid busy he tells him he will give him a quarter for each man in a top hat he sees.
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Sharp as a Tackle

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Subject Matter
humorous, sports, teen
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge
Reggie, I thought I'd die laughing when you tore off his arm and hit him over the head with it!
Betty hears Archie and Reggie talking about what they did to Jughead, not realizing that the Jughead they are talking about is a tackling dummy.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Jughead, how can you sit there eating? Aren't you excited about our brand new Pals 'n' Gals comic book?
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Order form for the second Archie's Pals 'n' Gals issue in comic form.
Suffering Cats!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Poopsie; Mr. Lodge
Archie! Jughead! I'm so glad you came! You must help me! She's stuck! She's gone up the flue!!
Archie and Jughead try to get Veronica's cat, Poopsie, out of the chimney.
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Mother's Favorite Recipe

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Mrs. Cooper
Say, Betty, let's bake a cake!
Betty and Veronica decide to bake a cake and use a recipe of Betty's mom.
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Betty is accidentally colored with red hair for five of the six panels.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Get a real candid camera for only 50¢
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Smith Bros. cough drop ad.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Archie Andrews
Look what you get by joining the Archie Club, boys and girls!
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Promo for Archie Club membership with first-prize report from Jo Ann Burchetta (Carmel, NY) on reading Archie Comics with her father and second-prize report from Shirleen Baxter (Los Angeles 19, CA) on her 10th birthday party.
Slink or Swim!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Look! Just like on television!
Archie and Jughead keep accidentally annoying a burly lifeguard.
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Miscellaneous
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Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Which six bricks would you take out of this wall to make a perfect square?
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Includes taking six bricks out of wall to make square, guessing lifespan of oil, finishing words ending in "-ink" based on definitions, and visual puzzle.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Archie Andrews; Suzie; Jughead Jones; Ginger Snapp; Wilbur Wilkin; Katy Keene
Laugh it up! With Laugh Comics
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Promo for Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) featuring laughing child reading an issue.
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
non-fiction
From Hollywood
Archie Andrews
Lancaster Puts Parlor Play Into Film Work
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Miscellaneous
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Movie news.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, informational, teen
Katy Keene; K.O. Kelly
Begorra, Katy, I could go on living like this forever... if we didn't have to eat!!
Katy figures out a way to keep K.O. from seeing all the other beautiful girls on the beach.
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Beach towel by Judy Weil (Stony Creek, CT); K.O.'s swim trunks by George Evans (Dickson City, PA); Katy's swim suit and pose by Eleanor Raymond (Venice, CA); Katy's pose and swim suit by B.A. Werner (Bronx 68, NY); K.O.'s jersey and swim shorts by Charotte Renna (Waterbury, CT); beach towel and radio by Dixie Heinz (Tulare, CA); Katy's pose and hot dog stand by Joyce Sinnemaki (Kellogg, ID); all suits on bathing beauties by Rochelle Small (Los Angeles 34, CA).

Final panel is order form for double pin-up and cut-out set of Katy and K.O.
No Peeking!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Wow! Have you seen our new student, Lola La Verne?
Betty and Veronica make catty remarks about a new female student.
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With a Smile!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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humorous, teen
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Good day, sir!
Archie stops at a gas station that gives him an almost full service treatment.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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childrens
Dubble Bubble Gum
Pud
I'm scared! This really is a tough neighborhood!
Bullies are beating up a kid so Pud blows a bubble.
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Ad in comic form.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Archie Andrews
You can't miss!
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Promo for Archie Comics publications featuring a blindfolded Archie aiming an arrow at a target consisting of the Archie titles.
The Nose Knows

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy
A snappertunia? I never heard of such a plant!
Archie bring a snappertunia, a cannibal plant, as a gift for Miss Grundy.
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As Young as You Spiel

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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humorous, teen
Fred Andrews; Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
Man! You should have piped this peasant as he ankles into the froth-parlor! You'd have split a spleen!
Archie's dad decides to show Archie how silly teenagers look and sound when he has some cats over for a stomp and shout session.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Wilbur Wilkin; Red Wilson; Slats Morgan; Laurie Lake
For a king-size laugh... buy Wilbur Comics
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Promo for Wilbur Comics (Archie, 1944 series) featuring Wilbur wearing a crown while being carried on Red and Slats' shoulders.
Girls, Girls, Girls

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Wowie! This looks like a good spot to squat, Betty!
Betty is annoyed that Archie has taken her to the beach, but he keeps looking at all the good-looking women.
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Musically Inclined!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Miss Grundy; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
All together now! One... two... three... sing!!
Miss Grundy thinks Jughead should stop singing and play an instrument and he reveals he used to be an organist.
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After you complete this drawing, try coloring it with your crayons!
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Includes completing and coloring the drawing, tic tac toe, a question, and find a path.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Jughead Jones
Monkey business!
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Promo for Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) featuring Jughead swapping roles with an organ grinder.
Fight Knight!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Miss Grundy; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
Desist!
Miss Grundy teaches Archie to fight.
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Miscellaneous
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