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Issue: Archie Comics #68
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Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/15/1954
Volume: 1
Pages: 44
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 28 (14 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): John L. Goldwater (editor); Harry Shorten (managing editor)
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 8, Part 2, No. 1, Periodicals, January-June, 1954.
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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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teen
Archie
Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Boy, medical science is wonderful! Here's a case of a doctor who operated on someone's heart and turned it completely over!
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New Arrow Grad Shirts

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Card Sharps

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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Fred Andrews; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy; Dilton Doily
Your going to the Saturday night dance depends on your report card! Bad report card -- no dance! Understand?
Whether Archie goes to the Saturday dance depends on his getting a good report, so he has to figure out some way to avoid getting his report card.
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Ring That Bell!

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humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Ho-hum!
Veronica finds Archie's kisses boring because when he kisses her she doesn't hear bells.
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No Butts About It!

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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews
You can't come over tonight, Archie?
Until Archie's grades improve Archie can't go out after supper, but on an errand for his dad he stops off at Veronica's.
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The Spoken Word!

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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee
Gee, pop! I guess you're really a big wheel after all!
Archie's dad is asked to talk at Archie's school and he asks Archie what word teenagers use for drive or ambition.
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The Driving Rain Lashed at Bike and Rider...

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U.S. Royal bicyle tires
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Better Oily, Than Late!

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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews; Archie Andrews
Archie, what's your mother been sulking about?
Fred forgot Mary's birthday and he has to figure out a way to calm her down.
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Ray Thompson
Ray Thompson
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Subject Matter
childrens
Dubble Bubble Gum
Pud
He's the first snake charmer we've seen in India -
Pud and the gang are in India watching a snake charmer.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Archie Club
Archie Andrews
Our school is trying to raise enough money for a gymnasium
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Letters from Linda Pritchett, and Elaine Larisey.
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The Split Decision!

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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Jughead
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Jim
How many beans do you think are in that jar, Arch?
Pop Tate is running a contest to guess the number of beans in a jar.
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Sock Full of Troubles

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humorous, teen
Suzie
Ferdie; Suzie
Hi, Suzie!
Suzie can't smell anything, but she has to make spaghetti and meatballs for supper because her dad is bringing his boss over.
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non-fiction
Hollywood Reporter
Debbie Reynolds smoked her first cigarette recently.
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Statement of Ownership

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Louis H. Silberkleit
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Bill Woggon
Bill Woggon (signed)
Bill Woggon (signed)
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Bill Woggon ?
Subject Matter
humorous, informational, teen
Katy Keene
Katy Keene; Sis; Bertha
Hello, Bertha! What? You have a mouse in your house?
Bertha has a mouse eating her reducing wafers.
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Designs by Pat Strickland, Donna Boltinghouse, Elaine Perricone, and Kenneth Poindexter.
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Neat But Not Gaudy!

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humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Betty Cooper
How do you like it, Midge? -Pretty neat, eh? Weatherbee isn't going to jump on me for being sloppy!
Archie dresses neat for school, but he loses a button off his jacket.
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Ginger
If you knew Ginger, like we know Ginger you'd run to your nearest newsdealer and get the latest copy of Ginger Comics!
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Fun Page
Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy
How quickly can you match these designs?
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Includes a joke suggested by reader Anna Horio.
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Al Capp ?
Al Capp (signed)
Al Capp (signed)
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Subject Matter
mystery
Fearless Fosdick; Wildroot Cream Oil
Fearless Fosdick; Anyface; Irving
I'm Fosdick!
Anyface has disguised himself as Fearless Fosdick.
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The Lie Diver

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Joe Edwards ?
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Wilbur
Slats Morgan; Wilbur Wilkin; Laurie Lake
Hey Laurie, watch this fancy dive!
Wilbur says he can dive off a fifty foot ladder.
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Stop Paying 89¢ Each for Song Parade Records!

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Subject Matter
Dean Martin (caricature)
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Inside back cover. Ad for "closer grooved" 78 rpm records.
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Arbi-traitor!

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humorous, teen
Archie
Mr. Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
Ahah! Now the week is officially started! What are these miserable miscreants charged with this time, Miss Grundy?
Mr. Weatherbee is wondering what keeps causing Archie and Reggie to fight and Jughead thinks he knows how to stop it.
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Archie Annual #6

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Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
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Order form for Annual and a 1955 Archie calendar. Annual was estimated to be ready in June.
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Call Me Hero!

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humorous, teen
Archie
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Archiekins, did you read about this high school boy who captured a bank robber? Isn't he utterly wonderful?
Archie needs to show Veronica he's a hero so he gets Jughead to dress up like a burgler and show up when he's at Veronica's.
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Caught Short!

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humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Jughead Jones
No kidding, Betty? That luscious actress, Marylyn Russell? She's coming here! In person?
Archie asks Betty to iron his pants so he looks nice for a visiting celebrity.
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The Ties of Friendship

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humorous, teen
Jughead
Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Happy birthday Jughead... and many more!
Jughead is upset at the cheap tie Archie gave him for his birthday.
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Free! While They Last! 10 "Hitler Heads"

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Littleton Stamp Co.
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For that Trip into Space...

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Curtiss Baby Ruth
Baby Ruth Candy takes a trip into space.
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