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Issue: Archie #103
Publication Date: August 1959
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Issues: #103 of 565 Issues (689 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: Archie SeriesView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 13 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Richard Goldwater (uncredited)
Disclose Notes: Harry Shorten had been listed as editor of this issue; however he left Archie prior to any 1959 issue.
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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.
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harry Lucey
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones [Forsythe P. Jones]; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
First Line: Come on in, Archie! You're missing all the fun!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Redrawn from Laugh Comics #62.
Later redrawn for the cover of Archie Comics Digest #19
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Pool Sharks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harry Lucey
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones [Forsythe P. Jones]; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Archie and Jughead keep causing Mr. Lodge to have accidents around the pool.
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In Content Item: FlagLaugh Comics Digest #2 published September 1975
as Pool Sharks [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of Archie Comics #[1] published August 2011
as Pool Sharks [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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"Lil" Bit of Knowledge

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Veronica's four-year-old cousin can already spell her name forwards and backwards.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Fancy Finance

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Jughead
Character(s): Jughead Jones [Forsythe P. Jones]; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate (cameo)
Synopsis: Jughead auctions off his allowance to have more money to buy hamburgers.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Double Trouble Cross!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Bill Vigoda
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Midge Klump; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones [Forsythe P. Jones]; Moose Mason
Synopsis: Reggie spoils Moose's surprise party by telling Moose that he's seen Midge with Archie.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagReggie's Revenge! #1 [Newsstand] published January 1994
as Double Trouble Cross! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagArchie: The Best of Samm Schwartz #1 published September 2011
as Double Trouble Cross [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: credits taken from reprint
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Two Bees or Lots of Bees!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Moose Mason
Synopsis: When he sees a beehive, Moose tries to figure out which one is the queen bee
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Snakes Alive!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Reggie
Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Reggie picks up a stick to hit a snake, but the stick turns out to be a snake.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Top Value in Comics

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harry Lucey
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie Annual
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie Annual #11 with a mail-in coupon. Premium is a free copy of the 1960 Archie Pin-Up calendar. Cover and small version of calendar are depicted, along with original art.
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The Price Is Right!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Edwards
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Jinx
Character(s): Li'l Jinx
Synopsis: Jinx thinks she should only pay half-price for viewing the moon through a telescope because it was only a half-moon.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Bound to Agree

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Vigoda ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones [Forsythe P. Jones]; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Reggie lends Archie five dollars on the condition that Archie won't ask Veronica out until he's repaid the loan.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie Club News
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.5
Disclose Notes: First prize of $5.00 to Phil Chappell (Orange, Va.) who is handicapped and has an audio link to his school room. Second prize of $3.00 to Phyllis Hill (Agana, Guam) for article on Guam. Third prize of $2.00 to Kay Wilson (Clarion, Pa.) for three jokes. Fourth prize of $1.00 to Lorraine Bova (Elmhurst, L. I., N.Y.) for article on first postage stamps. Fifth prize of $1.00 to Beverly Butterfield (Vineyard Town, Jamaica) for article on elephants.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie Club
Character(s): Archie Andrews (cameo)
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Promo for memberships in the Archie Club with mail-in coupon. Cost is 15 cents.
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Memory Lame

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones [Forsythe P. Jones]; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Archie forgets that he has a date with Veronica, even though she specifically tells him not to forget. He fakes amnesia to cover up his goof.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagJughead with Archie Digest #13 published March 1976
as Memory Lame [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6

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