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A. Andrews, Disc Jockey You Pay... ...I Play

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Genres: humorous, teen

Synopsis: A portrayal of the theme of the first story in the issue, "Payola."

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First Line: Amazing super-secret wall safe

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Notes: Advertisement for a hidden-behind-a-picture wall safe from Honor House.
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First Line: A real mobile tank

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Notes: Advertisement for a child-sized toy tank from Honor House.
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Payola

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Genres: humorous, teen

First Line: That about wraps it up, cats!... This is A.A., you school D.J. flipping the switch on another after school gym jamboree.

Synopsis: Archie becomes the DJ on the school P.A. system, picking songs written and recorded by students. To get their records on his show, Archie's friends start offering him bribes, and pretty soon his policy becomes "no pay, no play." It's up to Archie's dad to give him the payment he deserves for his corruption.

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The Best of Archie Comics #[1] [unnamed variant] published August 2011
as Payola [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Notes: A takeoff on the then-recent payola scandals in the record and radio business.

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First Line: Win a big prize!

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Notes: Advertisement for the Cloverine Brand Salve sales kit from Wilson Chemical Co.

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First Line: Amazing wrist radio

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Notes: Advertisement for a miniature wrist radio for Honor House.

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First Line: 8 record hits only $1.00

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Notes: Advertisement for records from Rembrandt Co.

Split Decision

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Genres: humorous, teen

First Line: It's a very serious decision to make, honey bun! --But I think it's a wise one!

Synopsis: Archie and Veronica decide to break up and see other people, but even when they date other people, they act as if they're still dating each other.

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Archie Americana Series #8 published January 2008
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Feature(s): Archie's Pals 'n' Gals

First Line: Take This Free Gift...

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Notes: Promo for subscriptions to Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) with mail-in coupon. Four issues for $1.00 with a premium of three free ball-point pens. Cover of Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #11 is depicted in small size, along with head-shots of the main characters from clip art.

Water Boy!

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Genres: childrens, humorous

First Line: Daddy!

Synopsis: Li'l Jinx wants a glass of water in the middle of the night.

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Notes: This story uses unusual color design, with the characters in black and white against solid color backgrounds, and with the square speech balloons in color as well.

Arch Rival

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Genres: humorous, teen

First Line: Ahh! Here's old Carrot-Top himself!

Synopsis: The gang informs Archie that Veronica has a new male friend named "Dicky."

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First Line: Build your own hot rod

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Notes: Advertisement for a motorized model hot rod from Honor House.

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First Line: 'Jet' bike speedometer

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Notes: Advertisement for a bicycle speedometer from Honor House.

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First Line: Recently in school I learned that snow is very mysterious.

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Notes: First prize of $5.00 to Mary Kay Remley (Trumansburg, N.Y.) for article on snow. Second prize of $3.00 to David Hammond (Saint Cloud (S & O), France) for article on a trip to the D-Day landing beaches at Normandy. Third prize of $2.00 to Ilse Levi (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) for article on good posture. Fourth prize of $1.00 to Margaret Bozek (Buffalo, N.Y.) for three jokes.

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Feature(s): Archie Club

First Line: If you want to be an ARCHIE CLUB MEMBER eligible to win all these CASH PRIZES, not to mention a BIG BYLINE in a top-notch comic magazine...

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Notes: Promo for memberships in the Archie Club with mail-in coupon. Cost is 15 cents.

Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1959

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Notes: Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1959. No circulation figures given since, as per the statement of ownership, 'this information is required from daily, weekly, semiweekly, and triweekly newspapers only.'

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First Line: 'First time ever'

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Notes: Advertisement for celebrity photographs from Colorfoto.

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First Line: 14 sure-fire party tricks

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Notes: Advertisement for instruction booklets on party tricks from Griffin Products.

The Golden Roll

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First Line: Of course I know what they are! They're roller skates!

Synopsis: When Mr. Weatherbee tries on his roller skates for the school's upcoming skating party, the boys try to provoke him into skating through the halls after them.

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First Line: My name is Charles Atlas.

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Notes: Advertisement for the dynamic-tension bodybuilding system from Charles Atlas.
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The Winners

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First Line: How do you like these 'trophy' skates?

Synopsis: Jane wins the skating contest using Chicago Roller Skates.

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Notes: Advertisement for Chicago Roller Skates, 4432-Q West Lake, Chicago 24, Ill. Part of a continuing series. Also mail-in coupon for Skating Skills booklet for ten cents.
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