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Issue: Archie #112
Publication Date: August 1960
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Issues: #112 of 565 Issues (998 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/20/1960
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 11 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1960 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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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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Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Did you ever turn over a new leaf,...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover is the same as the splash panel for the first interior story, with some background details altered.
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Beauty or Duty!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: Archie breaks a date to spend the night at home with his neglected parents.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Archie talks to the reader in the first and last panels.
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Hey Kids! Help John Wayne Defend the Alamo!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Popsicle
Character(s): Davy Crockett (as played by John Wayne); Jim Bowie (as played by Richard Widmark); William Travis (as played by Laurence Harvey)
Synopsis: Davy Crocket, Jim Bowie, and others make the decision to defend the Alamo.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad in comic format promoting the movie "The Alamo" on the top half of the page. Contest tie-in "Enter the Popsicle "Alamo Heroes" Contest!' on the bottom half of the page. Art identification by Gene Reed on GCD-Main list on 2015-08-12.
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Up in the Air!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Synopsis: Jinx is confused about balloons.
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Pages: 1
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All in a Day's Work

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: Archie speculates on why Mr. Lodge dislikes him.
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Pages: 6
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They Said It Couldn't Be Done!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie Annual
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie Annual #12 with mail-in coupon. Cost is 25 cents for the comic and a free 1961 Archie Pin-Up calendar. Cover is depicted, along with original art.
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Those Were the Days!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: Archie and Reggie reminisce about the carefree days of their youth.
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Pages: 4
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The Big Spender

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: Archie is unhappy when Veronica pays the bill.
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Pages: 0.67
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
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Pages: 1.5
Disclose Notes: First prize of $5.00 to Kay Robberson (Saginaw, Mich.) for article on Congress. Second prize of $3.00 to Dianne Kupnicki (Oshawa, Ontario, Canada) for article on the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Third prize of $2.00 to Ellen Bromsen (New Rochelle, N.Y.) for article on snakes. Fourth prize of $1.00 to Tommy Jacobs (Pittsburg, Calif.) for article on Meteor Crater in Arizona. Fifth Prize of $1.00 to Joel Gross (Oceanside, N.Y.) for article on the squid. Sixth prize of $1.00 to Susan V. Pamin (Ardsley, N.Y.) for two jokes.
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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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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Promo for memberships in the Archie Club with mail-in coupon. Cost is 15 cents.
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Imagination

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Albert (Reggie's cousin); Melvin
Synopsis: Reggie tries to trick Archie into believing that he can imagine things into being.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie Americana Series #8 published January 2008
as Imagination [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6

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