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Issue: Archie #120
Publication Date: July 1961
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Issues: #120 of 565 Issues (841 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: 04/27/1961
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 21 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1961 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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Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: It's still raining, Veronica! I guess you'll have to stay longer!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Redrawn from the cover of Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #72
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First Line: Treasure chest of fun
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for the following products from Honor House: bike speedometer; jui jitsu instructions; joy buzzer; surprise package; ventriloquism instructions; miniature radio; rubber snake; pharoah serpents; whoopee cushion; electric motor; foaming sugar; black eye joke; atomic smoke bomb; snow storm tablets; miniature camera; pocket gym; bitter cigarette; hot candy; black chewing gum; auto breaker; shrunken head.
Inside front cover.
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Knit Wits

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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Moose! You're wearing a tie!
Synopsis: After Archie admires a tie that Midge knitted for Moose, both Veronica and Betty decide to knit Archie a tie.
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Pages: 6
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First Line: With these U.S. Royals it's like riding on a cloud!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for U.S. Royal bicycle tires illustrated with a cartoon. United States Rubber, Indianapolis 6, Ind.
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First Line: Brand new! Bendix automatic transmission and power brake for your bike... without hand controls!
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for the automatic bike transmission from the Bendix Corporation.
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A Pitch In Time

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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: How's baseball practice, Coach?
Synopsis: Moose is pitching badly in baseball practice.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The punchline: "I'm throwing as hard as ever, but the ball's not getting there as fast!" is based on a similar quote by 1930s New York Yankees pitcher Lefty Gomez.
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Game of Chance

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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: What's Jug up to now?
Synopsis: Jughead tries to do a fancy dive into the Lodge pool, but there's a problem.
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First Line: Hi-power binoculars
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for folding opera glasses from Bruce Sales Co.
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First Line: 8 record hits only $1.00
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for records from Rembrandt Co.
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Who's Got What?

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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Look Jug! They're fighting over me again!
Synopsis: When Reggie is selected MVP of the school football team, the girls stop fighting over Archie and start fighting for the right to go to the prom with Reggie.
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Pages: 8
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Feature(s): Archie Annual
First Line: Here are six reasons why I know you'll enjoy the big, new Archie Annual #13
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie Annual (Archie, 1950 series) #13 with mail-in coupon. Premium is a free 1962 Archie Pin-Up calendar. Cover is depicted, along with head shots of six characters.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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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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In Color

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
First Line: I don't want to eat it!
Synopsis: When her father tells Jinx that spinach will "put color in your cheeks," Jinx says she doesn't want green cheeks.
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The K.O. Kid

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Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: Archie trains for a boxing match against Reggie, but the match never gets started.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: This story has no dialogue.
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First Line: Offered by the publishers of Archie Comics
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for the non-fiction book, The World of Dinosaurs, sold by Archie Publications.
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First Line: The Federal Civil Defense was established in 1951.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Clip art with Archie, Betty, and Veronica head shots. First prize of $5.00 to Thomas M. White (Las Cruces, N.M) for article on Civil Defense. Second prize of $3.00 to Norma Steward (Rockford, Ill.) for article on the cardinal. Third prize of $2.00 to Freddie Bonner (Berkeley, Calif.) for article on the history of money. Fourth prize of $1.00 to Jane Carmichael (Los Alamos, N.M) for facts about plants. Includes information on how to join the Archie Club.
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First Line: Amazing wrist radio
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for a miniature wrist radio from Honor House.
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First Line: 'Swingingest' way to save!
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for a juke box bank from Medford Products.
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SSsh!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: Archie tries to get some eggs home from the store without dropping them.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie's Funhouse Double Digest #5 [Direct Edition] published July 2014
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: This story has no dialogue until the final page.
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First Line: The world's greatest molder of handsome he-men and champs out of weaklings says...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for the strength training program from Jowett Institute.
Inside back cover.
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First Line: Boys! Girls! Ladies! Men!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for the Cloverine Brand Salve sales kit from Wilson Chemical Co., offering premiums of photo rings.
Back cover.

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