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Issue: Archie #126
Publication Date: March 1962
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Issues: #126 of 565 Issues (998 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: 01/11/1962
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 11 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1962 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
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Well, I, for one, Mr. Andrews, do not dig your new loverboy love seat!
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Pages: 1
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Big Mouth

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): World's Smallest Monster
Synopsis: The world's smallest monster, a tiny creature with a very loud voice, helps Archie get revenge on Reggie.
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Pages: 6
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No Smoking

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Synopsis: After hearing his friend read about a dragon in a story, Shrimpy wonders if it was old enough to smoke.
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Pages: 0.5
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The End

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Synopsis: Shrimpy says fairy tales aren't original, because every one ends "...and they lived happily ever after."
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Disclose Notes: Continuation of previous Shrimpy story.
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Speed to Spare

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Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: Reggie, Archie, and Jughead go bobsledding, but Reggie loses Archie and Jughead on the first curve.
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Go, Man, Go!

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Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: Reggie's state-of-the-art go-kart annoys Archie but impresses Veronica, who asks Reggie to let her drive it.
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Pages: 6
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We're Giving Away Free Copies of Archie's Pals 'n' Gals!

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Feature(s): Archie's Pals 'n' Gals
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for subscriptions to Archie's Pals 'n' Gals with mail-in coupon. Four issues for $1.00 with a free bonus issue.
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It Ghost To Show You

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Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: The gang inspects a haunted house, and they all assume that the ghosts are just tricks the others rigged up to scare them.
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Pages: 5
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1.5
Disclose Notes: First prize of $5.00 to Shan Evans (Bala, Cynwyd, Pa.) for article about the Earth. Second prize of $3.00 to Joan Smith (Herkimer, N.Y.) for article about the United State Weather Bureau. Third prize of $2.00 to Nancy Jamieson (Weston, Ontario, Canada) for article about the Barracuda. Fourth prize of $1.00 to Shirley Kunishi (Papikou, Ha.) for four jokes. Also clip art head shots of Jughead, Archie, and Reggie.
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie Club
Character(s): Archie Andrews (cameo)
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Disclose Notes: Promo for memberships in the Archie Club with mail-in coupon. Cost is 15 cents.
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Follow the Bouncing Ball

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: An accident involving a nuclear testing lab leaves Archie with a radioactive charge that causes a basketball to be magnetically attracted to his hands. This serves him well in the big game that night.
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Disclose Notes: The lab is called "Doyle Nuclear Testing Laboratory," a reference to writer Frank Doyle.

This story, which has Archie gaining a special power from nuclear radiation, appeared several months before the debut of Spider-Man.

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