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Issue: Archie #131
Publication Date: September 1962
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Issues: #131 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: 07/18/1962
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 11 (6 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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Cover, Front
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
First Line: Oh, if only Dr. Kildare or Ben Casey could help me!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Lazy Ones

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis: Archie does push-ups to try and obey President Kennedy's call for the youth of America to exercise more, but it turns out that the gang actually gets more exercise when they're just having fun.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: One of several stories in Archie comics that reference JFK's then-recent push for physical fitness.
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A Jet Bet

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Greg
Synopsis: Jinx pretends to be a pony and Greg pretends to be a jet. The two have a race.
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Pages: 1
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Wayward Whirl

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Archie tries the hammer throw, but he's the one who gets thrown.
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Pages: 1
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The Avenger

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Archie makes up an elaborate scenario to argue that when he brought a baseball glove to a date with Veronica, it was actually for her own protection.
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Pages: 6
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Wanted

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The World of Jughead
Character(s): Jughead Jones
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for The World of Jughead #19, with mail-in coupon. Cover is depicted, along with original art mug shot of Forsythe P. (alias Jughead) Jones.
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Start To Finish

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Jughead and Betty discuss the fact that whenever Archie starts well, he finishes badly. Then Jughead points out to Betty that the reverse is also true.
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Pages: 5
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Fun with the Popsicle Kids

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Popsicle Kids; Popsicle
Character(s): Popsicle Kids
Synopsis: The kids show off the baseball glove and gold chain necklace that they received by sending in Popsicle wrappers.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad in comic format for Popsicle frozen treats.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1.5
Disclose Notes: First prize of $5.00 to Mike Smith (Garden Grove, Calif.) for article on Tahiti. Second prize of $3.00 to Violet Cruz (New York, N.Y.) for article about dinosaurs. Third prize of $2.00 to Nattia Lo Scalzo (Raytown, Mo.) for article on the Fennec. Fourth prize of $1.00 to Diane Jeffries (Washington, D.C.) for article on nursing. Fifth prize of $1.00 to Ronnie Hall (Richmond, Va.) 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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Prisoner of Love

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Archie dreams he's on a planet where robots are terrorized by gorgeous Amazon "monster" women. He's captured and taken to meet their Queen, who prepares to give Archie her kiss of death.
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Pages: 5

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