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Issue: Archie #137
Publication Date: June 1963
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Issues: #137 of 565 Issues (689 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: 03/25/1963
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 10 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Richard Goldwater
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1963 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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images1
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Bob White
Inker(s): Bob White
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Archie, have you lost all your marbles?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Cave Man Casanova

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Harry Lucey
Inker(s): Harry Lucey
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Harry Lucey
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews (cameo); Archie I; Betty I; Veronica I; Jughead I; Reggie I
Synopsis: Archie dreams he and his friends are living as cavemen in prehistoric times.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagArchie Comics Digest #1 published August 1973
as Cave Man Casanova [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: First appearance of the gang as cavemen, which would later become the "Archie I" series.
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Billy Wins with Bendix

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Bendix
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad in comic form for Bendix bicycle brakes.
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[untitled]

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 News
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Archie Club news. Promos "Archie" TV pilot with list of cast members. Also list of contest winners from "Why My Bike is Important to Me": James Houghton, Michael Goldblatt, John L. Glaze, John B. West, Richard Bernstein, Eddy Alger, Penny Spoan, Helen Ann Horton, Nanci Newman, Patrica Kirksey, Carolyn Reid, and Iris Barnes.
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The Life Saver

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Harry Lucey
Inker(s): Harry Lucey
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Jughead engineers a series of "accidents" so that Archie can "save" Reggie and gain his appreciation.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie: The Best of Harry Lucey #1 published August 2011
as The Life Saver [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Order This! Get This Free!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie Annual
Character(s): Archie Andrews (cameo); Betty Cooper (cameo); Veronica Lodge (cameo)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Archie Annual #15 with cover repro. Mail orders for 25ยข would also receive a 1964 Archie Calendar free.
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Which Is Witch?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Harry Lucey
Inker(s): Harry Lucey
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Harry Lucey
Subject Matter
Genres: supernatural, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Reggie is changed into a donkey after he offends a visitor who has learned black magic during his eight-year stay in Africa.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Happy Days

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Archie's attempts to spread good cheer backfire.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie: The Best of Harry Lucey #1 published August 2011
as Happy Days [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWorld of Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #28 [Direct Edition] published June 2013
as Happy Days [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Color Blind

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harry Lucey
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: A spoof on "Adult Coloring Books" with several "color me" gags.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagArchie Comics Digest #1 published August 1973
as Color Blind [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagArchie: The Best of Harry Lucey #1 published August 2011
as Color Blind [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Ads

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.5
Disclose Notes: Ads for Sea-Monkeys (brine shrimp) and bike muffler (both Honor House, New York NY, inside front cover); Play Guitar in Seven Days (Ed Sale Studio, Avon By the Sea, NJ); Self-Teaching Encyclopedia (Cadillac Publishing Co., New York, NY); Guide to Hypnotism (Palmer-Jones Publishers, Newark, NJ); Home disc recorders (Honor House, Lynbrook, NY); novelties (Empire Mdsg. Co., Tuckahoe, NY); International Correspondence Schools (Scranton, Pa.); Door-to-door selling: Cloverine Brand Salve (Wilson Chemical Co., Tyrone, Pa., inside back cover); and "147 Famous Automobiles" (plastic models) for $2.49 (Auto Models, Carle Place, NY., back cover)

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