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Issue: Archie #149
Publication Date: September 1964
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Issues: #149 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: 08/18/1964
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 13 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Richard Goldwater
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1964 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.
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: How can anyone permit herself to be seen in a hat like that?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Great Pizza Race

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Harry Lucey
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Archie and Reggie have a race to see who can reach Veronica's house first while balancing a freshly-baked pizza on his head.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie Comics Digest #2 published October 1973
as The Great Pizza Race [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Tame Name

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Samm Schwartz
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Samm Schwartz
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Archie can't spell a girl's last name.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.6
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Swell Shells

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Edwards
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Jinx
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Greg
Synopsis: Greg tells Jinx she can hear the ocean if she puts a seashell to her ear.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Bendix Corporation
First Line: You called for a piano tuner?
Synopsis: A boy calls a piano tuner to help him fix all the cables on his bicycle. The piano tuner recommends replacing the cables with the Bendix automatic bike axle.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad in comic format for Bendix Automatic bicycle axles. The Bendix Corporation, Eclipse Machine Division, Elmira, N.Y. Art style is influenced by Peter Max.
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Little Red Archiekins

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Harry Lucey
Inker(s): Marty Epp
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Marty Epp
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mary Andrews
Synopsis: Archie is on his way to Veronica's house with a basket of goodies. Patterning her behavior after the big bad wolf in the fairy tale, Betty gets Ronnie out of the house, and when Archie arrives, she pretends to be Veronica.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie Comics Digest #2 published October 1973
as Little Red Archiekins [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagArchie's Double Digest Magazine #11 published July 1984
as Little Red Archiekins [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: In this story, Veronica's house is a medium-sized townhouse that opens directly onto the sidewalk. In another story in the same issue, drawn by the same artist, it's a huge estate. At this point, her house was still changing in size and design from story to story, depending on what the plot required.
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Cute Suit

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Gladir
Penciller(s): Harry Lucey
Inker(s): Marty Epp
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Marty Epp
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
Synopsis: The boys admire the girls in their jungle-patterned bathing suits.
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In Issue: FlagArchie's Double Digest Magazine #12 published September 1984
In Content Item: FlagArchie Comics Digest #2 published October 1973
as Cute Suit [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Who Is This...Man??

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): World of Jughead
Character(s): Jughead Jones (cameo)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for The World of Jughead #30 with mail-in coupon. Cover is depicted, but the rest of the ad is mostly text.
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The Buddy System

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Harry Lucey
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: After Archie accuses him of being too easily distracted by food, Jughead tries to prove he's literally inseparable from his buddy.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagArchie's Double Digest Quarterly Magazine #6 published May 1983
In Content Item: FlagArchie Comics Digest #2 published October 1973
as The Buddy System [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Sparling
Inker(s): Jack Sparling
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Adventures of Patty & Andy, The Popsicle Twins; Popsicle
Character(s): Popsicle Twins [Patty; Andy]
First Line: Say Andy, it says on TV we can win a trip by Trailways "Silver Eagle" to the N. Y. World's Fair.
Synopsis: The twins enter the Popsicle Safety Contest to try to win a trip to the New York World's Fair.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad in comic format for Popsicle frozen treats with mail-in coupon to send for an entry blank for the contest.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  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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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.5
Disclose Notes: First prize of $5.00 to Jane Erikson (Maywood, N.J.) for article on ceramics. Second prize of $3.00 to Kim Partin (Alderwood Manor, Wash.) for article on water. Third prize of $2.00 to Kathleen C. Wiltbank (Trevose, Pa.) for article on the unsuccessful use of camels in the old West.
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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
Character(s): Archie Andrews (cameo)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Promo for memberships in the Archie Club with mail-in coupon. Cost is 15 cents.
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Batter Late

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Harry Lucey
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Hiram Lodge
First Line: Hey! What are you guys doing with the battering ram?
Synopsis: After a discussion of what does and does not constitute a "battering ram," Archie and Jughead go to Mr. Lodge's house to knock down an old fence.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5

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