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Issue: Archie #150
Publication Date: November 1964
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Issues: #150 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: 10/10/1964
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 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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: We just arrived and already Archie has the ball rolling!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Cruise Director

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Chip (a boat mechanic)
Synopsis: Mr. Lodge has Archie take a borrowed boat back to the mechanic and exchange it for Mr. Lodge's boat, which was being repaired. But Archie isn't sure about the boats' controls and ends up causing more damage.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Archie is singing "I wanna hold your hand" (a Beatles song) in the splash panel.
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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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A Gasser

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): ; Joe (a gas station attendant)
Synopsis: Archie gets Joe to give him some gas quick as Archie is late to a ball game. But Archie comes back when he forgets his stamps.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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That's What Counts

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Synopsis: One boy is "it" in a game of hide and seek because he can count higher than anyone else.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Acid Test

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Mr. Johnson (the janitor)
Synopsis: Archie accidentally drops a beaker of acid that eats through the chemistry floor. Banned from the chemistry lab, Mr. Weatherbee asks Archie to polish his chair and desk. But Archie accidentally adds a small test tube of acid into the varnish, which eats away the varnish brushes as well as the legs of Mr. Weatherbee's desk.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #225 [Newsstand] published March 2012
as The Acid Test [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Dig This Crazy Offer!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie's Pals 'n' Gals
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for subscriptions to Archie's Pals 'n' Gals, with mail-in coupon. Four issues for $1.00 plus a bonus issue.
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Spellbound

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: When Archie leaves Betty and Jughead to spend time with Veronica, the two jilted friends curse the two lovers. Unbeknownst to all of them, the curses come true.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie Comics Digest #2 published October 1973
as Spellbound [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.5
Disclose Notes: First prize of $5.00 to James Busby (Oyster Bay, N.Y.) for article on having mice for pets. Second prize of $3.00 to Zena Bruinsma (Holland, Mich.) for her story of immigrating from the Netherlands to Michigan. Third prize of $2.00 to Debra Rochtaschel (Rochester, N.Y.) for five jokes. The third prize article on the second page has the same border used on the Archie's Madhouse covers.
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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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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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Everything's Coming Up Roses

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Harris (a neighbor of the Lodges)
Synopsis: Archie picks some of Mr. Lodge's prize roses as a gift to Veronica. To make up for the blunder, Archie then digs up one of the Lodges' neighbor's rose bushes and gives it to Mr. Lodge as a replacement.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie Comics Digest #2 published October 1973
as Everything's Coming Up Roses [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: The title comes from the song "Everything's Coming Up Roses" from the 1959 Broadway musical "Gypsy."

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