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Issue: Archie #155
Publication Date: June 1965
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Issues: #155 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: 04/19/1965
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 11 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Richard Goldwater
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1965 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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Assets2
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Statement of Ownership
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Samm Schwartz
Inker(s): Samm Schwartz
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Big Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Archie, do you find any difference between teaching machines and real teachers!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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A House Is a Home

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Harry Lucey
Inker(s): Mario Acquaviva
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Mario Acquaviva
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: When Veronica makes plans to stop by the Andrews house, Archie goes into a cleaning frenzy and gets his parents to change into more formal attire.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harry Lucey
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie; Bendix Corporation
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Dig this, gang!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for Bendix bicycle automatic 2-speed with original drawing of the product and the Archie characters together. Mail-in coupon to The Bendix Corporation, Dept. B, Eclipse Machine Division, Elmira, N.Y.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie Club News
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.2
Disclose Notes: First prize of $5.00 to Bernadine Richardson (APO 324 New York, N.Y.) for article about life in Turkey. Second prize of $3.00 to Ruby Dowdy (Newman, Ill.) for article about her trip to the Smokey Mountains of Tennessee. Third prize of $2.00 to Sharon Sakson (Trenton, N.J.) for a poem about life seen through a horse's eyes.
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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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Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1964

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Louis H. Silberkleit (publisher)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.3
Disclose Notes: Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1964. Average paid circulation for the previous 12 months was 484,704. Single issue nearest to filing date was 586,315.
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Tho Be It

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Harry Lucey
Inker(s): Mario Acquaviva
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Mario Acquaviva
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Despite his best schemes, Reggie is continually thwarted in breaking up Archie and Veronica.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Reggie speaks in a stilted, formal manner in the early pages, with the word "thwarted" the subject of a joke. In an out-of-character moment, Veronica is able to fix Archie's jalopy with a couple of bobby pins. Usually it is Betty who is mechanically-inclined.
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The Giant of Them All is Still the Greatest Buy in Comics!

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
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie Annual #17 with mail-in coupon. Premium is 1966 Archie Pin-Up calendar. Annual and calendar are depicted. Small head shots of the Archie gang are shown, which may be original or may be clip art.
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Green Thumb

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Bolling
Inker(s): Mario Acquaviva
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Mario Acquaviva
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper; Big Moose Mason
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee adds some "Jiffy-Gro" to his rubber plant, hoping it will grow. But when Archie accidentally destroys the plant, he sends Moose to the flower shop to get a replacement. Moose does so, but the one he gets is twice the size of the original, and Mr. Weatherbee believes the "Jiffy-Gro" plant food really works wonders.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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A Bad Spell

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; Gigi
Synopsis: The girls work on their spelling skills.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Light Work

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Harry Lucey
Inker(s): Mario Acquaviva
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Mario Acquaviva
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Mrs. Wilson; a gang of boys; Fred Andrews
Synopsis: Archie has several misadventures when he brings a new lamp post from the store back home for his dad.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie Comics Digest #2 published October 1973
as Light Work [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6

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