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Issue: Archie #158
Publication Date: September 1965
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Issues: #158 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: 08/18/1965
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Tsk! Tsk! The world's in a mess!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Later redrawn for the cover of Archie Comics Digest #26
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The Wrong End

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: After Reggie soaks him with a water balloon, Archie has to wear Veronica's negligee while waiting for his clothes to dry.
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Popsicle
Character(s): Popsicle Twins [Patty, Andy]
First Line: What gift are you going to get this time, Andy?
Synopsis: Patty and Andy are deciding what premiums to get with their Popsicle wrappers when they are interrupted by a baby goat.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad in comic format for Popsicle frozen treats.
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Old Finger!

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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Synopsis: Li'l Jinx takes up finger-painting.
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Pages: 1
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The Umbrella Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: A girl with the same beach umbrella as Betty's sets of a series of misunderstandings that get Archie in trouble with two jealous boyfriends.
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Pages: 6
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Rocky and Bullwinkle; Cheerios
Character(s): Rocky; Bullwinkle
First Line: Are Cheerios your favorite cereal, Bullwinkle?
Synopsis: Bullwinkle uses his Cheerios energy to chop down a tree.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad in comic format for Cheerios breakfast cereal. General Mills. Appears between pages one and two of "The Umbrella Man."
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The Giant of Them All Is Still the Greatest Buy in Comics!

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie Annual
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie Annual #17 with mail-in coupon. Cost is 25 cents with free bonus of 1966 Archie Pin-up Calendar. Cover is depicted along with calendar and probable clip-art head shots of the Archie characters. Appears between pages four and five of "The Umbrella Man."
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Well Worth Digging For...

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): How's Trix?; Trix Rabbit
Character(s): Trix Rabbit
Synopsis: The Trix Rabbit digs his way to a box of Trix, but a kid in a miner's cap takes it away from him.
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Pages: 0.75
Disclose Notes: Ad in comic format for Trix breakfast cereal. General Mills.
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: This might be your life
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Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Mostly text promo for Life with Archie comics.
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Push Button

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: Veronica covers everything in her house, including the floors, with a wax spray that makes things look shiny, but also makes them extremely slippery.
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Pages: 5
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Archie Gets All the Brakes

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Bendix Corporation
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: The Archie gang tell the benefits of riding bikes with the Bendix Automatic 2-Speed.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad in comic format for Bendix bicycle Automatic 2-Speed axle. Bendix Corporation, Eclipse Machine Division, Elmira, N.Y.
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The Cuckoo Bird Yuks It Up!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Cuckoo Bird; Cocoa Puffs; General Mills
Character(s): Cuckoo Bird; Gramps
Synopsis: The Cuckoo Bird tells Gramps a bad joke about a bald man and a comb.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad in comic format for Cocoa Puffs breakfast cereal. General Mills.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.5
Disclose Notes: First prize of $5.00 to Beth Martin (Shreveport, La.) for article on "Famous Women in History." Second prize of $3.00 to Robin Forman (Carle Place, N.Y.) for a poem. Third prize of $2.00 to Michael Charness (Torrance, Calif.) for article on whittling. Fourth prize of $1.00 to George Scott for article on the American Bald Eagle. Fifth prize of $1.00 to Mae Padgett (Richmond, Va.) for article on raccoons.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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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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Off the Hook

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: The girls bother Archie while he's fishing. When he shoos them away, they take it up on their own.
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Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Manufacturing Company
First Line: Now rainy days can be fun days!
Synopsis: On a rainy day, Bill's Dad gives him his birthday present early and sets up an indoor shooting area for his Daisy Model 26 B-B gun.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad in comic format for Daisy B-B Guns. Daisy Manufacturing Company, Rogers, Ark.

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