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Issue: Archie #161
Publication Date: February 1966
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Issues: #161 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: 12/05/1965
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 9 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Geraldine Grundy; Ethel Muggs
First Line: Archie, I'm going to report you to the principal for reading and not watching TV!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Later redrawn for the cover of Archie Comics Digest #25.
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Carry On

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Smithers (cameo)
Synopsis: Archie demonstrates Fireman's Carry.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Title of story from the British film series "Carry On"? Contains Pop-art style POW panel.
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A Hit Miss!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx Holliday; Greg
Synopsis: Greg is walking with Li'l Jinx when he ducks a snowball meant for him.
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Pages: 1
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Oh! I almost forgot! I have a message for you…
Synopsis: Betty sitting on Archie's lap and kissing in the park.
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Hawaiian Punch

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Monuaku; Kolua
Synopsis: Archie gets a Hawaiian scent that he's seen advertised in a commercial, but it only makes him irresistible to Hawaiian girls.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Title based on a heavily advertised fruit flavored drink, Hawaiian Punch.
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Archie Says... Get This Raincoat Free!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?; typeset
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Disclose Notes: Ad for subscriptions.
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Play the Odds

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Betty and Archie go "gamboling," leading to many arguments involving the word's similarity to "gambling."
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Pages: 5
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Half a page articles by readers, half a page ad for Archie Club.

The reader letters are written by Kathy Danford, Cheryl L. M. DeRosa, Deena Moss, and Susan Brandenburg.
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Rocks in His Head

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Mr. Lodge hides his jewels in a fish tank, which Archie removes from the house.
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Pages: 5

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