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Issue: Archie #163
Publication Date: April 1966
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Issues: #163 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: 02/18/1966
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 12 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1966 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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Title Page
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Assets1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
First Line: Quick, Jug! Give this enemy agent a karate chop!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Wallet!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis: Archie thinks he's lost his wallet in a snow drift and enlists his friends to find it.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWorld of Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #15 [Direct Edition] published April 2012
as The Wallet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Perfect Pal

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate
Synopsis: Jughead sweet-talks Archie into paying for lunch.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Archie Gets All the Brakes

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Bendix Corporation
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad in comic format for Bendix 2-speed bicycle axle, with mail-in coupon. The Bendix Corporation, Dept. A, Eclipse Machine Division, Elmira, N.Y.
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Nothing

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Synopsis: Hap desires more detail from Jinx on her day at school.
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Pages: 1
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Guessing Game

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Archie practices his dance moves while ice-skating.
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Pages: 1
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Line Plunge

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Coach Kleats; Mr. Weatherbee; Pop Tate
Synopsis: Coach Kleats tries to motivate Archie by planting a taped distress call from Veronica in his football helmet.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagArchie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #248 [Direct Edition] published March 2014
as Line Plunge [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Join the Parade

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica Spectacular
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Betty and Veronica Spectacular #138 with mail-in coupon. Only logo is depicted, rest of the ad is original art with Betty and Veronica in a parade theme.
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Whose Move?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
Synopsis: Reggie hires a boy to feed incorrect information to Archie to get him away from Veronica. But the kid decides to play each side against the other for his own profit.
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Pages: 5
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Archie, as Pureheart the Powerful, appeared for the time...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.5
Disclose Notes: First page article requests reader reaction to the Archie as Pureheart the Powerful stories, along with a list of his upcoming appearances. Second page is first prize of $5.00 to Lori Jean Restcheck (Fort Lee, N.J.) for article on parakeets.
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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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Little Boy Blew

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Archie wants to try out for band, so he roams the halls practicing his trumpet to the irritation of Mr. Weatherbee.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagArchie Annual Digest #32 published January 1978
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5

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