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Issue: Archie #188
Publication Date: February 1969
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Issues: #188 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: 11/19/1968
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)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1969 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
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
First Line: Man, I dig anything that's in leather!
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Pages: 1
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Howling Success

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): The Archies [Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle]; Mr. Andrews; Hot Dog; Pop Tate; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: When Hot Dog howls during a music practice, Fred Andrews tells the Archies that their music is improving. Insulted, they leave the Andrews home, only to be insulted wherever they go.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Reggie is on drums in this story and Jughead is on guitars.

In this story, Hot Dog is Archie's dog, not Jughead's.
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An Airy Feeling

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
Synopsis: Li'l Jinx is upset about the air pollution because of the mess it's making out of her snowman.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): The Archies [Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones]; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Our concert should be out of sight with this smash the instruments routine!
Synopsis: Jughead's response: Yeah, but what do we do if they want an encore?
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Pages: 1
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Archie Makes His Mark

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper (all as cavemen)
Synopsis: Prehistoric Archie invents a weapon but he has no luck in figuring out the best way to use it.
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Pages: 6
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It's Sock it to me Santa Time!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
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Pages: 1
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Childhood Daze

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Mrs. Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Archie is taking his old baby blanket to the cleaners at his mother's request. He pricks his thumb on the way so Betty and Veronica see him holding his blanket and sucking his thumb. They think he's having a second childhood but Veronica wants nothing to do with him if he's regressing.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #250 [Direct Edition] published June 2014
as Childhood Daze [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Archie Andrews
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Letters from Vito Tirone, Irene Fuhrman, Mary Jane Herde, Laurie Onstad, Kirby Jay Cave, and Deirdre McKenna
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Master Mind

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Archie is the master of his fate and the captain of his soul. Betty is enamored of his determination and uses it to butter him up and get her way with him. Reggie and Jughead stick around to make jokes and laugh at how easily Archie is lead around.
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Pages: 5

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