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Issue: Archie #196
Publication Date: December 1969
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Issues: #196 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: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
First Line: Archie, have you ever been so uptight you'd want to go into outer space?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Later redrawn for the cover of Archie... Archie Andrews Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine #8.
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Scent of Success

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Cricket O'Dell; Hiram Lodge
First Line: I've heard she can do it, Arch, but I don't believe it!...I just don't believe it!
Synopsis: Archie discovers that Cricket O'Dell doesn't only have the power to smell money, but to trace the scent of anyone who is rich. He asks Cricket to lead him to Veronica, over the objections of Dilton, who wants to make a scientific study of Cricket's powers instead of using them for cheap romantic gain.
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In Content Item: FlagLaugh Comics Digest #13 published November 1977
as Scent of Success [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Penciller(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Dear Archie, I think your show is just groovy.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Letters from Jeff Miller (1st prize), Deborah A. Phillips (2nd prize), Gail Gallant (3rd prize), Annette Grimes (4th prize), and Harriet Diane Crosby (5th prize), plus instructions on joining the Archie Club.
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The Image

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
First Line: I just don't understand you, Veronica Lodge! How can you go out with a klutz like that?
Synopsis: Fearing that Reggie will spread the rumor that he's a "klutz," Archie tries to improve his relationship with Reggie, but his attempts to make amends just cause Reggie serious pain.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #243 [Direct Edition] published October 2013
as The Image [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Cruel World

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Archie Andrews; un-named kids; Miss Quote
First Line: The world is full of thieves!...Knaves, cut-purses, highwaymen and common, run-of-the-mill crooks!
Synopsis: Archie rails against the untrustworthy world after he loses his library card.
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Pages: 5
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Don't Call Me

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Hap Holiday; Li'l Jinx; Greg
First Line: Stop this fighting!!
Synopsis: Hap breaks up a fight between Jinx and Greg.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Magic Garden

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Mr. Lodge; Smithers
First Line: Hey, Jug! Guess where ol' Arch is going this aft?...To an exclusive, high class top drawer garden party at Veronica's!
Synopsis: Veronica won't invite Jughead to her garden party, so Archie sneaks him in disguised as the entertainer "Mysto, the Magnificent Master of Mystery and Magic."
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: As in most stories drawn by Lucey, the name plate on the Lodge estate reads "J.P. Lodge." He was not officially re-named "Hiram" until several years later.

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