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Issue: Archie #221
Publication Date: September 1972
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Issues: #221 of 565 Issues (841 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: 07/11/1972
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.20 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1972 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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
First Line: Archie's so romantic!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Later redrawn for the cover of Archie Comics Digest #50
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Waste Not Want Not

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge
First Line: Gee, we sure appreciate the chance to fish from your boat, Mr. Lodge!
Synopsis: The boys are fishing on Mr. Lodge's boat while Veronica relaxes in her bikini. After he sees Jughead throw a sandwich wrapper into the water, Mr. Lodge gives the boys a lecture on the evils of water pollution and how individual acts of pollution contribute to a big problem.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagArchie's Double Digest Magazine #209 [Direct Edition] published August 2010
as Waste Not Want Not [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Shape Up or Ship Out

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
First Line: El halto, amigo! It's one thing to be physically fit and another thing to wear yourself down to your last gasp!
Synopsis: After doing physical fitness exercises, Archie is so exhausted that he literally can't stand still without falling down.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie Comics Digest #265 [Direct Edition] published August 2010
as Shape Up or Ship Out [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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There's a Catch...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
First Line: Mmmm...you've got quite a batch of fish, Li'l Jinx!
Synopsis: Jinx has a snappy answer to Charley's stupid question.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBetty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #15 published October 1989
as There's a Catch [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Five Page Fooler

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Perkin Warbeck
First Line: Aha! A little bird told me I'd find you here, Clarence!
Synopsis: As Archie sits on a park bench, people keep mistaking him for someone named "Clarence" and belting him one. Then Archie meets a guy who looks exactly like him and says this is his bench... but this guy's name is "Perkin Warbeck," and he also calls Archie "Clarence." As the story ends, Archie is starting to think he might really be Clarence after all.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie Annual Digest #33 published January 1978
as Five Page Fooler [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Dear Archie, Thank you for the nice press card and button with you on it.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Letters from Colin Michalek (1st prize), Elaine Soldano (2nd prize), and Joan Barber (3rd prize), plus instructions on joining the Archie Club.
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Saturday's Children

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Pop Tate
First Line: Archie! Watch out!
Synopsis: Fred encourages Archie to invite his friends over on Saturday instead of rushing off to join them, something Fred soon regrets when Archie's friends bring a whole Girl Guides troop along with them.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBetty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #15 published October 1989
as Saturday's Children [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5

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