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Issue: Archie #253
Publication Date: June 1976
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Issues: #253 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:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.30 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 9 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Richard Goldwater
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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
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Geraldine Grundy; Sabrina Spellman; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
First Line: I can do my homework in my sleep!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Later redrawn for the cover of Archie... Archie Andrews Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine #21.
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Test Case

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Geraldine Grundy; Moose Mason
Synopsis: Reggie tricks Archie into thinking that Miss Grundy is unfairly forcing him to take a test.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Josie and the Cup Cakes

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Josie; Hostess
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Hostess cup cake ad.
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Okay! Okay!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
Synopsis: Hap thinks Jinx says "okay" to much.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Geraldine Grundy; Jughead Jones
First Line: You want me to pay 50 cents a day rent for this air-conditioner you built…
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Two newspaper comic strips with color added.
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Tarbland of the Grapes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews [as Tarbland]; Betty Cooper [as Jane]; Veronica Lodge [as Slinky Von Gotgelt]; Reggie Mantle [as Intrepid Sureshot]; Cheeter
Synopsis: The story of Tarbland, the king of the jungle, who has "a body that won't quit and a mind like a sack of wet noodles."
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Pages: 6
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Growing Pains

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis: Archie thinks Mr. Lodge has been eaten by one of the carnivorous plants in his greenhouse.
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In Issue: FlagBetty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #43 [Newsstand] published March 1994
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Cartastrophe

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Archie uses an "instant car kit" to outfit Old Betsy with a sleek new body.
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Pages: 5

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