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Issue: Archie and Me #141
Publication Date: October 1983
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Issues: #141 of 161 Issues (167 Printings)
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Variant: U.S. Cover Price
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:
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0271000696910
Price: $0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Victor Gorelick
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint interior; glossy cover
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The New Teacher

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Bolling (signed)
Inker(s): Bob Bolling
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous
Feature(s): Archie and Me
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Malcolm Meeks; Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley; Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs; Chuck Clayton; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Archie and Mr. Weatherbee learn things aren't always what they seem
Synopsis: An allegorical portrayal of the events of the story "The New Teacher": the meek teacher Malcolm Meeks looks in the mirror and sees the reflection of an angry, snarling man.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: With this issue, Bob Bolling took over "Archie and Me" as artist and writer (he had previously drawn but not written stories for the title). He brought a new approach to the title, incorporating drama and fantasy as well as humor, and bringing in characters and continuity from his classic "Little Archie" stories. His memorable run on the title would last through issue # 152.

Jughead does not appear on the cover, though he does briefly appear in the story. This appears to have been an intentional omission, because Jughead would be de-emphasized in Bolling's "Archie and Me" run; he doesn't appear in most of the stories and only has a line or two when he does appear.
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The New Teacher

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Bolling
Penciller(s): Bob Bolling
Inker(s): Bob Bolling
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous
Feature(s): Archie and Me
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Malcolm Meeks; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Geraldine Grundy; un-named kids
Synopsis: A new teacher, the aptly named Malcolm Meeks, arrives at Riverdale High. He immediately antagonizes Mr. Weatherbee by denting his new Yakasaki Pigeon and he loses the respect of the students due to his unwillingness to fight back against Reggie's pranks. But Betty suspects that Meeks's timid exterior is concealing some kind of deep-seated rage inside of him. When Meeks is made acting coach of the baseball team during the big game against Hasselhead High, a freak accident during the game gives him the chance to show what he's been hiding, and face up to a traumatic event from his past.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Mr. Weatherbee's new Yakasaki Pigeon, and the fact that it constantly gets dented in the same place, would be a running gag throughout Bolling's "Archie and Me" run.
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Strange Brew

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Gladir
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inker(s): Jim DeCarlo
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sabrina
Character(s): Sabrina Spellman; Cousin Ambrose; Aunt Hilda
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Pages: 0.5
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Distraction Action

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Gladir
Penciller(s): Bob Bolling
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Dilton
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; un-named girls
Synopsis: Archie is easily distracted from his studies.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Blowout! or The Strange Case of the Kamikaze Radial

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Bolling
Penciller(s): Bob Bolling
Inker(s): Bob Bolling
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Archie and Me
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: When Mr. Weatherbee's Yakasaki Pigeon gets a flat tire, he can't carry it to the gas station because of his bad back, so Archie offers to do it for him.
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In Content Item: FlagWorld of Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #22 [Direct Edition] published November 2012
as Blowout! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: The ending of this story is virtually the same as Bolling's Little Archie story "Balloon Boy" (from Little Archie #10).
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For the Defense

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Bob Bolling
Inker(s): Chic Stone
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Archie and Me
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; un-named clerk; un-named manager; un-named shoppers
Synopsis: Archie is worried about making a speech for public speaking class, but he stops being tongue-tied when he needs to defend Mr. Weatherbee from charges of shoplifting.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #243 [Direct Edition] published October 2013
as For the Defense [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: When reprinted in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #243, inks are credited to Rudy Lapick.

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