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Issue: Life with Archie #2
Publication Date: September 1959
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Issues: #2 of 286 Issues (321 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: 06/29/1959
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 14 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: On sale date from Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series. Part 2: Periodicals: Vol 13 No 2, p 312. Registration No. B804914. Renewed 1987-10-07 as No. RE0000350774. Further information on the copyright can be found at https://www.loc.gov/item/coprecbooks-00502944393/ image 828.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US; later standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Three on a soda is the life?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Homage to the cover of Archie Annual (Archie, 1950 Series) #4
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Capitol Facts

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: non-fiction
First Line: Dear readers -- you are about to go on a wonderfully whacky tour of Washington, D.C. with Archie and the gang!
Synopsis: Information about Washington D.C. and facts about notable buildings.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Friday Afternoon "Father Knows Least!"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Gee... It's getting late! I'd better take a short cut home!
Synopsis: Mr. Andrews reads an article in the newspaper about teenagers eloping. When he overhears Archie talking to Veronica about going on a trip and having his bags packed, Mr. Andrews assumes the worst.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie Takes a Holiday #[nn] published June 1972
as Father Knows Least! (Friday Afternoon) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Part one of a multi-chapter story, although it is not identified as such, and each "chapter" is individually paginated.
Indicia included on bottom of first page.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: 40 foreign and American cars only $1
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for toy cars from Sports Cars.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Record your voice at home
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for a home record-cutting voice recorder from Honor House.
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Friday Evening "Washington Bound!"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: I wonder how much farther we have to ride, Archiekins?
Synopsis: Jughead convinces the bus driver to stop at the White House -- a drive-by diner. Finally, after a long bus ride, everyone arrives safely in Washington, D.C.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie Takes a Holiday #[nn] published June 1972
as Washington Bound! (Friday Evening) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Part two of a multi-chapter story, although it is not identified as such.
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Saturday Morning "All Around The Town!"

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: The sun is shining! The breeze is breezing! What a beautiful day for sight-seeing! Tra-la!
Synopsis: The Riverdale crew spend the day touring all the sites in Washington, D.C., including the White House, the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial. As they tour the Capital Building, Dilton tries to get away from the tour so he can address Congress. He then runs into an official carrying classified documents. Dilton's speech and some of the documents get mixed up and Dilton is arrested as a spy.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie Takes a Holiday #[nn] published June 1972
as All Around The Town! (Saturday Morning) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Part three of a multi-chapter story, although it is not identified as such.
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Feature(s): Archie Comics
First Line: Veronica, Juggie and I worked a whole year to make these the best annuals you ever read!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Archie's Girls, Betty and Veronica Annual (Archie, 1953 series) #7 and Archie's Pal Jughead Annual (Archie, 1953 series) #7.
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Sunday Morning "Flyin' High!"

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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Calling all Riverdale students! Let's go, kiddies! Hurry, hurry! We have lots of jolly things to do today!
Synopsis: The gang goes to the Smithsonian Institute. Chaos follows as Archie tries to keep Dilton out of trouble. But when the two boys struggle, Archie falls into the Wright Brothers' plane that's hanging from a ceiling wire. The wire snaps and Archie glides the plane through the Smithsonian Institute.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie Takes a Holiday #[nn] published June 1972
as Flyin' High! (Sunday Morning) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Part four of a multi-chapter story, although it is not identified as such.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
First Line: Build your own hot rod
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for a model electric hot rod kit from Honor House.
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Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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First Line: Exploding army hand grenade
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for a replica hand grenade from Honor House.
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Sunday Afternoon "All's Well That Ends!"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Back at the hotel:
Synopsis: The gang tours the Declaration of Independence then returns home.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie Takes a Holiday #[nn] published June 1972
as All's Well That Ends! (Sunday Afternoon) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Part five of a multi-chapter story, although it is not identified as such.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Subject Matter
First Line: Check the kind of body you want!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for the dynamic-tension bodybuilding system from Charles Atlas.
Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Win a big prize!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for the Cloverine brand salve sales kit from Wilson Chemical Co.
Back cover.

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