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Issue: Life with Archie #55

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Publication Date: November 1966

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Issues: #55 of 286 Issues (304 Printings)

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Archie Publications, Inc.

Brand: Archie Series

Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: none

Pages: 36

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.12 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 7 (3 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Richard Goldwater

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Format

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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1 Content Item
- Whistle Bait [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.

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Cover, Front

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Content Items (7 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Bob White

Inker(s): Jon D'Agostino

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Toymaker

First Line: There never was a C.R.U.S.H. villain like the treacherous Toyman!

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Pages: 1

Notes: The villain is referred to as the Toyman on the cover, but the Toymaker throughout the story.

Play Deadly

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Frank Doyle

Penciller(s): Bill Vigoda

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, humorous, teen

Feature(s): A.R.C.H.I.E. as The Man From R.I.V.E.R.D.A.L.E.

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Toymaker; Pop Tate; Hiram Lodge; Leroy

Synopsis: The good guys from P.O.P. battle the dastardly destructive toys of C.R.U.S.H. agent The Toymaker. But Toymaker's toys are no match for V.E.R.O.N.I.C.A.'s cousin Leroy, who can break any toy within seconds.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 13

Notes: Story in two parts: 8 & 5 pp.

[untitled]

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie; Bendix

First Line: I still say my Bendix Coaster Brake is best for a bike!

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Ad for Bendix bike parts.

Sound Off

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Joe Edwards

Penciller(s): Joe Edwards

Inker(s): Joe Edwards

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Joe Edwards

Subject Matter

Genres: childrens, humorous

Feature(s): Li'l Jinx

Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday

Synopsis: Jinx can't hear the television because her dad is snoring so loudly.

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Pages: 1

Archie Says... Get This Raincoat Free!

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

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Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset; ?

Subject Matter

Genres: teen

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Pages: 1

Notes: House ad for Archie subscriptions.

Whistle Bait

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Frank Doyle

Penciller(s): Bill Vigoda

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, humorous, teen

Feature(s): B.E.T.T.Y. as The Girl From R.I.V.E.R.D.A.L.E.

Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; The Whistler; Pop Tate; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; George

Synopsis: The latest C.R.U.S.H. villain is The Whistler, a permanently puckered baddie whose whistles can control minds and shatter eardrums.

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In Content Item: Flag

Laugh Comics Digest #54 [unnamed variant] published September 1984
as Whistle Bait [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 10

Notes: Story in 2 parts, 5 pp. each. In Archie the Man from R.I.V.E.R.D.A.L.E. (2019), pencils are credited to Bob White, inks and lettering to Mario Acquaviva.

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Archie Club News

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Pages: 2

Notes: Prize winning entries by Sharon Odiorne, Jade Lee, Mary Lou Jackowski, Ken Gardner; Archie Club membership blank.