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Issue: Life with Archie #173
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Brand: Archie SeriesView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/29/1976
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0271000696309
Price: $0.30 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the Comic Reader #132.
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets1
 
 
The Seat of the Trouble

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Subject Matter
adventure, teen
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Miscellaneous
1
The Clutch of the Idol, Part I

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
adventure, teen
Isaac S. Sleezie; Orson Sleezie
A valuable idol is donated to the museum by a shady "philanthropist," who sends his son to steal it back, but it's Archie who the police arrest.
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FlagArchie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #239 [Direct Edition] published June 2013
as The Clutch of the Idol, Part I [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
Weighting Around!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
childrens
Jinx tries to take advantage of the diet craze.
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Miscellaneous
1
The Clutch of the Idol, Part II

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
adventure, teen
Isaac S. Sleezie; Orson Sleezie
Archie is released due to lack of evidence, but an accidental mix-up by Veronica foils the Sleezie family's plot to profit from the stolen idol.
Reprinting
FlagArchie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #239 [Direct Edition] published June 2013
as The Clutch of the Idol, Part I [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (illustrations)
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typeset
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Miscellaneous
1
Letters submitted by Leo Lashock III; Karen Bischoff.
Page also includes membership application for the Archie Club.
The Seat of the Trouble, Part I

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
adventure, teen
"Injun" Clyde
Archie and the girls go with Mr. Lodge to check out a rustic cabin and land he bought. The Indian caretaker (who is really from the Bronx) tells them the legend of a local creature called Wide End.
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Miscellaneous
6
The Seat of the Trouble, Part II

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
adventure, teen
"Injun" Clyde
The kids encounter the creature called Wide End, who carries off Betty, so Archie has to come up with a plan to get her back.
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Miscellaneous
5

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