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Issue: Archie Giant Series Magazine #160
Publication Date: February 1969
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Issues: #160 of 332 Issues (502 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/26/1968
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 14 (13 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1969 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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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: perfect bound; later saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee
First Line: Archie is about to set a record for consecutive hours at this "Footsie" game!
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Waltz Faults

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Waldo Weatherbee
First Line: Oh, Archie! I've got to win the dance contest!
Synopsis: To help Archie win a dance contest Jughead paints dance steps on the floor that can only be seen with special glasses, however Reggie sabotages the dance steps.
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Pages: 6
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Follow the Bouncing Ball

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Coach Kleats; Veronica Lodge
First Line: How come coach let you take one of the balls home?
Synopsis: An accident involving a nuclear testing lab leaves Archie with a radioactive charge that causes a basketball to be magnetically attracted to his hands. This serves him well in the big game that night.
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Disclose Notes: The lab is called "Doyle Nuclear Testing Laboratory," a reference to writer Frank Doyle.

This story, which has Archie gaining a special power from nuclear radiation, appeared several months before the debut of Spider-Man.
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Unbalanced

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mary Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Pop Tate
First Line: Archie, before you go out, would you help me clear the table?
Synopsis: Archie's superhuman ability to balance things causes other people to panic, snatch the things away, and break them.
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Pages: 6
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His Own Worst Enemy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason (cameo); Midge Klump (cameo)
First Line: Don't tell me I'm wrong!
Synopsis: When Archie runs into a tree, he starts having a conversation with a ghostly twin.
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Lend an Air

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Greg
First Line: What's going on Li'l Jinx?
Synopsis: Jinx needs someone to blow up their football.
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Help Wanted

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Franklin
First Line: Daddy! Where in the world did you get him?
Synopsis: With Smithers on vacation, Mr. Lodge hires a hideous-looking temporary replacement to scare Archie away.
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Heads Up

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee
First Line: Archie! Get your hand out of that jug!
Synopsis: A combination of a strange chemical solution and radiation from a machine causes Archie's hand to become invisible. Then the same thing happens to Mr. Weatherbee's head.
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It's Tub to You!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
First Line: Look at you, Li'l Jinx!
Synopsis: Li'l Jinx's dad orders her to the tub.
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Cliff Hanger

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Cliff (Veronica's date); Reggie Mantle
First Line: Hi, Ron!
Synopsis: When Archie sees Veronica with a date, he casually swears off girls forever. He shares his new-found joy with Jughead and Reggie, much to their dismay.
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Speed to Spare

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
First Line: All set?
Synopsis: Reggie, Archie, and Jughead go bobsledding, but Reggie loses Archie and Jughead on the first curve.
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King for a Night

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Coach Kleats; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Geraldine Grundy
First Line: Archie scores the winning touchdown!
Synopsis: Archie has a wonderful dream.
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Takes Two to Tangle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
First Line: All right!! Let's have it!
Synopsis: In a fight between Archie and Reggie, the teachers get differing impressions of who punched out who.
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Pages: 5
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Deep Freeze

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
First Line: What's the matter with you fellows?
Synopsis: It's too cold for the "Polar Bear Club" to go swimming in the lake, but the club president Archie tries to go swimming anyway.
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