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Issue: Archie's Joke Book Magazine #[nn]
Publication Date: June 1953
 
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Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/30/1953
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 46 (45 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U. S.
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched (some squarebound?)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Here comes Archie! I hope he likes my new dress! It cost me a fortune!
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Guys 'n' Gags

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humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Souphead; Coach Kleats
Archie, stand still!
Archie sees a bear; Betty and Archie go canoeing; Souphead annoys the cat; Archie is motivated to run.
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Series of four one-panel gags inside front cover.
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Heavenly Daze

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humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy
All right students, now answer the questions as quickly as you can!
Archie answers "Heaven only knows" for each question on a quiz, so Miss Grundy gives Heaven a perfect grade.
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Lunch-Hunch

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Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews
You think he'll do it, Arch?
Jughead tests Mr. Weatherbee's new policy of scheduling two periods per day in a certain subject by asking for two lunch periods.
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The Chief of Bad-Gag

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Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Hey Jughead, I hear you have a cat with a terrific sense of humor!
Reggie annoys the gang with his gags.
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Stopped Short

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Miss Grundy
Tweet!
Miss Grundy gets pulled over in Archie's jalopy.
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Can't Dance

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Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Jughead aren't you going to dance at all?
Betty tries to get Jughead to dance with a girl.
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A-Loan Together

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Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews
But Mom, I already have two dollars...
Archie asks his father for money but ends up giving him money after Fred details his budget problems.
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Southern Pride Chicken

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Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Archie, Madame Wazelle designed a new bathing suit especially for me...
Archie compliments Veronica's new "Southern Pride" bathing suit.
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How to Dissolve a Problem

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Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
Nothing doing, wise guy! I'm not telling you what I'm working on!
Reggie tells Jughead about his idea for a universal solvent.
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Cheap Heap

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Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Why don't you just sell it and end your misery?
Archie is outraged by the price when he tries to sell his jalopy.
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Foggy Idea!

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Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy
...Er...Miss Grundy, I know I promised to come over for some tutoring in math...
Archie uses the fog as an excuse to get out of tutoring and meet the gang, but the fog disorients him and he winds up at Miss Grundy's house anyway.
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Wong Number

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Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
You want me to tell Betty to call this number and ask for Archie?
Reggie pulls a gag on Betty by having her call Ah-Chee Wong Hand Laundry to ask for Archie.
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Study Does It!

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Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
Archie, don't tell me you're finished with your studying so quickly?
Archie tells Miss Grundy why he won't study.
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A Slip of the Sip

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Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate
Here you are, sports...one soda, two straws!
Archie and Jughead flip a coin to share a soda.
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Taking No Dances

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Archie Andrews
Ouch! Don't you find it difficult shopping for shoes?
Archie takes dance lessons.
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Odor Wise

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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Betty, we're going to rue the day that hussy came to our school!
Betty and Veronica buy perfume from another student.
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Doctor's Orders

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Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
We've come to see Reggie Mantle.
Reggie spends his time under hospital observation observing the nurses.
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Franks a Million!

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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Isn't it adorable? A ring made from a foreign coin ... and only two dollars!
Jughead gives Betty franks instead of francs to make a necklace.
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Toss Up!

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Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee
All right wise guy! I'll flip you to see who takes Veronica!
Archie and Reggie flip each other instead of flipping a coin to determine who dates Veronica.
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Smash Hit

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Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Where to, keeds?
Archie accidentally drives his car into a new theater.
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Blow Up!

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Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Hey Jug, did you hear about Reggie's new photo enlarger!
Archie tells Jughead about his plan to make a bet on Reggie's photo enlarger.
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First Aid!

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Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Ouch! My ankle!
Archie encourages Jughead to take the day off from the Chok'lit Shop when he injures his ankle – until he realizes it's Jughead's payday.
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Baa-a-d Boy!

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Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
I'll have to ask Daddy if it's all right for you to come over tonight Archie, hold on!
Veronica says her father was a perfect lamb about Archie coming over.
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All A Loan

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Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Jughead ... didn't you go to the game with Archie?
Jughead describes his falling out with Archie over money.
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Sweet Talk

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Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Archie, do you think I'm a pretty girl?
Archie absentmindedly agrees with Betty's questions about whether he likes her.
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Jokes (But Not Archie's)

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Dizzy blonde: "Does this lipstick come off easily?"
Series of 10 written jokes that do not contain Archie characters.
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If Fishes Come True

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Archie's Pop 'n' Mom
Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
I think I'll go catch me a batch of fish for supper tonight!
Fred goes fishing but comes up empty-handed, so he goes to the fish market to cover his losses. Mary is surprised when he gets home because she told the fish market worker to sell him cod.
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Wet Paint

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Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Hi, honey-bun! How's about a spin in the old chariot this afternoon?
Archie attempts to help Betty and Veronica paint the house.
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Haste Makes Chased

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Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
What's the rush?
Archie is surprised at how quickly Jughead runs to the lunchroom until he remembers that Veronica is working there.
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Guard Duty!

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Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
Aha! Swiping cake from the cooking class again!
Miss Grundy says it looks like mice were nibbling on Jughead's cake all night. Jughead replies that's impossible because the cat slept on it.
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A Wish in Time

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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
A picnic? Oh we'd love to go along!
Betty and Veronica have a picnic without the boys but wish on their chicken wishbone that the boys were there.
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Slay It With Music

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Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Oh, Archie, ... wasn't Boone Laswoone wonderful?
Archie proves he can be romantic by stealing a jukebox from the Chok'lit Shop and playing it outside Veronica's window.
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Fountain of Ruse

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Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Reggie Mantle
No sodas, Jughead, unless you guarantee payment!
Jughead tricks Pop Tate into not paying for his sundae.
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Dry Bones

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Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
Miss Grundy, can I give you a ride home?
Miss Grundy attends a play rehearsal and thinks she is the "old skeleton" that Archie is referring to.
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Puppet Love

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Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Maybe when Archie sees these puppets he'll see how I feel about him!
Betty makes puppets of herself and Archie.
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Help Wanted

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Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews
Gee, Dad, thanks a million for helping me out with my math problems!
Mr. Andrews helps Archie with his math homework and later learns that his answers were all wrong.
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Dizzy Spell

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Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Moose Mason
Moose, in order for you to be eligible for the team you must pass this special test!
Moose takes a spelling test to be eligible for the athletic team.
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A-Hinting We Will Go

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Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
Sigh!
Mr. Lodge uses his connections at the TV station to have an "Archie go home!" sign held up on live TV.
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Black-Out

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Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews
Ah - made it in time to see the ball game on TV!
Archie's "television commercial obliterator" invention breaks the TV screen, so Mr. Andrews uses it to spank Archie.
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Idle Idea!

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Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee
Here are the slips the students put in the suggestion box Mr. Weatherbee!
Mr. Weatherbee carries out the students' suggestions — to the trash cans.
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Punk-Tuation

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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy
Yes m'am!
Miss Grundy asks Archie to punctuate a sentence.
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Music Breaker

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Jughead Jones; Mr. Fluteweed; Miss Grundy
Oh my aching ears! Why did I ever become a music teacher?
Mr. Fluteweed has a tough time with orchestra rehearsals due to absences.
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Scene Stars

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Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee
Archie, what this scene needs is some stars!
Mr. Weatherbee asks for more stars on Archie's theater set and gets them when Archie knocks a paint can on his head.
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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley
Veronica, if you had 250 apples...
Miss Grundy asks Veronica a math problem; Archie is annoying Betty; Dilton tells Veronica she overuses two words in her essay.
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Series of three three-panel gags inside back cover.
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Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Gee! If it wasn't for the mustache...
Jughead thinks he sees his aunt; Jughead tells Veronica about his uncle's bad luck; Jughead is afraid to turn in his composition on bravery.
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