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Issue: Archie's Pal Jughead #73
Publication Date: June 1961
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Issues: #73 of 125 Issues (130 Printings)
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
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Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/06/1961
Volume:
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 11 (7 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1961 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US, then Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Jughead! Why are you such a woman-hater? There's no harm in running after girls!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Redrawn from the cover of Archie's Pal Jughead #26
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Backfire

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Judy
Synopsis: Jughead meets Judy, who dislikes boys as much as Jughead dislikes girls. The two hit it off, but make the mistake of kissing, which has no effect on Jughead, but makes Judy fall in love with Jughead. That doesn't work out.
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Feature(s): Roy & Al - The U.S. Royal Twins; U.S. Royal Bicycle Tires
Character(s): U. S. Royal Twins [ Roy; Al]
First Line: With these U.S. Royals it's like riding on a cloud!
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Disclose Notes: Ad for U.S. Royal bicycle tires illustrated with a cartoon. United States Rubber, Indianapolis 6, Ind.
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Practice Makes Perfect

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Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: The girls are dumbfounded as they watch Archie verbally abuse and throw a few items at a passive Jughead. When they go to intervene, they find Jughead is practicing to be a baseball umpire.
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Lazy Man's Work

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Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: Jughead uses wordplay to get Archie and Reggie to buy hamburgers for him.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: In the last panel, Archie refers to events that happened "six pages ago."
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Here Are Six Reasons Why I Know You'll Enjoy the Big, New Archie Annual #13

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Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie Annual #13 with mail-in coupon. Premium is free 1962 Archie Pin-Up calendar. Cover is depicted, along with head shots of six characters.
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The Band Played On

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Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: Jughead has a large rubber band to hold his books together. However, no matter what he does, the band snaps free and lands on Mr. Weatherbee's nose.
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Dog Heroes

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Genres: non-fiction
Synopsis: The tale of a Doberman Pinscher named Andy, who was a hero for the United State Marines against the Japanese in the battle of the Solomon Islands in World War II.
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Think!

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Synopsis: Shrimpy says hello to a girl and is yelled at for interrupting her thinking.
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Definitely Superior!

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Synopsis: Shrimpy gets in an argument with a girl who says girls are superior.
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Don't Call Us

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Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: Archie makes the mistake of using Veronica's phone to make a date with Betty. Jughead suggests making a date with Veronica from Betty's phone and Archie is dumb enough to do it.
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Pages: 6

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