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Issue: Little Archie #169
Publication Date: August 1981
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Issues: #169 of 127 Issues (130 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: Archie SeriesView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/02/1981
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0271000696808
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 9 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the Comic Reader #191.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US, then standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): The Little Archies [Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones]; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Pop Tate
First Line: Now I know why the Little Archies call this the big beat!
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Pages: 1
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Growling Grizzlies

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda
Synopsis: Sabrina and Aunt Hilda distract bears from campers with Hostess Fruit Pies.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Hostess Fruit Pies. Copyright © 1981 Continental Baking Company.

Lettering credit based on the distinctive look of Yoshida's G and A.
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Test Pest

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Reggie cheats on a test by copying Archie's answers, but Miss Grundy was prepared for that and catches him anyway.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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More or Less!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Character(s): Mort; Li'l Jinx
Synopsis: Mort is depressed that he'll never amount to anything.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: "A fashion thank you to: Amy Hamper, Sandwich, Ill."
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Little Archie's Fan Club
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters submitted by Nancy Bryant, Amber Young, and Shelley Graves
Page is hand-lettered, not typeset; also includes drawings of the letter writers from photographs they submitted with their letters.

Lettering credit based on the distinctive shape of Yoshida's G and A letters.
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Date Bait

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Smithers (cameo)
Synopsis: Little Jughead asks Betty on a date, but he really wants her to go on a quiz show with him to help him win big prizes.
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Pages: 6
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The Magic Treat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Character(s): Little Sabrina Spellman; Little Archie Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Betty Cooper; Little Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Miss Beazly; Mr. Weatherbee (cameo); Miss Grundy (cameo); Smithers (cameo)
Synopsis: When Veronica won't invite Jughead to her party because he eats too much, Sabrina tries to help by casting a spell that makes Juggie completely lose his appetite. However, this causes several unforeseen problems and she has to undo the spell.
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Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Art and letters submitted by Rhonda Lee Zandstra, Brian Meager, Heather McKinnon, Jenny Bernstein, Karalia Dorion, Amy Lewis, Vikki Mak, Mary Kay Albowicz, Shannon Gilliam, and Mindy Berger.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Page is hand-lettered, not typeset. Bill Yoshida credit based on the distinctive shape of the letter A (very wide with a very low crossbar).
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The Chow Horse

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Spotty; Little Veronica Lodge (dream sequence); Little Betty Cooper (dream sequence); Miss Grundy (dream sequence)
Synopsis: Annoyed that Mary invited Jughead to dinner, Fred dreams that Juggie is a centaur with an enormous appetite.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie's Double Digest Magazine #102 published September 1998
as The Chow Horse [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4

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