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Issue: Wilbur Comics #87
Publication Date: November 1959
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Issues: #87 of 90 Issues
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: 08/17/1959
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 10 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Last issue before hiatus.
On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, July-December 1959, page 385, registration number B804927.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.
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
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin; Laurie Lake; Sheldon Broadbeam
First Line: Wilbur, why don't you tell Laurie to move? She's ruining your view!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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South of the Boarder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin; Laurie Lake; Linda Moore; Sheldon Broadbeam; Alec; Eustace B. Culpepper
Synopsis: Wilbur, Alec, and Sheldon try to get rid of Laurie's southern guest, Eustace B. Culpepper.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #228 [Direct Edition] published June 2012
as South Of The Boarder [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Best Catch

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx Holliday; Hap Holliday
Synopsis: Li'l Jinx hangs up her best catch of the season-a baseball.
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Pages: 1
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The Story of Frankie Avalon: Part Two

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, informational, non-fiction
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Article on the later years of Frankie Avalon.
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An Ounce of Bounce

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin; Laurie Lake; Linda Moore; Alec; Pepper Magee
Synopsis: Linda and Alec scheme to make Laurie act like Pepper, who Wilbur greatly dislkies.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #225 [Newsstand] published March 2012
as An Ounce of Bounce [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: This is not the same Pepper that would later appear in Doyle and DeCarlo's She's Josie (Archie, 1963 Series).
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Handle With Care

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin; Linda Moore; Laurie Lake; Alec
Synopsis: Linda tries to get Wilbur to play hard-to-get so that Laurie will break up with him and Linda can date him.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #225 [Newsstand] published March 2012
as Handle With Care [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Stripped Gears

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Tiny
Character(s): Tiny
Synopsis: Tiny drives recklessly and is pulled over by a cop.
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Pages: 1
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Water on the Brain

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Tiny
Character(s): Tiny; Wilbur Wilkin; Sheldon Broadbeam; Slats Morgan; Laurie Lake
Synopsis: Tiny thinks that the chemical formula for water is the letters from H to O.
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In Content Item: FlagWilbur Comics #90 published October 1965
as Water on the Brain [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagArchie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #226 [Direct Edition] published April 2012
as Chemical Imbalance [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled Chemical Imbalance
Reprint Notes:  
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Pages: 0.5
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Something Fishy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin; Pop's
Synopsis: When Wilbur orders fish because it is brain food, Pop's suggests buying a whale.
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In Content Item: FlagWilbur Comics #90 published October 1965
as Something Fishy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagArchie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #226 [Direct Edition] published April 2012
as Something Fishy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Bubble Trouble

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin; Sheldon Broadbeam; Linda Moore; Laurie Lake; Alec; Mr. Moore
Synopsis: Alec puts bubbles into the drinks at Linda's party.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #224 [Direct Edition] published January 2012
as Bubble Trouble [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6

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