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Issue: Archie Annual #9
Publication Date: January 1957
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Issues: #9 of 26 Issues (31 Printings)
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Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
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Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 100
ISBN:
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Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 25 (16 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US, latter issues standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint
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Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
First Line: Heh! Heh! All Archie can see is trouble!
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Leaders in Laughs

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Feature(s): Archie Giant Series
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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Promo for "Archie Quarter Comics," with mail-in coupon. Issues available are Archie Annual #9, Archie's Pals 'n' Gals #6, Jughead Annual #5, Betty and Veronica Annual #5, Katy Keene Annual #4, and Archie's Christmas Stocking #4. Covers are depicted in small size.
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For Betty or Worse

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Archie makes a date with Betty, but Betty thinks Veronica will make Archie cancel for a ride in her new car. Betty sabotages Veronica's car. After Archie and Jughead spend the afternoon fixing it, Betty hides in the trunk to surprise Archie and Veronica. But when she pops out, all she finds is Jughead who is taking the car on a test run.
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Scent Sore

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis: Veronica has an exclusive perfume made for her, which makes Betty jealous. Jughead is trying to invent an insecticide for roses, but his concoction ends up smelling just like Veronica's perfume. Betty takes advantage of the similarity to come up with a scheme to make Archie think Veronica is playing around with other boys.
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Past Performance!

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Mrs. Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Veronica and her parents are spending the summer in a rented cabin. They find a trunk of turn of the century women's clothes that was left in the cabin. When the rest of the gang arrives for a visit, Veronica plays a nasty trick on Betty by hiding her suitcase and forcing her to wear the out-dated clothes in the trunk. However, the antique clothes attract the attention of a handsome young man, ruining Veronica's plan.
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Slap Happy

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Reggie tries to convince Archie that women like to be treated roughly. Archie and Veronica decide to trick Reggie with a stunt where Archie pretends to slap Veronica and Veronica claps her hands behind her back to provide a sound effect. They perform the stunt twice, knowing Reggie is hiding and watching. Reggie thinks that Archie did hit Veronica and decks Archie, thinking that will get him in good with her. Instead, Veronica decks him. Reggie now believes that girls do like the rough stuff, so when he sees Betty, he casually gives her a backhand slap. She responds with a fist to his face.
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Disclose Notes: While Archie hitting Veronica is faked, Reggie does actually hit Betty (off-panel).
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Character(s): Little Archie; Little Betty; Little Veronica
First Line: The new 100 page edition is on sale now!
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Little Archie's Animal Land

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Feature(s): Little Archie in Animal Land
Character(s): Little Archie
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Disclose Notes: Promo for Little Archie in Animal Land, featuring original art with Little Archie on a Noah's Ark with animals.
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A Loan and Blue!

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Reggie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Reggie gives a lecture every time someone wants to borrow anything. After Veronica borrows Reggie's tennis racquet and accidentally ruins it, the gang is sitting through another lecture when Jughead discovers that the racquet was one that Reggie had borrowed from Veronica years before.
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Butterfly Crossword Puzzle

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Feature(s): Archie Fun Page
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Voice and Girls Together

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Vilma
Synopsis: Archie and Reggie are lovesick over the new girl Vilma. Betty and Veronica try pampering the boys, but that doesn't work. Jughead ends up being the solution to the problem when Vilma flips over him.
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This One Has Everything!

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Feature(s): Archie's Pals 'n' Gals
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
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Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie's Pals 'n' Gals #6, with mail-in coupon. Cover is depicted, along with original art.
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Man's Best Friend

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Reggie
Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones (cameo); Moose Mason (cameo); Midge Klump (cameo)
Synopsis: Reggie torments a dog in a pet shop window. Later Veronica buys the dog and Reggie keeps tormenting it. Veronica, unaware of the abuse, gives the dog to Reggie for his birthday and the dog gets his revenge.
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Weak End

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Reggie keeps jumping to conclusions and thinks Archie is going away for the weekend and Veronica will be free to date him. It doesn't work out that way.
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Gemini Crickets

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie's Pal Jughead
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
Synopsis: Jughead's horoscope says today will be his lucky day. Instead he gets caught up in a scheme by Midge to teach Moose not to be so jealous.
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Disclose Notes: In this story, Jughead's horoscope sign is Gemini.
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Fancy Pants

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Pop Tate; Reggie Mantle
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Mutual Aggravation Society

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Veronica says she and Archie are compatible because of "true love." Betty tests the theory by sending Jughead over for the afternoon, figuring if Veronica can stand Jughead when he's a complete nuisance, it's only because he's Archie's pal.
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This One Tops 'em All

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Character(s): Santa Claus
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Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie's Christmas Stocking #4, with mail-in coupon. Cover is depicted, along with original art of Santa.
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Feature(s): Archie Fun Page
First Line: Can you find the two leaves that are exactly alike on this tree?
Synopsis: Find the alike leaves; riddle on parade; Veronica's lending library; add up the numbers.
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Clothing Dummy

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis: Every time Betty buys a new dress, Veronica buys the same style and comes up with a scheme to make Betty takes hers back. Betty finally catches on and gets her revenge.
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Fin-Angled!

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Archie tries to keep Veronica away from Reggie at the beach. He comes up with a plan where Jughead wears a fin while scuba-diving and pretends to be a shark in order to impress Veronica. After going through with the stunt, he finds that the shark was real.
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Mooseketeer

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Reggie
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
Synopsis: Jughead convinces Reggie that Moose, like all bullies, is a coward at heart. He uses padding and makeup to make Reggie look like a thug, figuring Moose will flee. However, Midge has made Moose promise not to fight anyone smaller than him, so when this large character appears on the scene; Moose thinks it's ok to demolish him.
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Tongue Blade Log Cabin

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Feature(s): Archie Does It
Character(s): Archie Andrews (host)
Synopsis: cabin made of tongue depressors; how to use a coping saw; an aid for using a kitchen knife
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Fan My Brow

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie's Pal Jughead
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee thinks it's too hot to grade the final exams. The gang is upset when Jughead brings a window fan for Mr. Weatherbee's office, but there's a method to his madness.
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Disclose Notes: "Fan my brow" was teen slang from the 1930s, often used in the Harold Teen newspaper strip.
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Phony Pony

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Archie plans on attending a masquerade party as a cowboy riding a horse, but Jughead and Reggie don't want to play the part of his horse. He manages to come up with a substitute.
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