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Issue: Archie Annual #14
Publication Date: January 1963
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Issues: #14 of 26 Issues (31 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: Archie Giant SeriesView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/28/1962
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 21 (15 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1962 Books and Pamphlets, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US, latter issues standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding:  
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Archie, tell us who you think are more attractive!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Other Archie titles of the time advertised this cover and claimed that this was the issue where "Archie makes his choice!" But, as usual, he doesn't; the cover doesn't even correspond to any story in the issue.
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Image Scrimmage

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Moose Mason
Synopsis: Archie's reflection decides to step out of the mirror and see what it's like to live Archie's real life.
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Pages: 10
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Green Thumbs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis: Archie and Reggie try to plant a tree in Mr. Lodge's backyard.
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1.5
Disclose Notes: First prize of $5.00 to Ronald Cohen (Brooklyn, N.Y.) for article about the FBI. Second prize of $3.00 to Mary Helen Autin (Raceland, La.) for article about birds. Third prize of $2.00 to E. Nashak (Glendale, N.Y.) for article about elephants. Fourth prize of $1.00 to Wanda Day (Valdez, Alaska) for article about Siamese cats. Fifth prize of $1.00 to Ronni Light (Los Angeles, Calif.) for three jokes.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie Club
Character(s): Archie Andrews (cameo)
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Promo for memberships in the Archie Club with mail-in coupon. Cost is 15 cents.
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Party Wise

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Shrimpy; un-named kid
Synopsis: Shrimpy's younger friend has been invited to his first party and Shrimpy tries to prepare him for it.
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Pages: 1
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Past 'n' Present

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Little Moose Mason; Ambrose Pipps; Little Archie; Little Reggie; Little Betty; Little Veronica
Synopsis: While waiting for Archie and Reggie to arrive to take them out for a date, Betty and Veronica remember the first time the boys came to pick them up to take them to a dance: they stopped to play follow-the-leader with the boys, and wound up at Ronnie's house late and muddy. In the present, the same thing happens to Archie and Reggie, but for a different reason.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Bob Bolling's first story combining the Little Archie and "big" Archie universes. (Another story in this vein, by Dexter Taylor, had already appeared in Archie Giant Series #18.)
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[untitled]

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Character(s): Little Archie; Little Betty; Little Veronica; Little Jughead
First Line: Yep! Everybody's reading and coloring Little Archie for free
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for subscriptions to Little Archie with a mail-in coupon. Cost is four issues for $1.00 with a premium of a Little Archie coloring book. Cover to the coloring book is depicted along with original art.
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Hot and Cold

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Shrimpy; dark-haired girl
Synopsis: One of Shrimpy's friends sells the breeze from a deflating balloon as "air conditioning."
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Pages: 0.5
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The Write Time

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Shrimpy; Daphne
Synopsis: While sitting in an inflatable swimming pool, Shrimpy starts writing his letter to Santa Claus.
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Grundy On the Brain

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee
Synopsis: Miss Grundy has cotton in her ears and keeps mis-hearing everything people say.
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Pages: 5.75
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Romantically Yours

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Betty asks Archie if he objects to kissing.
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Pages: 0.25
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The Escort

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Dumbo; Dumbo's mom
Synopsis: Moose befriends a monster named Dumbo and walks home with him.
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Pages: 6
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Moon Madness

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, science fiction, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moon girls
Synopsis: Two girls from the moon go out on dates with Archie and Reggie.
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Pages: 3
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Note the Difference

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate (cameo); Miss Grundy (cameo); Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis: Archie puts a note in a textbook, thinking it's Veronica's. But it's Betty's book and she thinks Archie meant to invite her to the dance. Betty is thrilled, but Veronica isn't. Archie tries to think of a way out.
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Pages: 6
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Dirty Pool

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Eileen; Rita
Synopsis: Reggie wanted Rita for a steady, but she played hard to get.
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Pages: 0.5
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A La Carte

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Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: While eating with Betty at Pop's, Reggie has other things on his mind.
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My Puzzling Pal

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Jughead wonders why Archie is in strenuous training.
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Pages: 2
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United Notions

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee assigns Archie and Reggie to be study mates, hoping that they'll be forced to work together and get over their rivalry. Instead, they just turn fighting into a method of studying.
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Pages: 6
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Dig This Crazy Offer!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie's Pals 'n' Gals
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for subscriptions to Archie's Pals 'n' Gals, with mail-in coupon. Four issues for $1.00 plus a free bonus issue.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie; U. S. Royal
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
First Line: Did You Know This-
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Disclose Notes: Back cover. Archie, Betty and Veronica admire the U.S. Royal bicycle tire made by United States Rubber, Cycle Tire Division, Indianapolis, Ind. This ad appears in half-page versions on the interior of other issues.

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