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Issue: Archie Comics #62
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Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
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Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 21 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): John Goldwater
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden & Silver Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Title Page
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
Dancing is only hugging set to music, Archie --- what don't you like about it?
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Rhyme For Romance

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Bill Vigoda
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
Archie reads a corny love poem to Veronica, who likes it and kisses him. Reggie decides that stunt would work for him, too, and buys a poem from Jughead. After bragging about how he was up all night writing the poem, Reggie reads it to Veronica, who is furious, since it's the same poem that Archie read to her before.
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Penciller credit from World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #63.
Ups n' Downs

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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Jughead
Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee; Jughead Jones
When the school elevator operator is out sick, Miss Grundy recruits Jughead to run the elevator.
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Before pushbutton elevators, a person was employed to operate an elevator.
By Shnook Or Crook

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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Jenks
Mr. Lodge has some jewelry that needs repairs and puts it in the pocket of his sport coat. Unknown to him, Archie has an identical sport coat, and takes Mr. Lodge's when he leaves for the evening. When Archie finds the jewelry in his pocket, he thinks he's a kleptomaniac and will end up in prison for taking it.
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He Masked For It!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie's Pal Jughead
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Jughead is umpire for a kids' baseball game and isn't wearing a mask. After getting hit on top of the head by a foul ball, Jughead dons a mask--to cover the top of his head.
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Part comic and part public service announcement. The text stresses wearing a mask when umpiring a baseball game.
Hose Who

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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Veronica sends Archie to get a section of garden hose. He meets Moose and Midge and mentions that Veronica sent him to get some hose. Midge thinks he means nylon stockings and tells Moose he should get some for her. An embarrassed Moose goes to a lingerie shop to buy the stockings, but is seen by all the gang going in and out.
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Poison Pen

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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews
Archie thinks he's been drafted when he gets a letter that begins "Greetings from your Uncle Sam!"
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What's Buzzin'?

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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee
Miss Grundy has Archie and Jughead clean Mr. Weatherbee's office. As they are doing so, they notice a bee hive in the tree outside the office window. Archie decides to use the vacuum cleaner to get rid of the bees. They then leave for an assembly, leaving the vacuum cleaner full of angry bees for Mr. Weatherbee.
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Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
A. W. Nugent (signed)
A. W. Nugent (signed)
A. W. Nugent (signed)
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A. W. Nugent
Subject Matter
Archie Fun
Archie Andrews (cameo)
Try to spell at least 20 words...
Spell 20 words by using the music scale; What Great Name; Change one letter in a word to make a food name
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Archie headshot in logo only. This is just "Archie Fun". The other activity pages have "Page" in the title.
Pep Comics Is Clean Fun for the Whole Family!

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Pep Comics
Archie Andrews
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Original art promo for Pep Comics.
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typeset
Subject Matter
non-fiction
From Hollywood
Archie Andrews
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Hollywood movie gossip. Text with a logo illustration.
Ready Soon! Archie Annual #5

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Archie Annual
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
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Promo for Archie Annual #5 with mail-in coupon. Cover is depicted, along with original art.
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Subject Matter
Fun Page
Betty Cooper
Color Betty's gown...
Color Betty's Gown; Dizzy Quiz; The name of a famous actor; Match the two designs
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If You See This Trademark, It's Got to Be the Best!

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Subject Matter
Archie Comics
Archie Andrews (cameo); Reggie Mantle (cameo); Betty Cooper (cameo); Veronica Lodge (cameo); Ginger (cameo); Jughead Jones (cameo); Super Duck (cameo); Suzie (cameo); Wilbur (cameo); Katy Keene (cameo)
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Promo for Archie titles with head shots of the characters surrounding a large version of the "An Archie Magazine Approved Reading" brand.
Ride or Wrong

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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Archie and Jughead think Reggie has bought Moose's car. When it won't start, the pair pretend to try to fix the engine, when in reality, they are taking it apart. When Moose comes by, Archie and Jughead painfully learn that Reggie was just taking a test drive and the car, what's left of it, is still Moose's.
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Moose's girlfriend is this story is Lottie.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Ray Thompson [as Ray T.] (signed)
Ray Thompson [as Ray T.] (signed)
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Subject Matter
Pud; Dubble Bubble; Fleer
Pud; Tim; Sis; Butch
Here comes that new kid-
The new kid is tough looking. Pud makes friends with him by offering some Dubble Bubble gum.
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Ad in comic format for Dubble Bubble gum. Frank H. Fleer Corp., Philadelphia, Pa.
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Subject Matter
Archie Club
Archie Andrews (cameo)
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Promo for memberships in the Archie Club with mail-in coupon. Cost is 10 cents. Also first prize of $5.00 to Janice Brewer (Chesapeake, W. Va.) for paragraph about raising funds for a seeing eye dog for a blind girl in their neighborhood. Second prize of $3.00 to Donna Ballinger (Oakland, Calif.) for paragraph about her hobby of collecting the pinups from Archie comics.
Hot Seat

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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Mary Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Geraldine Grundy; Pop Tate
Reggie and Betty plot to make Archie late for school on the first day of the new semester so he won't get the seat by Veronica in history class. Miss Grundy unintentionally throws a wrench in the works.
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Archie Fun Page
This young man flunked four subjects.
Unscramble the words; Safety Rules; Word Ladder: Lose to Find; Match Your Wits; What's the Message
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Archie does not appear.
Wilbur Is Cooking with Gags!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Joe Edwards ?
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Subject Matter
Wilbur
Wilbur
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Original art promo for Wilbur Comics with cooking theme.
Truant False

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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
Reggie and Archie forget to do their history homework and decide the day would be a good one to play hooky by going fishing at the Old Pond. Unfortunately, that was the same spot Mr. Weatherbee used to go when he played hooky as a boy.
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