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Issue: Archie Comics #73
Publication Date: March 1955
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Issues: #73 of 101 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 18 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Incomplete index. Four pages missing between "A Flood of Advice" and "Cute Numbers" in the issue indexed.
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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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Assets2
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Statement of Ownership
 
 
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Archie! When am I going to stop catching you at some mischief?
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Pages: 1
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Play As You Go

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis: At a school talent contest, Archie does a Liberace imitation (as Liber-Archie), with the plan of having Jughead play a piano backstage while Archie mimes. Reggie finds out about the plan and does his best to sabotage the routine. However, the skit turns into a crowd-pleasing comedy and Archie and Jughead get first prize.
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Pages: 3.75
Disclose Notes: Listed on cover.
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Ignorance Is This

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Reggie
Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Mr. Lodge is sick, but Reggie is playing his trumpet on his front step.
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Pages: 0.25
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Fun Page
First Line: Signs of the Times
Synopsis: Signs of the Times; What's This; Can you go from "start" to "finish"; Name the state; Name the slang expression
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Flood of Advice

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Reggie makes fun of Archie for wearing rubber boots and carrying an umbrella for his date with Veronica (at Veronica's request). Archie decides to ditch the boots and umbrella, but gets caught in the rain on his way to Veronica's, which just gets him in trouble with her.
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Cute Numbers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica are having a mysterious conversation involving numbers. When Mr. Weatherbee asks what they are studying, Veronica says they are just choosing some cute boys from the football team to invite to their party. They don't know their names, so they're just choosing them by their numbers.
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Of Dopes and Dames

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Archie spends the day shoveling snow off sidewalks to earn money to take Veronica to the movies, but Veronica breaks the date to go with Reggie instead. Archie takes Betty, but the pair ends up behind Reggie and Veronica in the movie theater.
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Pages: 1.8
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Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1954

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Louis H. Silberkleit (publisher)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.2
Disclose Notes: Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1954. No circulation figures given.
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The Model Madness

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis: In hobby shop class, Archie is building a windmill out of buttons, Reggie is building a castle out of marbles, and Jughead is building a railroad engine. Each one decides to sabotage one of the other's models, leading to a fist fight.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
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 joining the Archie Club with mail-in coupon. Cost is ten cents. Also first prize of $5.00 to Karen Kerr (Damascus, Ohio) for paragraph on boys and girls in her town holding a circus and donating the proceeds to the Polio Fund. Second prize to Norma Rubenstein (Bronx, N.Y.) for paragraph on her group that does charity work.
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Feature(s): Fun Page
First Line: Two of these neckties match!
Synopsis: Match the neckties, Corn Off the Cob jokes, True or False, and Find the Circle with the Most Dots.
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Lover-Come Back

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Veronica has dropped Archie for Reggie. Jughead suggests writing fake love notes and signing other girls' names to them to make Veronica jealous.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie Giant Series
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
First Line: Calling all kids!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Jughead Annual #3 and Betty and Veronica Annual #3, with mail-in coupon. Cost is 25 cents each. Jughead Annual cover is depicted, along with a partial depiction of the Betty and Veronica Annual. There's also original art.
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Reverse Decision

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Vigoda
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason
Synopsis: Reggie has some trick glasses that make everything seem to be upside down. He slips the glasses on Moose while he's taking a nap, but the joke goes haywire after Moose wakes up.
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Feature(s): Fun Page
First Line: Try and follow the arrows from "A" to "B"
Synopsis: Follow the arrows; fill in what is missing; add the other half of each word.
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Archie Is Out of This World in His Brand New Archie's Joke Book #16

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie's Joke Book
Character(s): Archie Andrews
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Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie's Joke Book #16. Cover is depicted along with original art with an outer space theme.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
First Line: This is it, boy! This is the day!
Synopsis: Reggie calls in a loan to Archie by demanding use of his jalopy that evening. Archie plans on using Veronica's car to take her to the dance, but her father has forbidden her to drive for a month because of her bad driving. Reggie, according to his plan, then shows up and takes Veronica. Mr. Lodge then decides to let Archie borrow Veronica's car to take Betty to the dance.
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Pages: 3
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Shoot to Chill!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Montana ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Betty
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Betty is upset because Veronica often gets her picture in the newspaper. Reggie and Jughead come up with an idea to photograph Betty in a swimsuit standing in the surf on a freezing day. After getting doused by a large wave, Betty ends up recovering from pneumonia, but still doesn't get her picture in the paper.
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