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Genres: teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews

First Line: Archie, sit down! Just as soon as I get my hat and coat off, I'll make a bite to eat!

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How're You Fixed for Blades

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Penciller(s): Harry Lucey ?

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Genres: teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doiley; Mr. Weatherbee; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis: Archie talks Mr. Weatherbee into having the faculty attend an ice-skating get-together on Saturday, not realizing that Archie's ulterior motive is make the faculty so tired and sore from skating that they won't be able to come to school on Monday.

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Notes: Listed on cover. The title is a tagline from 1950s TV commercials for Gillette razor blades.

Takes Two to Tangle

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Penciller(s): Harry Lucey

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Genres: teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason

Synopsis: Archie and Reggie have a fight to decide to who will take Veronica to the dance. Reggie wins easily, which causes Archie to practice boxing with Jughead. At the dance, Archie tries to take Veronica home, thinking he can now beat Reggie. Unfortunately, Veronica didn't come to the dance with Reggie.

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Pages: 4

Notes: Listed on cover.

Nothing Secret

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Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Miss Grundy; Reggie Mantle (cameo)

Synopsis: Archie is upset with Betty because she can't keep a secret.

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Anty-Social!

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Writer(s): Frank Doyle ?

Penciller(s): Bob Montana ?

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Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones

Synopsis: Jughead spends weeks teaching an ant to do tricks, but when he and Archie take the ant to the booking agent, things go badly.

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Feature(s): Archie Fun Page

Character(s): Archie Andrews (host)

First Line: Shade in the rest of this silhouette cow.

Synopsis: A circle picture; shade in the silhouette cow; a star crossword puzzle.

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False Alarm

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Genres: childrens, humorous

Feature(s): Pat the Brat

Character(s): Pat; his father

Synopsis: Pat sees smoke coming out of the house window and uses a garden hose--to put out his father's cigar.

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A Cool Out

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Genres: childrens, humorous

Feature(s): Pat the Brat

Character(s): Pat; his father; Bill

Synopsis: Pat gets in trouble when he hits a boy with a snowball.

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Ski Sketch

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Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie's Rival Reggie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis: When Archie forgets his ski poles on his first outing on skis, Reggie brings him something he thinks will be better--a pair of crutches.

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Hidden Assets

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Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper

Synopsis: Archie is complaining to Betty about the money Veronica spends on beauty treatments.

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Set Straight

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Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica

Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis: A plain girl complains that Betty and Veronica only think about boys. Betty responds with a catty comment.

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Clean-Up Spot

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Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie's Pal Jughead

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones

Synopsis: Archie and Reggie are mopping the halls. Jughead gets to clean up the cafeteria.

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The Acid Test

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Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Professor Flutesnoot; Reggie Mantle (cameo); Betty Cooper (cameo)

Synopsis: Professor Flutesnoot asks Archie to identify the formula HNO3.

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Dots a Plenty

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Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica

Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis: Veronica and another girls talk about liking a polka-dot dress they just saw. However, when Betty comes in the Choklit Shoppe wearing that dress, the two decide they don't like it.

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Clear Sailin'

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Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis: Archie and Veronica are snuggling on the couch when they get interrupted by the telephone.

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A Brush with Fate

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Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Jughead

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis: Jughead tells Archie how his uncle fell off a scaffold.

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The Prose and Cons

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Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie's Pal Jughead

Character(s): Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews (cameo); Betty Cooper (cameo); Veronica Lodge (cameo); Reggie Mantle (cameo)

Synopsis: Miss Grundy asks Jughead to tell the difference between prose and poetry.

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Feature(s): Archie Fun Page

First Line: Copy me -

Synopsis: Copy me; fill each blank; Tic! Tac! Toe!; copy the squares; connect the dots; pick the two designs that are alike.

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Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

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Feature(s): Fearless Fosdick; Wildroot Cream-Oil

Character(s): Fearless Fosdick; Arthur

First Line: If youse can lick our -chuckle!- new member...

Synopsis: Fosdick has to fight an octopus in a boxing match.

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Pages: 0.25

Notes: Ad in comic format for Wildroot Cream-Oil hair dressing.

Rough Remorse!

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Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis: Archie and Reggie are waiting behind a billboard to beat up Jughead for snitching to the teacher. However, when he doesn't show, they hope nothing happened to him.

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Furnished Ruin

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Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Duncan Fife; Pop Tate

Synopsis: Moose is mad because he overheard Midge say Duncan Fife was a swell dresser. Archie and Reggie tell him that Duncan Phyfe is a type of furniture. Moose thinks he'll play a joke on Midge by inviting her to bring "Duncan Fife" to the Chocklit Shoppe, but Archie and Reggie are the ones who pay when Midge does show up with a real Duncan Fife.

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Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Reggie

Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones

First Line: Ha! Ha! Some fisherman! Two left shoes!

Synopsis: Reggie ribs Jughead about catching two shoes while fishing, but Jughead has the perfect answer.

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Feature(s): Archie Club

Character(s): Archie Andrews (cameo)

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Notes: Promo for joining the Archie Club with mail-in coupon. Cost is 10 cents. Also first prize of $5.00 to Nancy Adamski (Buffalo, N.Y.) for paragraph about putting on a roller-skating show to raise funds for the March of Dimes. Second prize of $3.00 to Carole Walpert (Pacoima. Calif.) for paragraph about her Girl Scout group helping with the local Optimist Club.

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Feature(s): Archie Doodles

First Line: A bald man reading a newspaper.

Synopsis: Abstract designs that represent common activities.

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Feature(s): Did You Ever See a...

First Line: Book Jacket

Synopsis: Drawings of common phrases taken literally: book jacket; paper weight; pair of slippers; boot tree; cream pitcher; basket ball.

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Feature(s): Is That a Fact?

First Line: The World's Highest Jumper

Synopsis: Brief articles about "The World's Highest Jumper," "Driving a Car Under Water," "Cooking with Ice," Snakes of Glass," "The Climbing Fish," and "Floating Fat."

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Pages: 1.8

Notes: The title illustration features bugs drawn in the style of those in Walt Kelly's Pogo comic strip.

Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1955

Statement of Ownership on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Louis H. Silberkleit (publisher)

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Pages: 0.2

Notes: Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1955. No circulation figures given.

Stutter Nonsense

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Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Reggie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate; Sam

Synopsis: Reggie makes fun of Sam, who stutters, but Sam gets the last laugh.

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Fit to Be Tied!

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Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate

Synopsis: Somebody swipes Archie's jacket at the Chocklit Shoppe. After describing the jacket, Archie doesn't get much sympathy from Pop.

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Here They Come Again!

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Feature(s): Archie Giant Series

Character(s): Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

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Notes: Promo for Jughead Annual #4 and Betty and Veronica Annual #4, with mail-in coupon. Covers are depicted, along with original art.

Phone Flub

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Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis: Archie tries to make Veronica jealous with a fake phone call, but is exposed when a repairman comes to fix the pay phone, which has been out of order all day.

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Notes: A copy of Laugh Comics is in a rack in panel four.