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Issue: Archie Comics #84
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Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
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Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 20 (12 stories, 1 cover)
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Betty, do you know an eight letter word that means rival?
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Miscellaneous
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Later redrawn for the cover of Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine #30.
Words Ail Me!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Mr. Lodge; Mrs. Lodge
Archie decides he needs to learn to play a musical instrument in order to serenade Veronica. The only thing he can afford is a harmonica.
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Miscellaneous
5
Worst Aid

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews
Archie needs some help with his homework. His father proves to be no help.
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Miscellaneous
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Snow Fun

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Betty and Veronica like the snow, except when it is in snowballs.
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Harem Scarem

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Jughead
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
While ice-skating, Archie discusses the various kinds of marriage.
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Comic Wastebasket

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Archie Does It
Archie Andrews (cameo)
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Miscellaneous
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Instructions on how to make a wastebasket with comics on the outside and turn surplus coat hangers into wall decorations. "Suggested by Susan and Linda Shorten, Ocean Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y." (These are Harry Shorten's daughters.)
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Smith Brothers Cough Drops
Smith Brothers
We love those cough drops...
A tuba player belts out the Smith Brothers jingle.
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Miscellaneous
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Ad in comic format for Smith Brothers Cough Drops.
All Work and No Pay

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Professor Flutesnoot; Miss Cleanly
Archie is given a job helping Professor Flutesnoot after school. The Professor is working on an experiment and keeps one door of the lab locked to keep people away from the apparatus. As expected, Archie manages to destroy the experiment.
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Miscellaneous
3.75
Wooly-Nilly

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Jughead
Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Jughead can't get to sleep and when he tries counting sheep, things get worse.
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Miscellaneous
0.25
The title is a play on the phrase "willy-nilly" (haphazardly).
Hard-Boiled Softy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Pat the Brat
Pat; his mother
Pat decides to make his own breakfast, but has so many questions it is easier for his mother to fix it herself.
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Late-Late-Late Show

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Pat the Brat
Pat; his parents
Pat sneaks down and watches television late at night.
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Two Big New Annuals!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Harry Lucey ?
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Subject Matter
Archie Giant Series
Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
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Promo for Betty and Veronica Annual #5 and Jughead Annual #5 with mail-in coupon for ordering each one for 25 cents. Covers are depicted, along with original art.
Tense and Non-tense

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee; Veronica Lodge
Mr. Weatherbee is upset that Archie and Reggie spend more time fighting than learning good grammar. Instead of fighting, the pair decide to flip a coin over Veronica, but all that does it make her mad at them.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Bob Bolling ?
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Subject Matter
Little Archie
Little Archie; Spotty (dog); Archie (cameo)
It's a hit!
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Promo for Little Archie. Cover of #2 is depicted, along with original art.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Wildroot Cream-Oil
Says he'll walk down.
A fireman on a ladder truck tries to rescue a man from a burning building.
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Miscellaneous
0.2
Ad for Wildroot Cream-Oil hair dressing illustrated with a cartoon.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Dexter Taylor ?
Dexter Taylor ?
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typeset
Subject Matter
Archie Club News
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Miscellaneous
1.4
Notice that Archie Club News has been expanded to two pages. First prize of $5.00 to Jacqueline Drew (Washington, D.C.) for article on a party they gave to needy children. Second prize of $3.00 to Joseph C. Cincotti (West Newton, Mass.) for article on his hobby of making model airplanes. Third prize of $2.00 to Lesly Tamarin (Queens Village, N.Y.) for note saying she and her friend donate comics and dolls to the local hospital. Fourth prize of $1.00 to Jerry Dubin (Los Angeles, Calif.) for note saying they sold bookmarks and gave the money to the March of Dimes. Fifth prize of $1.00 Helaine Haaland (Woodbury, Conn.) for note saying they make scrapbooks and give them to a children's hospital. Sixth prize of $1.00 to Judy Anderson (Red Wing, Minn.) for note about presenting a play for the neighborhood mothers on Mother's Day.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Archie Club
Archie Andrews (cameo)
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Miscellaneous
0.6
Promo for memberships in the Archie Club with mail-in coupon. Cost is 10 cents.
All Jerk and No Play

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Big Moose
Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Pop Tate; Betty Cooper; Midge Klump; Veronica Lodge
Moose is upset when Midge decides to join a Little Theatre Group. The play has the girls in harem costumes with veils. Midge is wearing a blonde wig and Reggie mistakes Veronica for Midge. Veronica blackmails Reggie into taking the lead for the play, but then Moose makes a play for Veronica, thinking she's Midge, and that makes Midge angry.
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Miscellaneous
4.67
A-Door-Able Gesture

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Jughead
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Jughead thinks Reggie doesn't like him.
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Miscellaneous
0.33
Purse Hurts

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
Mr. Lodge fractures his toe by dropping his wallet on it.
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Miscellaneous
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