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Issue: Archie #137
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Brand: Archie SeriesView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/25/1963
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 10 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Richard Goldwater
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1963 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age U.S.; then Standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Bob White
Bob White
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Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Archie, have you lost all your marbles?
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Miscellaneous
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Cave Man Casanova

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle
Harry Lucey
Harry Lucey
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Harry Lucey
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews (cameo); Archie I; Betty I; Veronica I; Jughead I; Reggie I
Archie dreams he and his friends are living as cavemen in prehistoric times.
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FlagArchie Comics Digest #1 published August 1973
as Cave Man Casanova [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
First appearance of the gang as cavemen, which would later become the "Archie I" series.
Billy Wins with Bendix

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
childrens
Bendix
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Ad in comic form for Bendix bicycle brakes.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Archie Club News
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Miscellaneous
2
Archie Club news. Promos "Archie" TV pilot with list of cast members. Also list of contest winners from "Why My Bike is Important to Me": James Houghton, Michael Goldblatt, John L. Glaze, John B. West, Richard Bernstein, Eddy Alger, Penny Spoan, Helen Ann Horton, Nanci Newman, Patrica Kirksey, Carolyn Reid, and Iris Barnes.
The Life Saver

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle
Harry Lucey
Harry Lucey
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Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Jughead engineers a series of "accidents" so that Archie can "save" Reggie and gain his appreciation.
Reprinting
FlagArchie: The Best of Harry Lucey #1 published August 2011
as The Life Saver [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
Order This! Get This Free!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Archie Annual
Archie Andrews (cameo); Betty Cooper (cameo); Veronica Lodge (cameo)
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Miscellaneous
1
Ad for Archie Annual #15 with cover repro. Mail orders for 25ยข would also receive a 1964 Archie Calendar free.
Which Is Witch?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle
Harry Lucey
Harry Lucey
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Harry Lucey
Subject Matter
supernatural, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Reggie is changed into a donkey after he offends a visitor who has learned black magic during his eight-year stay in Africa.
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Miscellaneous
6
Happy Days

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
teen
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Archie's attempts to spread good cheer backfire.
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FlagArchie: The Best of Harry Lucey #1 published August 2011
as Happy Days [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWorld of Archie Double Digest #28 [Direct Edition] published June 2013
as Happy Days [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
Color Blind

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Harry Lucey
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Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
A spoof on "Adult Coloring Books" with several "color me" gags.
Reprinting
FlagArchie Comics Digest #1 published August 1973
as Color Blind [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagArchie: The Best of Harry Lucey #1 published August 2011
as Color Blind [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Ads

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Miscellaneous
7.5
Ads for Sea-Monkeys (brine shrimp) and bike muffler (both Honor House, New York NY, inside front cover); Play Guitar in Seven Days (Ed Sale Studio, Avon By the Sea, NJ); Self-Teaching Encyclopedia (Cadillac Publishing Co., New York, NY); Guide to Hypnotism (Palmer-Jones Publishers, Newark, NJ); Home disc recorders (Honor House, Lynbrook, NY); novelties (Empire Mdsg. Co., Tuckahoe, NY); International Correspondence Schools (Scranton, Pa.); Door-to-door selling: Cloverine Brand Salve (Wilson Chemical Co., Tyrone, Pa., inside back cover); and "147 Famous Automobiles" (plastic models) for $2.49 (Auto Models, Carle Place, NY., back cover)

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