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Issue: Archie #130
Publication Date: August 1962
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Issues: #130 of 565 Issues (998 Printings)
Title:
Is Variant Variant: 15¢
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/01/1962
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
11 (6 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: A test market variant, with 15¢ cover price of a general distribution issue with 12¢ cover price. On-sale date from 1962 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
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate
First Line: I think this push-button age is getting out of hand!
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Pages: 1
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The Reject

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Mr. Andrews [Fred]; the Ravens [Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Big Moose Mason; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge] (a group of imaginary juvenile delinquents)
Synopsis: After he soaps Pop Tate's window, Archie is convinced he's a juvenile delinquent. Mr Andrews convinces him he's not when Archie fails a juvenile delinquent test.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Promising

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Li'l Jinx's parents [Merry Holliday; Hap Holliday]
Synopsis: Li'l Jinx's dancing teacher tells her she's a promising student.
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Pages: 1
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The Peril

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Jughead and Archie are talking about science fiction when Betty's large jello slips away from her. Archie thinks its the Blob!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: "The Blob" movie was released in 1958.
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Weights and Measures

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge [Hiram]
Synopsis: Archie creates a gag gift for Professor Flutesnoot: a hollowed book filled with lead pellets for "heavy reading". But when Mr. Lodge can't pick up the book, he thinks his diet has made him weak.
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Pages: 6
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The Secret Is Out!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie Annual
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie Annual #14 with mail-in coupon. Premium is 1963 Archie Pin-Up Calendar. Cover is depicted, along with an interior panel from the annual.
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Odd Ball

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee [Waldo]; Miss Grundy [Geraldine]
Synopsis: Reggie tricks Archie into being a ticket collector at a dance, leaving Veronica free for Reggie to date.
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Pages: 5
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Fun with the Popsicle Kids

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Popsicle Kids; Popsicle
Character(s): Popsicle Kids
Synopsis: The kids show off the baseball glove and gold chain necklace that they received by sending in Popsicle wrappers.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad in comic format for Popsicle frozen treats.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie Club News
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Pages: 1.5
Disclose Notes: First prize of $5.00 to Mark O'Brien (Holyoke, Mass.) for article on biology. Second prize of $3.00 to Laura Kally (Villa Park, Ill.) for article on Braille. Third prize of $2.00 to Laura Lessard (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) for article about the skunk. Fourth prize of $1.00 to Melinda Ellen Miller (Jericho, N.Y.) for three jokes. Fifth prize of $1.00 to Blanche Mazur (Pompton Lakes, N.J.) for five jokes.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
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 memberships in the Archie Club with mail-in coupon. Cost is 15 cents.
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His Own Worst Enemy

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Big Moose Mason (cameo); Midge Klump (cameo)
Synopsis: When Archie runs into a tree, he starts having a conversation with a ghostly twin.
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Pages: 5

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