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Issue: Archie Comics #61
Publication Date: March 1953
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Issues: #61 of 101 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: An Archie MagazineView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/14/1953
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 23 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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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FlagArchie Comics #33 published ? as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
First Line: Look, Veronica, -- a shooting star! Make a wish!
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Wilbur Wilkin; Ginger Snapp; Katy Keene; Super Duck; Suzie; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
First Line: You don't need a rocket ship for something that's out of this world, gang!
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Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie Comics magazines featuring various characters riding a rocket ship. Headshots of characters appear to be pasted in from stories instead of original drawings. Inside front cover.
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The Gay Bird

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, nature
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate
First Line: Ahh! Here's old Carrot-Top himself!
Synopsis: Veronica gets a new bird but Archie thinks it's a new guy.
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Pages: 4
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Dubble Bubble Gum

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Feature(s): Dubble Bubble Gum
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for Dubble Bubble gum. Takes place at a high jump event.
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (signed as J.H.)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Archie Andrews
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Includes pick two designs that are exactly alike, go from boat to hook in 6-step word puzzle, draw a man, and cut-out "This book belongs to" illustration featuring Archie.
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Snow Joke

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
First Line: Boy! How about that snow out there?
Synopsis: A snowball fight at the school with Archie, Jughead, Betty, Veronica and Reggie results in Mr. Weatherbee and Miss Grundy getting hit without them seeing who did it. Mr. Weatherbee and Miss Grundy end up throwing snowballs at each other and blame one another for starting it.
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Feature(s): Laugh Comics
First Line: Read Laugh 'cause the world reads Laugh with you!
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Disclose Notes: Ad for Laugh Comics featuring a laughing globe with a top hat.
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[untitled]

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Look! Big news!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Mail-order ad for Archie's Pal Jughead Annual (Archie, 1953 series) #1 and Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica Annual (Archie, 1953 series) #1.
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May the Pest Man Win!

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Inker(s): ?
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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
First Line: Veronica darling, allow me to extend my felicitations, -- or to be completely trite about it, -- happy birthday!
Synopsis: Archie gets an ant colony in a glass tank for Veronica for her birthday. Reggie tries to sabotage it.
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Pages: 6
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Archie Andrews
First Line: Look what you get by joining the Archie Club, boys and girls!
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Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie Club membership with first-prize report from Janice Hatayama (Olaa, HI) on her Young Americans Club and second-prize report from Martin Jaffe (Dorchester, MA) on holding summer carnival to benefit polio research.
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[untitled]

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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Jughead Jones
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Includes rebus (tire), shading dotted spaces, drawing Jughead, joke, and riddles on parade.
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First Love

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
First Line: Jughead in the park with a girl?
Synopsis: Jughead goes on a date with a girl in the park.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): From Hollywood
Character(s): Archie Andrews
First Line: Flynn Tootles on a Bagpipe In New Movie
Synopsis: Blurbs about actors and actresses.
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Pages: 1.75
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[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Statement of the Ownership, Management, and Circulation required by the Act of Congress of August 24, 1912, As Amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, and July 2, 1946 (Title 39, United States Code, Section 233) of Archie Comics, published bi-monthly at St. Louis, Mo., for October 1, 1952.

1. The names and addresses of the publisher, editor, managing editor, and business managers are: Publisher, Louis H. Silberkleit, 241 Church Street, New York 13, N.Y.; Editor, John L. Goldwater, 241 Church Street, New York 13, N.Y.; Managing Editor, Harry Shorten, 241 Church Street, New York 13, N.Y.; Business Manager, Maurice Coyne, 241 Church Street, New York 13, N.Y.

2. The owner is: (If owned by a corporation, its name and address must be stated and also immediately thereunder the names and addresses of stockholders owning or holding 1 percent or more of total amount of stock. If not owned by a corporation, the names and addresses of the individual owners must be given. If owned by a partnership or other unincorporated firm, its name and address, as well as that of each individual member, must be given.) Archie Comic Publications, Inc., 241 Church Street, New York 13, N.Y.; Louis H. Silberkleit, 241 Church Street, New York 13, N.Y.; Maurice Coyne, 241 Church Street, New York 13, N.Y.; John L. Goldwater, 241 Church Street, New York 13, N.Y.

3. The known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security holders owning or holding 1 percent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities are: (If there are none, so state.) None.

4. Paragraphs 2 and 3 include, in cases where the stockholder or security holder appears upon the books of the company as trustee or in any other fiduciary relation, the name of the person or corporation for whom such trustee is acting; also the statements in the two paragraphs show the affiant's full knowledge and belief as to the circumstances and conditions under which stockholders and security holders who do not appear upon the books of the company as trustees, hold stock and securities in a capacity other than that of a bona fide owner.

5. The average number of copies of each issue of this publication sold or distributed, through the mails or otherwise, to paid subscribers during the 12 months preceding the date shown above was: (This information is required from daily, weekly, semiweekly, and triweekly newspapers only.)

LOUIS H. SILBERKLEIT, Publisher

Sworn in and subscribed before me this 1st day of October, 1952.
MAURICE COYNE, Notary Public (Commission expires March 30, 1954.)
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Whoa is Me

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, nature
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Mary Andrews
First Line: Wow! Isn't she beautiful, Jug?
Synopsis: Mr. Lodge enters his horse Blue Boy into a horse show. The horse van doesn't show up so Archie has to transport Blue Boy in a horse trailer attached to his car.
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Subject Matter
Character(s): Veronica Lodge
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Includes coloring picture of Veronica, filling blanks in titles, drawing man, word ladder (pore to cart), and rebus.
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[untitled]

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Character(s): Coach Kleats; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
First Line: Let's have a little Pep talk, gang!!
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) featuring Coach Kleats giving a pep talk to his football team.
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Play Through the Nose

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
First Line: Good grief! Either I'm seeing things or I've taken too many reducing pills!
Synopsis: Miss Grundy is putting on a school play with Veronica as the heroine. Archie and Reggie both want to be the hero in the play.
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[untitled]

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Includes coloring Veronica, challenge to circle fists in opposite directions at same time, arranging letters to form cat, and maze riddle.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Jughead Jones
First Line: Monkey business!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) featuring Jughead swapping roles with an organ grinder.
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Hot Stuff

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
First Line: Have you thought up your slogan for Fire Prevention Week yet, Archie!
Synopsis: During Fire Prevention Week, Archie's friends try to think up slogans but Archie wants to be a volunteer firefighter.
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Pages: 7
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Goodby Old Paint

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
First Line: Ow! A splinter!
Synopsis: Archie and Jughead are painting a house when Archie asks Jughead to sand the ladder and check the rungs because some of them don't look safe. Jughead decides to just paint over it.
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Disclose Notes: This is another PSA style comic story. This one warns about the dangers of just painting over a ladder because it could hide the weak spots and might make it slippery.
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Fowl Play

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones
First Line: Did you call me, Pop?
Synopsis: Archie raised two ducks from the time they were ducklings and his Dad wants to eat them for dinner.
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Pages: 4

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