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Issue: Archie Comics #66
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Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/10/1953
Volume: 1
Pages: 44
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 33 (15 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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teen
Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
That Reggie is a meatball!
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Art credits from Archie 1000 Page Comics Explosion (Archie, 2014 series).
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Premiums or cash commission
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Ad for people to sell White Cloverine salve.
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To Have and to Hold!

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humorous, teen
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Ever notice how silly Archie looks whenever he's near Veronica?
Jughead tells Betty about an old trick women use to get a man to put his arms around her.
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A Colorful Situation!

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humorous, teen
Suzie; Ferdie
Here I am Ferdie! All set to help you paint your wagon!
Suzie is here to help Ferdie paint his car, but he only has a half-can of yellow and a half-can of purple.
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Yogi Berra
This Christmas ask mom and dad for a Shelby, the winner's bike
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Strange Things

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Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Archie Andrews
Hey Pop! Take off the cherries... I like my sundaes with olives on top!
Jughead likes olives on his sundaes.
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Snap Happy

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humorous, teen
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee; Jughead Jones
How's this, Archikins?
Upset by the attention Veronica is giving to Archie's new camera, Reggie buys a trick camera that shoots out a cloud of soot with plans to switch the trick camera and Archie's camera. Unfortunately, he runs into Mr. Weatherbee, who wants a photo, before he has the chance.
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Pencils previously thought to be Joe Edwards; they match Frese's work.
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Shoe Styles Story

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humorous, informational
Katy Keene; Sis
Sis, I'm going downtown to buy a new pair of shoes -- I'll stop at the delicatessen to buy some spaghetti sauce for dinner!
Sis accidentally confuses deliveries of Katy's spaghetti sandals and spaghetti from the grocer and boils the shoes.
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Katy's outfit by Jean Polston (Whiteville, NC); Katy's pose, shoe store, etc. by Beverly Hultman (Highmore, SD); Sis's outfit by Ethel Kura (Los Angeles, CA); sandals by Sylvia Brown (Hawkesbury, Ontario).
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Look! Merry Christmas to me!
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Ad for Columbia bicycles.
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One Man'$ Opinion!

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humorous, teen
Hooky Hogan; Archie Andrews
Hey Arch, wait for me!
Hooky Hogan wants to pay back the 50 cents he owes Archie.
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Too Fresh

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Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Oh stop complaining, Archie!! ...This restaurant doesn't look like much but the food is fresh... ...and cheap!!!
Jughead and Archie order hot dogs at a cheap, grimy restaurant and leave when they hear barks from the kitchen.
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Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
Repeat performance
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Promo for the second issues of both the Jughead Annual and the Betty and Veronica Annual.
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Prom Here to Eternity

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Jacqueline; Mr. Johnson; Janice; Snorky; Jimmy
From the moment Jacqueline walked into the classroom and set eyes on him, she was gone.
Jacqueline has eyes for the new biology teacher and she wants him to take her to the prom.
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Similar plot to "Smellbound" in Ginger (Archie, 1951 series) #1.
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Ray Thompson
Ray Thompson
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childrens, jungle
Dubble Bubble Gum
Pud; Tim
Let's hurry - we'll make the native village by nightfall -
Pud and company are in the jungle.
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A Simple Drawing Lesson

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Pencil Fun
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How to draw a rabbit, and a connect the dots puzzle.
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Fun Page
Archie Andrews
How many objects starting with C can you find?
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Three activities: Find the objects beginning with C, help Archie find Veronica's tent, what does the message say?
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Suzie; Suzie's father; Ferdie; Gregory Van Dripp; Uncle Blunderbuss
Suzie "the dreamboat special" is docked again at your favorite newsstand!
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Promo for Suzie Comics (Archie, 1945 series) featuring an anthropomorphic globe dreaming of a giant Suzie riding a U.S.S. Suzie boat.
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The Plight That Failed!

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humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Coach Kleats; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Stromboli; Cziziak; Pasternik
How does our football team look for this year Coach?
Mr. Weatherbee tells Coach a few tricks his old coach used to use to get the clunkers to avoid trying out for the team.
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Make your own oil painting on canvas!
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Ad for an oil paint by numbers kit with 35 cents and a Smith Bros. Wild Cherry Cough Drop box front.
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Super Duck
Out of this world!
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Promo for Super Duck Comics (Archie, 1944 series) featuring Super Duck orbiting the Earth in a rocket ship.
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Off the Cuff!

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humorous, teen
Marvo; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
Go on up, Jug! He's looking for a stooge! Don't be scared Juggie!
Jughead volunteers to go onstage with Marvo the Magician.
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I A-Door You!

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Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Mr. Cooper; Pop Tate
Oh dear! I must hurry! I have a skating date with Reggie!
Archie is in trouble with Veronica's dad, so Betty invites him over to her house.
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Archie Andrews
Look what you get by joining the Archie Club, boys and girls!
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Promo for Archie Club membership with first-prize report from Carmina Dellundi (Vedado, Habana, Cuba) about donating Archie Comics to the Habana Invalid Children's Hospital and second-prize report from Darryl Bulzomi (Lorain, OH) on raising money for new municipal youth center.
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Ginger Snapp
What's the recipe for Ginger Comics?
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Promo for Ginger (Archie, 1951 series) featuring Ginger cooking the recipe for the series.
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A Fool and His Honey

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humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Why Veronica! Fancy meeting you here! This is my lucky day!
Archie meets Veronica at the carnival and is thrilled when she wants to kiss him.
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A Good Buy

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Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
A birthday gift for a friend! What did you have in mind, sir!
Archie looks for a birthday gift for Jughead in a music shop.
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AMF Roadmaster gives you extra features... extra fun... extra Merry Christmas!
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Fun Page
Paul Revere; Wilbur Wilkin
Here's a trick historical question
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A historical question about Paul Revere, a dot-to-dot puzzle and name the figure from the drawings.
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Wilbur Wilkin
How's your arithmetic, gang? Well you don't have to be an Einstein to come up with the correct answer on this one!
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Promo for Wilbur Comics (Archie, 1944 series) featuring Wilbur adding up the formula for his eponymous series on a blackboard.
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A Sign of the Times

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humorous, teen
Miss Grundy; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Class, I'm putting up this sign...
Miss Grundy tells the class to think and Archie thinks of Veronica.
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Archie Returns

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humorous, teen
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
If Veronica refuses you the date, you're gonna pretend to jump, huh?
When Veronica refuses to save every dance for Archie he jumps off Lover's Leap.
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Bob Hope
Draw Bob Hope!
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Good kids with smart dads get Santa's finest bikes - Schwinn!
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