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Issue: Archie Comics #72
Publication Date: January 1955
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Issues: #72 of 101 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/10/1954
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (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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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
First Line: Look a little closer, Archie!
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In Issue: FlagArchie Comics #56 published ?
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Teen-Type

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
First Line: Egad! Did you see this?
Synopsis: When Archie's father reads of a gang crime in the paper, Archie reassures him that there's only a few juvenile delinquents and they can be spotted by how they dress.
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Disclose Notes: Juvenile delinquents wear "Duck's Tail" haircuts, chauffeur's hats, black leather jackets, wide belts with with buckle at the hip, tight-fitting dungarees, and ankle-high boots. And they "smoke like fiends."
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Feature(s): Pep Comics
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
First Line: There are two ways to do things--
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Disclose Notes: Promo for Pep Comics which continues the right vs. wrong theme of the previous story.
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Let's Face It!

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee
First Line: Archie is this your painting?
Synopsis: Archie appears to be painting a mustache on a portrait of Jughead, sending Mr. Weatherbee into gales of laughter.
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We All Pick Shelby!

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Shelby Cycle Co.
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Disclose Notes: Ad in panel format for Shelby Bicycles, with mail-in coupon for brochure. Shelby Cycle Co., Cleveland, Ohio.
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Smear Campaign

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
First Line: Oh, yes, miss! All these lipsticks are smear-proof!
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica use Reggie as a guinea pig in their efforts to find smear-proof lipstick. When Betty tries to extend the experiment to Archie, Veronica objects.
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
First Line: If you enjoy your job, it makes your work lighter!
Synopsis: Archie and Jughead exchange philosophies about work.
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Christmas Is Christmas

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Mrs. Lodge; Mr. Blaine; Reggie Mantle
First Line: It was Christmas Eve, the happiest time of the year, but Archie wished that he'd drop dead.
Synopsis: On Christmas Eve, the Lodges send Archie to deliver some groceries to a family that is down on their luck.
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Character(s): Jughead Jones
First Line: Fill in the areas with the dots to find out what Jughead sees!
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? [as Al Capp]
Penciller(s): ? [as Al Capp]
Inker(s): ? [as Al Capp]
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Fearless Fosdick; Wildroot Cream-Oil
Character(s): Fearless Fosdick; Ezio
First Line: That giraffe stole my diamond necklace!
Synopsis: A giraffe swallows a woman's necklace and Fosdick thinks it's his nemesis Anyface.
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Disclose Notes: Ad in comic format for Wildroot Cream-Oil hair dressing. Strip is signed "Al Capp," but is probably not by him.
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Test of the Town

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Pop Tate; Superintendent
First Line: --And for being unruly today, you may each write a 1000-word thesis on the process of osmosis!
Synopsis: The gang is mad at Miss Grundy for being too strict. Jughead overhears the school superintendent tell Mr. Weatherbee that unless her class does well on the next day's test, Miss Grundy will be fired for not being effective. The gang thinks all they have to do is not study for the test and they will be rid of Miss Grundy. That night, all have second thoughts and end up at Jughead's house for a night of studying.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
First Line: Calling all kids! .... Be on the lookout for the new Jughead Annual #3 and Betty and Veronica Annual #3!
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Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie's Pal Jughead Annual (Archie, 1953 series) #3 and Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica Annual (Archie, 1953 series) #3 featuring a police officer issuing a radio bulletin.
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Gripe Sniper

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
First Line: Mr. Weatherbee! What in the world is all that for?
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee rigs a microphone under the bench where students sit during lunch hour. He hears Archie and Jughead talk about possibly skipping school to go ice-skating the next day. Mr. Weatherbee decides to go to the pond at dawn to catch the pair playing hooky, but nothing goes according to his plan.
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Secret Sorrow

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
First Line: So we dance out on the terrace and just as this gal kisses me I hear someone in the shadows sneeze!
Synopsis: Someone sees Archie kiss a girl (not Veronica) at a dance, but Archie doesn't know who it is. When Reggie tells him to guess what he saw at the dance last night, Archie panics and does everything Reggie tells him to do. Archie decides it's better to confess to Veronica than to take Reggie's abuse, but after he does, he finds out that Reggie didn't know anything about the stolen kiss.
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Letterer(s): ?; typeset
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Character(s): Archie Andrews (cameo)
First Line: Look what you get by joining the Archie Club, boys and girls!
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Disclose Notes: Promo for joining the Archie Club with mail-in coupon. Cost is ten cents. Also first prize of $5.00 to Ann Loiacono (Brooklyn, N.Y.) for paragraph about her class giving Christmas presents to hospitalized veterans. Second prize of $3.00 to Carol Machovec (Hillsboro, Wis.) for paragraph about her hobby of collecting paper napkins.
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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Santa Claus
First Line: Hi gang! We're almost finished with Archie's Christmas Stocking.
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Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie's Christmas Stocking (Archie Giant Series #1), with mail-in coupon. Cover is depicted, along with original art that includes Archie at a drawing board.
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Rise and Shine

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
First Line: Archie, your car is a mess!
Synopsis: Betty tells Archie his car is a mess. He buys some car polishing liquid, but has so much trouble getting the can open that he's too tired to polish the car.
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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
First Line: Hey, Arch, look here!
Synopsis: When Jughead finds a dime, Archie tells him to buy a copy of Wilbur Comics rather than spend it on an ice cream cone.
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Disclose Notes: Promo in comic format for Wilbur Comics. Cover of Wilbur Comics #58 is depicted. Redrawn from promo for Suzie Comics that ran in several issues in September and October 1951.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Barbara McGowan (story idea); Molly Bill (story idea)
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Katy Keene; Sis; Louis Rezzonico
First Line: Yummee! I like that lettering
Synopsis: Sis can't open her mouth and Katy takes her to the dentist to see what's the matter.
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Disclose Notes: Story sent in by Barbara McGowan (Santa Barbara, CA) and Molly Bill (Santa Barbara, CA); Katy's head and lettering by Miffen Hunt (Las Cruces, NM); Sis's pose, outfit, etc. by Ronna Rae Riley (Allentown, PA); Katy's dress by Dianne Star (Norwood, Manitoba); suit by Eleanor Bailey (Tucson, AZ); Sis's dress and candy cane lettering by Winnie Buzinskis (Elmere, DE).

Louis Rezzonico, the dentist in the story, was a real dentist practicing in Santa Barbara, CA at the time of publication.
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Watch the Birdie

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
First Line: Where's The 'Bee' going with Archie and Jughead?
Synopsis: Archie, Jughead and Mr. Weatherbee go bird-watching. When they disagree on identifying a bird, Mr. Weatherbee offers to bet a dollar he's right, but the bird snatches the bill from his hand to use for its nest.
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Delicious for Folks of Action!

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Feature(s): Baby Ruth; Curtis Candy Co.
Synopsis: A boy rides a bucking colt as he praises the Baby Ruth candy bar for giving him lots of energy.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover. Illustrated ad with word balloons for Baby Ruth candy bars. Curtiss Candy Company.

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