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Issue: Archie Annual #8
Publication Date: January 1956
 
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Publisher: FlagGerald G. Swan
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Indicia Publisher: Gerald G. Swan, Ltd.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 100
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Price: 24.0 pence GBQ 0-2-0
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Content Items: 41 (30 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Date suggested by use of 40 Crundale Avenue address, which only appears in other Swan publications from 1956 and by promo for 1957 albums.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: colour cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: perfect bound
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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humorous, teen
Archie
On the one hand...Jughead eats, and Reggie bleats! Boy! What troublesome pals!
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Quit Your Kitten

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humorous, teen
Archie
Doesn't he have the cutest little nose you've ever seen?? So perky!
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From Pillar to Post!

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humorous, teen
Betty and Veronica
For heaven's sake, Moose! What did you say?
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humorous, teen
Jughead
Hey! What happened to you?
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Station Break!

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humorous, teen
Archie
Archie! For heaven's sake! -- Don't you ever get off that phone? -- Veronica's been trying to call you!
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Told in pictures
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Promo for True-to-life Romances Album (Gerald G. Swan, 1955). Appears between pages 3 and 4 of Station Break!
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Mixed Fix

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humorous, teen
Archie
No answer, Arch?
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Ankles Away!

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humorous, teen
Jughead
Well, if it isn't Dr. Kildare! Expecting an accident?
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String You Sinner!

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Reggie
Ready for the chem test, Reggie?
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From Rags to Switches

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humorous, teen
Archie
Hmmmph! The way these kids dress for school is atrocious!!
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It's a Drawl

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humorous, teen
Betty and Veronica
Hmph! There goes that predatory pixie from Dixie! Always on the prowl!
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The Complete Book of Party Games

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Over 100 New Games
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Advertisement for The Complete Book of Party Games (Gerald G. Swan, 1954).
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Truce is Stranger Than Fiction!

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Archie
Perhaps I have been a bit hasty in forbidding Archie to call on you, Veronica----
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Pie in Her Eye!

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Archie
Jughead sat at the counter in the Choklit Shoppe munching a hamburger.
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Starry Eyed

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humorous, teen
Betty and Veronica
Boy! What an exciting movie!
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Rise 'n' Sign!

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humorous, teen
Reggie
Archie Andrews! -- -- He should be quintuplets, so I can hate him five times as much!!
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Easy-To-Learn Dancing

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Dale Speed-Way Video Method
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Advertisement for Easy-To-Learn Dancing (Gerald G. Swan, 1955). Appears between the first and second pages of Rise 'n' Sign.
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Oyster Stew

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humorous, teen
Jughead
Hey fellas -- join me in some delicious oysters!
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Two of the very best!!
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Promo for 1957 editions of Schoolgirls' Album (Gerald G. Swan, 1944 series) and Schoolboys' Album (Gerald G. Swan, 1944 series).
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From Hot to Cooler

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humorous, teen
Archie
Reggie! -- Reggie!! Wait till you hear the awful thing that's happened to Archie!
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The Complete Book of Space

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Over 200 illustrations
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Advertisement for The Complete Book of Space (Gerald G. Swan 1954). Appears between pages 5 and 6 of From Hot to Cooler.
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Trapped!

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humorous, teen
Reggie
But Arch! - It's sure fire! The chance of a lifetime! We can't lose!
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Gun With the Wind!

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humorous, teen
Archie
Did you hear that Reggie lost his job at the gun factory?!
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An Explosive Situation

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humorous, teen
Jughead
(Chuckle! Chuckle!) Jughead - you sly rogue!
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There Oughta Be a Law

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humorous, teen
Archie
Looking for me, Pop?
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The Complete Book of Wood-Craft

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Illustrated and simplified
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Advertisement for The Complete Book of Wood-Craft (Gerald G. Swan, 1954). Appears between pages 5 and 6 of There Oughta Be a Law.
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Special Delivery!

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humorous, teen
Betty and Veronica
How can you read those 'Lonely Hearts' columns? What trash! Strictly for morons!
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Tooth or Consequences

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humorous, teen
Jughead
Hi, Jug! All set for our picnic?
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Good Losers

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Archie
Stee-rike
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Three Must-Get-Theirs

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humorous, teen
Archie
Stop that ball-playing!
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Oven Lovin'

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Betty and Veronica
Sa-ay - isn't there something different about you today, Veronica?
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Know yourself!!
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Advertisement for the Complete Book of Fate and Fortune (Gerald G. Swan, 1955). Appears between pages 2 and 3 of Oven Lovin'.
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Plug Ugly

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humorous, teen
Reggie
D-uh! Hey Archie! How about a swimmin' race?
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Ship Shape

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Archie
I'm sorry Veronica, but I can't meet you after school!
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--- Scientists claim there is nothing new under the sun!
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Cygnet Books

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No. 1. Butterfly Shoes (Romance).
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Advertisement for Swan's Cygnet Books imprint.
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The Plot Thickens

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humorous, teen
Betty
Movies? You bet I'll go!
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Double Trouble!

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humorous, teen
Jughead
Then I'll see you Saturday night Gloria
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Let's Drop the Subject!

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Souphead
How is your cousin Jughead, Souphead?
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Top Secret

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humorous, teen
Archie
Looks like someone flipped their wig!
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[untitled]

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Parents teachers pupils all agree!
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Promo for Archie Annual (Gerald G. Swan, 1951 series) #s 6-9.

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