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Issue: Life with Archie #159
Publication Date: July 1975
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Issues: #159 of 286 Issues (363 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: Archie SeriesView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US; later standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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Joker's Wild

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, mystery, teen
First Line: This is awful, Archie! I wonder who is pulling all these practical jokes!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: 'Look who's smiling now!'
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for courses offered by La Salle Extension University.
Inside front cover.
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Go West Young Men

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: historical, humorous, teen
Character(s): Montgomery (cameo); Ward (cameo); Sunny (cameo, parody of Sonny Bono); Chair (cameo, parody of Cher)
First Line: Look, are you gonna believe history books that confuse the issue with facts and research and things like that? ...Or are you gonna believe us, your friendly neighborhood story tellers?
Synopsis: Archie and Jughead are cowboys in the old west, helping to "find the West".
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Two-part story, continued in this issue.
Includes indicia at bottom of first page.
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The Holdup

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, humorous, teen
Character(s): Spike
First Line: OK, Spike, those two dudes look loaded!
Synopsis: A mugging is foiled due to the crooks' taste for Hostess Fruit Pies.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Apple, Cherry and Blueberry Hostess Fruit Pies.
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A Change for the Better!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
First Line: Aw! You're kidding me, Li'l Jinx!
Synopsis: Li'l Jinx shows Charley a "teaching machine".
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Pages: 1
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Penciller(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: 3 pages of super discount offers
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Three-page advertisement for the following Super Values products: tee-shirt iron-on transfers; posters; leather rings; studs; frantic dog tags; rhinestone studs; Navy watch cap; strobe candles; message rings; puzzle rings; incense; cloth patches; yes/no rings; surprise package; copper peace ring; birthstone pinkie ring; decals; peace dog tags.
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Joker's Wild

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Bert
First Line: Good morning, boys! All ready to lick the world today?
Synopsis: Archie tries to figure out who is behind a rash of practical jokes in the school.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagArchie Comics Digest #43 [U.S. Cover Price] published August 1980
as Joker's Wild Part 1 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagArchie Comics Digest #43 [U.S. Cover Price] published August 1980
as Joker's Wild Part 2 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Credits from the printing in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #75.
Two-part story, continued in this issue.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
First Line: Impossible? Not for the super bodybuilding system!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for the bodybuilding system from Universal Bodybuilding.
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes letters from James J. Scroggins (East Tallassee, Ala.) First prize - $6.00 and Jacob Greenspan (Amherst, Mass.) Second prize - $4.00.
Includes membership application form for the Archie Club.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie Comics
First Line: Fantastic! Good things come in little packages!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for the following Archie comic digests: Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #12; Jughead With Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #9.
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Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Make excellent extra cash... with no real 'selling'... just showing this sample which we give you... free!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for the personalized metal social security plates sales kit from Engravaplates.
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First Line: Everything you always wanted to know about amazing live sea-monkeys
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for sea-monkeys from Transcience Corporation.
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First Line: Amazing! Long nail formula builds glamorous longer nails in minutes!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for the fingernail care system from Conover House.
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First Line: Exclusive sets of '16'
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for posters of photo sets of celebrities from Jeri of Hollywood.
Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: The Winner. Built by Converse. Just for Sears.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Converse running shoes, available from Sear.
Back cover.

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