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Issue: Life with Archie #253
Publication Date: March 1986
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Issues: #253 of 286 Issues (363 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0271000696303
Price: $0.65 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 20 (3 stories, 1 cover)
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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
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
First Line: An approaching blizzard will curtail all skiing!
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Pages: 1
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Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photos)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photos)
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie; National Child Safety Council
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
First Line: Have you seen any of these children?
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Pages: 1
Job Number: H
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Public service announcement featuring photos and info on three missing children: Tammy L. Belander (Exeter, N.H.); Nancy J. Scamurra (Amherst, N.Y); and Cary Sayegh (Las Vegas, Nev.). Also safety tips for children. "Brought to you by Archie Comics and The National Child Safety Council." (2014 update: Belander and Sayegh are still missing. DNA match in 2012 found Scamurra was murdered in 1984.)
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Every Which Way But Jughead

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Prof. Werner Von Ludwig; Serena; Eastwood (orangutan)
Synopsis: Archie, Reggie, and Jughead get a job helping out a scientist who is doing DNA testing. When Eastwood, an orangutan, is found wearing Jughead's hat, Archie and Reggie believe that the orangutan is Jughead and they try to change him back.
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In Content Item: FlagWorld of Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #24 [Direct Edition] published February 2013
as Every Which Way But Jughead [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Story is in two parts, six pages each. The reprint in World of Archie Double Digest #24 credits Frank Doyle with the script and Rudy Lapick with inks. The title is a take-off on the 1978 movie "Every Which Way but Loose."
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Discount 32 Page Comic Subscriptions!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie Comics
Character(s): Archie Andrews
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for subscriptions to Archie titles. Six issues for $3.00. Archie is dressed in a mail-carrier's uniform.
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Family-Reunion

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Aunt Hilda's Puzzle Page
Character(s): Aunt Hilda
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A scrambled word puzzle.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie's Checklist
Character(s): Archie Andrews
First Line: I see more fun for you when you order these Archie comics!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Mail-in coupon for ordering individual issues of Archie titles. Two comics for $1.00. Archie is dressed as a swami and has a crystal ball.
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie's Activity Comics Digest
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Archie discovers a secret he won't forget...
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Promo with mail-in coupon for ordering Archie's Activity Comic Digest Magazine #3 for $1.00. Cover is depicted.
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie Comics; Gladstone
Character(s): Uncle Scrooge McDuck; Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Dewey Duck; Louie Duck
First Line: Archie Comics is proud to announce the distribution of 2 new Walt Disney Digests...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Gladstone digests distributed by Archie. Line-drawn versions of the covers to Walt Disney Birthday Party Comics Digest and Uncle Scrooge Goes to Disneyland Comics Digest are depicted. (On the actual digests, Birthday Party has a photo background and Uncle Scrooge Goes to Disneyland has a painted cover.)
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Subscribe to Katy Keene Comics and Save!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Katy Keene
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Promo with mail-in coupon for subscriptions to Katy Keene. Six issues for $3.00. Cover to Katy Keene #14 is depicted.
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Save! Subscribe and Get 1 Free!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie's Double Digest
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Promo with mail-in coupon for subscriptions to Archie's Double Digest. Cover to #21 is depicted.
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A Guide to Teen-Age Boy Behavior

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: A facetious guide to teen-age boys' behavior, concentrating on girls and food.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Archie has a poster of "Bruce Springson" [Bruce Springsteen] on his wall.
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Four Equals = Five?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie digests
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo with mail-in coupon for subscriptions to Archie digests. Five issues for $5.00.
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie's Club News
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: First prize of $6.00 to Danna Seger (Fairbury, Neb.) for article on mistletoe. Also plug for writing local newspapers asking them to carry the Archie newspaper strip.
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Make the Doll Connection!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Doll Connection
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Illustrated ad for a doll's dress sewing kit for Barbie-style or Cabbage Patch-style dolls. $5.95 plus 40 cents for postage from Doll Connection, PO Box 746, Horace Harding Station, Flushing, NY 11362.
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New from the Archie Comics Group

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Betty's Diary
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Promo for Betty's Diary #1 with cover depicted.
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Fans! Now You Can Join the Brand New Archie Fan Club

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie Fan Club
Character(s): Archie Andrews
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie Fan Club with mail-in coupon. Membership kit is $3.00.
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The Winner

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doiley; Moose Mason (cameo); Chuck Clayton (cameo)
Synopsis: Reggie ties Archie's shoelaces together so he will win an ice-skating race. Archie turns out to be the real winner when he skates off with Betty and Veronica.
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Pages: 5
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Prizes or Cash

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Olympic Sales Club
Character(s): Captain "O"
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustrated ad for selling greeting cards for Olympic Sales Club, Inc., Dept. 86AC1, Enfield, CT 06082.
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Johnson Smith Company

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Johnson Smith Company
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Illustrated ad for novelties from Johnson Smith Company, Dept. 3512, 35075 Automation, Mt. Clemens, Mich. 48043.
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300 Stickers and More for $3.00

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Pineapple Kids Club
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Illustrated ad for stickers from Pineapple Kids Club, PO Box 69, Buffalo, NY 14222. Gumball machine is used as a prop.

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