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Issue: Archie's Pals 'n' Gals #30
Publication Date: September 1964
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Issues: #30 of 224 Issues (326 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: Archie Giant SeriesView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 23 (15 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint interior; glossy cover
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
First Line: Renting the grocery store for a party was a terrific idea, Veronica!
Synopsis: The gang hold a dance in a local grocery after closing.
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Pages: 1
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Don't Knock Knees

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: The boys are going to judge the prettiest girl at the clambake by who has the prettiest knees and Veronica begins to obsess that her knees aren't more glamorous than everyone else's.
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In Issue: FlagArchie Comics Digest #20 published October 1976
In Issue: FlagArchie's Double Digest Magazine #12 published September 1984
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Water On the Brain

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee; Fred Andrews
Synopsis: Archie receives an African rain god totem as a gift, and suddenly he can't avoid getting wet.
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In Issue: FlagArchie Comics Digest #21 published December 1976
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Dig This Crazy Offer!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie's Pals 'n' Gals
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for subscriptions to Archie's Pals 'n' Gals, with mail-in coupon. Four issues for $1.00 plus one free bonus issue.
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Don't Quote Me

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Chauncey Bildgewrat; Pop Tate (cameo)
Synopsis: Veronica is swept off of her feet by an older man who plies her with fancy literary quotes. So to fight back, Archie begins trying to memorize the classics.
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In Issue: FlagArchie's Double Digest Quarterly Magazine #7 published July 1983
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Quotes by Rudyard Kipling and William Shakespeare are credited in the story.
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Testing

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Greg
Synopsis: Jinx gets a high mark . . . in something.
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Pages: 1
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Aggressively Yours

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: Betty tries psychology on Moose to stop him from beating up all the boys.
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In Issue: FlagArchie Comics Digest #20 published October 1976
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Pages: 4
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For Holidays Merry and Sparkling with Laughter

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Archie Andrews (as Santa Claus)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie's Christmas Stocking #31, with mail-in coupon. Cover is depicted along with original art of Archie as Santa Claus, complete with sleigh and eight flying reindeer.
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Home Wrecker

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Miss Grundy
Synopsis: Archie brings a bird's nest to school for his science project, then is mercilessly pursued by the bird who was living in it.
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Pages: 6
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Slanguage Barrier

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis: Fred tries to have a heart-to-heart talk with Archie, but soon realizes that they don't really speak the same language.
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Pages: 2.75
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Simple Arithmetic

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: Moose has to answer a math problem out loud.
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Pages: 0.25
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Snore Chore!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: childrens, humorous
Synopsis: Hap has to don a Beatle wig to get Jinx to go to sleep.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1.5
Disclose Notes: First prize of $5.00 to Carol Frakes (Covington, Ky.) for a poem about pet dogs. Second prize of $3.00 to Francis Bollinger (Houma, La.) for article on apes. Third prize of $2.00 to Meg Montanaro (West Port, Conn.) for a poem about mothers.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie Club
Character(s): Archie Andrews (cameo)
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Promo for memberships in the Archie Club with mail-in coupon. Cost is 15 cents.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: teen
First Line: If Archie keeps standing you up, why do you keep making dates with him?
Synopsis: Veronica inquires as to why Betty is such a glutton for Archie's punishment.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Among the names written on the base of the seat on Betty's side of the booth are Vince [DeCarlo], Dan [DeCarlo], Vic [Victor Gorelick], Dick [Richard Goldwater], Sam [Schwartz], Rudy [Lapick], Tom [Moore?]; Josie [DeCarlo], and Gil [?].
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Mighty Like a Rose

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: Moose is on the warpath because somebody sent Midge a rose.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The title comes from that of a popular song, originally titled "Mighty Lak' a Rose" when it was written in 1901.
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Reformed

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: Warned ahead of time that Reggie is in a pranking mood, the gang manage to get Reggie's pranks to backfire on him.
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Pages: 5
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Archie's Guide To Fishy Fishing

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews (host)
Synopsis: Series of fishing-related one and two panel gags.
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In Issue: FlagArchie Comics Digest #20 published October 1976
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Archie Andrews only appears on the title panel.
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Caddy On

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Veronica's planned alone time with Archie on the golf course is foiled when Archie asks Jughead to caddy for him.
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In Issue: FlagArchie Comics Digest #20 published October 1976
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Pages: 5.75
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Gas Guess

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews
Synopsis: Fred asks Archie to estimate his jalopy's miles-per-gallon.
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In Issue: FlagArchie Comics Digest #20 published October 1976
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Pages: 0.25
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Double Takes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs; Sam Muggs; Mrs. Muggs
First Line: Betty, don’t you take anything for granted?
Synopsis: Betty counts her pennies closely. Jughead trains his dog. Ethel has her parents concerned.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Three two-panel jokes.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: ...But on the beach at 5 o'clock in the morning!
Synopsis: Why are Betty and Veronica on the beach at 5 a.m.? Veronica logic.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Oh Archie! Isn't the fair just wonderful!!
Synopsis: While Veronica is admiring the majestic scenery of the New York World's Fair, Archie is picking up the counter girl at the refreshment stand.
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Pages: 1

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