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Issue: Archie's Joke Book Magazine #56
Publication Date: August 1961
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Issues: #56 of 277 Issues (284 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: 06/12/1961
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 38 (36 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1961 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U. S.
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched (some squarebound?)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Genres: teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
First Line: Something's going on in the ball park! I wonder what's up?
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Fancy Dance

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones [Forsythe Pendleton Jones III]
Synopsis: Archie tells the girls that there's a six-piece band at his house.
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Service with a Smile

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Genres: teen
Feature(s): Jughead
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate
Synopsis: Reggie wants a dish of maple walnut ice cream, but there isn't much left.
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Lover's Quarrel

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Concentration

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Dancing Daddio

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The Pet Set

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Moose Mason
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One for the Road

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All Wet

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A Card for a Cad

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Quiz Fizz

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The Waiting Game

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Fish Story

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Dumb Chum

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Boy Batty

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Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
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Easy Does It

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The Truth Comes Out

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Stomach Trouble

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Plus and Minus

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Feature(s): Reggie
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Loony Larceny

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Slugger's Delight

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Film Fun

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Jughead's Sign and Dandy

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Synopsis: Examples of funny or ironic signs.
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Football Fibber

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Siesta Snooze

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Trite Treat

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Horsing Around

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Dismissal Dismay

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Catch as Catch Can

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Feature(s): Moose
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First Aid

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A Shot in the Arm

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Video View

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Feature(s): Reggie
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Odd for Art's Sake

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews
Synopsis: The art teacher wonders why the people are crying in Archie's painting of life at the North Pole.
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Seer Sucker

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Betty
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones [Forsythe Pendleton Jones III]
Synopsis: Jughead pretends to be a fortune teller.
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Who's There?

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Reggie
Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason (fist only)
First Line: Hi, Reggie!
Synopsis: Reggie thinks he's safe from Moose.
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Big Spender

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Synopsis: Veronica is impressed with the bracelet Archie bought her.
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Redskin Revenge

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Synopsis: Reggie hits on Midge at a costume party.
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Telling Technique

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Percival Kokmorton
Synopsis: At the beach, Archie and Reggie observe the technique the richest kid in town uses for meeting girls.
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