Issue | #140 |
Published | August 1960 |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Richard Goldwater |
Characters | Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle |
Genre | teen; humor |
Pencils | Bob White |
Inks | Bob White |
Notes | Based on the plot of the first story in the issue, "Actions Speak Louder Than Words." |
Characters | Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate |
Synopsis | The story of Archie and Reggie's attempts to get the money to go to a dance, all told without a single word of dialogue. |
Genre | teen; humor |
Script | Frank Doyle |
Pencils | Harry Lucey |
Notes | In addition to the lack of dialogue, the only caption in this story is one at the beginning explaining the technique and asking readers to write in if they like it. Archie would do a number of silent stories from this point on, many of them drawn by Lucey. This story is one of the most famous showcases for Harry Lucey's skill at conveying emotion and plot through body language alone. Dan Nadel, whose book "Art In Time" includes a chapter on Lucey, has singled this story out as an "extraordinary" example of Lucey's art. |
Characters | Leroy; Leroy's dad |
Synopsis | Leroy tells his dad that there was someone who wanted to see him. |
Genre | teen; humor |
Script | Neal Adams |
Pencils | Neal Adams |
Inks | Neal Adams |
Letters | Neal Adams |
Characters | Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones |
Synopsis | Jughead does the old joke where he tells Archie he has to "make his own bed." |
Genre | teen; humor |
Script | Neal Adams |
Pencils | Neal Adams |
Inks | Neal Adams |
Letters | Neal Adams |
Notes | Archie is reading Archie Comics' "The Fly." This was the title Neal Adams originally applied to work on at Archie Comics, being assigned to write and draw joke pages instead. |
Characters | Shrimpy; Brando |
Synopsis | Shrimpy is pitching well now that the ball is broken in. |
Genre | children; humor |
Script | Joe Harold |
Pencils | Joe Harold |
Inks | Joe Harold |
Characters | Katy Keene; Randy; K.O. Kelly; Gloria |
Synopsis | Katy dreams that she marries Randy and becomes "Queen of Outer Space," while K.O. and Gloria get revenge on the couple in a spaceship shaped like a boxing glove. |
Genre | fashion; humor |
Script | Bill Woggon |
Pencils | Bill Woggon |
Inks | Bill Woggon |
Characters | Katy Keene; Gloria; Danny |
Synopsis | Gloria demands to be picked over Katy for a part, until she finds out what costume the part requires. |
Genre | fashion; humor |
Script | Bill Woggon |
Pencils | Bill Woggon |
Inks | Bill Woggon |
Characters | Li'l Jinx; Greg; Hap Holliday |
Synopsis | Li'l Jinx comes up with a plan to get extra money from the Tooth Fairy. |
Genre | children; humor |
Script | Joe Edwards |
Pencils | Joe Edwards |
Inks | Joe Edwards |
Letters | Joe Edwards |
Characters | Moose Mason |
Synopsis | Two drunks ask Moose to settle an argument. |
Genre | teen; humor |
Pencils | Dan DeCarlo |
Inks | Rudy Lapick |
Letters | Vincent DeCarlo |
Characters | Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle |
Synopsis | Veronica thinks Archie peeked at his birthday gift in advance. Reggie makes things worse by telling Archie she got him a bow tie, making it impossible for Archie to talk to Ronnie without saying "bow tie" by accident. |
Genre | teen; humor |
Script | Frank Doyle |
Pencils | Bob White |
Inks | Bob White |