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Archie (1943 Archie Comics) comic books 1963-1965

  • Issue #134
    Archie (1943 Archie Comics) 134

    Cover by Harry Lucey. Stories by Frank Doyle, Joe Edwards and unknown. Art by Harry Lucey and Joe Edwards. While trying to make a floor plan of the school, the boys wreak havoc with a tape measure in "Measure For Measure"! Plus: Li'l Jinx in the 1-pager "Lend an Air" by Joe Edwards; Archie has a wonderful dream in the 1-pager "King For a Night"; Mr. Lodge goes on a tour of Europe to get away from Archie in "Bon Voyage"; and when Mr. Lodge goes outside wearing Archie's hat and coat, everyone mistakes him for Archie, and he discovers just how bad Archie's life really is in "Cover Up"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

  • Issue #135
    Archie (1943 Archie Comics) 135

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    Stories by unknown and Joe Edwards. Art by Harry Lucey, Joe Edwards and unknown. Archie runs against Reggie for student council president in "Party Line"! Plus: Reggie lends Archie an old alarm clock to time a science experiment in "The Clock"; Li'l Jinx in the 1-pager "Full Up" by Joe Edwards; Veronica in the 1-pager "Ball Call"; Reggie tries to learn how to fall without getting hurt when he sees Archie use the technique to get sympathy from Veronica in "Stumble Bum"; and Veronica sets out to prove that she has a sense of humor when Reggie and Archie claim that she doesn't in "Laugh It Up"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

  • Issue #136
    Archie (1943 Archie Comics) 136

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    Cover by Samm Schwartz. Stories by Frank Doyle, Joe Edwards and unknown. Art by Harry Lucey and Joe Edwards. Veronica breaks a date with Archie when her father has a business partner whose nephew needs a date for the same dance in "Business Before Pleasure"! Plus: Li'l Jinx gets a black eye in the 1-pager "Open and Shut Case" by Joe Edwards; Archie, Moose and Dilton in the 1-pager "Double Takes"; Reggie goes all out to break up Archie and Veronica, including false stories, false telegrams and disguising himself without luck in "Never A Doubt"; as the faculty think of a way to separate Archie and Veronica, Veronica comes storming into Mr. Weatherbee's office in "Love In Bloom"; and the news of Archie moving out of Riverdale shocks the gang in "It's Your Move"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

  • Issue #137
    Archie (1943 Archie Comics) 137

    Cover by Bob White. Stories by Frank Doyle and unknown. Art by Harry Lucey and unknown. Archie dreams he and his friends are living as cavemen in prehistoric times in "Cave Man Casanova" (first appearance of the gang as cavemen)! Plus: Jughead engineers a series of "accidents" so that Archie can "save" Reggie and gain his appreciation in "The Life Saver"; Reggie is changed into a donkey after he offends a visitor who has learned black magic during his eight-year stay in Africa in "Which Is Witch?"; Archie's attempts to spread good cheer backfire in "Happy Days"; and "Color Blind" is the 1-page spoof on "Adult Coloring Books" with several "color me" gags! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

  • Issue #138
    Archie (1943 Archie Comics) 138

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    Cover by Samm Schwartz. Stories by Frank Doyle, Joe Edwards, George Gladir and unknown. Art by Harry Lucey, Joe Edwards, Bill Vigoda, Bob White and unknown. In a story mostly told in narrative captions, Archie gets a chance to redeem himself in Mr. Lodge's eyes when he notices a fire in the Lodge mansion in "The House That Lodge Built"! Plus: Li'l Jinx in the 1-pager "Stop, Book and Listen!" by Joe Edwards; two-panel gags with Archie and the gang in the 1-pager "Double-Takes"; on their latest report cards, Archie and Veronica have better grades in Latin but worse in math in "Card Caper!"; Reggie can beat anyone at finger-wrestling except Moose in "Muscle Tussle"; Miss Grundy explains that mankind is a relative latecomer in the history of the world in the 1-pager "It's Later Than You Think"; Archie and Veronica play a charades game in "Oodles of Charoodles"; and when Archie wants to convince the girls to give him the lead part in the school play, he asks Jughead to be his agent in "The Hard Sell"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

  • Issue #139
    Archie (1943 Archie Comics) 139

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    Cover by Harry Lucey. Stories by Frank Doyle, Joe Edwards and unknown. Art by Harry Lucey and Joe Edwards. In "Alphabet Soup," the Archie characters are represented by a strange alphabet: ABVJRGWmBMDECL! Plus: Instead of carving hearts with their initials in a tree, Li'l Jinx and Greg opt for something different in the 1-pager "That's Different" by Joe Edwards; Archie and Veronica are plagued by photograph peddlers in the 1-pager "Photo Fin-Ish"; Archie gets an expensive vase stuck on his head in "Head Work"; Reggie accuses Archie of being a gold-digger, that he would only marry Veronica for her money in "Career Boy"; and Mr. Lodge is chasing Archie, who's chasing Reggie, who's pulling Veronica with him in "Fast Company"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

  • Issue #140
    Archie (1943 Archie Comics) 140

    Cover pencils by Harry Lucey. Stories by Frank Doyle, Joe Edwards and unknown. Art by Harry Lucey, Bill Vigoda, Joe Edwards, Terry Szenics and Marty Epp. Mr. Lodge has a miserable day at a public beach, and finally decides to buy the whole beach just for the pleasure of keeping people off it in "Sand Crab"! Plus: Archie says his dog is learning foreign languages in school in the 1-pager "Animal Antics"; Li'l Jinx in the 1-pager "Walkee Talkee..." by Joe Edwards; when Mr. Lodge is getting a bad reputation in South America, Archie tries to get him some positive press, but winds up getting his picture published on a reward poster for wanted criminal "Killer" Kane, which leads to Mr. Lodge's arrest and Killer Kane's escape to Brazil in "Press Agent"; and Archie tries to get bulbs for Pop Tate's new fluorescent light fixture, but keeps breaking them on the way to the shop in "Bulb Snatcher"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

  • Issue #141
    Archie (1943 Archie Comics) 141

    Cover by Bob White. Stories by Frank Doyle, Joe Edwards and unknown. Art by Harry Lucey, Joe Edwards, Marty Epp, Terry Szenics and unknown. Archie breaks a date with Veronica when he has to tidy up the garden. So Veronica goes searching for Reggie. Betty then comes over to help Archie with the garden in "Job Well Done"! Plus: Li'l Jinx does some window shopping in the 1-pager "Street 'Seen'" by Joe Edwards; Archie gets distracted by other girls while he and Veronica are at the beach in the 1-pager "Backfire"; Archie is given a letter to mail from Veronica in "The Letter"; as usual, Big Moose takes what people say much too literally in "Help Wanted"; and Archie and Veronica play "The Most Dangerous Game" at the Lodges' house -- croquet! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

  • Issue #142
    Archie (1943 Archie Comics) 142

    Cover by Harry Lucey. Stories by Frank Doyle, Joe Edwards and unknown. Art by Harry Lucey & Terry Szenics, Dan DeCarlo & Rudy Lapick and Joe Edwards. Resenting the teachers' belief that accidents naturally happen when he's around, Archie tries to prove that trouble can happen when he's not around in "Trouble Spot"! Plus: two-panel gags with Archie, Betty and Veronica in the 1-pager "Double Takes!"; Li'l Jinx in the 1-pager "No Match!" by Joe Edwards; everything Archie does brings a little more hilarity into Mr. Lodge's life in "Gloom Chaser"; Archie bends down to read a message on the sidewalk, only to discover that it's part of another Reggie prank in "Get the Message!"; and Archie isn't too worried when Reggie takes Veronica out driving in "Hate Affair"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

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  • Issue #143
    Archie (1943 Archie Comics) 143

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    Cover by Samm Schwartz. Stories by Frank Doyle and Joe Edwards. Art by Harry Lucey, Joe Edwards, Terry Szenics and unknown. The students protest Mr. Weatherbee's cancellation of the school dance class in "Strike Up the Band"! Plus: Archie and Veronica in a Christmas pin-up; Li'l Jinx in the 1-pager "To Her Credit!" by Joe Edwards; a mysterious unseen person is jumping out of the shadows and kissing all the girls in the infamous tale "The Kisser Strikes!"; and Archie lectures Veronica for her jealousy, even as he's hitting on another cute girl in "The Lecture"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

  • Issue #144
    Archie (1943 Archie Comics) 144

    Cover by Samm Schwartz. Stories by Frank Doyle and Joe Edwards. Art by Harry Lucey, Joe Edwards, Terry Szenics and unknown. Archie and the gang come up with a D-U-H cheer, much to Mr. Weatherbee's disapproval, in "The Cheer Leader"! Plus: Li'l Jinx tries to become a bubble-gum champ in the 1-pager "Bubble Trouble!" by Joe Edwards; "Archie Winter Pin-up"; Mr. Lodge and Archie have a ski race in "Snow Job"; Archie and Reggie disguise a tackling dummy with a mask and coat and cause havoc at school in "Dummy Up"; and Archie's friends wonder why he's standing on the street corner during a snowstorm in "Snow Go"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

  • Issue #145
    Archie (1943 Archie Comics) 145

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    Cover by Samm Schwartz. Stories by Frank Doyle, Joe Edwards and unknown. Art by Harry Lucey, Joe Edwards, Terry Szenics and unknown. Veronica's pearl necklace breaks in the school hall, and one by one, the teachers slip on the lost pearls and are taken out of commission in "Pearl Divers"! Plus: Mr. Weatherbee tells Moose to think of him as a father in the half-pager "Unexpected Sit-Uation"; Jughead stops Souphead from playing the drum in the half-pager "Beat Nix"; Li'l Jinx in the 1-pager "Now 'Ear This" by Joe Edwards; the gang goes to a ski resort, where Archie causes major damage at the lodge, and almost causes even more damage to himself on the slopes in "Ski Bums"; and Reggie has to carry Archie to the Chok'lit Shoppe after losing a bet in "Winner Take All"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

  • Issue #146
    Archie (1943 Archie Comics) 146

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    Cover pencils by Harry Lucey. Stories by Frank Doyle, Joe Edwards and unknown. Art by Harry Lucey, Joe Edwards, Marty Epp and unknown. Betty and Veronica convince Archie that he's like a tiger, a predatory beast. Midge witnesses him around Betty and Veronica and begs Big Moose to leave him alone, fearing the worst, in "Tiger"! Plus: On their way to prom, Archie's car gets a flat tire in "The Prom"; Archie and Veronica have been fighting a lot lately, so Veronica takes him to the Lodge's gym for a chat, which includes a boxing ring, in the half-pager "Fight Delight"; the kids are trying to be quiet at the Lodge home, and that's what's troubling Mr. Lodge in the half-pager "Silence Is Not Golden"; Li'l Jinx is bored with TV, and her dad suggests she go to the movies in the 1-pager "Nix Pix" by Joe Edwards; Mrs. Andrews asks Archie to return something Mrs. Jones left at the Andrews' house earlier -- her purse -- in "Mission Accomplished"; and Archie and Jughead help the girls pull taffy, but the taffy is too big, too hot and too sticky in "In The Stretch"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

  • Issue #147
    Archie (1943 Archie Comics) 147

    Cover by Bob White. Stories by Frank Doyle and Joe Edwards. Art by Harry Lucey, Joe Edwards, Marty Epp and unknown. Archie tries to teach Moose not to get so angry when other boys talk to Midge in "The GENTLEman"! Plus: Veronica wants her father to buy Archie for her as a birthday present -- and he agrees -- in "Boxed In"; Archie tries to help Betty when she falls and hurts herself, but she doesn't appreciate it in "Carry On"; Li'l Jinx in the 1-pager "Top Draw!" by Joe Edwards; and Archie gets in trouble making a ball out of rubber bands in "More Bounce to the Ounce"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

  • Issue #148
    Archie (1943 Archie Comics) 148

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    Cover pencils by Dan DeCarlo. Stories by Frank Doyle, Joe Edwards and unknown. Art by Harry Lucey, Samm Schwartz, Joe Edwards, Marty Epp and unknown. Mr. Andrews sends Archie to the store to buy a new garbage can. But when Reggie teases Archie about his car, Archie throws the new trashcan over Reggie. Reggie gets stuck in it and dents it a few times getting out, much to Mr. Andrews' dismay in "Litter Perfect!" Plus: Archie playfully buries Veronica in the sand while at the beach in the 0.66-pager "Sign Savvy"; Li'l Jinx is practicing some loud dance steps in the 1-pager "Some Old Steps" by Joe Edwards; Archie decides to make a plaster mold of his foot for a speech in "Footsore And Weary"; Archie needs to cut a piece of wood to a specific size to fix his stereo cabinet in "Measure Up"; and Archie wears a funny wig to the Lodges' house in "Just For Fun"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

  • Issue #149
    Archie (1943 Archie Comics) 149

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    Cover pencils by Dan DeCarlo. Stories by Frank Doyle, Joe Edwards, George Gladir and unknown. Art by Harry Lucey, Samm Schwartz, Joe Edwards, Marty Epp and unknown. Archie and Reggie have a race to see who can reach Veronica's house first while balancing a freshly-baked pizza on his head in "The Great Pizza Race"! Plus: Archie can't spell a girl's last name in the 0.6-pager "Tame Name"; Li'l Jinx in the 1-pager "Swell Shells" by Joe Edwards; Archie is on his way to Veronica's house with a basket of goodies in "Little Red Archiekins"; the boys admire the girls in their jungle-patterned bathing suits in the 1-pager "Cute Suit"; after Archie accuses him of being too easily distracted by food, Jughead tries to prove he's literally inseparable from his buddy in "The Buddy System"; and after a discussion of what does and does not constitute a "battering ram," Archie and Jughead go to Mr. Lodge's house to knock down an old fence in "Batter Late"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

  • Issue #150
    Archie (1943 Archie Comics) 150

    Cover pencils by Bob White. Stories by Frank Doyle, Joe Edwards and unknown. Art by Harry Lucey, Joe Edwards, Mario Acquaviva and unknown. Mr. Lodge has Archie take a borrowed boat back to the mechanic and exchange it for Mr. Lodge's boat, which was being repaired. But Archie isn't sure about the boats' controls and ends up causing more damage in "Cruise Director"! Plus: Archie gets Joe to give him some gas quick as Archie is late to a ball game in the 1-pager "A Gasser"; Li'l Jinx in the 1-pager "That's What Counts" by Joe Edwards; Archie accidentally drops a beaker of acid that eats through the chemistry floor in "The Acid Test"; when Archie leaves Betty and Jughead to spend time with Veronica, the two jilted friends curse the two lovers in "Spellbound"; and Archie picks some of Mr. Lodge's prize roses as a gift to Veronica in "Everything's Coming Up Roses"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

  • Issue #151
    Archie (1943 Archie Comics) 151

    Cover by Samm Schwartz. Stories by Frank Doyle, Joe Edwards and unknown. Art by Harry Lucey & Mario Acquaviva and Joe Edwards. Midge asks Archie to walk her home at night, which he does reluctantly. When Moose sees them, he offers to walk Archie home, and Archie fears it's just an excuse to beat him up in "Protection"! Plus: When Fred is asked to see Mr. Weatherbee about Archie, he fears the worst, and dreams that he's on trial for driving Archie to a life of delinquency in "Not Guilty"; there is one word Li'l Jinx can read on the cereal box in the 1-pager "Word Wise" by Joe Edwards; Veronica is testing various lipsticks on Archie to find one that's "kiss-proof" in an "Archie Pin-Up Page"; Archie shows Mr. Lodge his trick lamp, which makes it look like he's lighting it by plugging it into his mouth, in "Most Illuminating"; the Green-Eyed Monster of jealousy explains that business is good in Riverdale, but there was a time he almost lost his most jealous client, Moose, in "Call Me Jealous"; and Fred comments on Archie's phone usage in the 0.25-pager "Number Please"! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

  • Issue #152
    Archie (1943 Archie Comics) 152

    "Stripe Gripe"; Looking for attention, Archie wears an outfit with horizontal stripes on the shirt and vertical stripes on the pants. "Black and White" one-page Li'l Jinx story by Joe Edwards. "Wordmanship," pencils by Harry Lucey; Archie decides to speak formally and expand his vocabulary, but everyone makes fun of him. Archie's Pals 'n' Gals ad. "The Quitter," pencils by Harry Lucey; Smithers tells Mr. Lodge he is quitting because of Archie's antics; Mr. Lodge tries to get him to stay, but after reviewing the problems Archie has caused him decides to leave with Smithers. Archie Club News. "Kitchen Kapers," pencils by Harry Lucey; In a weak moment, Gaston allows Archie in the Lodge kitchen to bake a cake for Veronica's birthday, leading to a series of slapstick gags. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.12.

  • Issue #153
    Archie (1943 Archie Comics) 153

    Cover by Harry Lucey & Mario Acquaviva. Stories by Frank Doyle, Joe Edwards and unknown. Art by Harry Lucey, Joe Edwards, Vincent DeCarlo, Mario Acquaviva and Marty Epp. In prehistoric times, Archie and Reggie argue with Betty and Veronica over how to develop a language in "Language Barrier"! Plus: Archie and Veronica suspect some kind of parent-teacher conspiracy when they learn that their fathers are having a secretive meeting with Mr. Weatherbee on Friday night in "The Get Together"; Archie tells us that "nothing ever happens in Riverdale," not noticing either the massive damage he causes or the rampaging gorilla who has escaped from the circus, in "Dullsville!"; Li'l Jinx in the 1-pager "A Fair Share" by Joe Edwards; and when Archie leaves the house without helping his mother or even wishing her a happy birthday, an angry Fred goes out to retrieve his ungrateful son in "The Ingrate"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

  • Issue #154
    Archie (1943 Archie Comics) 154

    Cover pencils by Harry Lucey. Stories by Frank Doyle, Joe Edwards and unknown. Art by Harry Lucey & Mario Acquaviva and Joe Edwards. Archie gets interested in skateboarding, buys a board from a little kid, and brings it to school. All the guys are fascinated with the new sport, but it's Mr. Weatherbee who winds up taking a ride on the board in "A Good Skate"! Plus: While visiting a space research center owned by Mr. Lodge, Archie and Jughead have a mix-up with a photography machine and are mistaken for Martian spies in "Martian Menace"; after Archie shatters Mr. Weatherbee's office door with a basketball, Mr. Weatherbee keeps accidentally breaking glass every time he tries to tell Archie off in "The Glass Breakers"; Li'l Jinx in the 1-pager "Hide and Seek" by Joe Edwards; and Archie spills a little bit of oil on the school floor, and everyone winds up slipping on it in "Oil's Well"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

  • Issue #155
    Archie (1943 Archie Comics) 155

    Cover by Samm Schwartz. Stories by Frank Doyle, Joe Edwards and unknown. Art by Harry Lucey, Bob Bolling, Joe Edwards and Mario Acquaviva. When Veronica makes plans to stop by the Andrews house, Archie goes into a cleaning frenzy and gets his parents to change into more formal attire in "A House Is a Home"! Plus: Despite his best schemes, Reggie is continually thwarted in breaking up Archie and Veronica in "Tho Be It"; Mr. Weatherbee adds some "Jiffy-Gro" to his rubber plant, hoping it will grow in "Green Thumb"; Li'l Jinx and Gigi work on their spelling skills in the 1-pager "A Bad Spell" by Joe Edwards; and Archie has several misadventures when he brings a new lamp post from the store back home for his dad in "Light Work"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

  • Issue #156
    Archie (1943 Archie Comics) 156
    • Interior is complete. Full length spine split. Staples added (not manufacturing).

    Cover by Samm Schwartz. Stories by Frank Doyle, Joe Edwards and unknown. Art by Harry Lucey & Mario Acquaviva, Joe Edwards and Dan DeCarlo & unknown. When Archie breaks a date with Betty again, she snaps and decides to murder him. After Betty makes several attempts on Archie's life, involving falling trees and wagons full of bricks, Jughead suggests that Archie try to pacify her in "Woman Scorned"! Plus: Li'l Jinx practices her art by adding facial features to both posters around town and pictures in the museum in the 1-pager "Getting Arty!" by Joe Edwards; Archie and the Gang in the 1-pager "Hip Quips" (three 2-panel gags); Coach Kleats gets Big Moose to let Archie throw him a few times in wrestling to help boost Archie's confidence in the sport in "Bully For You"; Mr. Lodge's psychiatrist wants to meet the root of his frustrations, namely Archie, in "Couch Coach"; and both Archie and Veronica try to figure out what she sees in him without success in "Who Me?" 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

  • Issue #157
    Archie (1943 Archie Comics) 157
    • Paper: White
    • Label #4407829002
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    Cover by Dan DeCarlo & Rudy Lapick. Stories by Frank Doyle, Joe Edwards and unknown. Art by Harry Lucey, Joe Edwards, Mario Acquaviva and Vincent DeCarlo. Tired of Betty's and Veronica's fighting, Archie creates signs and graffiti demanding peace in "Signs of Peace"! Plus: Li'l Jinx in the 1-pager "Sky Pictures" by Joe Edwards; Archie and Veronica pin-up; Mr. Lodge, convinced that Archie will do him harm, repeatedly harms himself while trying to avoid Archie, while Archie does nothing but stand around and say the word "but" in "What's In a Word?"; Archie creates a Jekyll-and-Hyde potion that makes him look exactly like Reggie in "Medical Madness"; and Veronica demands that Archie get a new car in "The Favor"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

  • Issue #158
    Archie (1943 Archie Comics) 158
    • INCOMPLETE. Multiple pages missing, interrupts art and story.
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #4407829003
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    Cover by Samm Schwartz. Stories by Frank Doyle and Joe Edwards. Art by Harry Lucey, Joe Edwards, Vincent DeCarlo, Marty Epp and Mario Acquaviva. After Reggie soaks him with a water balloon, Archie has to wear Veronica's negligee while waiting for his clothes to dry in "The Wrong End"! Plus: Li'l Jinx takes up finger-painting in the 1-pager "Old Finger!" by Joe Edwards; a girl with the same beach umbrella as Betty's sets of a series of misunderstandings that get Archie in trouble with two jealous boyfriends in "The Umbrella Man"; Veronica covers everything in her house, including the floors, with a spray that makes things look shiny, but also makes them extremely slippery in "Push Button"; and the girls bother Archie while he's fishing in "Off the Hook"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

  • Issue #159
    Archie (1943 Archie Comics) 159

    Cover by Bill Vigoda & Marty Epp. Stories by Frank Doyle, Joe Edwards, George Gladir and unknown. Art by Harry Lucey & Mario Acquaviva, Joe Edwards and Bill Vigoda & Marty Epp. Jughead bets Archie that he can't spend one day without female companionship, and Archie escapes to an island to get away from Betty and Veronica in "Male Call"! Plus: Li'l Jinx in the 1-pager "See Saw" by Joe Edwards; Archie and Veronica get stuck in a traffic jam on the way to the lake in the 1-pager "Jam Jest"; Archie hits on a bathing suit model, leading to violent fighting among Veronica, the model and Betty in "Take Your Choice"; Mr. Lodge tries to inspire Archie by telling him the story of how he made his fortune in "Inspiration"; and Betty asks Archie if he'll love her when she's "old, worn and jaded," and is offended when he jokingly implies that she already is in "Jaded Jest"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

  • Issue #160
    Archie (1943 Archie Comics) 160

    Cover by Dan DeCarlo & Rudy Lapick. Stories by Frank Doyle and Joe Edwards. Art by Harry Lucey, Joe Edwards, Mario Acquaviva and unknown. Archie shows off his ability to lift barbells in "Barbelles"! Plus: Archie and Jughead find a book of magic spells in the library, and unknown to them, all the spells affect Reggie in "Book Banter"; Li'l Jinx in the 1-pager "Book Learning!" by Joe Edwards; Archie and Jughead go outside, but still manage to ruin Fred's day in "The Payoff"; and Archie becomes the fortune-teller "The Great Mysto" in "Mysto Mess"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.