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Issue Details

Issue #137
Published June 1963
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36

Cover Details - "Archie, have you lost all your marbles?"

Characters Archie; Veronica
Genre teen
Pencils Bob White
Inks Bob White

6 page Archie story "Cave Man Casanova"

Characters Archie (cameo); Archie I, Betty I, Veronica I, Jughead I, Reggie I.
Synopsis Archie dreams he and his friends are living as cavemen in prehistoric times.
Genre teen
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Terry Szenics
Notes First appearance of what is later called "Archie I" series?

Half page advertisement "Billy Wins with Bendix"

Genre children
Notes Ad in comic form for Bendix bicycle brakes.

2 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Archie Club News"

Letters typeset
Notes Archie Club news. Promos "Archie" TV pilot with list of cast members. Also list of contest winners from "Why My Bike is Important to Me": James Houghton, Michael Goldblatt, John L. Glaze, John B. West, Richard Bernstein, Eddy Alger, Penny Spoan, Helen Ann Horton, Nanci Newman, Patrica Kirksey, Carolyn Reid, and Iris Barnes.

6 page Archie story "The Life Saver"

Characters Archie, Reggie, Veronica, Jughead
Synopsis Jughead engineers a series of "accidents" so that Archie can "save" Reggie and gain his appreciation.
Genre teen
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Terry Szenics

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Order This! Get This Free!"

Characters Archie (cameo), Betty (cameo; Veronica (cameo)
Notes Ad for Archie Annual 15 with cover repro. Mail orders for 25ยข would also receive a 1964 Archie Calendar free.

6 page Archie story "Which is Witch?"

Characters Archie, Reggie
Synopsis Reggie is changed into a donkey after he offends a visitor who has learned black magic during his eight-year stay in Africa.
Genre teen; magic
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Terry Szenics

6 page Archie story "Happy Days"

Characters Archie; Jughead; Reggie; Veronica; Betty
Synopsis Archie's attempts to spread good cheer backfire.
Genre teen
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Terry Szenics

1 page Archie filler "Color Blind"

Characters Archie; Jughead
Synopsis A spoof on "Adult Coloring Books" with several "color me" gags.
Genre teen

7 page [various] advertisement "Ads"

Notes Ads for Sea-Monkeys (brine shrimp) and bike muffler (both Honor House, New York NY, inside front cover); Play Guitar in Seven Days (Ed Sale Studio, Avon By the Sea, NJ); Self-Teaching Encyclopedia (Cadillac Publishing Co., New York, NY); Guide to Hypnotism (Palmer-Jones Publishers, Newark, NJ); Home disc recorders (Honor House, Lynbrook, NY); novelties (Empire Mdsg. Co., Tuckahoe, NY); International Correspondence Schools (Scranton, Pa.); Door-to-door selling: Cloverine Brand Salve (Wilson Chemical Co., Tyrone, Pa., inside back cover); and "147 Famous Automobiles" (plastic models) for $2.49 (Auto Models, Carle Place, NY., back cover)