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Issue Details

Issue #140
Published September 1963
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "Archie, I crown you the Michelangelo of surfboard painters!"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Harry Lucey

6 page Archie story "Sand Crab"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis 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.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey

1 page Archie story "Animal Antics"

Characters Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis Archie says his dog is learning foreign languages in school.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Inks Terry Szenics

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "Walkee Talkee..."

Characters Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
Genre teen; humor
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

11 page Archie story "Press Agent"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis 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.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Inks Terry Szenics
Notes A boy in the story is wearing a beanie like Jughead's, a throwback to a time when that was a common hat for small boys.

5 page Archie story "Bulb Snatcher"

Characters Archie Andrews; Pop Tate; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis Archie tries to get bulbs for Pop Tate's new fluorescent light fixture, but keeps breaking them on the way to the shop.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey