Archie (1943 Archie Comics) comic books 1965

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"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.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $9.60

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $9.60

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Add to cart PR 0.5 $2.50 INCOMPLETE. Multiple pages missing, interrupts art and story.

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.

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Add to cart GD- 1.8 $3.49

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.

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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.