Archie's Joke Book Magazine #20 (1956) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Series: Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series)
Issue: #20
Publication date: January 1956
Key date: 1956-01-00
On-sale date: 1955-10-31
Indicia publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1		Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
1	Miss-Information Please!	comic story	1		Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
2	A Beat Feat	comic story	0.5		Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
3	Peace Paint	comic story	0.5	pencils: Tom Moore	Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
4	Tight Fit	comic story	0.5	pencils: Samm Schwartz	Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
5	Unpleasant Dreams	comic story	0.5	pencils: Samm Schwartz	Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
6	Presents of Mind	comic story	0.5	pencils: Samm Schwartz	Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
7	Close Relative	comic story	0.5	pencils: Samm Schwartz	Moose Mason; Betty Cooper
8	Farm Handy	comic story	0.5	pencils: Samm Schwartz	Archie Andrews
9	Sign Language	comic story	0.5		Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
10	Pop Secret	comic story	1	pencils: Joe Edwards; inks: Joe Edwards	Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate
11	Archie Sports Quiz	activity	1		Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
12	A Diller-A Dollar	comic story	0.5	pencils: Samm Schwartz	Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
13	Shoed Away	comic story	0.5	pencils: Bob Bolling	Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
14	Ups and Downs	comic story	0.5		Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
15	Short Ride	comic story	0.5	pencils: Samm Schwartz; inks: Samm Schwartz; letters: Samm Schwartz	Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
16	Archie's Car (It's All in the Mind)	comic story	1		Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
17	Hobo Hi-Brows!	comic story	1	pencils: Samm Schwartz	Archie Andrews
18	Dental Hygiene	comic story	0.5	pencils: Samm Schwartz	Moose Mason; Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
19	Big Drip	comic story	0.5	pencils: Samm Schwartz	Moose Mason; Archie Andrews
20	Quickies	comic story	0.5		Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
21	Petty Pet	comic story	0.5		Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
22	Up In Smoke	comic story	1	pencils: Dan DeCarlo	Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
23	Archie's Highway Sign Language	activity	0.8		Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
24	Jughead's Lending Library	cartoon	0.2
25	Bad Brake	comic story	0.5	pencils: Dan DeCarlo	Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
26	Insomnia	comic story	0.5	pencils: Dan DeCarlo	Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper
27	Shopping Spree!	comic story	0.5	pencils: Red Holmdale	Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
28	Lights Out!	comic story	0.5		Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
29	Words and Moose-ic	comic story	1	pencils: Joe Edwards; inks: Joe Edwards	Dilton Doily [Dilton Doiley]; Moose Mason
30	Archie's Platter Quiz	activity	0.8		Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
31	Can You Name These Dance Steps?	activity	0.2		Archie Andrews
32	Cone Cad	comic story	0.5	pencils: Bob Bolling	Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
33	Wrong Number	comic story	0.5	pencils: Bob Bolling	Hortense; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
34	Veronica's New Dress (It's All in the Mind)	comic story	1		Veronica Lodge
35	Flattened Flatter!	comic story	1	pencils: Red Holmdale	Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
36	Gag Bag	text story	2	letters: typeset	Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Moose Mason
37	Archie's TV Quiz	activity	1
38	Small Fry	comic story	1	pencils: Samm Schwartz	Souphead; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
39	Weighty Problem	comic story	0.5	pencils: Dan DeCarlo	Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper
40	Snap Happy	comic story	0.5	pencils: Dan DeCarlo	Betty Cooper
41	Archie's Movie Quiz	activity	1		Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
42	Diplomatic Dunce	comic story	1	pencils: Bob Bolling	Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason
43	Fearless	comic story	1	pencils: Joe Edwards; inks: Joe Edwards	Moose Mason; Mrs. Mason
44	Rare Birds	illustration	1		Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy
45	Marine Division	comic story	0.5	pencils: Samm Schwartz; inks: Samm Schwartz	Archie Andrews
46	Bird Division	comic story	0.5	pencils: Samm Schwartz; inks: Samm Schwartz	Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy
47	Archie and His Folks	comic story	1		Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
48	Time To Laugh	comic story	1		Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy

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