Archie's Joke Book Magazine #23 (1956) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Series: Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series)
Issue: #23
Publication date: July 1956
Key date: 1956-07-00
On-sale date: 1956-05-01
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, Betty Cooper
1	Mud In Your Eye!	comic story	0.5	pencils: Dan DeCarlo	Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones
2	Hill Billy!	comic story	0.5	pencils: Dan DeCarlo	Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge
3	Practical Print	comic story	0.5		Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper
4	Cheap Chow	comic story	0.5		Archie Andrews, Jughead Jones, Reggie Mantle
5	Damp Date	comic story	0.5	pencils: Samm Schwartz	Archie Andrews, Reggie Mantle
6	Mouse Madness	comic story	0.5		Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge
7	Co-Ed	comic story	0.5	pencils: Dan DeCarlo	Betty Cooper, Mr. Weatherbee
8	Tela-Wised!	comic story	0.5	pencils: Dan DeCarlo	Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge
9	South Sea Paradise	cartoon	0.75		Jughead Jones
10	Did You Ever Hear..?	cartoon	0.25
11	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Al Fagaly; inks: Al Fagaly	Super Duck
12	Beach Belles	comic story	0.5		Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge
13	Saving Grace	comic story	0.5	pencils: Samm Schwartz	Archie Andrews, Jughead Jones, Pop Tate
14	Struck Out	comic story	0.5	pencils: Bill Vigoda	Archie Andrews, Reggie Mantle
15	Paint in the Neck	comic story	0.5		Archie Andrews, Reggie Mantle
16	Debt Letters!	comic story	0.5	pencils: Bill Vigoda	Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle
17	Two For the Honey	comic story	0.5	pencils: Samm Schwartz	Archie Andrews, Veronica Lodge
18	Motor Mirth	comic story	0.5	pencils: Dexter Taylor	Archie Andrews, Jughead Jones
19	Boy Oh Boy	comic story	0.5	pencils: Samm Schwartz	Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge
20	Shell Game!	comic story	2	pencils: Samm Schwartz	Archie Andrews, Miss Grundy, Jughead Jones, Reggie Mantle, Mr. Weatherbee
21	Wrong Number	comic story	0.5		Archie Andrews, Reggie Mantle
22	Spot Check!	comic story	0.5	pencils: Dan DeCarlo	Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper
23	For Old Times Ache	comic story	1	pencils: Samm Schwartz	Fred Andrews
24	Gag Bag	text article	2	letters: typeset	Archie Andrews, Moose Mason
25	Framed	comic story	0.5	pencils: Dan DeCarlo	Archie Andrews, Reggie Mantle
26	Positively Maybe	comic story	0.5	pencils: Dan DeCarlo	Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge
27	Fish Tales	comic story	1		Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge
28	Caught in the Act	comic story	0.5		Archie Andrews, Miss Grundy, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle
29	Slipper Nipper	comic story	0.5	pencils: Bob Bolling	Archie Andrews, Forsythe Jones II, Jughead Jones
30	He Should Know!	comic story	0.5	pencils: Dan DeCarlo	Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge
31	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: George Frese	Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge
32	My Aching Tooth!	comic story	1		Reggie Mantle
33	Sign of the Times	comic story	0.5	pencils: Dan DeCarlo	Archie Andrews, Veronica Lodge
34	The Quick Change Artist	comic story	0.5		Fred Andrews, Mary Andrews
35	Archie-Doodles	activity	0.75	pencils: ? (illustrations); inks: ? (illustrations)
36	Jughead's Sports Quiz	cartoon	0.25	pencils: ? (illustrations); inks: ? (illustrations)
37	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.25	pencils: Joe Edwards; inks: Joe Edwards	Wilbur Wilkin
38	Change of Scene	comic story	0.5		Archie Andrews, Veronica Lodge
39	Tempus Figits	comic story	0.5	pencils: Samm Schwartz	Archie Andrews, Reggie Mantle
40	Smoke Smack	comic story	1	pencils: Bob Bolling	Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge
41	Fish Fizzle	comic story	0.5	pencils: Bob Bolling	Archie Andrews, Jughead Jones
42	Ironical Steel	comic story	0.5	pencils: Tom Moore	Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge
43	Cat-Tales	cartoon	1		Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge
44	Letter Perfect	comic story	0.5	pencils: Samm Schwartz	Archie Andrews, Mary Andrews, Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle
45	Car Fool	comic story	0.5	pencils: Dan DeCarlo	Archie Andrews, Hiram Lodge, Veronica Lodge

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