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53April 1961
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Archie's Joke Book Magazine #53

Archie · April 1961 · on sale 1961-01-24

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Series
Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series)
Issue
#53
Publication date
April 1961
Key date
1961-04-00
On-sale date
1961-01-24
Indicia publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Archiecover1Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
1Party of the First Partcomic story1Archie Andrews; Smithers
2Live Modern!comic story0.5Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee [Waldo Weatherbee]
3By the Numberscomic story0.5Coach Kleats; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones [Forsythe P. Jones III]
4Abra Cadabra!comic story0.5Betty Cooper; Hal Cooper
5Easy Does It!comic story0.5Veronica Lodge; Leroy
6Shoes Who?comic story0.5Jughead Jones [Forsythe P. Jones III]; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
7No Exceptionscomic story0.5Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley
8Daffy-nitions!cartoon0.5Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Leroy; Jughead Jones [Forsythe P. Jones III]; Veronica Lodge
9Bedtime Storycomic story0.5Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones [Forsythe P. Jones III]
10Passing Signerycomic story1Jughead Jones [Forsythe P. Jones III]; Mr. Weatherbee [Waldo Weatherbee]
11Cheers!comic story1script: Joe Edwards; pencils: Joe Edwards; inks: Joe Edwards; letters: Joe EdwardsLi'l Jinx Holliday; Hap Holliday (Li'l Jinx's dad)
12Color Consciouscomic story0.5Archie Andrews
13Open Seasoncomic story0.5Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones [Forsythe P. Jones III]; Reggie Mantle
14The Big Searchcomic story0.5Jughead Jones [Forsythe P. Jones III]; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
15Economy Runcomic story0.5Coach Kleats; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones [Forsythe P. Jones III]
16The Big Showdowncomic story0.5Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones [Forsythe P. Jones III]
17Going Going - Gone!comic story0.5Reggie Mantle; Margie
18Never Mindcomic story0.5Miss Grundy [Geraldine Grundy]; Professor Flutesnoot [Benjamin Flutesnoot]; Miss Beazley
19No-It-All!comic story0.5Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
20No Catch To It!!comic story0.5Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews
21To Have & Have Not!comic story0.5Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle
22Feather Brainedcomic story1Dilton Doiley; Moose Mason
23Gone With the Windcomic story0.5Mr. Weatherbee [Waldo Weatherbee]
24How Time Flies!comic story0.5Miss Grundy [Geraldine Grundy]; Jughead Jones [Forsythe P. Jones III]; Archie Andrews
25Bill-Bored!comic story0.5Moose Mason
26A Studied Replycomic story0.5Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews (voice over phone only)
27Electronic Educationcomic story0.5Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones [Forsythe P. Jones III]; Veronica Lodge
28By Appointment Only!comic story0.5Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
29A La Carte!comic story1Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
30Daffynitionscartoon1Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Midge Klump
31Soup To Nut!comic story1Jughead Jones [Forsythe P. Jones III]
32Iguanatext article1letters: typeset
33All Work and No Pay!comic story0.5Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
34Rival Dog Feud!comic story0.5Jughead Jones [Forsythe P. Jones III]; Hiram Lodge
35Archie's Sappy Sayingscartoon1Jughead Jones [Forsythe P. Jones III]; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley; Miss Grundy [Geraldine Grundy]
36En Gardecomic story0.5Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
37Class Clownscomic story0.5Miss Grundy [Geraldine Grundy]; Jughead Jones [Forsythe P. Jones III]; Archie Andrews
38Celebrity Celebrationcomic story0.5Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee [Waldo Weatherbee]; Jughead Jones [Forsythe P. Jones III]; Reggie Mantle
39The Truth Hurts!comic story0.5Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones [Forsythe P. Jones III]; Professor Flutesnoot [Benjamin Flutesnoot]
40Quiz Whizcomic story0.5Moose Mason; Coach Kleats; Miss Grundy [Geraldine Grundy]
41Cost Consciouscomic story0.5Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones [Forsythe P. Jones III]
42School Daze!comic story1Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee [Waldo Weatherbee]; Professor Flutesnoot [Benjamin Flutesnoot]; Miss Grundy [Geraldine Grundy]; Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
43At Your Servicecomic story1Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge

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