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56August 1961
$0.10

Archie's Joke Book Magazine #56

Archie · August 1961 · on sale 1961-06-12

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Series
Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series)
Issue
#56
Publication date
August 1961
Key date
1961-08-00
On-sale date
1961-06-12
Indicia publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Archiecover1Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
1Fancy Dancecomic story1letters: Bill YoshidaArchie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones [Forsythe Pendleton Jones III]
2Service with a Smilecomic story1Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate
3Lover's Quarrelcomic story1
4Concentrationcomic story1.5
5Dancing Daddiocomic story0.5
6The Pet Setcomic story1Archie Andrews; Moose Mason
7One for the Roadcomic story1
8All Wetcomic story0.5
9A Card for a Cadcomic story0.5
10Quiz Fizzcomic story0.5
11The Waiting Gamecomic story0.5
12Fish Storycomic story0.5
13Dumb Chumcomic story0.5
14Boy Battycomic story0.5
15Easy Does Itcomic story0.5
16The Truth Comes Outcomic story0.5
17Stomach Troublecomic story0.5
18Plus and Minuscomic story0.5
19Loony Larcenycomic story0.5
20Slugger's Delightcomic story0.5
21Film Funcomic story0.5
22Jughead's Sign and Dandycomic story1
23Football Fibbercomic story1
24Siesta Snoozecomic story0.5
25Trite Treatcomic story0.5
26Horsing Aroundcomic story1
27Dismissal Dismaycomic story0.5
28Catch as Catch Cancomic story0.5
29First Aidtext article1letters: typeset
30A Shot in the Armcomic story1script: Joe Edwards; pencils: Joe Edwards; inks: Joe Edwards; letters: Joe EdwardsLi'l Jinx Holliday
31Video Viewcomic story1
32Odd for Art's Sakecomic story0.5letters: Bill YoshidaArchie Andrews
33Seer Suckercomic story0.5letters: Bill YoshidaBetty Cooper; Jughead Jones [Forsythe Pendleton Jones III]
34Who's There?comic story1pencils: Bill VigodaReggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason (fist only)
35Big Spendercomic story0.5pencils: Bill Vigoda; inks: Bill VigodaArchie Andrews, Veronica Lodge
36Redskin Revengecomic story0.5pencils: Bill Vigoda; inks: Bill VigodaMidge Klump, Reggie Mantle
37Telling Techniquecomic story1pencils: Bill Vigoda; inks: Bill Vigoda; letters: Bill YoshidaArchie Andrews, Reggie Mantle

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