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Issue Details

Issue #140
Published August 1960
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "Spring dance"

Characters Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Bob White
Inks Bob White
Notes Based on the plot of the first story in the issue, "Actions Speak Louder Than Words."

6 page Archie story "Actions Speak Louder Than Words"

Characters Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate
Synopsis The story of Archie and Reggie's attempts to get the money to go to a dance, all told without a single word of dialogue.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Notes In addition to the lack of dialogue, the only caption in this story is one at the beginning explaining the technique and asking readers to write in if they like it. Archie would do a number of silent stories from this point on, many of them drawn by Lucey. This story is one of the most famous showcases for Harry Lucey's skill at conveying emotion and plot through body language alone. Dan Nadel, whose book "Art In Time" includes a chapter on Lucey, has singled this story out as an "extraordinary" example of Lucey's art.

Half page Leroy filler "Missed By a Nose"

Characters Leroy; Leroy's dad
Synopsis Leroy tells his dad that there was someone who wanted to see him.
Genre teen; humor
Script Neal Adams
Pencils Neal Adams
Inks Neal Adams
Letters Neal Adams

Half page Jughead filler "Bed Made"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis Jughead does the old joke where he tells Archie he has to "make his own bed."
Genre teen; humor
Script Neal Adams
Pencils Neal Adams
Inks Neal Adams
Letters Neal Adams
Notes Archie is reading Archie Comics' "The Fly." This was the title Neal Adams originally applied to work on at Archie Comics, being assigned to write and draw joke pages instead.

1 page Shrimpy filler "It's a Ball"

Characters Shrimpy; Brando
Synopsis Shrimpy is pitching well now that the ball is broken in.
Genre children; humor
Script Joe Harold
Pencils Joe Harold
Inks Joe Harold

4 page Katy Keene story "Double Rocket Trouble"

Characters Katy Keene; Randy; K.O. Kelly; Gloria
Synopsis Katy dreams that she marries Randy and becomes "Queen of Outer Space," while K.O. and Gloria get revenge on the couple in a spaceship shaped like a boxing glove.
Genre fashion; humor
Script Bill Woggon
Pencils Bill Woggon
Inks Bill Woggon

2 page Gloria story "A New Hair-Do"

Characters Katy Keene; Gloria; Danny
Synopsis Gloria demands to be picked over Katy for a part, until she finds out what costume the part requires.
Genre fashion; humor
Script Bill Woggon
Pencils Bill Woggon
Inks Bill Woggon

4 page Li'l Jinx story "Nothing But the Tooth!"

Characters Li'l Jinx; Greg; Hap Holliday
Synopsis Li'l Jinx comes up with a plan to get extra money from the Tooth Fairy.
Genre children; humor
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

Half page Moose filler "Information Please"

Characters Moose Mason
Synopsis Two drunks ask Moose to settle an argument.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Vincent DeCarlo

6 page Archie story "Ignorance is Bliss!"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis Veronica thinks Archie peeked at his birthday gift in advance. Reggie makes things worse by telling Archie she got him a bow tie, making it impossible for Archie to talk to Ronnie without saying "bow tie" by accident.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Bob White
Inks Bob White