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Issue Details

Issue #83
Published November-December 1956
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Harry Shorten

Cover Details

Characters Archie; Veronica
Genre teen

3 page Archie story "Friendly Enemies!"

Characters Archie; Reggie; Betty; Veronica; Jughead
Synopsis Archie and Jughead are feuding.
Genre teen

3 page Archie story "Dog Gone"

Characters Archie; Betty; Veronica; Jughead; Reggie; Mr. Weatherbee.
Synopsis Mr. Weatherbee and Archie argue over who gets to take books to pretty teacher's house.
Genre teen

1 page Pat the Brat filler "Housebroken"

Characters Pat the Brat
Synopsis A girl gives Pat a black eye while they're playing house.
Genre children
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling
Inks Bob Bolling
Letters Bob Bolling

1 page activity "Archie Does It!"

Characters Archie (cameo)
Notes Crafts page.

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Little Archie"

Characters Archie (cameo); Reggie (cameo); Betty (cameo); Jughead (cameo); Veronica (cameo)
Notes Promo for Little Archie comics featuring the regular Archie characters.

Half page advertisement "Wildroot Cream Oil gives you confidence!"

Letters typeset
Notes 1/4 page ad for Wildroot Cream-Oil hair tonic; featuring a one-panel cartoon.

6 page Big Moose story "Hearts 'n' Hot Dogs"

Characters Archie; Reggie; Jughead; Veronica; Big Moose; Ophelia
Synopsis Veronica is having a weenie roast in her back yard and Reggie tries to trick Big Moose into chopping wood for the fire.
Genre teen
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling
Inks Bob Bolling
Letters Bob Bolling

5 page Archie story "The Pity of It All"

Characters Archie; Jughead; Betty; Veronica
Synopsis Veronica has a crush on Ralph, the new student, and Archie's jealous.
Genre teen
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Samm Schwartz
Inks Samm Schwartz
Letters Samm Schwartz

1 page activity "Archie Fun Page"

Characters Archie (cameo)
Synopsis Word puzzles.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Your Thrill of the Year!"

Characters Archie (cameo)
Genre teen
Notes Promo for Archie's Pals 'n' Gals 5 giant with cover repro. Available for 25 cents by mail.

1 page Archie filler Oh Say, Can You "C"

Characters Archie; Jughead; Archie's father
Synopsis Archie tries to convince his father that the "D"s on his report card stand for "Dandy."
Genre teen
Pencils Harry Lucey

1 page Archie filler "Dog Show"

Characters Archie; Betty
Synopsis Archie and Betty watch a hypnotist on television.
Genre teen
Pencils Samm Schwartz
Inks Samm Schwartz
Letters Samm Schwartz

2 page Mr. Weatherbee story "Temper Fugit"

Characters Mr. Weatherbee; Coach Kleets; Archie (cameo); Jughead (cameo); Reggie (cameo)
Synopsis Mr. Weatherbee tries to get the coach to be more positive when talking to his basketball team.
Genre teen; sports

2 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Archie Club News"

Characters Archie (cameo)
Notes Promo for the Archie Club. Prize winners are Charles Rebello, New Bedford, Mass.; Barbara Ann Styczek, Brooklyn, NY; Martin Quinn, Bronx, NY; Barbara Sacknoff, Bronx, NY; Jay Reed, Millville, NY; and Patty Paradisce, Milford, Mass.

1 page Archie filler "Suffer in Silence"

Characters Archie
Synopsis Archie has to be quiet in a library.
Genre teen
Script Samm Schwartz
Pencils Samm Schwartz
Inks Samm Schwartz
Letters Samm Schwartz

1 page Jughead filler "Not So Fast"

Characters Jughead; Reggie
Synopsis Reggie tells Jughead his dentist is overcharging him.
Genre teen
Pencils Bill Vigoda

1 page advertisement "Munch Fun"

Notes Back cover. Illustrated ad for Baby Ruth candy bars. (Curtiss Candy Co., Chicago, Ill.) One of a series.

4 page various advertisement "ads"

Notes Ads for Sheaffer's Cartridge pen (W. A. Sheaffer Pen Co., Fort Madison, IA), inside front cover, color; novelties (Honor House, Lynbrook, NY), one page; body building (Home Gym Co., Newark, NJ), one-half page; Scripto pens and pencils (Scripto, Inc., Atlanta, Ga.) one-half page; Nutty Putty (Lucky Products, Carle Place, NY), one-half page; and Chicago brand Roller Skates (Chicago, Ill.), inside back cover; color.