Archie #109 Values

Publisher: Archie, 1960

About Archie #109

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COVER DETAILS

Title: A. Andrews, Disc Jockey You Pay... ...I Play

Characters: Archie Andrews

Pencils: Harry Lucey

Inks: Terry Szenics

STORY DETAILS

(6 Stories)

Title: Payola

Characters: Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Fred Andrews

Synopsis: Archie becomes the DJ on the school P.A. system, picking songs written and recorded by students. To get their records on his show, Archie's friends start offering him bribes, and pretty soon his policy becomes "no pay, no play." It's up to Archie's dad to give him the payment he deserves for his corruption.

Pages: 8.000

Script: Frank Doyle

Pencils: Harry Lucey

Inks: Terry Szenics

Letters: Terry Szenics

Notes: A takeoff on the then-recent payola scandals in the record and radio business.

Title: Split Decision

Characters: Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis: Archie and Veronica decide to break up and see other people, but even when they date other people, they act as if they're still dating each other.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Frank Doyle

Pencils: Harry Lucey

Inks: Terry Szenics

Letters: Terry Szenics

Title: Water Boy!

Characters: Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday

Synopsis: Li'l Jinx wants a glass of water in the middle of the night.

Pages: 1.000

Script: Joe Edwards

Pencils: Joe Edwards

Inks: Joe Edwards

Letters: Joe Edwards

Notes: This story uses unusual color design, with the characters in black and white against solid color backgrounds, and with the square speech balloons in color as well.

Title: Arch Rival

Characters: Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis: The gang informs Archie that Veronica has a new male friend named "Dicky."

Pages: 4.000

Pencils: Harry Lucey

Inks: Terry Szenics

Letters: Terry Szenics

Pages: 1.300

Letters: typeset

Notes: First prize of $5.00 to Mary Kay Remley (Trumansburg, N.Y.) for article on snow. Second prize of $3.00 to David Hammond (Saint Cloud (S & O), France) for article on a trip to the D-Day landing beaches at Normandy. Third prize of $2.00 to Ilse Levi (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) for article on good posture. Fourth prize of $1.00 to Margaret Bozek (Buffalo, N.Y.) for three jokes.

Title: The Golden Roll

Characters: Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy

Synopsis: When Mr. Weatherbee tries on his roller skates for the school's upcoming skating party, the boys try to provoke him into skating through the halls after them.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Frank Doyle

Pencils: Harry Lucey

Inks: Marty Epp

Letters: Marty Epp

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3

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