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ISSUE SUMMARY

Publisher: Archie
Title: Archie's Pals 'n' Gals
Page Count: 84
Genre: Children, Humor, Satire-parody, Teen
Era: Silver
Cover Price: 0.25 USD
Cover Date: December 1961
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Country: United States
Professor Flutesnoot invents a potion that makes Archie irresistible to Betty and Veronica, at least until it is washed off.; Jughead spills a liquid he made in chemistry class on his hamburger and the reaction with the hamburger and pickle juice turns it into a potion. He accidentally spills it on Miss Grundy's hair, and she spends the rest of the story fighting off the amorous attentions of all males she meets.; Archie gets stuck in a deep snow drift. Everyone tries to take advantage of the situation instead of helping him get out.; Archie and Jughead convince each other that Dilton is a space alien in disguise.; Archie and Jughead build a snowman that looks like Mr. Weatherbee. Mr. Weatherbee changes it to look like Miss Grundy, who then changes it to look like Prof. Flutesnoot. The Professor ultimately gets revenge on Mr. Weatherbee and Miss Grundy.; Archie and Jughead send Prof. Flutesnoot's robot to Mr. Weatherbee's office, intending to scare him. Instead the robot turns out to be an electronic tattletale, relating all the misdeeds that Archie and Jughead have done lately.; While visiting her father's top-secret government plant, Veronica gets a mild dose of radiation that causes her to become temporarily invisible, in bits and pieces.; Mrs. Lodge and Veronica do their morning exercises while watching the "Buddy Bicep" TV show. They nag Archie and Mr. Lodge into exercising, too; but the men find the "Sandra Shapely" exercise show more to their liking.; Parody of what would happen in teenagers were in charge of the space program.; Riverdale High puts on an opera, with predictable results.; When Reggie flirts with Midge, Moose sends him to dreamland where he has visions of snuggling with popular movie stars.; The doctor asks Jinx where she'd like to get her shot (injection).; Greg worries about Jinx when she's gone on vacation.; Betty and Veronica share a pair of skis and in avoiding a tree repeat an old magazine cartoon gag.; Dilton decides to become an abstract art painter.; After reading a sign that says "Dogs must be carried on escalator," Moose is stuck on the first floor, because he doesn't have a dog.; Jughead makes a sculpture called "The Martian." It helps that a Martian comes in a flying saucer to pose for him each day.; Jughead gets a job that pays a dollar an hour, much to the surprise of Pop Tate.; Archie gives Miss Grundy a ride in his jalopy, prompting a comment by Mr. Weatherbee.; Miss Grundy said her class would have a test, rain or shine; but the class is overjoyed when it is snowing.; Betty tries to get Archie to notice her new hat.; Souphead put up signs advertising free kittens. As the seasons roll past, there are more and more cats to give away.; Shrimpy catches falling snowflakes on his tongue, but decides they need a little sugar.; Shrimpy's western friend already knows the "Three R's" -- Roping, riding and roundup.; Jughead falls into a manhole and Moose asks him a dumb question.; When it starts to rain while Mrs. Andrews is downtown, Mr. Andrews is afraid she'll step inside a store and do some shopping.; Veronica's new car has a compact car in the trunk as a spare.; Jughead and Souphead watch a western on TV.; Veronica's new puppy doesn't pass the test as a guard dog.; Jughead applies for an after-school job, but isn't very interested in taking it.; Archie's mother reads a psychologist's column in the newspaper that says teenagers should treat their parents with awe.; Veronica gets upset when Archie won't let her win at cards.