Archie's Joke Book Magazine 1953 #158 - reader copy - $4.00
Archie tries to show Moose how to dance the Popcorn.
Archie tells Jughead to watch his bowling form.
Midge wants to date other boys and Moose agrees.
Dilton has been drawing since they got to the ski lodge.
Archie asks Wendy what's new and she tells him.
Mr. Lodge has a plan to break up Veronica's latest wild party.
Archie and Jughead explain what to do if you're afraid in football.
Madame Lazagna tells Veronica she will meet a handsome green-haired boy.
The restaurant is very crowded.
Reggie asks his dad for $10.
The girls didn't like any of the record albums and Mr. Brown thanks them.
Moose is taking a speed reading course.
Archie thinks Mr. Lodge's medicine ball is impractical as he would never use the muscles he's developing.
Betty thinks the move Archie made in chess isn't fair.
Different types of dog houses for different types of dogs.
Archie and Reggie compare dreams they had.
Mr. Weatherbee tells Archie he doesn't have to call him sir.
Archie and the gang tell the readers there's nothing to fear in various situations.
Li'l Jinx and Gigi made a lot of snowballs to get Greg and Russ with.
Jughead suggests Archie use a special punching bag to train with.
All the boys are uptight about their body english when bowling, except Jughead.
Jughead wonders how Dilton will get the mail without getting wet in the rain.
Archie's mom calls him for dinner while he and Jughead play with his race track.
Moose wonders if Archie knows what time it is.
Sequences 11 and 13 have the same title.
- Chicken Football - Four two-panel gags followed by a four-panel one.
- Ample Sample - Joke was later reused with different artwork in Pop Shop from Archie's Joke Book Magazine #165.
- Customized Dog Houses - Six single-panel gags.
- - Archie Quarter Comics.
- How to Conquer Fear - Five two-panel gags.
- - Letters from Fred Charnley, Stanley Drummond, Ricki Royse, and Kit Johnson.
- - Back cover.
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