Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Anything BUT Archie! THIRTEEN GOING ON EIGHTEEN "Beginner's Luck..."

Meet 13-year old Val and 17-year old Evie...
...in their premiere tale which provides convenient expositional dialogue to help with the series' concept!
As you can see from this tale from Dell's Thirteen Going on Eighteen #1 (1962), it was closer in style to TV sitcoms like Loves of Dobie Gillis, Leave it to Beaver, or Gidget than to Archie comics.
It's possible creator/writer/illustrator John Stanley believed the series could be adapted to live action, and so never got outlandishly-silly with the situations!

Next Week:
Another Example of Humor That Doesn't Look Like Archie!
You'll Cry Your Eyes Out if You Miss It!

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1 comment:

  1. Love theses comic. There are 29 issues (few repeats) but I wish they would re release all of them. This hard cover book gives you the 1st nine issues.. the story lines get much better from around issue 6.

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