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!

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Another Example of Humor That Doesn't Look Like Archie!

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Thirteen Going on Eighteen

by John Stanley

AROUND THE BLOCK WITH DUNC AND LOO "TV or Not TV"

After last week's spooky Gothic romance mini-blogathon...

...we thought a bit of teen humor would be in order!

You'll note two major differences from most teen humor tales we present here...

1) the art doesn't mimic the Archie Comics "house" art style, which became synonymous with "teen humor" in the late 1950s!

2) the series is set in a big city with apartment houses and other urban elements.

(Most "teen humor" series are set in suburbs/small towns!)

This never-reprinted story from Dell's Around the Block with Dunc and Loo #1 (1961) was written by John Stanley and illustrated by Bill Williams (who were the series' co-creators).

It was one of three "teen humor" series created for Dell by Stanley, including Kookie and Thirteen (Going on Eighteen) for Dell.

We'll be presenting examples of them in the future...

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Thirteen Going on Eighteen

by John Stanley