Archie Comics
#79
(March-April 1956)
Archie,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Editing
- ?
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, sit down! Just as soon as I get my hat and coat off, I'll make a bite to eat!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Reprints
-
in The Archie Gang (H. John Edwards, 1950 ? series) #18 -
in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #4 ([November] 1957)
-
- Keywords
- hats; salad
How're You Fixed for Blades
Archie / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doiley; Mr. Weatherbee; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie talks Mr. Weatherbee into having the faculty attend an ice-skating get-together on Saturday, not realizing that Archie's ulterior motive is make the faculty so tired and sore from skating that they won't be able to come to school on Monday.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #4 ([November] 1957) [Reprinted in black and white.]
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- Keywords
- ice-skating
Indexer Notes
Listed on cover. The title is a tagline from 1950s TV commercials for Gillette razor blades.
Takes Two to Tangle
Archie / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Archie and Reggie have a fight to decide to who will take Veronica to the dance. Reggie wins easily, which causes Archie to practice boxing with Jughead. At the dance, Archie tries to take Veronica home, thinking he can now beat Reggie. Unfortunately, Veronica didn't come to the dance with Reggie.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #4 ([November] 1957) [Reprinted in black and white.]
-
- Keywords
- boxing; dance
Indexer Notes
Listed on cover.
Nothing Secret
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Miss Grundy; Reggie Mantle (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Archie is upset with Betty because she can't keep a secret.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #4 ([November] 1957) [Reprinted in black and white.]
-
- Keywords
- secrets
Anty-Social!
Archie / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead spends weeks teaching an ant to do tricks, but when he and Archie take the ant to the booking agent, things go badly.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #4 ([November] 1957) [Reprinted in black and white.]
-
in Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #28 (1976) - in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #70 (October 2000)
-
- Keywords
- agent; ant; tricks
[no title indexed]
Archie Fun Page / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Shade in the rest of this silhouette cow.
- Characters
- Archie Andrews (host)
- Synopsis
- A circle picture; shade in the silhouette cow; a star crossword puzzle.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #4 ([November] 1957) [Reprinted in black and white.]
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False Alarm
Pat the Brat / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Pat; his father
- Synopsis
- Pat sees smoke coming out of the house window and uses a garden hose--to put out his father's cigar.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #4 ([November] 1957) [Reprinted in black and white.]
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- Keywords
- cigar; garden hose; smoking
A Cool Out
Pat the Brat / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Pat; his father; Bill
- Synopsis
- Pat gets in trouble when he hits a boy with a snowball.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #4 ([November] 1957) [Reprinted in black and white.]
-
- Keywords
- cold war; snow ball
Ski Sketch
Archie's Rival Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- When Archie forgets his ski poles on his first outing on skis, Reggie brings him something he thinks will be better--a pair of crutches.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #4 ([November] 1957) [Reprinted in black and white.]
-
- Keywords
- crutches; skiing; skis
Hidden Assets
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie is complaining to Betty about the money Veronica spends on beauty treatments.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #4 ([November] 1957) [Reprinted in black and white.]
-
Set Straight
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- A plain girl complains that Betty and Veronica only think about boys. Betty responds with a catty comment.
The Acid Test
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Professor Flutesnoot; Reggie Mantle (cameo); Betty Cooper (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Professor Flutesnoot asks Archie to identify the formula HNO3.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #4 ([November] 1957) [Reprinted in black and white.]
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- Keywords
- chemistry; nitric acid
Dots a Plenty
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica and another girls talk about liking a polka-dot dress they just saw. However, when Betty comes in the Choklit Shoppe wearing that dress, the two decide they don't like it.
- Keywords
- dresses; polka-dots
A Brush with Fate
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead tells Archie how his uncle fell off a scaffold.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #4 ([November] 1957) [Reprinted in black and white.]
-
- Keywords
- painting; scaffold
The Prose and Cons
Archie's Pal Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews (cameo); Betty Cooper (cameo); Veronica Lodge (cameo); Reggie Mantle (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Miss Grundy asks Jughead to tell the difference between prose and poetry.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #4 ([November] 1957) [Reprinted in black and white.]
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- Keywords
- poetry
[no title indexed]
Archie Fun Page / activity / 0.75 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Copy me -
- Synopsis
- Copy me; fill each blank; Tic! Tac! Toe!; copy the squares; connect the dots; pick the two designs that are alike.
Rough Remorse!
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie and Reggie are waiting behind a billboard to beat up Jughead for snitching to the teacher. However, when he doesn't show, they hope nothing happened to him.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #4 ([November] 1957) [Reprinted in black and white.]
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- Keywords
- billboard; revenge; snitching
Furnished Ruin
Archie / comic story / 2.25 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Duncan Fife; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Moose is mad because he overheard Midge say Duncan Fife was a swell dresser. Archie and Reggie tell him that Duncan Phyfe is a type of furniture. Moose thinks he'll play a joke on Midge by inviting her to bring "Duncan Fife" to the Chocklit Shoppe, but Archie and Reggie are the ones who pay when Midge does show up with a real Duncan Fife.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #10 ([May 1958]) [Reprinted in black and white.]
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- Keywords
- jealousy
[no title indexed]
Reggie / comic story / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ha! Ha! Some fisherman! Two left shoes!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Reggie ribs Jughead about catching two shoes while fishing, but Jughead has the perfect answer.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #10 ([May 1958]) [Reprinted in black and white.]
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- Keywords
- fishing; shoes
Indexer Notes
No logo on story.
[no title indexed]
Archie Doodles / activity / 0.75 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A bald man reading a newspaper.
- Synopsis
- Abstract designs that represent common activities.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #10 ([May 1958]) [Reprinted in black and white.]
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[no title indexed]
Did You Ever See a... / cartoon / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Book Jacket
- Synopsis
- Drawings of common phrases taken literally: book jacket; paper weight; pair of slippers; boot tree; cream pitcher; basket ball.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #10 ([May 1958]) [Reprinted in black and white.]
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[no title indexed]
Is That a Fact? / text article / 1.8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The World's Highest Jumper
- Synopsis
- Brief articles about "The World's Highest Jumper," "Driving a Car Under Water," "Cooking with Ice," Snakes of Glass," "The Climbing Fish," and "Floating Fat."
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #4 ([November] 1957) [Reprinted in black and white.]
-
Indexer Notes
The title illustration features bugs drawn in the style of those in Walt Kelly's Pogo comic strip.
Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1955
statement of ownership / 0.2 page
Indexer Notes
Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1955. No circulation figures given.
Stutter Nonsense
Reggie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate; Sam
- Synopsis
- Reggie makes fun of Sam, who stutters, but Sam gets the last laugh.
- Keywords
- stuttering
Phone Flub
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie tries to make Veronica jealous with a fake phone call, but is exposed when a repairman comes to fix the pay phone, which has been out of order all day.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #4 ([November] 1957) [Reprinted in black and white.]
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- Keywords
- jealousy; pay phone
Indexer Notes
A copy of Laugh Comics is in a rack in panel four.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Archie, sit down! Just as soon as I get my hat and coat off, I'll make a bite to eat!"]
Archie -
1.
How're You Fixed for Blades
Archie -
2.
Takes Two to Tangle
Archie -
3.
Nothing Secret
Archie -
4.
Anty-Social!
Archie -
5.
["Shade in the rest of this silhouette cow."]
Archie Fun Page -
6.
False Alarm
Pat the Brat -
7.
A Cool Out
Pat the Brat -
8.
Ski Sketch
Archie's Rival Reggie -
9.
Hidden Assets
Archie -
10.
Set Straight
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica -
11.
Clean-Up Spot
Archie's Pal Jughead -
12.
The Acid Test
Archie -
13.
Dots a Plenty
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica -
14.
Clear Sailin'
Archie -
15.
A Brush with Fate
Jughead -
16.
The Prose and Cons
Archie's Pal Jughead -
17.
["Copy me - "]
Archie Fun Page -
18.
["If youse can lick our -chuckle!- new member..."]
Fearless Fosdick; Wildroot Cream-Oil -
19.
Rough Remorse!
Archie -
20.
Furnished Ruin
Archie -
21.
["Ha! Ha! Some fisherman! Two left shoes!"]
Reggie -
22.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club -
23.
["A bald man reading a newspaper."]
Archie Doodles -
24.
["Book Jacket"]
Did You Ever See a... -
25.
["The World's Highest Jumper"]
Is That a Fact? -
26.
Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1955
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27.
Stutter Nonsense
Reggie -
28.
Fit to Be Tied!
Archie -
29.
Here They Come Again!
Archie Giant Series -
30.
Phone Flub
Archie
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