Archie
#185
(September 1968)
Archie,
1959 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- nine times a year: In February, March, April, June, July, August, September, November and December
- On-sale Date
- 1968-07-09
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Editing
- Richard H. Goldwater (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- And what would you like me to paint on your board?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Reprints
- Keywords
- beaches; painting; surfboards; swimsuits
in Indexer Notes
Later redrawn for the cover of Archie Comics Digest #44
Music Soothes
The Archies / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Pop Tate; Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Hal Cooper
- Synopsis
- The Archies can't find a place to practice because adults can't abide their noisy music. Finally they come up with a way to practice at the Cooper house without bothering Mrs. Cooper.
- Reprints
-
in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #61 (August 1999) - in Archie Rockin' the World (Archie, 2014 series) (2014)
- in Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #650 (January 2014)
- in Archie (Archie, 2015 series) #11 (October 2016)
- in Riverdale Digest (Archie, 2017 series) #4 (January 2018)
- in B&V Friends Forever [Betty and Veronica Friends Forever] (Archie, 2018 series) #1 (19) - Rock and Roll (May 2023)
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Indexer Notes
The Archies in this story consist of only three members: Archie (guitar), Reggie (drums) and Jughead (guitar).
The Comeback
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate; Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- When Pop Tate plans to close down the Chok'lit Shoppe due to lack of funds, Mr. Lodge arranges for a Hollywood movie crew to pay Pop to film a scene there.
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #213 (October 1973)
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #41 (July 1982)
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #142 (September 2008)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #60 (August 2016)
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Sleepy Time Guy
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Tired of going on cheap dates with Archie, Veronica demands that he get a job so he can afford to take her dancing. But the job he gets leaves him so tired that it ruins their expensive date.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #109 (August 1999), #152 (August 2004)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #289 (July 2018)
- in Archie 80th Anniversary Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2021 series) #5 (January 2022)
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Time Out for Talking
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Huh? *...Sure, Greg!... You're right... Yes!... I'll be back soon... Hold on!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Greg (on telephone); Hap Holliday; Li'l Jinx
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx has a long phone conversation with Greg.
- Reprints
Aquanuts
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Smithers; Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge puts his tropical fish in his swimming pool.
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #213 (October 1973)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #111 (September 2021)
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["And what would you like me to paint on your board?"]
Archie -
1.
Music Soothes
The Archies -
2.
The Comeback
Archie -
3.
Sleepy Time Guy
Archie -
4.
Time Out for Talking
Li'l Jinx -
5.
Aquanuts
Archie
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