Archie
#263
(July 1977)
Archie,
1959 Series
- Price
- 0.35 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Published 9 times a year in February, March, April, June, July, August, September, November and December.
- On-sale Date
- 1977-05-10
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series [vertical]
- Barcode
- 0271000696507
- Editing
- Richard H. Goldwater (editor)
Issue Notes
On sale date from the Comic Reader #143.
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, this disco music carries me away!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty rocks to the music while Archie chokes on the bill.
- Keywords
- dancing; discotheques
Yowsa Yowsa
Hostess Twinkies; Josie / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Josie McCoy; Alan Mayberry; Alexander Cabot; Valerie Brown
- Synopsis
- Josie and Alan participate in a dance marathon where the prize is Hostess Twinkies.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Whodunit
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones; Miss Beazley; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Obsessed with detective fiction, Archie begins acting out as fictional private eye Sam Sledge, to the amusement of everyone else.
- Reprints
-
in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #59 (July 1985)
-
It Adds Up
Charley / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Charley Hawse; Li'l Jinx; unnamed teacher
- Synopsis
- Charley has a unique answer for a math problem.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The principal wants you to give him a ride downtown!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Miss Haggly; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Mr. Flutesnoot
- Synopsis
- Miss Grundy must give Mr. Weatherbee a lift. Mr. Flutesnoot poses for an art class.
- Reprints
- from ?
Indexer Notes
These are reprints of two early seventies era Archie syndicated newspaper strips.
On Stage
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Oblivious to the reaction of others, Archie rehearses pickup lines he's planning to use on Veronica out loud.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #59 (July 1985)
-
The Back and Blues
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie mishears a private conversation between Mr. Weatherbee and Miss Grundy, then spreads the rumor that Mr. Weatherbee is retiring.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #364 (July 1981)
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #16 (December 1985)
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #74 (January 1988)
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #21 (January 1994)
-
Archie's Cover Up Puzzle
Archie / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Fill in the designated letters, then unscramble them to find the hidden message.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #59 (July 1985)
-
Billion Dollar Taste
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Gladys Jones; Pop Tate; Smithers the butler; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Everyone is so impressed with Jughead's new soup that they envision it has mass-market potential.
- Reprints
- in Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #381 (January 1982)
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #16 (December 1985)
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #89 (April 1988)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #65 (May 1993)
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Archie, this disco music carries me away!"]
Archie -
1.
Yowsa Yowsa
Hostess Twinkies; Josie -
2.
Whodunit
Archie -
3.
It Adds Up
Charley -
4.
["The principal wants you to give him a ride downtown!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
5.
On Stage
Archie -
6.
The Back and Blues
Archie -
7.
Archie's Cover Up Puzzle
Archie -
8.
Billion Dollar Taste
Archie
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