Archie #282
(July 1979)

Archie, 1959 Series
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Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1979-05-01
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Series; Archie Comics Group
Barcode
0271000696507
Editing
Richard H. Goldwater (editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date from the Comic Reader #168.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inks
Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Archie is a clutch player!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy
Synopsis
Jughead and Mr. Weatherbee assess Archie's value as a baseball player.
Reprints
Keywords
baseball; cheerleaders

Indexer Notes

Cover is re-drawn as cover of Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #60 (September 1985).

Going, Going, Gone (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Hostess Twinkies; Josie / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Cool Hand Arch (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inks
Jim DeCarlo
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
After failing to study for a history test, Archie intentionally injures his right hand so he can't take the test.

Give Me Your Attention (Table of Contents: 3)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Joe Edwards

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday
Synopsis
Jinx is upset and she wants everybody to know about it.

Getting into the Act (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Joe Edwards

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Lead Archie through the maze so he avoids his friends.

The Real Thing (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inks
Jim DeCarlo
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews
Synopsis
Archie's parents make Archie dress up for when they entertain an old friend of Fred's.

Sum Fun (Table of Contents: 6)

Moose / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inks
Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Moose Mason
Synopsis
Moose needs Archie's help with a math problem.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Bob Montana
Pencils
Bob Montana
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Joe Edwards

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mother, Archie is putting on a fashion show for your charity!
Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Betty Cooper; Miss Beazly
Synopsis
Archie stages a benefit fashion show, then asks Miss Beazly about a piece of memorabilia.
Reprints
  • from ?

Indexer Notes

These are reprints of two early seventies era Archie syndicated newspaper strips.

The Last Lum-Lum (Table of Contents: 8)

Archie 1 / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen; humor
Characters
Archie 1; Jughead 1; Betty 1; Reggie 1; Moose 1
Synopsis
In prehistoric days, Reggie brags that he and his kind will never suffer extinction like the Lum-Lum.
Reprints
Keywords
dinosaur; extinction

Who Do You Scare For? (Table of Contents: 9)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inks
Jim DeCarlo
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Archie takes Veronica to a haunted house attraction, hoping to scare her into his arms. But Veronica proves to be made of sterner stuff.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Archie is a clutch player!"]
    Archie
  2. 1. Going, Going, Gone
    Hostess Twinkies; Josie
  3. 2. Cool Hand Arch
    Archie
  4. 3. Give Me Your Attention
    Li'l Jinx
  5. 4. Getting into the Act
    Archie
  6. 5. The Real Thing
    Archie
  7. 6. Sum Fun
    Moose
  8. 7. ["Mother, Archie is putting on a fashion show for your charity!"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  9. 8. The Last Lum-Lum
    Archie 1
  10. 9. Who Do You Scare For?
    Archie
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  • Mike DeLisa
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  • Mike Nielsen
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  • Ramon Schenk