Archie #295
(August 1980)

Archie, 1959 Series
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Price
0.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1980-06-03
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Series; Archie Comics Group
Barcode
0271000696508
Editing
?

Issue Notes

On-sale date from The Comic Reader #180.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks
Dan DeCarlo ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What's wrong with the car?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Reprints
Keywords
automobile mechanics; jalopies

Getting Noticed (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

The Initial Trouble (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Smithers
Synopsis
A letter in the paper's Dear Blabby column is from an A.A. of Riverdale complaining of a rich, conceited, bossy girlfriend, which gets Archie in trouble with Veronica despite not writing it.

Pix Stix! (Table of Contents: 3)

Charley / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Edwards

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Charley; Roz
Synopsis
Roz paints Charley a picture of his teacher that he can use as a dartboard.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I've been trying to fix meals for your father...
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Mrs. Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Mrs. Andrews has trouble cooking meals that fit her husband's diet; Archie reads a police report about a spaceship encounter.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Archie Annual Digest / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Show Me the Way (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Jughead gets the gang out of a thick fog by having Archie use his nose to find Veronica and her house.

Archie's Fashions (Table of Contents: 7)

Archie / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
fashion; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews

The Debt Beat (Table of Contents: 8)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Archie becomes an unwilling party in Reggie's hunt for Jughead and the money he owes him.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Archie Club News / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I want to tell you about my summer home.
Characters
Archie Andrews; Moose Mason

Indexer Notes

Reports about a summer home in Canada and stamp collecting.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Jughead / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Clothes Call (Table of Contents: 12)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Pop Tate; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis
Mr. Lodge's use of Archie as a model for his new menswear line and a news reporter looking for the best-dressed teenage boy in Riverdale come together in a way Veronica doesn't anticipate.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["What's wrong with the car?"]
    Archie
  2. 1. Getting Noticed
    Hostess Twinkies; Josie
  3. 2. The Initial Trouble
    Archie
  4. 3. Pix Stix!
    Charley
  5. 4. ["I've been trying to fix meals for your father..."]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  6. 5. ["Kids! Don't let this giant catch get away!"]
    Archie Annual Digest
  7. 6. Show Me the Way
    Archie
  8. 7. Archie's Fashions
    Archie
  9. 8. The Debt Beat
    Archie
  10. 9. ["I want to tell you about my summer home."]
    Archie Club News
  11. 10. ["Get your act together with..."]
    Jughead
  12. 11. ["Not 2 but 3 for $1.00!"]
  13. 12. Clothes Call
    Archie
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Luke A.
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk