Archie
#351
(September 1987)
Archie,
1959 Series
- Price
- 0.75 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- 9 times a year in Jan., March, May, June, July, Aug., Sept., Oct. and Nov.
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series; Archie Comics 45th Anniversary
- Barcode
- 027100069652 09
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick (credited) (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (credited as Richard Goldwater) (editor in chief)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Of course I'm on duty!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Reprints
- Keywords
- beaches; kissing; lifeguards; lipstick; portable radios; swimsuits
in 
Surf Saga
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; unnamed Hawaiian girl
- Synopsis
- Archie brings a surf board to the beach to impress girls, even though he can't surf. The plan backfires when Archie says the waves are too low and a Hawaiian shows him where the waves are highest.
- Reprints
-
in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #181 (September 2007) - in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #30 (August 2013)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Spark (Archie, 2020 series) (2020)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #311 (September 2020)
-
- Keywords
- surfing
[no title indexed]
Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Step right up!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Offer for two of the month's comic books for $1.00.
[no title indexed]
Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Full of color...full of fun!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Advertisement for Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #51.
Valerie Puzzle Page!
Valerie / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Valerie Smith; Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- A word search for the last names of Valerie's favorite guitarists.
- Reprints
The Plus Force
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Smithers; unnamed golfer
- Synopsis
- When Archie is Mr. Lodge's caddy and shows up in a gaudy outfit, the outfit causes Mr. Lodge's opponent to be distracted and lose the game.
- Reprints
-
in Acke (Semic, 1969 series) #11/1988 ([November] 1988) - in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #135 (September 2002)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Explosion (Archie, 2014 series) ([July] 2014)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #252 (August 2014)
-
- Keywords
- golf
Indexer Notes
When reprinted in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #252, writing credit is credited to George Gladir.
[no title indexed]
Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Double your fun!
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Advertisement for the Archie Double Digests.
[no title indexed]
Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Discount 32 page comic subscriptions!
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Advertisement for subscriptions to the 32 page comic books.
Something Suitable
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Whenever Archie decides to get to Pop Tate's a certain way, Veronica must change her outfit to suit the method of transportation.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #107 (May 1999), #151 (June 2004)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Digest (Archie, 2013 series) (2013)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #239 (June 2013), #298 (June 2019)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Jubilee (Archie, 2019 series) (2019)
-
Indexer Notes
When reprinted in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #239, the writing is credited to Frank Doyle.
[no title indexed]
Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Subscribe and save $1.75 on each five-issue subscription!
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Advertisement for subscriptions to the Archie digests.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dexter Taylor ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Reports from the members of the Archie Club.
All Figured Out!
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie records the Blue Sox game so he can take Betty and Veronica on a picnic. While on the picnic, he tries to avoid anything that will reveal the winner of the game.
- Reprints
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #112 (August 1992)
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #86 (August 2002)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #300 (August 2019)
-
Indexer Notes
Page 4 clearly shows a package of Chips Ahoy! cookies and Page 5 shows the Kool-Aid jug. Kool-Aid and Chips Ahoy! were sponsors of Archie Comics at the time.
[no title indexed]
Archie / public service announcement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You don't need drugs...
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Midge; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle; Hot Dog
- Synopsis
- Reasons to avoid drugs.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Of course I'm on duty!"]
Archie -
1.
Surf Saga
Archie -
2.
["Step right up!"]
Archie -
3.
["Full of color...full of fun!"]
Archie -
4.
Valerie Puzzle Page!
Valerie -
5.
The Plus Force
Archie -
6.
["Double your fun!"]
Archie -
7.
["Discount 32 page comic subscriptions!"]
Archie -
8.
Something Suitable
Archie -
9.
["Subscribe and save $1.75 on each five-issue subscription!"]
Archie -
10.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News -
11.
All Figured Out!
Archie -
12.
["You don't need drugs..."]
Archie
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- Luke A.
- Peter Croome
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Thomas Johnson
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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