Archie #396
(February 1992)

Archie, 1959 Series
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Price
1.20 USD; 0.75 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
?
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Series
Barcode
071896467475 02
Editing
Victor Gorelick (Editor) ; Richard Goldwater (Editor-In-Chief)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Alison Flood
Colors
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh, wow! Archie is finally getting to school on time!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Waldo Weatherbee
Keywords
pajamas; tardiness; watches

Rascal (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Rascal the monkey (Introduction); Hiram Lodge; Smithers; Gaston
Synopsis
Archie gets a pet monkey from his aunt and realizes the little guy is too much to handle after he wrecks the Lodge mansion.

Archie Cross outs (Table of Contents: 2)

Puzzle / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
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Letters
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Genre
children
Synopsis
Cross out game to find out what section of the newspaper is Archie's Favorite.

Clock Yock (Table of Contents: 3)

Sabrina / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Sabrina Spellman; Mr. Schuman
Synopsis
Sabrina uses her magic to make the phrase "Time is money" a reality.

Indexer Notes

No credits given for gag; Gag is only half page, other half is a Victor Gorelick Editorial on Archie's Recycling agenda

Kissology (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Chuck Clayton; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley; Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Mary Andrews; Svenson; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Archie does a report on kissing and ends up realizing it's hazardous to his health.

Trouble Free Copies (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Mike Pellowski
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Geraldine Grundy; Svenson; Waldo Weatherbee; Jughead Jones (cameo)
Synopsis
Mr. Weatherbee expects the worst when Archie and Reggie are asked to carry copy papers for Miss Grundy.

The Message (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
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Letters
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Genre
humor
Characters
Archie Andrews; Professor Flutesnoot; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis
Archie learns the most important message at Riverdale High.

Indexer Notes

No credits given for gag

Holy Cowabunga! I Shrunk the Gang (Table of Contents: 7)

Mighty Archie Art Players / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley; Mrs. Doiley
Synopsis
Archie and the gang get shrunk by Dilton's Shrink Machine.

Indexer Notes

A spoof of "Honey I Shrunk The Kids".

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Oh, wow! Archie is finally getting to school on time!"]
    Archie
  2. 1. Rascal
    Archie
  3. 2. Archie Cross outs
    Puzzle
  4. 3. Clock Yock
    Sabrina
  5. 4. Kissology
    Archie
  6. 5. Trouble Free Copies
    Archie
  7. 6. The Message
    Archie
  8. 7. Holy Cowabunga! I Shrunk the Gang
    Mighty Archie Art Players
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Matthias Hofmann
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Terry Watkins