Archie #449 [Direct Edition]
(July 1996)

Archie, 1959 Series
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Price
1.50 USD; 1.65 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1996-04-16
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Comics
Barcode
762816467476 44911
Editing
Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On sale date from the online Public Catalog of Copyright information from the United States Copyright Office:
"no. 449, Jul96. Claimant: Archie Comic Publications, Inc. Created 1996; Pub. 1996-04-16; Reg. 1996-06-18; TX0004299979".
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Henry Scarpelli
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
This is what I get for letting Reggie line me up with a blind date!
Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews

Free Billy (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Michael Pellowski
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Henry Scarpelli
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Chuck Clayton; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Professor Flutesnoot; Dilton Doily; Veronica Lodge; Billy (mouse); Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Ethel Muggs; Nancy Woods; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis
Archie is upset that Billy, the lab mouse, spends his whole life in a lab instead of free.
Reprints

Getting into the Act! (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; advocacy; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Mr. Waldo Weatherbee; Miss Geraldine Grundy; Mr. Svenson
Synopsis
Hildy, a girl in a wheelchair, wants to try out for a play as Juliet but there's no ramp up to the stage.

Indexer Notes

PSA by Archie Comics and United Cerebral Palsy Associations.

The I Love Archie Photo Contest (Table of Contents: 3)

I Love Archie Photo Contest / photo story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Colors
? (photographs)
Letters
? (photographs)

Indexer Notes

Reader Submitted photos of kids with their collections of Archie comics.

Buried Treasures (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Harold Smith
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Henry Scarpelli
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Archie can't find his hockey stick because of all of the stuff in his room.
Reprints

Fan Art (Table of Contents: 5)

Fan Art / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Synopsis
Reader-submitted drawings of Archie.

Archie's Club News (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie Club / text story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Five Star Final (Table of Contents: 7)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Henry Scarpelli
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Waldo Weatherbee; Miss Geraldine Grundy
Synopsis
Reggie becomes the new editor of the school newspaper. Archie and Betty are sent out to find stories.
Reprints

Karate Dotty (Table of Contents: 8)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
humor; martial arts; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley
Synopsis
Dilton is getting bullied and Archie explains how that doesn't happen to him any more thanks to martial arts.
Reprints

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

Editor's Notebook / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

A Sign of Trouble (Table of Contents: 10)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Harold Smith
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Henry Scarpelli
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Bill Yoshida ?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis
Mr. Lodge hooks up Archie with a part-time job to keep him busy and out of the way ahead of the launch of Mr. Lodge's new investment bank.
Reprints

[Ads] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

advertisement / 4 pages (report information)

Promos from Publisher (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 5 pages (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["This is what I get for letting Reggie line me up with a blind date!"]
    Archie
  2. 1. Free Billy
    Archie
  3. 2. Getting into the Act!
    Archie
  4. 3. The I Love Archie Photo Contest
    I Love Archie Photo Contest
  5. 4. Buried Treasures
    Archie
  6. 5. Fan Art
    Fan Art
  7. 6. Archie's Club News
    Archie Club
  8. 7. Five Star Final
    Archie
  9. 8. Karate Dotty
    Archie
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    Editor's Notebook
  11. 10. A Sign of Trouble
    Archie
  12. 11. [Ads]
  13. 12. Promos from Publisher
This issue was modified by, among others
  • John
  • Katie
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk