Archie
#451
[Direct Edition]
(September 1996)
Archie,
1959 Series
- Price
- 1.50 USD; 1.65 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1996-06-18
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Comics
- Barcode
- 762816467476 45111
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick (editor)
Issue Notes
On sale date from the online Public Catalog of Copyright information from the United States Copyright Office:
"no. 451, Sep96. Claimant: Archie Comic Publications, Inc. Created 1996; Pub. 1996-06-18; Reg. 1996-08-12; TX0004257730".
This issue has variants:
"no. 451, Sep96. Claimant: Archie Comic Publications, Inc. Created 1996; Pub. 1996-06-18; Reg. 1996-08-12; TX0004257730".
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli (signed)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Your aim is off!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Keywords
- bathing suits; swimming pools
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A Perfectly Natural Thing
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Harold Smith
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie tries to prove to Mr. Lodge that it's not just him -- lots of people are clumsy and make mistakes.
- Reprints
-
in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #253 (September 2014)
-
Indexer Notes
When reprinted in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #253, writing is credited to Mike Pellowski and inks are credited to Rudy Lapick.
Adios, Amigo
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Reggie offers Archie a ride home, but changes his mind.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #183 (October 2001)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #181 (September 2007)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #270 (August 2016)
-
The Big Brawl
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Dilton holds a virtual reality fight between Archie and Reggie.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #105 (October 2006)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #19 (August 2012)
-
- Keywords
- virtual reality
Indexer Notes
In the reprinted story, Mike Esposito is erroneously credited as inker.
Neck Check
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Michael Pellowski
- Pencils
- Fernando Ruiz
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie has hurt his neck while being a lifeguard from watching all the pretty girls.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #235 (August 2007)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #230 (August 2012), #330
-
[no title indexed]
Fan Art / letters page / 1 page
- Pencils
- Ellen Leonforte (logo illustration)
- Inks
- Ellen Leonforte (logo illustration)
- Colors
- ? (logo illustration)
- Letters
- ?
Home Improvement
Veronica / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Della; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica has a ramp installed at the Lodge mansion so her wheelchair-bound friend Della can attend her slumber party.
Indexer Notes
published in cooperation with the United Cerebral Palsy Associations
The Paper Boy
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Tommy Kelly
- Synopsis
- Arche tries to impress the paperboy with tales of his own days doing the job.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #172 (October 2006)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Jam (Archie, 2015 series) (2015)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #263 (September 2015), #322 (October 2021)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 1 page
- Pencils
- Ellen Leonforte (illustrations) (signed)
- Inks
- Ellen Leonforte (illuatrations)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ? (illustrations)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
letter submitted from Jessica Thurmond;
page also includes membership application for the Archie Fan Club
[no title indexed]
Editor's Notebook / in-house column / 0.5 page
- Script
- Victor Gorelick
- Pencils
- ? (logo illustration)
- Inks
- ? (logo illustration)
- Colors
- ? (logo illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- On April 7th of this year...
The Perfect Job
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Chuck Clayton; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead daydream about ideal (and unlikely) summer jobs, but when one of them actually presents itself they are unprepared.
- Reprints
- in Jughead and Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #4 (September 2014)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #110 (August 2021)
-
Indexer Notes
2014 reprint lists Rudy Lapick as the inker of this story.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Your aim is off!"]
Archie -
1.
A Perfectly Natural Thing
Archie -
2.
Adios, Amigo
Archie -
3.
The Big Brawl
Archie -
4.
Neck Check
Archie -
5.
[no title indexed]
Fan Art -
6.
Home Improvement
Veronica -
7.
The Paper Boy
Archie -
8.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News -
9.
["On April 7th of this year..."]
Editor's Notebook -
10.
The Perfect Job
Archie
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- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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