Archie Comics Digest
#77
[Canadian]
(April 1986)
Archie,
1973 Series
- Price
- 1.50 CAD
- Pages
- ?
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly in Feb., April, June, Aug., Oct., and Dec.
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Digest Library
- Barcode
- 0271000699477
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick; Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
This issue is a variant of Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #77.
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- But, Pop, you advertised lower prices!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate
- Keywords
- inflation
Indexer Notes
Redrawn from the cover of Archie #272
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The Good Old Daze
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren
- Pencils
- Hy Eisman
- Inks
- Jim DeCarlo
- Colors
- Barry Grossman; Lisa Goldwater
- Letters
- ? [as Liz]
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy; Betsy (horse)
- Synopsis
- Jughead thinks it would be great to be born in the year 1900.
Rave Favor
Jughead's Jokes / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews (cameo); Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle (cameo); Jughead Jones; Coach Kleats
- Synopsis
- The gang is rewarded for losing a basketball game against the Globetrotters.
- Reprints
-
from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #10 (March 1969)
-
Can't Stop Dancing
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Ms. Beazly
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee gets fed up with teenagers carrying portable radios around the school and attempts to ban them.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #304 (May 1981)
-
Little Miss Pushy
Betty / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty invites Archie to an Ice Palace review but while he is getting ready he keeps getting interrupted by a pushy salesman.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #56 (April 1974)
-
Indexer Notes
Formerly a Betty and Me story.
The Unchanging World
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- Why women make men wait while they get ready before a date.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #215 (February 1972)
-
The Love Goat
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse; Greg
- Synopsis
- Charley tries to sabatoge Greg's date with Li'l Jinx.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #342 (September 1979)
-
Good Try
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty advises Ethel that the way to Jughead's heart is through his stomach, but Ethel finds it's not that simple.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #10 (March 1969)
-
The Passing Parade
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- When Archie's parents begin fighting over Archie's grades, Jughead suggests he study harder to raise his scores.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #304 (May 1981)
-
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / illustration / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Don't you remember me?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ski instructor
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #232 (April 1975)
-
Final Report
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Floyd Clayton; Coach Kleats
- Synopsis
- While Coach Kleats worries about an upcoming report from his doctor, Jughead takes a motor over to "Doc Fixit's" for an evaluation. When Jughead returns with "the Doc's report," Kleats thinks it's about his health.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #287 (April 1979)
-
Good Buddy
Li'l Jinx's Chum, Charley / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Edwards
- Pencils
- Joe Edwards (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Edwards (signed)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Joe Edwards
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Charley Hawse; Li'l Jinx
- Synopsis
- Charley is angry with Greg.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #312 (May 1981)
-
The Rhythm Doctor
The Archies / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- The Archies [Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper]
- Synopsis
- Struggling with their harmony as a group, the Archies visit a consultant on musical rhythm.
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #65 (March 1979)
-
Indexer Notes
Writing credit from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #284.
Knockout Punch
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Smithers the butler; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Veronica is preparing for a party and her friends are helping her. Jughead and Archie are put in charge of making punch. First mistake.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #266 (February 1978)
-
Late Gait
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Mary Andrews; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie is running late for school.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #34 (July 1973)
-
The Gay Blades
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Chuck Clayton; Jughead Jones; Miss Beazley; Mr. Svensen; Principal Waldo Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mr. Svensen is furious because the kids keep ruining his freshly-cleaned floors.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #217 (April 1972)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'll pass chemistry if I can work this experiment!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #21 (December 1976) which is reprinted
- from Archie daily (King Features Syndicate, 2/20/1961)
-
Energy Crisis
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty convinces Veronica to walk rather than drive, in order to aid the energy crisis.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #291 (March 1980)
-
The Old Touch
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Mary Andrews; Coach Kleats; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- After getting torched by Mr. Weatherbee in basketball practice, Archie goes out of his way to avoid the Principal so he doesn't have to listen to Weatherbee brag.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #312 (March 1977)
-
- Keywords
- basketball
Down in the Mouth!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Greg; Charley Hawse; Hap Holliday
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #230 (February 1975)
-
Friendly Persuasion
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A best friend is a once in a lifetime thing!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #296 (January 1980)
-
A Word to the Wise
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse; Gigi
- Synopsis
- Charley flunked his spelling test.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #288 (December 1979)
-
Bunny Bully
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #75 (April 1980)
-
Heads Up
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo Jr. ?
- Inks
- Jim DeCarlo ?
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Veronica buys a blonde wig to surprise Archie at school. But Archie gets wind of it and comes to school in a bald cap.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #291 (March 1980)
-
Indexer Notes
The outfits worn by Betty and Veronica in this story were submitted by two readers: Donna Kahn (Dearborn, Mich.) and Louise Ely (Denver, Colo.).
Rest Nest
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look, son, our sidewalk needs shoveling!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mrs. Jones; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead agrees with his mother that the sidewalk needs to be shoveled.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #278 (May 1974)
-
The Big Blowup
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, Archie, will you do me a favor while you're in school today?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica's cousin gets Archie to use the school's helium tanks to fill up his balloons.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #468 (March 1978)
-
[Jughead paints TV set]
Jughead's Dipsy Doodles / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #1 (August 1967)
-
Snow Joke
Li'l Jinx's Pal, Fat Charley / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Charley Hawse; Li'l Jinx; Greg; Russ
- Synopsis
- Charley tries to figure out how a snowman spoke to him.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #312 (March 1977)
-
[no title indexed]
Jughead Pin-Up / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wow!! Look at all the beads Jughead is wearing!!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Jughead's beads are made of popcorn.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #6 (July 1968)
-
Rink Think
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #289 (April 1975)
-
A Nose for News
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Brenda Parr; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Veronica plots to embarrass a new student reporter on the school paper who she feels doesn't deserve her spot.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #266 (February 1978)
-
On Edge
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday
- Synopsis
- The house is quiet and that makes Hap nervous.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #272 (July 1978)
-
Door Score
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Samm Schwartz
- Inks
- Samm Schwartz
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Samm Schwartz
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Gladys Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead fixes a stuck door his way.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #309 (February 1981)
-
Wouldn't It Be Great?
Archie / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie speculates on what he'd do if he were as rich as the Lodges.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #312 (March 1977)
-
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["But, Pop, you advertised lower prices!"]
Archie -
1.
The Good Old Daze
Archie -
2.
Rave Favor
Jughead's Jokes -
3.
Can't Stop Dancing
Archie -
4.
Little Miss Pushy
Betty -
5.
The Unchanging World
Archie -
6.
The Love Goat
Li'l Jinx -
7.
Good Try
Jughead -
8.
The Passing Parade
Archie -
9.
["Don't you remember me?"]
Betty and Veronica -
10.
Final Report
Jughead -
11.
Good Buddy
Li'l Jinx's Chum, Charley -
12.
The Rhythm Doctor
The Archies -
13.
Knockout Punch
Betty and Veronica -
14.
Late Gait
Jughead -
15.
The Gay Blades
Archie -
16.
["I'll pass chemistry if I can work this experiment!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
17.
Energy Crisis
Betty and Veronica -
18.
The Old Touch
Archie -
19.
Down in the Mouth!
Li'l Jinx -
20.
Friendly Persuasion
Jughead -
21.
A Word to the Wise
Li'l Jinx -
22.
Bunny Bully
Archie -
23.
Heads Up
Betty and Veronica -
24.
Rest Nest
Jughead -
25.
The Big Blowup
Archie -
26.
[Jughead paints TV set]
Jughead's Dipsy Doodles -
27.
Snow Joke
Li'l Jinx's Pal, Fat Charley -
28.
["Wow!! Look at all the beads Jughead is wearing!!"]
Jughead Pin-Up -
29.
Rink Think
Archie -
30.
A Nose for News
Betty and Veronica -
31.
On Edge
Li'l Jinx -
32.
Door Score
Jughead -
33.
Wouldn't It Be Great?
Archie -
34.
["Wasn't the faculty's production of 'Gaiete Parisienne' fabulous?"]
-
35.
Ever Clever
Jughead
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