(October 1983)
- Volume:
- ?
- Price:
- 0.60 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
- Brand:
- Archie Series
- Barcode:
- ?
- Editing:
- Victor Gorelick
- Format:
- Color; Standard US; saddle-stitched; Newsprint; monthly series
The New Teacher
Archie and Me / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Bob Bolling (signed)
- Inks:
- Bob Bolling
- Colors:
- Barry Grossman
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor; adventure
- Characters:
- Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Malcolm Meeks; Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley; Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs; Chuck Clayton; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis:
- An allegorical portrayal of the events of the story "The New Teacher": the meek teacher Malcolm Meeks looks in the mirror and sees the reflection of an angry, snarling man.
Indexer Notes
With this issue, Bob Bolling took over "Archie and Me" as artist and writer (he had previously drawn but not written stories for the title). He brought a new approach to the title, incorporating drama and fantasy as well as humor, and bringing in characters and continuity from his classic "Little Archie" stories. His memorable run on the title would last through issue # 152.
Jughead does not appear on the cover, though he does briefly appear in the story. This appears to have been an intentional omission, because Jughead would be de-emphasized in Bolling's "Archie and Me" run; he doesn't appear in most of the stories and only has a line or two when he does appear.
The New Teacher
Archie and Me / comic story / 11 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Bob Bolling
- Pencils:
- Bob Bolling
- Inks:
- Bob Bolling
- Colors:
- Barry Grossman
- Letters:
- Bill Yoshida
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor; adventure
- Characters:
- Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Malcolm Meeks; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Geraldine Grundy; un-named kids
- Synopsis:
- A new teacher, the aptly named Malcolm Meeks, arrives at Riverdale High. He immediately antagonizes Mr. Weatherbee by denting his new car (a "Yakasaki Pigeon"), and he loses the respect of the students due to his unwillingness to fight back against Reggie's pranks. But Betty suspects that Meeks's timid exterior is concealing some kind of deep-seated rage inside of him: "There's something smoldering in that man... I can see it in his eyes." When Meeks is made acting coach of the baseball team during the big game against Hasselhead High, a freak accident during the game gives him the chance to show what he's been hiding, and face up to a traumatic event from his past.
Indexer Notes
Mr. Weatherbee's new Yakasaki Pigeon, and the fact that it constantly gets dented in the same place, would be a running gag throughout Bolling's "Archie and Me" run.
Strange Brew
Sabrina / filler / 0.5 page
Credits
- Script:
- George Gladir
- Pencils:
- Dan DeCarlo Jr.
- Inks:
- Jim DeCarlo
- Colors:
- Barry Grossman
- Letters:
- Bill Yoshida
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Sabrina; Cousin Ambrose; Aunt Hilda
Distraction Action
Dilton / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- George Gladir
- Pencils:
- Bob Bolling
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- Barry Grossman
- Letters:
- Bill Yoshida
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; un-named girls
- Synopsis:
- Archie is easily distracted from his studies.
Blowout! or The Strange Case of the Kamikaze Radial
Archie and Me / comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Bob Bolling
- Pencils:
- Bob Bolling
- Inks:
- Bob Bolling
- Colors:
- Barry Grossman
- Letters:
- Bill Yoshida
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis:
- When Mr. Weatherbee's Yakasaki Pigeon gets a flat tire, he can't carry it to the gas station because of his bad back, so Archie offers to do it for him.
Indexer Notes
The ending of this story is virtually the same as Bolling's Little Archie story "Balloon Boy" (from Little Archie # 10).
For the Defense
Archie and Me / comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils:
- Bob Bolling
- Inks:
- Chic Stone
- Colors:
- Barry Grossman
- Letters:
- Bill Yoshida
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; un-named clerk; un-named manager; un-named shoppers
- Synopsis:
- Archie is worried about making a speech for public speaking class, but he stops being tongue-tied when he needs to defend Mr. Weatherbee from charges of shoplifting.
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
The New Teacher
Archie and Me -
2.
Strange Brew
Sabrina -
3.
Distraction Action
Dilton -
4.
Blowout! or The Strange Case of the Kamikaze Radial
Archie and Me -
5.
For the Defense
Archie and Me
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- Jaime Weinman
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Jerry Hillegas
- Terry Watkins
- Lou Mazzella
- Gregg Whitmore
- Michael Eshom
- Donald Dale Milne
- Steven Rowe
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