(September 1973)
Archie,
1972 Series
- Price
- 0.20 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- 9 times a year in Feb., March, April, June, July, Aug., Sept., Oct. & Dec.
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Enterprises Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series [circular]
- Editing
- John L. Goldwater ? (editor); Richard H. Goldwater ? (managing editor)
White Water Warrior!
Archie at Riverdale High / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, as Mayor of Riverdale, I'm proud to present you with this medal of bravery above and beyond the call of duty!
- Genre
- adventure; humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs; Mayor of Riverdale
White Water Warrior
Archie at Riverdale / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Say! What's going on down by the river?
- Feature Logo
Archie at Riverdale- Genre
- adventure; humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper (cameo); Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge (cameo); Joey Benson; Unnamed Riverdale Sheriff; Joe Benson; Unnamed Benson kid; Unnamed Benson mother
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead rescue two lost boys river rafting.
- Reprints
-
in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #19 (November 1978) [with Archie logo] - in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #4 (December 1987)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #308 (May 2020)
-
Indexer Notes
Includes indicia at bottom of first page.
Perils from the Past
Archie at Riverdale / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Blackmail.... a frightening, infamous word!
- Feature Logo
Archie at Riverdale- Genre
- drama; humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge 3000; Veronica Lodge; Smithers; Professor Dustin Motheby
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge is being blackmailed by a book expert.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #55 (November 1991)
- in Archie and Me Comics Digest (Archie, 2017 series) #15 (April 2019)
- in Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 2018 series) #2 (2019)
-
- Keywords
- blackmail
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- $100.00 in cash prizes will be divided among the first 20 winners drawn in my new Archie montage contest!
- Feature Logo
Archie Club News- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Hubert Smithers; Sabrina Spellman; Waldo Weatherbee
Indexer Notes
Promotion and entry form for the September 1973 Archie Montage Contest.
Includes letters from Albert Mizzero (Sudbury, Ontario, Canada) First prize - $5.00 and Suzanne Beebe (New Haven, Conn.) Second prize - $3.00.
Includes promotional blurb for the Archie's Restaurant in Joliet, Ill.
Includes membership application form for the Archie Club.
A Funny Thing Happened to Me!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ha ha ha ha ha
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Roz
- Synopsis
- Roz begins to tell Li'l Jinx a story but decides not to finish it.
Indexer Notes
No credits given for gag. Credits from Jim Amash (01/2007).
Sleuth
Archie at Riverdale / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It matters not if you win or lose -- it's how you play the game! Some people don't play it nicely! Not nicely at all!
- Feature Logo
- Archie at Riverdale
- Genre
- drama; humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Coach Kleats; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge (cameo); Moose Mason; Mr. Mason [Moose's father]; Unnamed Riverdale little leaguer; Unnamed telegrapher; Unnamed Central High pitcher; Unnamed Central High relief pitcher; Unnamed Central High second relief pitcher; Unnamed Central High coach
- Synopsis
- Moose is missing before the big game and Archie and Jughead figure out that rival team Central have schemed a way to get the big guy out of town.
- Reprints
- in Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #8 (November 1978) [with Archie logo]
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Indexer Notes
Includes promotional blurb for Archie Series comics at bottom of first page.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
White Water Warrior!
Archie at Riverdale High -
1.
["Famous name prizes or cash"]
Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards -
2.
White Water Warrior
Archie at Riverdale -
3.
["Baseball fans are crazy about this true-to-life baseball game"]
Strat-O-Matic Baseball Game -
4.
["Any 15 records for only $1.97 or any 11 tapes for only $1.97"]
Columbia Record Club -
5.
Perils from the Past
Archie at Riverdale -
6.
["$100.00 in cash prizes will be divided among the first 20 winners drawn in my new Archie montage contest!"]
Archie Club News -
7.
A Funny Thing Happened to Me!
Li'l Jinx -
8.
["Own a bowlfull of happiness... Amazing live sea-monkeys"]
Sea-Monkeys -
9.
["Hot pepper gum"]
American Circle Products -
10.
Sleuth
Archie at Riverdale -
11.
["Reward $11,750 for this coin"]
Best Values Coins and Currency -
12.
["100 little dolls all for $1.50"]
100 Little Dolls -
13.
["Get in the groove for a giant fun-in! Fill out the coupon below and order the comics of your choice!"]
Archie Comics -
14.
["14 ways to help you earn more money"]
ICS / International Correspondence Schools -
15.
["Easy to sell, 'most everyone buys, it sure feels swell to earn a great prize (or cash)"]
Sales Leadership Club Cards / Stationery -
16.
["Do you need extra money?"]
Cheerful Card / Cheerful House Cards and Stationery
This issue was modified by, among others
- Joey Beretta
- Dwayne Best
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Matthias Hofmann
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Joey Sayer
- Terry Watkins
- Jaime Weinman
- Gregg Whitmore
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