(June 1971)
Archie,
1969 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Music Corp.
- Brand
-
Archie Giant Series
- Editing
- John L. Goldwater ? (editor); Richard H. Goldwater ? (managing editor)
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I wonder what goes well with a water bed!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- The Archies: Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Hot Dog; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; sales clerk - Synopsis
- Archie tries a water bed, but thinks he needs seasick pills.
In the Public's Eye
The Archies / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We're kind of proud of those gold records, Dilton! That means they sold over a million each!
- Feature Logo
The Archies- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- The Archies: Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Dilton Doiley; Moose Mason; senior citizens - Synopsis
- The Archies hire Dilton as their manager and he quickly gets them a gig. But Moose mixes up the address, and their music terrorizes the unsuspecting senior citizens' home.
- Reprints
-
in Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #20 (November 1981) - in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #91 (March 1997)
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #116 (December 2007)
- in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #31 (November 2013)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Shindig (Archie, 2016 series) (2016)
- in Everything's Archie (Archie, 2018 series) #2 (December 2019)
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Indexer Notes
Creator credits from GCD record at Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #91.
Includes indicia at bottom of first page.
Heroes Are Made
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Arch! Lay off! I'm pleading with you! If there's on thing that can be said about your original plans, it's that they always backfire!
- Feature Logo
Archie- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Stan
- Synopsis
- Archie tries to impress Veronica by telling tall tales of daring deeds. When the TV station broadcasts the stories he has to flee town in shame.
- Reprints
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #48 (January 1982)
- in Jughead & Friends Digest Magazine (Archie, 2005 series) #26 (March 2008)
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #189 (March 2013)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #294 (January 2019)
- in Everything's Archie (Archie, 2018 series) #2 (December 2019)
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Indexer Notes
Creator credits from GCD record at Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #189.
[no title indexed]
Moose Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- D-uh, I think our school must be haunted!
- Feature Logo
MOOSE PIN UP [with head]- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Midge Klump; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Moose hears about school spirit, and assumes the place is haunted.
- Keywords
- High school
Future Fun
Teach-In / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The passage of time changes things... but somehow people tend to remain the same!
- Genre
- humor; science fiction; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Life may be different in the future, but our friends will be just the same.
- Reprints
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #47 (November 1981)
-
- Keywords
- Space ship; space travel
Hair-Weather Friend!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Li'l Jinx! Stop gulping your milk down ---
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Hap Holliday; Li'l Jinx
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx's dad doesn't want her playing with a long-haired friend, but he turns out to be a sheepdog.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Dog
The Man
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boss, you may fire me, but you've...
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Veronica Lodge; kids; con man
- Synopsis
- Archie insists that he's mature and demands independence. When he falls for a con man Mr. Andrews bails him out without Archie realizing.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #41 (August 1967)
-
- Keywords
- Con man; confidence trick
Indexer Notes
Creator credits from GCD record at Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #41.
Early Bird Andrews
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hold it! Here he comes! They're springing him at last!
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee; little boy
- Synopsis
- Archie gets so many detentions for tardiness that he commits to being punctual. He succeeds, but makes himself late when he stops to aid a little boy in distress. Everyone is amused to think that his habits are so ingrained that he can't change them, but he takes their gibes without comment or excuse.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #237 (October 2007)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #21 (October 2012), #82 (November 2018)
- in Everything's Archie (Archie, 2018 series) #2 (December 2019)
- in Archie Milestones Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2019 series) #8 (June 2020)
-
- Keywords
- High school
Indexer Notes
Creator credits from GCD record at World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #21.
Includes promotional blurb for Archie Series comic books on bottom of first page.
The Prowler
Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; T.V. repairman
- Synopsis
- Veronica returns home to spot a stranger climbing in her window, and concludes he must be the prowler burglarizing the neighborhood. The man insists he's the T.V. repairman, but Archie and Reggie hale him to the police. Meanwhile Mr. Lodge catches the real prowler, who has taken advantage of the open window.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #41 (August 1967)
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- Keywords
- Burglar
Indexer Notes
Creator credits from GCD record at Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #41.
Sidewalk Supers
Pop Tate / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look! Look at the front of the Chok'lit Shoppe! How deliciously unkempt!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; tax man
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead decide the Chok'lit Shoppe needs sprucing up. They clean so energetically (and carelessly) that they repeatedly abuse an approaching customer who turns out to be the tax man. When he gives up, Pop Tate gives the boys sundaes.
- Reprints
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #47 (November 1981)
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #27 (December 1994)
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #116 (December 2007)
- in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #31 (November 2013)
- in Everything's Archie (Archie, 2018 series) #2 (December 2019)
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- Keywords
- Chok'lit Shoppe
Indexer Notes
Creator credits from GCD record at Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #31.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie Club members, send in your news reports and be eligible to win cash prizes in the Archie Series Magazines.
- Feature Logo
Archie Club News- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Miss Beazly; Hot Dog; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Indexer Notes
Includes fan reports from Nancy Spalding (Oak Ridge, Tenn.) First prize - $5.00, Tim Greenwood (Groton, Conn.) Second prize - $3.00, Cheryl Green (Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada) Third prize - $2.00, and Marianne White (Philadelphia, Penn.) Fourth prize - $1.00.
Includes membership application form for the Archie Club.
Funny Fortune
Reggie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wow, look at this!... Thursday is your lucky day!
- Feature Logo
Reggie- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Midge Klump; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; pretty girl; police officer; Harry
- Synopsis
- A weight and fortune scale tells Reggie that this is his lucky day. He repeatedly pushes his luck, and increasingly suffers for it.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Fortune teller
Basket Ball
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What you got in the basket, Arch?
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; police officer; pretty girls
- Synopsis
- Archie tries selling cute little baskets, and quickly gathers a crowd of enthusiastic girls. When a policeman runs him in for peddling without a license the girls all insist that he was not selling -- that these are only little mementos for all his girl friends. This gets him off until Veronica gets wind of all those girls. Then he begs to be jailed for his own protection.
- Reprints
- in Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #20 (November 1981)
- in Jughead & Friends Digest Magazine (Archie, 2005 series) #24 (December 2007)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Extravaganza (Archie, 2013 series) (2013)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #242 (September 2013)
- in Everything's Archie (Archie, 2018 series) #2 (December 2019)
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Indexer Notes
Creator credits from GCD record at Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #242.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["I wonder what goes well with a water bed!"]
Archie -
1.
["Stop short nails!"]
Charles of Fifth Avenue, Inc. -
2.
In the Public's Eye
The Archies -
3.
["Wow! It's Dancing Dawn and her dancing friends!!!"]
Topper Toys -
4.
Heroes Are Made
Archie -
5.
["100 little dolls all for $1.00"]
100 Little Dolls -
6.
["Monster s-i-z-e monsters"]
Honor House Products -
7.
["D-uh, I think our school must be haunted!"]
Moose Pin Up -
8.
Future Fun
Teach-In -
9.
Hair-Weather Friend!
Li'l Jinx -
10.
["Dig this crazy offer!"]
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals -
11.
The Man
Archie -
12.
["Amazing $1 art offer"]
Colonial Studios Greeting Cards -
13.
Early Bird Andrews
Archie -
14.
["Get in the groove for a giant fun-in!"]
Archie Comics -
15.
The Prowler
Veronica -
16.
["10 way hairpiece!"]
Beauty Aids / Masculiner Hairpieces -
17.
["World's first postage stamp"]
Kenmore Stamps -
18.
Sidewalk Supers
Pop Tate -
19.
["Now... save almost 50% on the hit records you want!"]
Columbia Record Club -
20.
["Archie Club members, send in your news reports and be eligible to win cash prizes in the Archie Series Magazines."]
Archie Club News -
21.
Dream Time
Li'l Jinx -
22.
["Giant stallion mural"]
Colonial Studios Greeting Cards -
23.
Funny Fortune
Reggie -
24.
["Giant play zoo animal collection"]
Colonial Studios Greeting Cards -
25.
Basket Ball
Archie -
26.
["266 ICS courses"]
ICS / International Correspondence Schools -
27.
["$1.00 worth of fast selling flower and vegetable seeds to show you how easy it is to make money and earn prizes!"]
Youth Opportunity Sales Club
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- Merlin Haas
- Kirk House
- Bob Kopman
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Joey Sayer
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