Life with Archie #1

(September 1958)

Life With Archie (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 29 pages (report information)

Script

Sy Reit

Pencils

Harry Lucey; Samm Schwartz; Bob White

Inks

Vincent DeCarlo ?

Colors

?

Letters

Vincent DeCarlo

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

A day in the life of Archie and the gang, which includes a field trip to the United Nations.

Reprints

• in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #29 (October 1964), #29 (October 1964), #29 (October 1964), #29 (October 1964), #29 (October 1964), #29 (October 1964), #29 (October 1964)
• in Archie Takes a Holiday (Bantam Books, 1972 series) (June 1972), (June 1972), (June 1972), (June 1972), (June 1972), (June 1972), (June 1972)
• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #196 (April 2003)
• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #160 (June 2005)
• in Archie Spotlight Digest: Archie 75th Anniversary Digest (Archie, 2016 series) #3 (December 2016)
• in Life with Archie (Archie, 2018 series) #1 (2018), #1 (2018)

Indexer Notes

The pilot issue for the series. While less adventure-oriented than the title eventually became, it introduced the idea of doing longer-than-usual Archie stories, and the U.N. trip provided the basis for the many stories where the gang takes a trip to some real location.

The issue appears to have been drawn by several different Archie artists. The centerpiece, the U.N. segment, is drawn by Harry Lucey.

The issue is divided into the following chapters: "Rise and Shine," "Please Be Seated," "Mummy Knows Best," "Water Boy," "U.N. Antics," "By Hook Or Cook," "And So To Bed."