Life with Archie #282 [Direct]
(January 1991)

Archie, 1958 Series
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Price
1.00 USD; 1.20 CAD; 0.75 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
6 times a year in Jan., Mar., May, July, Sept., and Nov.
On-sale Date
1990-10-23
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Series
Editing
Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Jughead's Double Digest Magazine #6.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Stan Goldberg (signed)
Inks
Rudy Lapick (signed)
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Aaaayaa!! I'm the ninja pizza slicer!
Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Keywords
ninjas; pizza

Indexer Notes

While Jughead's comment references the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as inspiration, Archie's look is more reminiscent of John Belushi's samurai from Saturday Night Live.

Making the Grade (Table of Contents: 1)

Life with Archie / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Tim Kennedy
Inks
Henry Scarpelli
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Nancy Woods; Dilton Doiley; Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge; Mary Andrews
Synopsis
Archie stumbles upon a magical elf that grants him three wishes.
Reprints

The Great Beanie Rescue (Table of Contents: 2)

Life with Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Harold Smith
Pencils
Howard Bender
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
When Reggie swipes Jughead's beanie, Archie tries to rescue it, thinking that it is the only one Jughead has.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits from reprint in Jughead's Double Digest #194 list George Gladir as scripter and Henry Scarpelli as penciller.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie Club News / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ellen Leonforte (illustrations) (signed)
Inks
Ellen Leonforte (illustrations) (signed)
Colors
Barry Grossman ? (illustrations)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Jennifer Letsch and Lisa Barber.

Of Knights and Daze (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Bob Bolling
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Have at thee, knave! Dost thou cry "enough"?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason
Synopsis
The gang take part in a renaissance fair.
Reprints
Keywords
jester; jousting; renaissance fair

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Archie and Me Comics Digest (Archie, 2017 series) #8 have George Gladir as scripter and Jim Amash as inker.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Aaaayaa!! I'm the ninja pizza slicer!"]
    Archie
  2. 1. Making the Grade
    Life with Archie
  3. 2. The Great Beanie Rescue
    Life with Archie
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Archie Club News
  5. 4. Of Knights and Daze
    Archie
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Dwayne Best
  • Merlin Haas
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen