Life with Archie #285 [Direct]
(July 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
On-sale Date
1991-04-30
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Series; Archie 50th Anniversary
Editing
Victor Gorelick

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Jughead's Double Digest Magazine #8.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Life with Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Stan Goldberg (signed)
Inks
Henry Scarpelli (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Pool is a game of concentration!
Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley; Chuck Clayton; Nancy Woods
Reprints

Cartoonist At-Large (Table of Contents: 1)

Life With Archie Featuring Chuck Clayton / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Chuck Clayton; Archie Andrews; Mr. Inkwell; Nancy Woods; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Otterman; Captain Rook
Synopsis
While attending a comic convention Chuck gets his big break when he's asked to pencil a backup story for Disaster Comics.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Rod Ollerenshaw
Pencils
Rod Ollerenshaw
Inks
Rod Ollerenshaw
Colors
?
Letters
Rod Ollerenshaw

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Archie can't decide what to do for his class project...
Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Unscramble the phrase puzzle.

The Aged Truth (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Eve Nagler (credited)
Pencils
Gene Colan (credited)
Inks
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters
Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews; Betty Cooper; Ashley
Synopsis
Archie feels like his parents are getting too old to keep the house clean but he soon learns that to young children he seems really old.
Reprints
Keywords
hopscotch

Style Guile (Table of Contents: 4)

Sabrina / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Mike Kennedy
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen

The Archie Awards (Table of Contents: 5)

Life with Archie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Harold Smith
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Henry Scarpelli
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Victor Gorelick; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Mr. Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle; Coach Kleats
Synopsis
Victor Gorelick hands out awards to the Archie characters.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Editor Vic Gorelick appears in the story as master of ceremonies.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Pool is a game of concentration!"]
    Life with Archie
  2. 1. Cartoonist At-Large
    Life With Archie Featuring Chuck Clayton
  3. 2. ["Archie can't decide what to do for his class project..."]
    Archie
  4. 3. The Aged Truth
    Archie
  5. 4. Style Guile
    Sabrina
  6. 5. The Archie Awards
    Life with Archie
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Merlin Haas
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Stangas