(June 1976)
Archie,
1973 Series
- Price
- 0.60 USD
- Pages
- 164
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Enterprises Inc.
- Editing
- ?
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Reggie kissed you when you weren't looking? Didn't you object?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Miss Grundy; Moose Mason; Mr. Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Li'l Jinx; Little Archie Andrews
Indexer Notes
Redrawn from the cover of Pep Comics #134.
Royal Dig
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie and Reggie have uncovered an archeological treasure on school grounds.
- Reprints
-
from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #181 (April 1968)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index to the original printing.
It's Right To Be Wrong!
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica spends $150 on a tie clip for Archie and Betty changes the price to say $1.50 to see if Archie is a gold digger.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #52 (April 1960)
-
Paid In Fool
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Midge; Moose
- Synopsis
- Jughead works as a gigolo.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #48 (June 1958)
-
- Keywords
- gigolo
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index to the original printing.
Me Tarpan, You Jane! [Part I]
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Tarpan [Archie Andrews]; Jane [Veronica Lodge]; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Simba
- Synopsis
- Jane has to deal with Tarpan who thinks he's the king of the jungle.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #33 (January 1965)
-
Indexer Notes
Part one of two; separately paginated.
Credits from the index to the original printing.
Me Tarpan, You Jane! [Part II]
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Tarpan [Archie Andrews]; Jughead Jones; Jane [Veronica Lodge]; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Tarpan goes to get dinner for Jughead and Betty.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #33 (January 1965)
-
Indexer Notes
Part two of two; separately paginated.
Credits from the index to the original printing.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Just think! The curtain has come down on your first play for the junior class!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie wrote a play for the junior class and now the audience wants the author to come out.
- Reprints
- from Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 1961-03-07
Signs Of Spring!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Hap Holiday; Li'l Jinx
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx's dad tries to show her Spring has arrived.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #124 (July 1961)
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Car-Rumba
Reggie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Veronica wants to go with Archie to a swanky dance, but Reggie says she should go with him because he has the better car.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #27 (January 1968)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index to the original printing.
That Guilty Feeling
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie gets blamed for smashing a potted plant he didn't smash.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #182 (June 1968)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index to the original printing.
Pop Tate's Favorite Flavor Word Puzzle
Pop Tate / activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Word find.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #194 (March 1974)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Where did my whole roll of aluminum foil go?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mary Andrews; Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- They're dressing up Jughead as an astronaut.
Sound Off!
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Pop Tate; Moose; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Jughead is playing pranks with his ability to mimic various sounds.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #50 (October 1958)
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Sonny Daze
Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Lodge; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica overhears her dad on the phone and thinks he's sorry he had a daughter instead of a son.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #145 (March 1961)
-
Money Problems!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4.33 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Hap Holiday; Li'l Jinx; Greg; Gi Gi Gabmore
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx has a nickel, but she doesn't know what to buy with it.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #119 (February 1961)
-
Indexer Notes
Edited from five pages by deleting Li'l Jinx Pen Pals.
[no title indexed]
Fun Page / activity / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The words below can be put together to form six different words...
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Words that can be put together to make six other words, connect the dots, what name does the picture show?
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's Jughead! He wants to know if I'd like a pair of mittens!.... Probably that pair Betty knitted for him!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie thinks Jughead wants to give him mittens.
The Cup That Cheers
Archie / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Veronica falls for Reggie because of an athlete trophy, so Archie tries to be good in the sports that the trophy was for.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #118 (January 1961)
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Pals
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Archie feels he hurt Jughead's feelings.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #135 (August 1966)
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[no title indexed]
Gals 'n' Gags / text story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The hypochondriac annoyed his doctor to death...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Daffy; Dill; Dumb; Dora
- Synopsis
- Thirteen jokes with illustrations.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #22 (January 1956)
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[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ha ha ha!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie gets everyone with his squirting flower.
What's in a Name
Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Evelyn Evernever; Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Archie Evernever
- Synopsis
- Little Archie lets Evelyn wear his raincoat and hat in a downpour after he hears that she named the new baby after him.
- Reprints
- from The Adventures of Little Archie (Archie, 1961 series) #19 (Summer 1961)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index to the original printing.
Supreme Ruler
Reggie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- After watching Archie do it, Mr. Weatherbee adds "no sliding in the halls" and "no banging yourself against the walls" to the school rules.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #30 (July 1968)
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Snap Shots From Betty's Album
Betty / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Pictures of Betty, Archie and Veronica through the years.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #76 (April 1962)
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Spring Cleaning!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Hap Holiday; Li'l Jinx
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx's dad makes her clean out her room for spring cleaning.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #125 (August 1961)
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[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- As usual! No one around!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- A baseball comes flying through Mr. Weatherbee's window.
Nothing but the Truce!
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Archie and Reggie decide to split up the town between them.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #147 (June 1961)
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Seal of Disapproval
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Gertrude; Mr. Weatherbee; Professor Flutesnoot; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Jughead is watching Gertrude, his Uncle Hector's trained seal.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #47 (April 1958)
-
- Keywords
- monkey; seal
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie Spotlight Digest: Archie 75th Anniversary Digest (Archie, 2016 series) #6, no credits listed in this digest.
Jughead Asks: Are You a Quiz Whiz or a Quiz Fizz
Jughead / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Questions with humorous rhyming answers.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #6 (July 1968)
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Desert Madness
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Beta [Betty Cooper]; Veda [Veronica Lodge]; Mustapha Mantle [Reggie Mantle]; Abdul El Andrews [Archie Andrews]
- Synopsis
- Mustapha Mantle captures Veda to be part of his harem, will Abdul El Andrews rescue her?
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #28 (Spring 1964)
-
The Guitar Lesson
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie has an electric guitar he wants to play for Veronica, but when he plugs it in it blows a fuse.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #32 (Spring 1965)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprinting of this story in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #216.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mom, mom! Pop got us a new dog!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Old Shep
- Synopsis
- Archie's dad bought a dog from an old farmer.
The Fearless Heart
Little Archie / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Spotty; Fang the wonder dog; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- An escaped boa constrictor has gotten into the Andrews home.
- Reprints
- from The Adventures of Little Archie (Archie, 1961 series) #20 (Fall 1961)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index to the original printing.
[no title indexed]
Jughead's Puzzle Page / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Match the twins
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Pseudo-activity page.
The Line
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doily; Moose; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- The gang reacts to a line that runs through the whole story.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #182 (June 1968)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index to the original printing.
Sweet And Lovely
Betty / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Moose
- Synopsis
- Sweet, unaffected, trouble-free Betty unintentionally causes trouble for those around her.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #51 (March 1960)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index to the original printing.
A change from the original printing is Javits is not named as a missing student, but there is the name Killikelly in a different handwriting.
The Last Good Buy
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- The gang thinks Jughead has five days to live.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #47 (April 1958)
-
The Good Earth
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Lodge; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie helps Mr. Lodge with his garden.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #126 (September 1961)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If Jughead is coming over to borrow my bike, I'd better fix this bolt that holds the handle bars!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie needs to replace a stripped bolt on his bike.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It'll be one big laugh after another, when you order Laugh Comics Digest No 5
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Indexer Notes
House ad for Laugh Comics Digest #5; printed sideways.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, Archie fans! Here's another super comics digest and it's loaded with 160 pages of stories and fun in full color!
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Indexer Notes
House ad for Jughead with Archie Digest #15.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Reggie kissed you when you weren't looking? Didn't you object?"]
-
1.
[no title indexed]
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2.
Royal Dig
Archie -
3.
It's Right To Be Wrong!
Betty and Veronica -
4.
Paid In Fool
Jughead -
5.
Me Tarpan, You Jane! [Part I]
Archie -
6.
Me Tarpan, You Jane! [Part II]
Archie -
7.
["Just think! The curtain has come down on your first play for the junior class!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
8.
Signs Of Spring!
Li'l Jinx -
9.
Car-Rumba
Reggie -
10.
That Guilty Feeling
Archie -
11.
Pop Tate's Favorite Flavor Word Puzzle
Pop Tate -
12.
["Where did my whole roll of aluminum foil go?"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
13.
Sound Off!
Jughead -
14.
Sonny Daze
Veronica -
15.
Money Problems!
Li'l Jinx -
16.
["The words below can be put together to form six different words..."]
Fun Page -
17.
["It's Jughead! He wants to know if I'd like a pair of mittens!.... Probably that pair Betty knitted for him!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
18.
The Cup That Cheers
Archie -
19.
Pals
Jughead -
20.
["The hypochondriac annoyed his doctor to death..."]
Gals 'n' Gags -
21.
["Ha ha ha!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
22.
What's in a Name
Little Archie -
23.
Supreme Ruler
Reggie -
24.
Snap Shots From Betty's Album
Betty -
25.
Spring Cleaning!
Li'l Jinx -
26.
["As usual! No one around!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
27.
Nothing but the Truce!
Archie -
28.
Seal of Disapproval
Jughead -
29.
Jughead Asks: Are You a Quiz Whiz or a Quiz Fizz
Jughead -
30.
Desert Madness
Betty and Veronica -
31.
The Guitar Lesson
Archie -
32.
["Mom, mom! Pop got us a new dog!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
33.
The Fearless Heart
Little Archie -
34.
["Match the twins"]
Jughead's Puzzle Page -
35.
The Line
Archie -
36.
Sweet And Lovely
Betty -
37.
The Last Good Buy
Jughead -
38.
The Good Earth
Archie -
39.
["If Jughead is coming over to borrow my bike, I'd better fix this bolt that holds the handle bars!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
40.
["It'll be one big laugh after another, when you order Laugh Comics Digest No 5"]
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41.
[no title indexed]
-
42.
["Hey, Archie fans! Here's another super comics digest and it's loaded with 160 pages of stories and fun in full color!"]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Chris Boyko
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
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