(April 1977)
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.
- Barcode
- 0271000699404
- Editing
- ?
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, I've used up a whole roll of film on that pose!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason (cameo); Miss Grundy (cameo); Reggie Mantle (cameo); Mr. Weatherbee (cameo); Mr. Svenson (cameo); Betty Cooper (cameo)
- Keywords
- camera; film
Indexer Notes
Redrawn from the cover of Laugh Comics #70
Rub-a-Dub-Dub
Archie / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Fred Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie finds a genie in a bottle and wishes to be rich and important in the eyes of Veronica.
- Reprints
-
from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #36 (April 1965)
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Finny Fun
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Prefoessor Benjamin Flutesnoot
- Synopsis
- Betty thinks she's accidentally killed one of Professor Flutesnoot's fish when Jughead suggests that the fish misbehaves because it is lonely. He then adds a larger, predator fish into the fish tank.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #112 (April 1965)
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[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Aw, come on now, boys!
- Genre
- teen
- Keywords
- calisthenics; deep breathing
The Lover
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now there is a sight you don't often see!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Miss Hipswing
- Synopsis
- The other kids think Jughead has finally fallen in love when he places flowers on the desk of the beautiful new teacher, Miss Hipswing.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #179 (April 1970)
-
Vacuum Cleaned
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie is tricked into cleaning Veronica's car so she can go out on a date with Reggie to a concert.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #72 (April 1968)
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Smart Art
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Greg; Hap Holiday
- Synopsis
- After a visit to an art museum, Jinx is inspired by pop art and op art. Jinx decides to invent her own art style--slop art!
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #174 (September 1965)
-
- Keywords
- art museum; op art; painting; pop art
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I forgot to tell the janitor we were decorating the gym tonight!
- Genre
- teen
Birthdaze
Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 11 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sigh!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee has been grumpy since his birthday is coming up, so the gang and Miss Grundy decide to give him a surprise party.
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #20 (April 1968)
-
- Keywords
- birthday; surprise party
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #297.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ow! Those are real corn poppers!
- Genre
- teen
The Masked Marvel
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ophelia Glutenschnable
- Synopsis
- The boys in the school are wearing monster masks as a fad. One of the girls seems frightened and Archie pursues her into a blind alley and bullies her into making a date with him. Betty and Veronica are appalled and tell the girl she doesn't have to keep the date. She replies that "some masks are more obvious than others," while removing hers.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #170 (May 1965)
-
- Keywords
- fad; masks
Feast Or Famine
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- --And because of the extraordinary thesis he wrote about "will power", Jughead will be excused from doing any homework in this class for an entire week!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Reggie bets Jughead that he can't go a week without hamburgers. Jughead forces himself to do so, not knowing that he sleepwalks to the diner and eats hamburgers at night. When Jughead wins the bet and Reggie buys him two dozen hamburgers, Jughead has no appetite and is afraid he's sick so he goes to the doctor.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #6 (June 1951)
-
- Keywords
- Hamburger
Archie's Quizzlers
Archie / activity / 1 page
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #210 (July 1975)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here, here! What's all the arguing!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie daily 19xx-xx-xx
Ludwig La Stanza, The Music Moppet
Little Archie and the Good Ol' Gang / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Ludwig La Stanza; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Moose Mason; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle; Ruben; Sheldon Broadbeam
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee asks Ludwig La Stanza to conduct the Good Ol' Gang's orchestra in his composition, "Wet Sneaker Serenade," on Parent-Teacher Night. Ludwig can't get the right sound out of the orchestra until he gets the idea of adding live animals, two chickens and a pig, to the orchestra.
- Reprints
- from Little Archie Giant Comics (Archie, 1957 series) #11 (Summer 1959)
-
Indexer Notes
First appearance of Ludwig La Stanza, Bolling's short-lived answer to Schroeder from "Peanuts."
To Tell the Truth
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Betty tells the truth, but twists it enough to get Archie in trouble with Veronica.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #99 (March 1964)
-
- Keywords
- lies; truth
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Veronica, you’d look beautiful in one of those wigs!
- Genre
- teen
The Big Brain
Archie / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Archie surreptitiously uses the new prototype computer at Lodge Industries to do his homework, then gets the printout switched with the one for Mr. Lodge.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #174 (September 1965)
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- Keywords
- computer; homework
Archie One
Archie / comic story / 10.67 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #71 (March 1968)
-
Indexer Notes
Story actually features the caveman Archie I and his friends (and dinosaurs).
Eat It and Beat It
Jughead / text story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jughead had never intended to go through with it.
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Emmaline
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #37 (August 1956)
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[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, my word!
- Genre
- teen
Cuddle Muddle
Jughead / comic story / 5.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey! Fleet foot floogie! You're dropping your documents!
- Feature Logo
Archie's Pal Jughead- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Geraldine Grundy; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Jughead is scripting love letters for Moose to give to Midge.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #37 (August 1956)
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[no title indexed]
Archie / comic story / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Men are so conceited!!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie counters Veronica's claim that all men are scheming to get a woman.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #37 (August 1956)
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Weight and See
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Coach, those are the slowest, clumsiest looking track men I've ever seen!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Waldo Weatherbee; Coach Kleats; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Coach has Archie and Reggie running with lead weights in their shoes, which gives Reggie an idea for a prank to play on Archie.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #74 (June 1968)
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Rain Catchers
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx Holiday; Greg; Hap Holiday; Merry Holiday
- Synopsis
- Jinx and Greg get into a fight when Greg insults her father. However, Hap doesn't understand how he's been insulted.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #169 (April 1965)
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[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My report card!
- Genre
- teen
- Keywords
- report card
Doorway to Danger
Pureheart the Powerful / comic story / 23 pages
- Genre
- superhero; teen
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #50 (June 1966)
-
Indexer Notes
Divided into 4 parts.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Y’mean that tumbling trick we’ve learned?
- Genre
- teen
Nothing But the Tooth
Little Archie / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Moose Mason; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Betty Cooper; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Little Jughead Jones; unnamed Mayor; unnamed beaver
- Synopsis
- Little Archie brings a pet beaver to school.
- Reprints
- from The Adventures of Little Archie (Archie, 1961 series) #22 (Spring 1962)
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- Keywords
- beaver
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Miss Beazly is on a hash binge again in the cafeteria!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Phlips; Miss Beazly
- Reprints
- from Archie daily (Creator's Syndicate) #?
Cover Up
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty tries to avoid seeing Archie by using a variety of ineffective disguises.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #167 (February 1965)
-
- Keywords
- disguises
Lift and Learn
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Proving that anybody can teach something, Jughead asks Moose to lead a "teach-in" on weightlifting.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #187 (December 1970)
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- Keywords
- weightlifting
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Do you always leap into my office like a grasshopper?
- Genre
- teen
Jungle Rot
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Doctor Livingston, I presume?
- Feature Logo
Archie- Genre
- humor; teen
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge is an explorer searching for Dr. Livingston. All he finds is a screwball collection with white hunter Archie; ape man Jughead; and jungle girls Betty and Veronica.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #98 (June 1970)
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Archie, I've used up a whole roll of film on that pose!"]
Archie -
1.
Rub-a-Dub-Dub
Archie -
2.
Finny Fun
Betty and Veronica -
3.
["Aw, come on now, boys!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
4.
The Lover
Jughead -
5.
Vacuum Cleaned
Archie -
6.
Smart Art
Li'l Jinx -
7.
["I forgot to tell the janitor we were decorating the gym tonight!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
8.
Birthdaze
Mr. Weatherbee -
9.
["Ow! Those are real corn poppers!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
10.
The Masked Marvel
Archie -
11.
Feast Or Famine
Jughead -
12.
Archie's Quizzlers
Archie -
13.
["Here, here! What's all the arguing!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
14.
Ludwig La Stanza, The Music Moppet
Little Archie and the Good Ol' Gang -
15.
To Tell the Truth
Betty and Veronica -
16.
["Veronica, you’d look beautiful in one of those wigs!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
17.
The Big Brain
Archie -
18.
Archie One
Archie -
19.
Eat It and Beat It
Jughead -
20.
["Oh, my word!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
21.
Cuddle Muddle
Jughead -
22.
["Men are so conceited!!"]
Archie -
23.
Weight and See
Archie -
24.
Rain Catchers
Li'l Jinx -
25.
["My report card!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
26.
Doorway to Danger
Pureheart the Powerful -
27.
["Y’mean that tumbling trick we’ve learned?"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
28.
Nothing But the Tooth
Little Archie -
29.
["Miss Beazly is on a hash binge again in the cafeteria!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
30.
Cover Up
Betty and Veronica -
31.
Lift and Learn
Jughead -
32.
["Do you always leap into my office like a grasshopper?"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
33.
Jungle Rot
Archie -
34.
Hole in One Maze
Archie
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- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Keith Alan Morgan
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