(October 1973)
Archie,
1953 Series
- Price
- 0.20 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series [circular]
- Editing
- ?
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Caught... Short
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You don't mind going for a stroll, do you, Betty?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie is glad Betty is happy going for a walk with him.
Walk Balk
Moose / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Inside! Ball four! Take your base, Moose!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Moose got four walks in baseball.
Flaw Galore
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That's it, Archie! Your backhand is perfect!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- A tennis instructor has helped Archie with his backhand.
Yank Prank
Hot Dog / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, Jughead! I hear your dumb mutt is famous for a trick!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Hot Dog
- Synopsis
- Reggie wonders what Hot Dog's famous trick is.
Shark Lark
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I hear your diving club bought a fiberglass shark for training purposes!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Reggie finds out Jughead's diving club bought a fiberglass shark.
Double Talk
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You'd better watch yourself, Li'l Jinx!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
- Synopsis
- If Li'l Jinx says one more thing, Charley will make her eat her words.
Sea Spree
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- They say the sea life at this point is gorgeous!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Dilton Doily; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Dilton and Archie go scuba diving to look at beauty underwater.
- Keywords
- swimsuits
Yap Flap
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That's all right, Mrs. King!--- Jug and I volunteer to paint your fence for nothing!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mrs. King; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie volunteers himself and Jughead to paint her fence for nothing.
Miscue Crew
Coach Kleats / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Klunk!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Coach Kleats; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Coach laments three errors on one play.
- Keywords
- baseball
Dizzy Tizzy
Dilton / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- They say Dilton is very absent-minded!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Beatrice; Dilton Doiley; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Dilton is a little absent-minded at the beach when the surf is up.
- Keywords
- swimsuits
[no title indexed]
Double Takes! / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Butterflies like to nestle near pretty flowers!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
Indexer Notes
Three two-panel comics.
Boon Tune
Mr. Lodge / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Do you kids know you have the whole houseboat shaking and rocking!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- The gang has the whole Lodge houseboat shaking and rocking with their music and dancing.
Quail Trail
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Psst! Archie! Is Big Moose around?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Moose has Reggie acting like a chicken.
- Reprints
-
in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #122 (March 2001) - in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #286 (March 2018)
-
- Keywords
- ski jump
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- $100.00 in cash prizes will be divided among the first 20 winners drawn in my new Archie montage contest!
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Lodge; Sabrina Spellman; Mr. Weatherbee
Indexer Notes
The first page has the announcement of a new contest, the second page has letters from readers Cary Greenleaf, and Kirk MacGregor.
Twine Sign
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, we'll never find the gang in this crowd!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty doesn't think she and Archie will find the gang at the crowded beach.
- Keywords
- swimsuits
Meow
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There goes that gossipy Joanie, the gab!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Joanie; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica talk about what a big tongue Joanie the gab has.
Wild Wile
Dilton / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm interested in wildlife!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Dilton Doiley; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Ethel takes Dilton to some wildlife.
- Keywords
- swimsuit
Pitch Hitch
Ethel / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Remember, Jug! You promised to hold hands after I fed you dinner!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Jughead promised to hold hands with Ethel after dinner.
Slice of Advice
Dilton / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, you know a lot about handling girls! --- Could you give me some advice?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Dilton Doiley; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie tells Dilton there are two ways to handle girls.
Laff Gaff
Moose / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We're sneaking out of camp to buy candy!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Moose has to keep a lookout for Mr. Weatherbee while Jughead and Reggie sneak out of camp to buy candy.
[no title indexed]
Archie Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- She loves me, she loves me not, she loves me!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Whew! I'm tired of pedaling!"]
Archie -
1.
["Famous name prizes or cash"]
Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards -
2.
Caught... Short
Archie -
3.
Dive Jive
Betty and Veronica -
4.
Walk Balk
Moose -
5.
Flaw Galore
Archie -
6.
Yank Prank
Hot Dog -
7.
Shark Lark
Archie -
8.
["We were 20 points down with 2 minutes to go... and my winners were still missing"]
Converse Shoes; Sears, Roebuck and Co. Shoes -
9.
Double Talk
Li'l Jinx -
10.
["Pass this test and you may earn $300."]
Sunshine Art Studios Greeting Cards -
11.
["Daredevil stunts - wild action!"]
Kenner Toys -
12.
Sea Spree
Archie -
13.
Trust Bust
Archie -
14.
Yap Flap
Archie -
15.
Ask Task
Dilton -
16.
Bread Breed
Dilton -
17.
Frank Plank
Archie -
18.
Miscue Crew
Coach Kleats -
19.
["Make money and earn prizes!"]
Youth Opportunity Sales Club -
20.
Dizzy Tizzy
Dilton -
21.
["Butterflies like to nestle near pretty flowers!"]
Double Takes! -
22.
Boon Tune
Mr. Lodge -
23.
Quail Trail
Archie -
24.
Tease Wheeze
Archie -
25.
["The Free Spirit. Spyder."]
Sears Free Spirit Bicycle -
26.
["$100.00 in cash prizes will be divided among the first 20 winners drawn in my new Archie montage contest!"]
Archie Club News -
27.
["Reward $11,750.00 for this coin!"]
Best Values Coins and Currency -
28.
["Enter the wonderful world of amazing live sea-monkeys"]
Sea-Monkeys -
29.
Twine Sign
Archie -
30.
Meow
Betty and Veronica -
31.
Wild Wile
Dilton -
32.
Pitch Hitch
Ethel -
33.
Slice of Advice
Dilton -
34.
Laff Gaff
Moose -
35.
["She loves me, she loves me not, she loves me!"]
Archie Pin Up -
36.
["14 ways to help you earn more money"]
ICS / International Correspondence Schools -
37.
["Do you need extra money?"]
Cheerful Card / Cheerful House Cards and Stationery
This issue was modified by, among others
- Joey Beretta
- Katy Hayhurst
- Thomas Johnson
- Donald Dale Milne
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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