(January 1975)
Archie,
1953 Series
- Price
- 0.25 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 [vertical]
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indicia title: Archie’s Jokebook Magazine.
Lass Pass
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oops!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Coach Kleats
- Synopsis
- Archie just can't catch a pass on the football field.
Snooze Ruse
Big Ethel / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Lights out, girls! It's time to go to bed!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mrs. Cooper; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- At a slumber party, Ethel hopes she has trouble falling asleep.
- Reprints
-
in Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #256 (May 1979)
-
Dim Whim
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ronnie, I'm sure this dinner of yours is very good!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Smithers
- Synopsis
- Archie can't see the food Veronica has provided for the candlelight dinner.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #262 (November 1979)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #48 (December 1994)
-
Talk Balk
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mr. Weatherbee sent Archie to the detention room yesterday!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doily; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie is angry and doesn't want to talk about Mr. Weatherbee.
Loaf Laff
Big Moose / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Moose, I want you to report any student who's doing nothing!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Moose has to report any student doing nothing.
Creep Heap
Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Pull over, buddy!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- A policeman pulls over Archie's jalopy for speeding.
Mirror, Mirror...
Gigi / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Humph! I'm not going to talk to Li'l Jinx, again!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Roz; Gigi
- Synopsis
- Gigi isn't going to talk to Li'l Jinx because Jinx said she was conceited.
[no title indexed]
Veronica Pin Up / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, Archiekins --- loveykins --- sorry I woke you up in the middle of the night --- but I had a bad dream!!!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica phoned Archie after a bad dream.
Guess What I Am
activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Free take one
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doily
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #6 (September 1976)
- in Archie's Double Digest Quarterly Magazine (Archie, 1982 series) #3 (July 1982)
-
Indexer Notes
Guess what each person is dressed as.
Inspiration Situation
Big Moose / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Moose, all your teammates are counting on you!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Coach Kleats; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Coach gives Moose a pep talk.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #256 (May 1979)
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #34 (January 1989)
-
[no title indexed]
Moose Puzzle / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Help Moose make a touchdown!
- Characters
- Moose Mason
- Reprints
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #17 (November 1976)
- in Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #1 (November 1986)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Jamboree (Archie, 2013 series) (2013)
- in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #33 (January 2014)
-
Trace Case
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For two months I've been studying kung-fu with the masters!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie has been studying kung-fu.
Wheel Ordeal
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dilton is thinking of buying my jalopy!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doily
- Synopsis
- Dilton is considering buying Archie's jalopy.
Bore Chore
Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- To be or not to be---
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie is bored watching Reggie play Hamlet.
Boobology
Big Moose / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I dread Mondays!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- Archie and Moose both dread Mondays.
Tap Flap
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That's strange!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Jughead is carving a bust of Archie's head.
Pay Scale Wail
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Pop, I need more pay!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Archie needs a pay raise.
Hor-or-Scope
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look! Archie is starting at quarterback!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie's horoscope says he's about to move onto big things.
Prize Problem
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Golly that was a tough algebra problem!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie's dad helps him with a tough algebra problem.
The Moose Is Loose
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Shucks! I still know where I am!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Moose is in the woods, but he knows where he is.
[no title indexed]
Betty Party Puzzlers / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It is possible to place 12 "X"s so that there are only two "X"s in any line - horizontal, vertical or diagonal.
- Characters
- Betty Cooper
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #19 (September 1976)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #17 (July 1985)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here's a neat idea I think all your other fans might like to hear.
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Indexer Notes
Letters from Karen Ray, and William Simone.
Whiff Sniff
Big Ethel / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How about "Fatal Apple?"
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Ethel Muggs; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Ethel is looking for a perfume to attract Jughead.
- Reprints
- in Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #63 (April 1979)
- in The Jughead Jones Comics Digest (Archie, 1977 series) #54 (December 1988)
- in Jughead & Friends Digest Magazine (Archie, 2005 series) #3 (September 2005)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics-Palooza (Archie, 2014 series) ([February] 2014)
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #199 (March 2014)
-
Call Brawl
Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For you, Miss L.!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Smithers; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Reggie calls Veronica for a date while Archie is at Veronica's house.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #256 (May 1979)
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #30 (May 1988)
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #107 (May 1993)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #132 (May 2005), #161 (July 2008), #196 (January 2012), #221 (April 2014), #250 (March 2017), #281 (April 2020)
-
Neat Feat
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, look! I was awarded this bowling alley souvenir!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- The bowling alley gives Veronica a bowling pin, the only one she knocked over during 8 games.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #256 (May 1979)
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #30 (May 1988)
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #107 (May 1993)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #132 (May 2005), #161 (July 2008), #196 (January 2012), #221 (April 2014), #250 (March 2017), #281 (April 2020)
-
- Keywords
- bowling
Dull Skull
Moose / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Anything I treasure I have bronzed... like my baby shoes!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Midge Klump; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Moose wants to get his gold track medal bronzed.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #256 (May 1979)
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #30 (May 1988)
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #24 (June 1994)
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #75 (July 2003)
- in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #14 (June 2015)
-
Purse Curse
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wow! Prices keep going higher and higher!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty points out one thing in the store that's not going up.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #256 (May 1979)
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #30 (May 1988)
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #24 (June 1994)
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #75 (July 2003)
- in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #14 (June 2015)
-
Date Strait
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Cara, I'd like to get to know you!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Cara; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Archie takes Cara on a get acquainted date.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #254 (March 1979)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #32 (January 1988)
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Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Miss Grundy, we've voted you "Teacher of the year!""]
Archie -
1.
["Jeri of Hollywood"]
-
2.
Lass Pass
Archie -
3.
Snooze Ruse
Big Ethel -
4.
Dim Whim
Archie -
5.
Talk Balk
Archie -
6.
Loaf Laff
Big Moose -
7.
Creep Heap
Veronica -
8.
["Meet Dusty America's most beautiful doll!"]
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9.
Mirror, Mirror...
Gigi -
10.
["Oh, Archiekins --- loveykins --- sorry I woke you up in the middle of the night --- but I had a bad dream!!!"]
Veronica Pin Up -
11.
["Free 100 decals"]
-
12.
[Personalized Metal Social Security Plates]
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13.
Guess What I Am
-
14.
Inspiration Situation
Big Moose -
15.
["Help Moose make a touchdown!"]
Moose Puzzle -
16.
Trace Case
Archie -
17.
Wheel Ordeal
Archie -
18.
["Hey, kids! Stay in the groove with Archie Series Comics!"]
-
19.
["50% off"]
-
20.
Bore Chore
Reggie -
21.
Boobology
Big Moose -
22.
Tap Flap
Archie -
23.
Pay Scale Wail
Archie -
24.
Hor-or-Scope
Betty and Veronica -
25.
Prize Problem
Archie -
26.
The Moose Is Loose
-
27.
["Collectors nostalgia kits"]
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28.
["It is possible to place 12 "X"s so that there are only two "X"s in any line - horizontal, vertical or diagonal."]
Betty Party Puzzlers -
29.
["Here's a neat idea I think all your other fans might like to hear."]
Archie Club News -
30.
["Wow 6 different patches free."]
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31.
["Monster size monsters"]
-
32.
Whiff Sniff
Big Ethel -
33.
Call Brawl
Veronica -
34.
Neat Feat
Betty and Veronica -
35.
Dull Skull
Moose -
36.
Purse Curse
Betty and Veronica -
37.
Date Strait
Archie -
38.
["Now you can enjoy Archie's first giant Christmas fun book ever offered!"]
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39.
[Honor House Prod. Corp.]
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40.
The Insult That Made a Man Out of 'Mac'
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41.
["100 little dolls all for $2.00"]
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- Katy Hayhurst
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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