Jughead #258
(November 1976)

Archie, 1965 Series
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Price
0.30 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1976-08-31
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Series [vertical]
Barcode
0271000696111
Editing
John L. Goldwater (credited as John Goldwater) (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (credited as Richard Goldwater) (managing editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date from the Comic Reader #135.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Jughead / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Jug, your horoscope says today is ideal for doing what you do best!
Genre
teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Gladys Jones; Betty Cooper; Hot Dog
Synopsis
Jughead's mom acknowledges her son's particular skill.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Later redrawn for the cover of Jughead with Archie Digest #64

Mr. Sandman (Table of Contents: 1)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir ?
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Samm Schwartz
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Samm Schwartz

Genre
teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Betty and Veronica try to take Jughead to the beach for a day without him collecting a mountain's worth of sand in his clothing.
Reprints

Josie Eats Her Words (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Hostess Cup Cakes; Josie / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Clean Scene (Table of Contents: 3)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Joe Edwards

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday
Synopsis
Jinx cooks breakfast.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Bob Montana
Pencils
Bob Montana
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Joe Edwards

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm going down to get something to eat!
Genre
teen; humor
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis
Jughead gets lost in a drive-in; Jughead and Mr. Lodge discuss fencing.
Reprints
  • from Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX, 19XX-XX-XX

Indexer Notes

These are reprints of two Archie syndicated newspaper strips.

Buy, Buy Blues (Table of Contents: 5)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Malmgren ?
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Samm Schwartz
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Samm Schwartz

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey, hey! You see what I see? Jughead's got a job!
Feature Logo
Jughead
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Charlie; Amy
Synopsis
Jughead gets a job as a pushcart ice cream vendor and his surly manner with the customers becomes an instant hit.
Reprints

Thyme on My Hands (Table of Contents: 6)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle ?
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Samm Schwartz
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Herb Doyle
Synopsis
When Veronica finds out that Jughead is an expert on herbs, she expresses an interest in learning more.
Reprints
Keywords
herbs

The Body Beautiful (Table of Contents: 7)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Malmgren ?
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Samm Schwartz
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Samm Schwartz

Genre
teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis
Archie and the girls panic when they hear Jughead intends to get a tattoo.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Jug, your horoscope says today is ideal for doing what you do best!"]
    Jughead
  2. 1. Mr. Sandman
    Jughead
  3. 2. Josie Eats Her Words
    Hostess Cup Cakes; Josie
  4. 3. Clean Scene
    Li'l Jinx
  5. 4. ["I'm going down to get something to eat!"]
    Jughead's Gag Bag
  6. 5. Buy, Buy Blues
    Jughead
  7. 6. Thyme on My Hands
    Jughead
  8. 7. The Body Beautiful
    Jughead
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Igor Dybzinski
  • Merlin Haas
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Joey Sayer