Jughead #272
(January 1978)

Archie, 1965 Series
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Price
0.35 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1977-11-01
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Series [vertical]
Barcode
0271000696101
Editing
John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (managing editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date from the Comic Reader #150.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Jughead / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Jughead is the only one I know who buys a sandwich by the inch!
Genre
teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
When Jughead gets a foot long, he gets a foot long.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Later redrawn for the cover of The Jughead Jones Comics Digest #29.

Skateboard Fever (Table of Contents: 1)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

Genre
teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy
Synopsis
Skateboarding in the halls of Riverdale High leads to all sorts of trouble for Jughead, Archie, and for Mr. Weatherbee.
Reprints
Keywords
skateboarding

Math Wrath (Table of Contents: 2)

Charley / 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
Charley Hawse; Li'l Jinx
Synopsis
Charley gets a zero on his math homework.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

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
But we don't like parsnips, Miss Haggly
Feature Logo
Jughead's Gag Bag
Genre
teen; humor
Characters
Jughead Jones; Miss Haggly; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Miss Haggly shows off her muscles. Jughead makes crepes.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

These are reprints of two Archie syndicated newspaper strips.

For Art's Sake Puzzle (Table of Contents: 4)

Jughead / activity / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
teen
Characters
Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Write down the letters from the path in order to see what impressed Jughead.

Penny Pincher (Table of Contents: 5)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Samm Schwartz
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Samm Schwartz

Genre
teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Gladys Jones
Synopsis
Everybody laughs at Jughead's obsession with collecting discarded or abandoned pennies, until they realize he's making money doing it.
Reprints

Need Plead (Table of Contents: 6)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs
Synopsis
Jughead questions another boy's attempt to woo Ethel.

Tapped Out (Table of Contents: 7)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Samm Schwartz
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Samm Schwartz

Genre
teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Jughead's banjo playing becomes so annoying that it leads to desperate measures.
Reprints
Keywords
banjo

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Archie Club News / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
various
Inks
various
Colors
various
Letters
typeset

Feature Logo
Archie Club News

The Dramatic Touch (Table of Contents: 9)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Samm Schwartz
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Samm Schwartz

Genre
teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis
Encouraged by Miss Grundy to try acting, Jughead goes overboard giving everything a dramatic flair.
Reprints

Score (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Hostess Fruit Pies; Josie / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Jughead is the only one I know who buys a sandwich by the inch!"]
    Jughead
  2. 1. Skateboard Fever
    Jughead
  3. 2. Math Wrath
    Charley
  4. 3. ["But we don't like parsnips, Miss Haggly"]
    Jughead's Gag Bag
  5. 4. For Art's Sake Puzzle
    Jughead
  6. 5. Penny Pincher
    Jughead
  7. 6. Need Plead
    Jughead
  8. 7. Tapped Out
    Jughead
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Archie Club News
  10. 9. The Dramatic Touch
    Jughead
  11. 10. Score
    Hostess Fruit Pies; Josie
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  • Peter Croome
  • Igor Dybzinski
  • Merlin Haas
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
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