Jughead #291
(August 1979)

Archie, 1965 Series
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Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1979-05-29
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Series; Archie Comics Group
Barcode
0271000696108
Editing
Richard H. Goldwater (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from The Comic Reader #169.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Jughead / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Stan Goldberg
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
We have four sizes - small, medium, large and the Jughead size!
Genre
teen
Characters
Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Jughead gets a small snack for the movie he's about to watch.

Indexer Notes

Later redrawn for the cover of The Jughead Jones Comics Digest #38.

Calamity Jones (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; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Betty discovers that the area merchants have all blacklisted Jughead due to the stock damage inflicted by his clumsiness.
Reprints

Book Mark (Table of Contents: 2)

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; Charley Hawse
Synopsis
Charley borrows one of Jinx's books, but not because he's interested in the subject.

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

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A lot of companies are giving rebates now!
Genre
teen; humor
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Jughead defines a word for Archie; Jughead and Archie go fishing.
Reprints
  • from ?

Indexer Notes

These are reprints of two mid-seventies era Archie syndicated newspaper strips.

The Hat Trick (Table of Contents: 4)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

Genre
teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Chuck Clayton; Miss Grundy
Synopsis
Veronica criticizes Jughead's signature crown beanie, so to spite her, Jughead begins wearing one outrageous new hat after another.

The Candy Man (Table of Contents: 5)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir ?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inks
Jim DeCarlo
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate
Synopsis
After Reggie plays a nasty prank on a kid selling fundraising candy, Jughead decides to even the score.
Reprints

Wheel Wail (Table of Contents: 6)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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

Genre
teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Jughead gets a job as a roller skating instructor at the local skating rink - - the one with the hamburger stand inside.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["We have four sizes - small, medium, large and the Jughead size!"]
    Jughead
  2. 1. Calamity Jones
    Jughead
  3. 2. Book Mark
    Li'l Jinx
  4. 3. ["A lot of companies are giving rebates now!"]
    Jughead's Gag Bag
  5. 4. The Hat Trick
    Jughead
  6. 5. The Candy Man
    Jughead
  7. 6. Wheel Wail
    Jughead
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