(April 1988)
Archie,
1977 Series
- Price
- 1.35 USD
- Pages
- 132
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- ?
- Brand
-
The Archie Digest Library
- Barcode
- 027100069096 50
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Jughead / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's a very special birthday pizza in your honor, Jughead!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Pop Tate; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Hot Dog; Jughead Jones
Indexer Notes
Redrawn from the cover of Jughead #167.
![Cover Thumbnail for The Jughead Jones Comics Digest (1977 series) #50 [Canadian]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1486/w100/1486156.jpg?8013049713058439520)
The Takeover
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Samm Schwartz (credited)
- Inks
- Samm Schwartz (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited); Nanci Dakesian (credited); Ginny Sykora (credited)
- Letters
- Samm Schwartz (credited)
- Genre
- science fiction; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Alien Presence; Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doily; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Professor Flutesnoot; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump
- Synopsis
- A bodiless alien takes over Jughead for a school day.
- Keywords
- aliens
The Job Interview
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead looks for a job at an employment agency.
- Reprints
-
from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #58 (April 1978)
-
- Keywords
- employment agency; job search; one-liners
Bite Sprite
Jughead / text story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Jughead reccommends a burger to Archie and takes a bite as a commission.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #58 (April 1978)
-
Board Lord
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Jughead is skateboarding, in a unique board pushed by Ethel.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #58 (April 1978)
-
- Keywords
- skateboarding
Head's Up
Life with Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Stan Goldberg ?
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited as Willie Y)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Smithers
- Synopsis
- When Veronica contracts a rare disease from a souvenir sculpture she brought back from vacation, Archie tries to track down the twin of the sculpture, which was stolen from her at the airport, before it causes an epidemic.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #221 (March 1981)
-
Shoot the Works
Chuck / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- sports; teen
- Characters
- Coach Clayton; Chuck Clayton; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Coach Kleats
- Reprints
- from Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 1972 series) #80 (June 1981)
-
- Keywords
- marbles
Fate Straight
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Ethel hides Jughead from Moose, but Jughead would rather be clobbered by Moose.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #58 (April 1978)
-
Hint Stint
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Hot Dog
- Synopsis
- Hot Dog points out who threw the snowball at Jughead.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #58 (April 1978)
-
Hot Spot
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Their cabin is cold.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #58 (April 1978)
-
The Part Owner Partners
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred andrews; Pop Tate; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Smithers; Hiram Lodge; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Fred buys Archie a share of a company -- one that Mr. Lodge owns. Archie's very proud of his new title of "shareholder" but comes to regret the respsonibilities when Mr. Lodge relies on Archie's vote to break a shareholder tie.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #327 (July 1977)
-
- Keywords
- stock
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #286, no credits listed in this digest.
You Know You Have a Laziness Problem if...
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Hot Dog; Archie Andrews; Mrs. Jones;
- Synopsis
- How to spot if you have a laziness problem.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #58 (April 1978)
-
- Keywords
- laziness
Sum Fun
Archie / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Mary Andrews; Richard Nixon (dream sequence); Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Both Archie and Dilton like figures, and Archie begins to dream about being successful.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #264 (April 1972)
-
Communicate
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren (credited)
- Pencils
- Dick Malmgren (credited)
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie wonders why Betty is upset and asks her to communicate.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #78 (September 1976)
-
A Real Bird
Betty and Me / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Alice Cooper; Hal Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie gets Betty a bird for her birthday and when it flies out a window they go out looking for it in the cold.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #64 (March 1975)
-
Present Problems
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Smithers
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #257 (May 1977)
-
Slap Happy
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Dilton Doily; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie gets detention for being too happy.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #377 (April 1983)
-
- Keywords
- detention; happiness
Tall Story
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- sports; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- The basketball team has a new center. Central's basketball team has an even taller player.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #58 (April 1978)
-
- Keywords
- basketball
Indexer Notes
The "Tall" in the title is stretched up. Jughead's dribbling has knocked down the R in "Story".
The People's Choice
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (credited)
- Pencils
- Chic Stone (credited)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Nancy Woods; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie and Chuck run against each other for class president.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #182 (June 1977)
-
Queen Scene
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #66 (June 1975)
-
Whistle Whizz
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs; Hot Dog
- Synopsis
- Ethel thinks Jughead is whistling at her.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #58 (April 1978)
-
Cone Zone
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead has two ice cream cones with 22 scoops.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #58 (April 1978)
-
- Keywords
- ice cream
Sticky Story
Sabrina / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda; Michael
- Synopsis
- Sabrina and Hilda's brooms are missing after a hockey game. She comes up with a novel solution.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #166 (November 1983)
-
- Keywords
- brooms; hockey; witches
Paper Caper
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- The Riverdale Reporter has doubled their subscribers.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #58 (April 1978)
-
Arm Charm
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Ethel forces Jughead to come to a dance.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #58 (April 1978)
-
- Keywords
- dances
Allowance Blues
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Dilton Doily; Mr. Doily; Moose Mason; Mr. Mason; Jughead Jones; Forsythe Jones; Fred Andrews; Betty Cooper (picture); Veronica Lodge (picture); Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #191 (December 1973)
-
Indexer Notes
Four gags showing how various members of the Archie gang ask their fathers for a raise in their allowances.
Meal Zeal
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Ms. Beazley
- Synopsis
- Jughead has a perfect attendance record because he is afraid of missing his favorite meal - anything.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #58 (April 1978)
-
Dogging It
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Hot Dog
- Synopsis
- Hot Dog acts like Jughead and has his own hammock.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #58 (April 1978)
-
- Keywords
- dogs; hammocks
Pin Head
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie! How would you like to take me to the movie tonight?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Fred Andrews
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #324 (March 1978)
-
- Keywords
- bowling
It's Car-azy
Archie / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Is Veronica home, Mr. Lodge?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge frets when Veronica uses the Bentley to drive to a store.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #64 (April 1978)
-
My Son My Son Part I
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (credited)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge asks Archie and Jughead to pretend to be his sons so that he can close a business deal with two conservative foreign businessmen who only respect men with sons.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #221 (March 1981)
-
My Son My Son Part II
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (credited)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Smithers
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead start to take advantage of being the pretend Lodge sons, but redeem themselves in the end.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #221 (March 1981)
-
A Cool Surprise!!
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)
- Pencils
- Dan Parent (credited)
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Reggie discovers that it's too cold to use a water pistol.
Indexer Notes
Credited to Pellowski, Ollerenshaw; and Parent.
Borrow Sorrow
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Jughead tries to borrow money from Betty, but makes a mistake.
Lunch Crunch
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie can tell lunchtime by when Jughead's stomach starts to growl.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #251 (December 1978)
-
Swing Thing
Moose / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Moose misinterprets a golf pros advice.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #251 (December 1978)
-
Lid Kid
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Ethel wears a safari hat while hunting Jughead.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #58 (April 1978)
-
Brag Gag
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Ethel would like to be Jughead's trash can.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #58 (April 1978)
-
A Surprised Party
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doiley; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee overhears the kids planning a surprise party for him, but the event doesn't live up to his expectations.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #334 (February 1978)
-
Indexer Notes
Art originally tentatively credited to Stan Goldberg and Rudy Lapick. Credits changed 10/2015.
Whiz Fizz
Dilton / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Dilton Doiley; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty tries some recommendations on how to win Archie that Dilton's computer provided.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #94 (July 1978)
-
- Keywords
- Chang's Chinese Restaurant; dating; gimmicks
Indexer Notes
Betty's phone number is 742-339.
A Public Service Message from Archie Comics
Health Education / public service announcement / 1 page
- Characters
- Waldo Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Chuck Clayton
Indexer Notes
AIDS awareness PSA.
War is Heck
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Nancy Woods; Big Angie; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
- Reprints
- from Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 1972 series) #71 (May 1980)
-
- Keywords
- capture the flag; snowball fights
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["It's a very special birthday pizza in your honor, Jughead!"]
Jughead -
1.
The Takeover
Jughead -
2.
The Job Interview
Jughead -
3.
Bite Sprite
Jughead -
4.
Board Lord
Jughead -
5.
Head's Up
Life with Archie -
6.
Shoot the Works
Chuck -
7.
Fate Straight
Jughead -
8.
Hint Stint
Jughead -
9.
Hot Spot
Jughead -
10.
The Part Owner Partners
Archie -
11.
You Know You Have a Laziness Problem if...
Jughead -
12.
Sum Fun
Archie -
13.
Communicate
Archie -
14.
A Real Bird
Betty and Me -
15.
Present Problems
Betty and Veronica -
16.
Slap Happy
Archie -
17.
Tall Story
Jughead -
18.
The People's Choice
Jughead -
19.
Queen Scene
Betty -
20.
Whistle Whizz
Jughead -
21.
Cone Zone
Jughead -
22.
Sticky Story
Sabrina -
23.
Paper Caper
Jughead -
24.
Arm Charm
Jughead -
25.
Allowance Blues
-
26.
Meal Zeal
Jughead -
27.
Dogging It
Jughead -
28.
Pin Head
Archie -
29.
It's Car-azy
Archie -
30.
My Son My Son Part I
Jughead -
31.
My Son My Son Part II
Jughead -
32.
A Cool Surprise!!
Archie -
33.
[no title indexed]
-
34.
Borrow Sorrow
Jughead -
35.
Lunch Crunch
Archie -
36.
Swing Thing
Moose -
37.
Lid Kid
Jughead -
38.
Brag Gag
Jughead -
39.
A Surprised Party
Jughead -
40.
Whiz Fizz
Dilton -
41.
A Public Service Message from Archie Comics
Health Education -
42.
War is Heck
Jughead -
43.
Raiders of the Fruity Pebbles
Post Fruity Pebbles; The Flintstones
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