Archie #489 [Direct Edition]
(November 1999)

Archie, 1959 Series
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Price
1.79 USD; 1.99 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Comics
Barcode
762816467476 48911
Editing
Victor Gorelick; Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Stan Goldberg (signed)
Inks
Henry Scarpelli (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I wish I had thought of that!
Genre
teen
Characters
Nancy Woods; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Doing a Diss-service (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Angelo De Cesare
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Bob Smith
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee
Synopsis
Reggie plays pranks on the freshmen.
Reprints

Location Is Everything (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Harold Smith
Pencils
Tim Kennedy ?
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Bill Yoshida ?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Archie and Betty take the bus to Pop's.
Reprints

Cross Wise (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Archie and Jughead observe the new walk-don't-walk signs.
Reprints

It’s Not Easy Staying Clean (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Harold Smith
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Bob Smith
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Veronica complains that Archie's car is too dirty so he washes it good and then tries to keep it clean on the way to meet her.
Reprints

K-9 (Table of Contents: 5)

Moose / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge; Hot Dog
Synopsis
Moose shows Veronica Hot Dog's ability to do math.
Reprints

It’s Ap-parent (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Golliher
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Bob Smith
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mary Andrews; Geraldine Grundy; Cassie Carlson
Synopsis
Archie's mother shows up to school as a monitor and embarrasses Archie as he just met a new girl in class that he likes.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["I wish I had thought of that!"]
    Archie
  2. 1. Doing a Diss-service
    Archie
  3. 2. Location Is Everything
    Archie
  4. 3. Cross Wise
    Archie
  5. 4. It’s Not Easy Staying Clean
    Archie
  6. 5. K-9
    Moose
  7. 6. It’s Ap-parent
    Archie
This issue was modified by, among others
  • John
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk