Archie
#553
[Direct Edition]
(February 2005)
Archie,
1959 Series
- Price
- 2.19 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- 9 times a year in Jan., Feb., Apr., May, June, Aug., Sept., Oct. and Nov.
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Comics
- Barcode
- 762816467476 55311
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
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The Big Problem
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Shirley; Pop Tate; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie is feeling self-indulgent and wants to help out.
- Reprints
-
in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #1 (December 2010) - in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #284 (January 2018)
- in Archie Giant Comics Roll (Archie, 2018 series) (2018)
-
The Average Awards
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie is chosen to represent the school at the Average Good Citizens Awards.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #260 (March 2010)
- in Jughead and Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #18 (February 2016)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Shindig (Archie, 2016 series) (2016)
-
Smoke Screen
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Bob Smith
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Vickie Williams ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Chuck Clayton; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper; Fred Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie and Betty sit in front of the fireplace and reminisce.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #265 (February 2016)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Shindig (Archie, 2016 series) (2016)
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Santa Cause!
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Angelo De Cesare
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Bob Smith
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Vickie Williams ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge bumps his head and then thinks he's Santa and starts giving away all of his money to people on the street.
- Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Don't even think about it!!!"]
Archie -
1.
The Big Problem
Archie -
2.
Archie News
Archie News -
3.
The Average Awards
Archie -
4.
Fan Art
Fan Art -
5.
Smoke Screen
Archie -
6.
Santa Cause!
Archie
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- John
- Katie
- Katy Hayhurst
- Thomas Johnson
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
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