(September 1981)

Archie, 1946 Series
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Price
0.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Close-Up Inc.
Brand
Archie Series; Archie Comics Group
Barcode
0271000696209
Editing
Richard H. Goldwater (editor-in-chief); Victor Gorelick (art director)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Reggie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Stan Goldberg (signed as Stan G.)
Inks
Stan Goldberg (signed as Stan G.)
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Veronica's bathing suit has a knot on one shoulder, Reggie!
Genre
teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Reggie assesses Veronica's fashion sense and still manages to put Archie down.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Later redrawn for the cover of Laugh Comics Digest #84

Growling Grizzlies (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Sabrina; Hostess / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Winner Takes All (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie and the Gang / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir (credited as G. Gladir)
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)
Inks
Jim DeCarlo (credited as James DeCarlo)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited as Barry G.)
Letters
Bill Yoshida (credited as Bill Y.)

Feature Logo
Archie and the Gang [small font]
Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
When Veronica bows out of the foursome beach date with Betty, Archie and Reggie, the boys decide to hold a competition to see who gets to date Betty and her picnic lunch.

Thumb Nail Sketch (Table of Contents: 3)

Fred / activity / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
teen
Characters
Fred Andrews
Synopsis
Decode Mr. Andrews' word balloon to see what he thinks of household chores.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Mr. Lodge Gag Bag / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Someone from the government wants to use your library, Mr. Lodge!
Feature Logo
Mr. Lodge Gag Bag
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley
Synopsis
Mr. Lodge has a visitor; Mr. Lodge adjusts his television reception.
Reprints
  • from ?

Indexer Notes

These are reprints of two Archie syndicated newspaper strips.

Race Pace (Table of Contents: 5)

Reggie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir (credited as G. Gladir)
Pencils
Stan Goldberg (credited as Stan G.)
Inks
? [as Van G.] (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited as B. Grossman)
Letters
Bill Yoshida (credited as W. Yoshida)

Feature Logo
Reggie
Genre
teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Mr. Lodge and a competitor engage in a race of their company's jet skis. The competitor picks the pilots at random, picking Reggie to pilot his product and Archie to pilot the Lodge craft.

Streee-Ike (Table of Contents: 6)

Charley / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards (signed)
Inks
Joe Edwards (signed)
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Charley Hawse; Li'l Jinx; Greg
Synopsis
In order to get Charley to lose weight, Jinx bets him her prized baseball card that he can't go a week without eating junk food.

Film Flam (Table of Contents: 7)

Reggie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
George Gladir ?
Pencils
?
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Feature Logo
Reggie
Genre
teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason
Synopsis
Reggie arranges a group shot with the gang, then finds something more interesting to shoot.

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Feature Logo
Archie Club News

Only His Word (Table of Contents: 9)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Cara E.] (credited)
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo (credited)
Inks
Jim DeCarlo (credited as J. DeCarlo)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited as Barry G.)
Letters
Bill Yoshida (credited as Bill Y.)

Feature Logo
Betty and Veronica
Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Archie struggles with the choice of keeping his word to Jughead to go fishing or spend the day at the beach with Betty and Veronica in bikinis.
Reprints
Keywords
fishing
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Veronica's bathing suit has a knot on one shoulder, Reggie!"]
    Reggie
  2. 1. Growling Grizzlies
    Sabrina; Hostess
  3. 2. Winner Takes All
    Archie and the Gang
  4. 3. Thumb Nail Sketch
    Fred
  5. 4. ["Someone from the government wants to use your library, Mr. Lodge!"]
    Mr. Lodge Gag Bag
  6. 5. Race Pace
    Reggie
  7. 6. Streee-Ike
    Charley
  8. 7. Film Flam
    Reggie
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Archie Club News
  10. 9. Only His Word
    Betty and Veronica
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Igor Dybzinski
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen