(January 1980)

Archie, 1968 Series
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Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
4 times a year in Jan., May, Aug. and Oct.
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Close-Up Inc.
Brand
Archie Series; Archie Comics Group
Barcode
0271000698101
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Who's that gawky stringbean?
Genre
teen
Characters
Smithers; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason
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Bore Galore (Table of Contents: 1)

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Reggie
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Pop Tate; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Being broke is the second-worst thing to happen to Archie.

Palm Balm (Table of Contents: 2)

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Reggie
Genre
humor; teen
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Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Reggie reads Betty palm and gives her bad news: she and Archie will go steady.
Keywords
palm reading

Cent Lament (Table of Contents: 3)

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Reggie
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Reggie thinks the prices at Veronica's garage sale are too high.
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Keywords
garage sale

Treat Feat (Table of Contents: 4)

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Reggie
Genre
humor; teen
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Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate
Synopsis
Reggie treats everyone to a soda.

Weighty Matter (Table of Contents: 5)

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Reggie
Genre
humor; teen
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Reggie Mantle; Midge; Big Moose
Synopsis
Reggie needs to put on weight for football; Moose offers to help by giving him a fat lip.

Squawk Talk (Table of Contents: 6)

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Reggie
Genre
humor; teen
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Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Reggie talks to his plants the same way he does people.
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Charm Chatter (Table of Contents: 7)

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Reggie
Genre
humor; teen
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Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Jughead claims one of his good luck charms earned the buyer a 'C' in algebra. Reggie isn't impressed until Jughead reveals the buyer was Big Moose; Reggie buys 12 charms.
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Pic Shtick (Table of Contents: 8)

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Reggie
Genre
humor; teen
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Claude; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Reggie notices all of Claude's paintings have barcodes painted into them.
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Keywords
modern art

No Comment (Table of Contents: 9)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Joe Edwards
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Joe Edwards
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Joe Edwards
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Joe Edwards

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Li'l Jinx
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Li'l Jinx; Gigi; Hap Holliday
Synopsis
Jinx's father won't help her with her homework.
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Reg - Finding a Way (Table of Contents: 10)

Reggie / activity / 1 page (report information)

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Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle

Indexer Notes

Maze puzzle.

Leery Query (Table of Contents: 11)

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Reggie
Genre
humor; teen
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Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Reggie writes a story about Archie for the school paper.
Keywords
football

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Joke of the Month Club / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
The only business that doesn't mind a strike is the baseball business
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Joke of the Month Club
Genre
humor
Characters
Reggie Mantle
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Indexer Notes

12 one panel gags, one for each month.

Name Game (Table of Contents: 13)

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Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
Synopsis
Moose is upset with Reggie for calling him a chump.
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Birth Mirth (Table of Contents: 14)

Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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George Gladir
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Dan DeCarlo Jr.
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Reggie
Genre
humor; teen
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Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Reggie asks Veronica what famous person's birthday it is.
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Bright Plight (Table of Contents: 15)

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George Gladir
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Reggie
Genre
humor; teen
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Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Reggie hopes for a power failure.
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Loverboy Ploy (Table of Contents: 16)

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Reggie
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Wilma
Synopsis
Reggie doesn't have a little black book - it's red.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

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

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
What's the name of this epic, 'Midnight in a Coal Mine'?
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Reggie's Gag Bag
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
Reprints
  • from Archie daily (King Features) xxxx-xx-xx - xxxx-xx-xx

Spry Reply (Table of Contents: 18)

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Reggie
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Mr. Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Mr. Weatherbee vows to beautify Riverdale High.
Keywords
Riverdale High

Feet Treat (Table of Contents: 19)

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Reggie
Genre
humor; teen
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Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Reggie plays the piano with his feet so he can applaud his own performance.
Keywords
piano

Hearty Party (Table of Contents: 20)

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Reggie
Genre
humor; teen
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Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Reggie throws a going away party for Archie.

Kitchen Kapers (Table of Contents: 21)

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Reggie
Genre
humor; teen
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Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Reggie thinks Veronica and Betty's cooking assignment forced them to eat their own food.

Seat Treat (Table of Contents: 22)

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I asked Reggie to take me to see Archie act!
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Reggie
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Ethel Muggs; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews
Synopsis
Reggie gets great seats for Archie's play-behind a post.
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Time Clock (Table of Contents: 23)

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Reggie
Genre
humor; teen
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Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
Synopsis
Reggie dislikes punching in every day.
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You Know You Got a Big Ego When.. (Table of Contents: 24)

Reggie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Samm Schwartz
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Samm Schwartz
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Samm Schwartz

Genre
humor; teen
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Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25)

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

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Archie Club News

Reggie's Zany Definitions (Table of Contents: 26)

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Loaf Oaf (Table of Contents: 27)

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Reggie
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Reggie and Archie try to bake bread.
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Theory Leery (Table of Contents: 28)

Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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George Gladir
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Samm Schwartz
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Samm Schwartz
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Samm Schwartz

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Reggie
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Archie believes he can tell a locker's owner by its contents.
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Meal Zeal (Table of Contents: 29)

Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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George Gladir
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Samm Schwartz
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Samm Schwartz

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Reggie
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Reggie doesn't like Midge's cooking.
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Math Wrath (Table of Contents: 30)

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Reggie
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Reggie loses his mind over a math problem.
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Pic Pick (Table of Contents: 31)

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Reggie
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Jughead has his own rating system for films based on the popcorn.
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Cake Ache (Table of Contents: 32)

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Reggie
Genre
humor; teen
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Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Reggie makes a wish over the cake Veronica made for him: that he won't have to eat it.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 33)

Reggie Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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Rudy Lapick
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Barry Grossman
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Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Archie, did you bring something old to decorate our colonial party?
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Reggie Pin Up
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Keywords
bicenntenial

Indexer Notes

Cover of That Wilkin Boy #37 with faces redrawn.

The Bookworm Turns (Table of Contents: 34) (Expand) /

Hostess Fruit Pies; Josie / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Who's that gawky stringbean?"]
    Reggie
  2. 1. Bore Galore
    Reggie
  3. 2. Palm Balm
    Reggie
  4. 3. Cent Lament
    Reggie
  5. 4. Treat Feat
    Reggie
  6. 5. Weighty Matter
    Reggie
  7. 6. Squawk Talk
    Reggie
  8. 7. Charm Chatter
    Reggie
  9. 8. Pic Shtick
    Reggie
  10. 9. No Comment
    Li'l Jinx
  11. 10. Reg - Finding a Way
    Reggie
  12. 11. Leery Query
    Reggie
  13. 12. ["The only business that doesn't mind a strike is the baseball business"]
    Joke of the Month Club
  14. 13. Name Game
    Reggie
  15. 14. Birth Mirth
    Reggie
  16. 15. Bright Plight
    Reggie
  17. 16. Loverboy Ploy
    Reggie
  18. 17. ["What's the name of this epic, 'Midnight in a Coal Mine'?"]
    Reggie's Gag Bag
  19. 18. Spry Reply
    Reggie
  20. 19. Feet Treat
    Reggie
  21. 20. Hearty Party
    Reggie
  22. 21. Kitchen Kapers
    Reggie
  23. 22. Seat Treat
    Reggie
  24. 23. Time Clock
    Reggie
  25. 24. You Know You Got a Big Ego When..
    Reggie
  26. 25. [no title indexed]
    Archie Club News
  27. 26. Reggie's Zany Definitions
    Reggie
  28. 27. Loaf Oaf
    Reggie
  29. 28. Theory Leery
    Reggie
  30. 29. Meal Zeal
    Reggie
  31. 30. Math Wrath
    Reggie
  32. 31. Pic Pick
    Reggie
  33. 32. Cake Ache
    Reggie
  34. 33. ["Archie, did you bring something old to decorate our colonial party?"]
    Reggie Pin Up
  35. 34. The Bookworm Turns
    Hostess Fruit Pies; Josie
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