(September 2004)

Archie, 2003 Series
Price
0.00 FREE
Pages
36
On-sale Date
2004-05-01
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Comics
Editing
Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (editor-in-chief)

I Was A Teen Age Comic Book Character! (Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Jeff Shultz (signed)
Inks
Jon D'Agostino (signed)
Colors
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
I think this comic book captures the real me... don't you?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Chuck Clayton

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I Was A Teen Age Comic Book Character! (Part One) (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Craig Boldman
Pencils
Jeff Shultz
Inks
Rich Koslowski
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Vickie Williams

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look! It's the many faces of Archie Andrews!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Chuck Clayton; Capp (a comic book shop owner); Joe Field (of Flying Colors Comics); Buddy Saunders (of Lonestar Comics); Bill Libowitz (of Golden Apple Comics); George Gladir (picture)
Synopsis
When Archie and Betty go to Capp's Comics Cubbyhole, they meet other comic shop owners. When Capp realizes he doesn't have any comics pros visiting the shop as the others do, he hastily shows off Chuck as an up and coming comics pro. Archie then offers to write the script for Chuck's comic, which Capp will carry exclusively.

Indexer Notes

6 vignettes on the splash page show Archie as Black Spy (from Mad's Spy vs. Spy), as Thor, as Sonic the Hedgehog, as Batman, and as Tweety Bird from Looney Tunes. The other comic shop owners on pages 3 and 4 are based on real people. Page 5 includes 4 unidentified vignettes of comic book professionals -- possibly the creators of this story.

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I Was A Teen Age Comic Book Character! (Part Two) (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Craig Boldman
Pencils
Jeff Shultz
Inks
Rich Koslowski
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Vickie Williams

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's true! I'm going to be a published comic book writer!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Pop Tate; Reggie Mantle; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Geraldine Grundy; Nancy Woods; Moose Mason
Synopsis
Archie is unable to think of any good ideas for Chuck's comic.

Indexer Notes

The last panel on page 11 and the next five panels on page 12 are done in a black and white, manga style of artwork. This is a parody of Sonic the Hedgehog, with Archie as Sonic, Jughead as Tails, and Reggie as Knuckles (identified by Gabriel Whitmore, age 7.)

Archie and the Guys Fashions (Table of Contents: 7)

Archie / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
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Letters
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Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Chuck Clayton

Indexer Notes

Fans suggestions for the guys' fashions from Breanna Williams, Amanda Connor, Charles Brown, Megan Vines, Hannah Rae, and Cassidy Nelson.

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I Was A Teen Age Comic Book Character! (Part Three) (Table of Contents: 9)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Craig Boldman
Pencils
Jeff Shultz
Inks
Rich Koslowski
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Vickie Williams

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Meanwhile, something's brewing...
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Mr. Dalyrimple; Pop Tate; Chuck Clayton; Jughead Jones; Bethany Dalyrimple; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; The Infestation of Super-Heroes [Smarty Pantys-7 [Dilton Doiley parodying Brainiac Five in a Cosmic Boy/Lightning Lad costume]; Voracious Boy [Jughead Jones parodying Matter-Eater Lad]; Rebound Kid [Archie Andrews]; Insufferable Lad [Reggie Mantle, in a Silver Age Element Lad costume]; unnamed [Betty Cooper in a Silver Age Saturn Girl costume]; unnamed [Veronica Lodge in a Silver Age Duo Damsel costume sans cape]] (cameo); The Snoozing [with Jughead as Morpheus] (cameo); The Man from R.I.V.E.R.D.A.L.E. [Really Impressive Vast Enterprise for Routing Dangerous Adversaries, Louts, Etc.] (cameo)
Synopsis
Chuck watches Archie and the gang to come up with ideas for the comic, but his aren't much better than Archie's. Archie also makes a date with a new girl named Bethany, who has an outrageous hairstyle.

Indexer Notes

Includes parodies of the Legion of Super-Heroes, The Dreaming [with Sandman / Morpheus], and The Man From U.N.C.L.E. The costume colors of the Infestation of Super-Heroes are different from the original Silver Age ones.

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I Was A Teen Age Comic Book Character! (Part Four) (Table of Contents: 12)

Archie / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Craig Boldman
Pencils
Jeff Shultz
Inks
Rich Koslowski
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Vickie Williams

First Line of Dialogue or Text
If I'm going out with this Bethany, I'd better make sure Veronica doesn't spot us! I'm on thin ice with her!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Chuck Clayton; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Betty Cooper; Bethany Dalyrimple; Mr. Dalyrimple (Bethany's father); Smithers; Capp (cameo); Dilton Doiley (cameo); Geraldine Grundy (cameo)
Synopsis
When Archie realizes that Bethany is at Veronica's house, he plans to still meet her there. Bethany's father is a wigmaker and Bethany's rad hairstyle is just a wig. Mr. Dalyrimple then gives copies of the wig to Betty, Veronica and Mr. Lodge to wear. Thinking that each is Bethany, Archie tries to court all of them except Bethany, with humorous results. Chuck then gets his inspiration: a comic starring Archie and his comedic escapades.

Indexer Notes

The opening panel shows Archie as Dracula, Garfield the Cat (with Jughead as Odie), The Incredible Hulk, as the star of a romance book (done in a realistic art style with Betty Cooper as his love interest), and as a science fiction hero, complete with ray gun, rocket pack and glass oxygen helmet.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. I Was A Teen Age Comic Book Character!
    Archie
  2. 1. ["Beware. The Doctor is in."]
  3. 2. I Was A Teen Age Comic Book Character! (Part One)
    Archie
  4. 3. ["Get wonk'd!"]
    Wonka
  5. 4. ["More laughs! More romance! More Archie!"]
  6. 5. ["The class of 2004!"]
  7. 6. I Was A Teen Age Comic Book Character! (Part Two)
    Archie
  8. 7. Archie and the Guys Fashions
    Archie
  9. 8. ["The Wacky Wobbler is here!"]
  10. 9. I Was A Teen Age Comic Book Character! (Part Three)
    Archie
  11. 10. ["Archie Comics' Riverdale Stars talent search"]
  12. 11. ["Look for Archie trade paperbacks at fine bookstores everywhere!"]
  13. 12. I Was A Teen Age Comic Book Character! (Part Four)
    Archie
  14. 13. ["Dragonball GT"]
  15. 14. ["There they go... saving the world again in the all-new feature-length movie"]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Mark Coale
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Gregg Whitmore