Archie Annual
#16
(1964-65)
Archie,
1950 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- once a year
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Giant Series
- Editing
- ?
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie is really wrapped up in his home movie hobby!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Keywords
- film; home movies; movie projector
Pogo Happy
Archie / comic story / 4.67 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica is planting tulip bulbs. Archie decides he can use a pogo stick to make the holes for the bulbs. As expected Archie loses control of the pogo stick and goes bouncing on path of destruction.
- Reprints
-
in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #72 (June 1985) - in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #25 (May 1991)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #302 (October 2019)
-
- Keywords
- bird bath; greenhouse; pogo stick; tulips
Pardin My Eenglush [Pardon My English]
Moose / comic story / 0.33 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Miss Grudy; Moose Mason; Betty Cooper (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Miss Grundy asks Moose a question about English.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #72 (June 1985)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #25 (May 1991)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #302 (October 2019)
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- Keywords
- English; spelling
Indexer Notes
The title has misspelled words with the wrong letters marked with a slash and the proper ones written above.
The Rain Caper!
Archie / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Veronica sends Archie to pick up a package. It starts to rain so Archie backs up to the house and hits the downspout, causing the water to spill into Archie's car. When Archie opens the car door, all the water spills on Veronica.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #37 (November 1988)
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- Keywords
- downspout; hospital; rain; thunderstorm; umbrella
Easy Street
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate; Gary; Mugs
- Synopsis
- A couple of little wise guys insult Archie and get him in trouble with Veronica. It turns out the kids were put up to the task by Reggie, so Archie pays them to get Reggie in trouble.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- insults
Speed Up!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday
- Synopsis
- Hap needs help with the door because his arms are full of bags of groceries. Jinx doesn't response until he says the ice cream is melting.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #59 (August 2001), #105 (October 2006)
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #240 (October 2014)
-
- Keywords
- groceries; ice cream
Rare Hair Wear
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica imagine what they'd look like in different hair styles.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #9 (August 1984)
-
- Keywords
- hair styles; movie poster
Beach Nut!
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Sugar Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie has a job setting up umbrellas at the beach. He gets in trouble with both Betty and Veronica and another girl's boyfriend.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #67 (August 1984)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #21 (October 1990)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #219 (August 2011), #301 (September 2019)
- in Archie Giant Comics Hop (Archie, 2019 series) (2019)
-
- Keywords
- beach; black eyes; jealousy; umbrellas
Glad Hand
Reggie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- Jughead has borrowed a model of the human hand from art class. Reggie tries to use it for pranks, but they all backfire on him.
- Reprints
- in The Jughead Jones Comics Digest (Archie, 1977 series) #20 (March 1982)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #38 (January 1989)
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- Keywords
- choking; hand model
Cool Clan
Archie / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie and the boys have formed a "Girl Watching Club." Betty and Veronica have formed a club to watch the Girl Watchers.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #37 (November 1988)
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- Keywords
- bicycles; binoculars; girl-watching
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 1.5 pages
Indexer Notes
First prize of $5.00 to Dennis Satterfield (Reseda, Calif.) for article on matches. Second prize of $3.00 to Susan Lacoff (Brooklyn, N.Y.) for one long joke. Third prize of $2.00 to Gregory Putz (Santa Barbara, Calif) for three jokes.
Tired Money
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday
- Synopsis
- When Jinx says she's too tired to pick up her toys, her father says he's too tired to count out her allowance.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #53 (July 1984)
-
- Keywords
- allowance
I'll Fry Tomorrow!
Archie / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Smithers
- Synopsis
- The newest fad is frying marbles. They are heated on the stove, then dumped into cold water which makes them cracked and sparkly and suitable for making jewelry. When Archie runs out of marbles, he manages to mistake a box of special vitamin balls made for Mr. Lodge's polo pony as a box of marbles.
- Reprints
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #49 (March 1982)
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- Keywords
- fad; frying pan; jewelry; marbles
Mad Fad
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I started the backwards fad!
- Feature Logo
Archie- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Geraldine Grundy; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica are arguing about which one started the backwards fashion fads.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #53 (April 1982)
- in Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #32 (June 1984)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #33 (March 1988)
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- Keywords
- fad
Born to Bungle
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- When Veronica is alone in the house, she sees a man lurking in the bushes. Grabbing a croquet mallet, she goes to investigate, only to find it is her father, waiting to make sure that Archie has left. However, Archie manages to cause trouble for Mr. Lodge even when he's not there.
- Reprints
- in The Jughead Jones Comics Digest (Archie, 1977 series) #20 (March 1982)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #38 (January 1989), #53 (July 1991)
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- Keywords
- croquet mallet; electric motor; pay phone; prowler; telephone
Make That Grade!
Archie's Dad / comic story / 2.75 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Professor J.J. Eghedd says the modern teenager is a very poor student! Hmmm...
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie's father finds a report card on the table and is upset at how poor the grades are. He starts to yell at Archie, but is interrupted by his wife, who informs him the report card is an old one of his that she found in the attic.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #53 (April 1982)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #34 (May 1988)
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #112 (January 1992)
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- Keywords
- cigarette lighter; report cards
Thumb Fun
Moose / comic story / 0.25 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Archie and Moose are hitch-hiking. Moose lets Archie thumb for a ride, saying he's saving his thumb for the trip back.
- Keywords
- hitch-hiking; thumb
Tale of the Tiger
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Farley Barnswallow; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Farley Barnswallow is a new kid who has caught Veronica's fancy. Archie wants to thrash him but is unable to do so. When the football team accidentally runs over Farley on the field, Archie sees his chance.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #39 (March 1982)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #32 (January 1988), #58 (April 1992)
-
- Keywords
- acrobatics; artist's model; football; painting; weight-lifting
Gypsy Madness
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
[no title indexed]
The Adventures of Patty & Andy, the Popsicle Twins; Popsicle Products / comics-form advertising / 1 page
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Archie is really wrapped up in his home movie hobby!"]
Archie -
1.
Pogo Happy
Archie -
2.
Pardin My Eenglush [Pardon My English]
Moose -
3.
The Rain Caper!
Archie -
4.
Easy Street
Archie -
5.
Speed Up!
Li'l Jinx -
6.
Dig This Crazy Offer!
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals -
7.
Rare Hair Wear
Betty and Veronica -
8.
Beach Nut!
Archie -
9.
Glad Hand
Reggie -
10.
Cool Clan
Archie -
11.
["Tired? Nervous? Run-Down?"]
Archie's Jokes -
12.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News -
13.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club -
14.
Tired Money
Li'l Jinx -
15.
I'll Fry Tomorrow!
Archie -
16.
Mad Fad
Archie -
17.
Born to Bungle
Archie -
18.
Make That Grade!
Archie's Dad -
19.
Thumb Fun
Moose -
20.
Tale of the Tiger
Archie -
21.
Gypsy Madness
Archie -
22.
["Say Andy, it says on TV we can win a trip by Trailways "Silver Eagle" to the N. Y. World's Fair."]
The Adventures of Patty & Andy, the Popsicle Twins; Popsicle Products
This issue was modified by, among others
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Bob Kopman
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Joey Sayer
- Evan Shad
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