The New Archies #5

(May 1988)

Betcha Bite a Chip with Chips Ahoy! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Chips Ahoy; Nabisco / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Diamond and Girls (Table of Contents: 2)

The New Archies / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

children

Characters

Archie Andrew; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Coach Kleats

Synopsis

Betty is on the school baseball team, but the boys don't want her to take their position. Archie fakes an injury so that Betty can play and win the game.

Reprints

• in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #26 (May 2013)

Keywords

baseball

The Search for the Fruitosaurus! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Archie and His Friends; Sunkist Fun Fruits / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Archie's Checklist / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Full of Color...Full of Fun! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Archie Annual Digest / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Word Pixies! (Table of Contents: 6)

Miss Grundy / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

Joe Edwards (signed as JE)

Pencils

Joe Edwards (signed as JE)

Inks

Joe Edwards (signed as JE)

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Edwards

Genre

teen

Characters

Miss Grundy

Indexer Notes

Word puzzles. A stylized "JE" is in the top panel.

Prizes or Cash (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Sales Leadership Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Picture Perfect (Table of Contents: 8)

The New Archies / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper (cameo); Veronica Lodge (cameo); Miss Pastel

Synopsis

While on an outing for art class, Reggie tries to ruin Archie's painting.

Reprints

• in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #26 (May 2013)

Keywords

painting

In the Dark (Table of Contents: 9)

Moose / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Joe Edwards (signed)

Pencils

Joe Edwards (signed)

Inks

Joe Edwards (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Edwards

Genre

children

Characters

Moose Mason; Miss Grundy

Synopsis

Moose doesn't like Math.

Reprints

• in The Best of Archie Comics (Archie, 2011 series) #2 (2012)
• in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #25 (May 2013)
• in Archie Spotlight Digest: Archie 75th Anniversary Digest (Archie, 2016 series) #8 (May 2017)

Keywords

math; school

Indexer Notes

Each panel is in the shape of a number (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).

Double Your Fun! (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Archie Digests / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Discount 32 Page Comic Subscriptions! (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Archie Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

The Scrub Team (Table of Contents: 12)

The New Archies / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

children

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper (cameo); Amani; Eugene

Synopsis

Archie's class has a pet wash to raise money for charity.

Reprints

• in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #25 (May 2013)

Keywords

cats; dogs; elephant

Chocolate Fun for Everyone! (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

M & M's; Mars / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Archie Fan Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Archie's Club News / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

First prize winner of $6.00 to Alexandra Woloschuk (Nepean, Ontario, Canada) for article on volleyball. Second prize of $4.00 to Daisy M. Rooks (Bethesda, Md.) for article on charity fund-raisers. Text and illustrations.

Subscribe and Save $1.75 (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Archie Digests / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Country Cookin' (Table of Contents: 17)

The New Archies / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

children

Characters

Archie Andrew; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate; Moose Mason (cameo); Eugene (cameo); Amani (cameo)

Synopsis

The gang decides to go out in the country for a picnic, but Jughead eats all the food on the way.

Keywords

bicycles; cheeseburger; picnic

Prizes or Cash (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Olympic Sales Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Health Education (Table of Contents: 19)

Archie / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

?

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Chuck Clayton; Mr. Weatherbee

Keywords

AIDS

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Anti-AIDS public service message with phone number for Center for Disease Control's Hotline listed.

Raiders of the Fruity Pebbles (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

Post Fruity Pebbles; The Flintstones / advertisement / 1 page (report information)