Archie Americana Series
#5 - Best of the Eighties
(2001)
Archie,
1991 Series
- Price
- 10.95 USD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- ISBN
-
978-1-879794-06-1
- Barcode
- 9781879794061 51195
- Editing
- Paul Castiglia
Issue Notes
second printing priced at 11.95 USD.
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Rex Lindsey (signed)
- Inks
- Rex Lindsey (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
Boogie Buggy
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Sandra; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones (cameo); Pop Tate; Raul; Wilma
- Synopsis
- Archie wants to compete in a roller disco contest. Sandra asks him to be her partner, but he finds that she controls his life for the two weeks of training before the contest.
- Reprints
-
from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #289 (February 1980)
-
- Keywords
- diet; roller disco; roller-skating
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie Spotlight Digest: Archie 75th Anniversary Digest (Archie, 2016 series) #3.
In the Swing
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- Veronica wows the school with her "new look" - - which happens to be a retread of the '70s "Preppy Look".
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #302 (February 1981)
-
Indexer Notes
When reprinted in The Best of Archie Comics (Archie, 2011 series) #2, the inks are credited to Rudy Lapick.
Bo Woe
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Dexter Van Daun; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica gets a beaded braid hairstyle, much like the one Bo Derek had in the movie "10", but finds it more trouble than it's worth.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #506 (June 1981)
-
Fleeting Meeting
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; John Revolta; Linda Revolta
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge arranges for Veronica to meet her favorite movie star, but Betty gets a better gift through a simple act of kindness.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #310 (October 1981)
-
Indexer Notes
John Revolta is a parody of actor John Travolta.
Buckaroo Fever
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Chuck Clayton; Midge Klump; Nancy Woods; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- At Veronica's western-style birthday party, Mr. Lodge segregates the girls into a cook-off and the boys into a mechanical bull riding contest. However, he soon learns the modern teen refuses to be pigeon-holed.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #376 (January 1983)
-
The Punk
Jughead / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie and Betty are alarmed when Jughead goes punk (complete with mohawk). They try to save him from falling into a bad crowd, but it turns out he's just researching a story for a local newspaper. Ahh, the 80's.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #327 (February 1983)
-
E.T. Travesty
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Rinko; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead meet an alien.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #322 (March 1983)
-
Indexer Notes
An homage to the movie E.T.
[no title indexed]
Betty / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Riverdale High School Flash Dance Contest
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Mr. Flutesnoot; Floyd Clayton; Mrs. Beazley; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Chuck Clayton
- Synopsis
- Veronica spares no expense to produce a "Flash Dance" video that will win the school competition. But Betty, Archie and Chuck put a video together on the fly using nothing more than Chuck's camera and Betty's charisma, and they beat Veronica's video out.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #137 (January 1984)
-
Vidiocy
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead dreams he's in a video game.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #393 (March 1984)
-
The Breakdancing Break
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wow! These breakdancers are something else!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- The Archies enlist the help of breakdancers for their music video.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #112 (July 1984)
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The Fame Game
The Archies / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo Jr.
- Inks
- Jim DeCarlo
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (original publication)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- The Archies [Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper]
- Synopsis
- Stuck for an idea for their next music video, Archie consults with a fellow recording artist Michael Jackstone for ideas.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #115 (January 1985)
-
Indexer Notes
"Michael Jackstone" is a thinly veiled reference to Michael Jackson.
Trivia Travesty
Archie and the Gang / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- During a game of Trivial Trivia, the answers keep pointing out Archie's failings to Veronica.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #117 (May 1985)
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Lookalike Loony
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie enters a look-alike contest to win a 10 minute shopping spree in a record store.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #336 (July 1985)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in The Best of Archie Comics (Archie, 2011 series) #2.
The Celebrity
Betty's Diary / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper; Bruce Bingstone
- Synopsis
- Betty meets rock star Bruce Bingstone, who gives her a pass to his concert and a chance to get to know him, which turns out to be a disappointment.
- Reprints
- from Betty's Diary (Archie, 1986 series) #1 (April 1986)
-
Wheel of Loot
Betty and Me / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie is the host and Betty is the letter-turner on the show Wheel of Loot, until Veronica is a contestant and wins Archie for her prize.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #160 (August 1987)
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- Keywords
- game shows
We, the Jury
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- In a mock trial, Betty accuses Veronica of trying to steal Archie's affections. The jury of girls decides in favor of neither girl because they all want their own chance with Archie.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #9 (April 1988)
-
- Keywords
- jury; trial
A Passion for Fashion
Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge is astonished at Archie and Veronica's clothes.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #137 (August 1988)
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Archie -
1.
Boogie Buggy
Archie -
2.
In the Swing
Betty and Veronica -
3.
Bo Woe
Betty and Veronica -
4.
Fleeting Meeting
Betty and Veronica -
5.
Buckaroo Fever
Archie -
6.
The Punk
Jughead -
7.
E.T. Travesty
Archie -
8.
["Riverdale High School Flash Dance Contest"]
Betty -
9.
Vidiocy
Jughead -
10.
The Breakdancing Break
Archie -
11.
The Fame Game
The Archies -
12.
Trivia Travesty
Archie and the Gang -
13.
Lookalike Loony
Archie -
14.
The Celebrity
Betty's Diary -
15.
Wheel of Loot
Betty and Me -
16.
We, the Jury
Betty and Veronica -
17.
A Passion for Fashion
Veronica
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katy Hayhurst
- Donald Dale Milne
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Gregg Whitmore
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