(January 1976)

Archie, 1974 Series
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164
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look! Veronica has Archie on the merry-go-round!
Genre
humor
Characters
Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews

Indexer Notes

Redrawn from the cover of Archie's Pal Jughead #42

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

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Safe Unsound! (Table of Contents: 2)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Samm Schwartz
Colors
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Letters
Samm Schwartz

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Mr. Norton; Mr. Weatherbee; Mary Andrews
Synopsis
Archie tries to prevent Jughead from having accidents.
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Indexer Notes

Credits from the index to the original printing.

Rumor Has It (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
Mario Acquaviva
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Letters
Mario Acquaviva

Genre
teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Reggie spreads a rumor to break up Archie and Veronica so he can take her to the dance.
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Indexer Notes

Credits from the index to the original printing.

Comparison Value (Table of Contents: 4)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
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Letters
Victor Gorelick

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Veronica is trying to keep an eye on Betty and Archie, but when they see her they think she's dating some ugly people.
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Indexer Notes

Credits from the index to the original printing.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
A "Texas spiny swift"! Is that what you lost?
Genre
teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy
Synopsis
Jughead lost a lizard at school.

Hero To Go (Table of Contents: 6)

Reggie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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teen
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Reggie Mantle; Coach Kleats; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Midge; Moose Mason
Synopsis
A big basketball game is coming up so Coach Kleats orders the gang to protect the school's star player, Reggie.
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Fun Page (Table of Contents: 7)

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Jughead Jones
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Indexer Notes

What's the picture, draw a tea kettle, answer the questions with a rhyme of the pictures, unscramble the letters to know what is in the Jughead Special sandwich, color the clown.

No Parking (Table of Contents: 8)

Archie / comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

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teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Veronica wants to know why Archie stopped the car.
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Color-full (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script
Joe Edwards
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Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
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Letters
Joe Edwards

Genre
children
Characters
Howie; Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday
Synopsis
Her cousin Howie is crying because Li'l Jinx won't give him her crayons.
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Habit Rabbit! (Table of Contents: 10)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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teen
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Dilton Doily; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate; Mr. Weatherbee; Moose Mason
Synopsis
Dilton tries to change Jughead.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Bob Montana
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Bob Montana
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Bob Montana
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mr. Flutesnoot said to get someone with some weight!
Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Mr. Flutesnoot
Synopsis
There's been an incident involving Mr. Flutesnoot's weather balloon.
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  • from Archie newspaper strip (King Features Syndicate) 1960-11-30

High Fashion (Table of Contents: 12)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Susan; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
Synopsis
Betty and Veronica try to outdo each other in dressing up.
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The Challenge (Table of Contents: 13)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Genre
teen
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Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Big Ethel; Pop Tate
Synopsis
Betty and Veronica bet Reggie and Archie a dinner that they can change Jughead's woman-hating ways.
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Vive la France! (Table of Contents: 14)

Archie / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Sy Reit
Pencils
Bob White
Inks
Bob White
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?
Letters
Marty Epp

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doily; Moose Mason
Synopsis
Riverdale students are visiting Paris, but Jughead has disappeared without a trace.
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Indexer Notes

Part one of four.

Credits from the index to the original printing.

The Plot Thickens (Table of Contents: 15)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Sy Reit
Pencils
Bob White
Inks
Bob White
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Letters
Marty Epp

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Moose Mason; Agent 318 (Jaques); Pierre
Synopsis
Archie finds a clue to Jughead's disappearance.
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Indexer Notes

Part two of four.

Credits from the index to the original printing.

The Chase is on! (Table of Contents: 16)

Archie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Sy Reit
Pencils
Bob White
Inks
Bob White
Colors
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Letters
Marty Epp

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Agent 982 (Etienne); Pierre; Antoine; Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason
Synopsis
Archie and Jughead are pursued by crooks.
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Indexer Notes

Part three of four.

Credits from the index to the original printing.

Trouble in the Tower! (Table of Contents: 17)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Sy Reit
Pencils
Bob White
Inks
Bob White
Colors
?
Letters
Marty Epp

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pierre; Antoine; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Miss Grundy; Dilton Doily; Moose Mason; Agent 318 (Jaques); Agent 982 (Etienne)
Synopsis
The chase ends at the Eiffel Tower.
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Indexer Notes

Part four of four.

Credits from the index to the original printing.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Bob Montana ?
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Of all the clubs in school, Jughead joins one for fencing!
Genre
teen
Characters
Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Mr. Weatherbee can't understand why Jughead joined the fencing club.

Fun Page (Table of Contents: 19)

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Indexer Notes

Unscramble the letters to spell out a famous saying, draw the figure, dizzy quiz and corn off the cob.

Fun Page (Table of Contents: 20)

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Betty Cooper
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Indexer Notes

Start at the correct number to spell out a famous saying, color Betty, corn off the cob.

Changing Times (Table of Contents: 21)

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

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Joe Edwards
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Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
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Letters
Joe Edwards

Genre
children
Characters
Hap Holiday; Li'l Jinx
Synopsis
Li'l Jinx has questions about a story's flying carpet.
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Jingle Jangle (Table of Contents: 22)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Bill Vigoda
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Genre
teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Betty Cooper; Miss Grundy; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason
Synopsis
Jughead keeps talking in rhyme.
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Indexer Notes

Credit from the reprint in Jughead Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #200.

Present-ly Yours! (Table of Contents: 23)

Archie's Mom / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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teen
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Mary Andrews; Archie Andrews; Joe; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Charlie
Synopsis
Archie's mom gets an ugly lamp for her birthday.
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It's a Fact! (Table of Contents: 24)

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non-fiction
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Indexer Notes

Trivia about a variety of things.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25)

Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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What exotic delicacy do you have to delight the jaded palate of a gourmet today, Miss Beazly?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Beazly
Synopsis
Mr. Weatherbee orders the largest sausage.

The Persistent One! (Table of Contents: 26)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Genre
teen
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Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Smithers; Mr. Lodge; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Jughead and Reggie watch Archie try to get into the Lodge mansion.
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Finger Fantasy (Table of Contents: 27)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Dan DeCarlo ?
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Genre
teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate
Synopsis
Veronica can control Archie's actions with her finger.
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Quiet Pleads (Table of Contents: 28)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Frank Doyle ?
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Samm Schwartz
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Samm Schwartz
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Samm Schwartz

Genre
teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Miss Overdew; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis
Jughead keeps making noise in the school library.
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Indexer Notes

Credits from the index to the original printing.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29)

Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Bob Montana ?
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
When you broke our date for the prom, you said you'd get someone to take me!
Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Archie is working on getting Betty a date for the prom.

Even Steven (Table of Contents: 30)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Genre
teen
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Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Veronica is going away for a week.
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Don't let it puzzle you! (Table of Contents: 31)

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Indexer Notes

How many shots did Archie take and which numbers did he hit to equal 100, name the expression illustrated, name the color illustrated, fill in the blanks, word square and how many things can you make out of E.

See Saw (Table of Contents: 32)

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

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Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
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Letters
Joe Edwards

Genre
children
Characters
Hap Holiday; Li'l Jinx
Synopsis
Li'l Jinx's dad is looking for his golf club.
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Trouble with Tessie! (Table of Contents: 33)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Genre
teen
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Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Tessie; Fred Andrews; Mr. Barnswallow; Mary Andrews
Synopsis
The Maharajah of Gaboona sent Archie an elephant.
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Clothing Dummy (Table of Contents: 34)

Reggie / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

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teen
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Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Stony Brook
Synopsis
Jughead becomes a practicing guru.
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Backfield in Emotion (Table of Contents: 35)

Archie / comic story / 4.67 pages (report information)

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teen
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Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Coach Kleats; Moose Mason
Synopsis
The girls are upset that the boys signed up for football and won't date them as much.
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Venice he Going to Learn? (Table of Contents: 36)

Archie / comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

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teen
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Miss Grundy; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Miss Grundy asks the class what contribution the Phoenicians made to modern civilization.
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Missile Madness (Table of Contents: 37)

Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Genre
humor
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Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis
Archie takes a model rocket ship to Mr. Weatherbee.
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Bad Break (Table of Contents: 38)

Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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teen
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Miss Grundy; Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Miss Grundy asks the class how the Egyptians managed to build the pyramids.
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Jughead's Daffy-nitions (Table of Contents: 39)

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humor
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Humorous definitions of luxury, winter resort, bunkhouse and vacation.

Image Schimage (Table of Contents: 40)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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teen
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Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate
Synopsis
Jughead gets hit on the head with a baseball and becomes a new person.
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Hat's Enough (Table of Contents: 41)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Veronica shows Betty her new hat.
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Fun Page (Table of Contents: 42)

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Betty Cooper
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Indexer Notes

Unscramble the city names, figure out the four-letter word, figure out the girls' names and a hand shadow.

Hold the Phone! (Table of Contents: 43)

Archie / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Genre
teen
Characters
Mr. Weatherbee; Mr. Fluteweed; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Archie tries to play the saxophone.
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Money Problems (Table of Contents: 44)

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

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
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Letters
Joe Edwards

Genre
children
Characters
Li'l Jinx
Synopsis
Li'l Jinx is tempted by different treats.
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Out to Launch (Table of Contents: 45)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Genre
teen
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Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Moose Mason; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Jughead dreams what it would be like to be the first man on Mars.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 46)

Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Bob Montana ?
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
What ever made Jughead want to run away?
Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
The gang is wondering why Jughead was running away.

Star Gazers (Table of Contents: 47)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
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Letters
Victor Gorelick

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
Synopsis
Betty and Veronica get Jughead to take a girl up to Passion Point to look at the stars.
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Indexer Notes

Credits from the index to the original printing.

The Lecture (Table of Contents: 48)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Harry Lucey
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Genre
teen
Characters
June July; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Archie protests Veronica's jealous accusation that he'd stare at another girl, and getting the girl's name and address while doing so.
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Indexer Notes

Credits from the index to the original printing.

Footballitis (Table of Contents: 49)

Coach Kleats / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Harry Lucey
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Marty Epp
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Marty Epp

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Coach Kleats
Synopsis
The state high school athletic commission is examining complaints about some of Coach Kleats athletes.
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Indexer Notes

Credits from the index to the original printing.

Tired Blood (Table of Contents: 50)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Jughead Jones; Coach Kleats; Mr. Weatherbee; Charlie; Miss Grundy
Synopsis
Coach Kleats wants Jughead to get some tires for the athletes to train with.
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[It's a brand new Archie Annual jam packed with 160 pages in full color] (Table of Contents: 51) (Expand) /

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Look! Veronica has Archie on the merry-go-round!"]
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. Safe Unsound!
    Jughead
  4. 3. Rumor Has It
    Archie
  5. 4. Comparison Value
    Betty and Veronica
  6. 5. ["A "Texas spiny swift"! Is that what you lost?"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  7. 6. Hero To Go
    Reggie
  8. 7. Fun Page
  9. 8. No Parking
    Archie
  10. 9. Color-full
    Li'l Jinx
  11. 10. Habit Rabbit!
    Jughead
  12. 11. ["Mr. Flutesnoot said to get someone with some weight!"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  13. 12. High Fashion
    Betty and Veronica
  14. 13. The Challenge
    Jughead
  15. 14. Vive la France!
    Archie
  16. 15. The Plot Thickens
    Archie
  17. 16. The Chase is on!
    Archie
  18. 17. Trouble in the Tower!
    Archie
  19. 18. ["Of all the clubs in school, Jughead joins one for fencing!"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  20. 19. Fun Page
    Archie
  21. 20. Fun Page
  22. 21. Changing Times
    Li'l Jinx
  23. 22. Jingle Jangle
    Jughead
  24. 23. Present-ly Yours!
    Archie's Mom
  25. 24. It's a Fact!
  26. 25. ["What exotic delicacy do you have to delight the jaded palate of a gourmet today, Miss Beazly?"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  27. 26. The Persistent One!
    Archie
  28. 27. Finger Fantasy
    Betty and Veronica
  29. 28. Quiet Pleads
    Jughead
  30. 29. ["When you broke our date for the prom, you said you'd get someone to take me!"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  31. 30. Even Steven
    Archie
  32. 31. Don't let it puzzle you!
  33. 32. See Saw
    Li'l Jinx
  34. 33. Trouble with Tessie!
    Archie
  35. 34. Clothing Dummy
    Reggie
  36. 35. Backfield in Emotion
    Archie
  37. 36. Venice he Going to Learn?
    Archie
  38. 37. Missile Madness
    Mr. Weatherbee
  39. 38. Bad Break
    Jughead
  40. 39. Jughead's Daffy-nitions
  41. 40. Image Schimage
    Jughead
  42. 41. Hat's Enough
    Betty and Veronica
  43. 42. Fun Page
  44. 43. Hold the Phone!
    Archie
  45. 44. Money Problems
    Li'l Jinx
  46. 45. Out to Launch
    Jughead
  47. 46. ["What ever made Jughead want to run away?"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  48. 47. Star Gazers
    Betty and Veronica
  49. 48. The Lecture
    Archie
  50. 49. Footballitis
    Coach Kleats
  51. 50. Tired Blood
    Jughead
  52. 51. [It's a brand new Archie Annual jam packed with 160 pages in full color]
  53. 52. [no title indexed]
  54. 53. [160 pages of stories and fun in Archie's full color comics digest]
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