(December 1986)
Archie,
1973 Series
- Price
- 1.50 USD
- Pages
- 132
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Digest Library
- Barcode
- 027100069942 81
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ta, ta, daddy! I'm off to date Archie!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Archie Andrews
Indexer Notes
Redrawn from the cover of Pep #333
Twist My Arm!
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Jim Ruth
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman; Ginny Sykora
- Letters
- Rod Ollerenshaw
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie knows a secret about the local amusement park.
- Reprints
-
in Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #77 (December 1991) - in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #88 (October 1996)
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Snack Knack
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Once I pick up a book I can't put it down!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #50 (September 1976)
-
Chore Lore
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #50 (September 1976)
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Fortune Misfortune
Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #120 (January 1978)
-
Head Hassles
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Chuck Clayton; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- When Veronica goes to a phrenologist (one who reads head bumps), Archie and Reggie try to prove his predictions wrong.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #323 (February 1978)
-
Football Daze
Archie's Dad / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Fred Andrews; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Deciding he needs some exercise, Fred joins Archie and the others in a pick-up football game.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #101 (January 1976)
-
The Bonnie Banks of Riverdale
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Mary Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Archie decides to embrace his Scottish heritage, much to the dismay of his mom and friends.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #311 (December 1981)
-
- Keywords
- bagpipes
Date Dilemma
Chuck / comic story / 5 pages
- Feature Logo
- Chuck Clayton
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Chuck Clayton; Nancy Woods; Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Nancy tries to attract the attention of clueless Chuck.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #309 (January 1976)
-
Indexer Notes
When reprinted in Archie Spotlight Digest: Archie 75th Anniversary Digest (Archie, 2016 series) #3, writing is credited to George Gladir.
Sweet Talk
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen; children
- Characters
- Jinx Holliday; Charley Hawse
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #228 (December 1974)
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Games of Chance
Archie at Riverdale High / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Mr. Weatherbee; Coach Clayton
- Synopsis
- When the girls picket the school demanding that football be dropped for being too rough, Coach Clayton tells the girls about how it is a lot less violent than sports in the past, including jousting, and the gladiators in the Roman age.
- Reprints
- from Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 1972 series) #77 (December 1980)
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Dandy Date!
Dilton / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Dilton Diley; Joan
- Synopsis
- Dilton runs out of gas while driving Joan - so he leaves her to get more gas.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #59 (December 1961)
-
Indexer Notes
Published between part one and part two of the previous sequence.
[no title indexed]
Moose Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Moose, --- can you tell us how fast light travels?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Geraldine Grundy
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #292 (August 1974)
-
The Helping Hand
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now there goes a good boy!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Miss Grundy convinces Mr. Weatherbee that Archie is indeed a good boy.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #64 (April 1978)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from reprint.
Sad's Not Bad
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Alice Cooper; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty is depressed due to reading angst-ridden Pam Pittmore novels. Her friends notice and all try to cheer her up.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #311 (November 1981)
-
Unfair Play
Betty / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty and Archie are disappointed by a rain storm for different reasons.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #22 (January 1956)
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Long Distance
Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica is scared by a mouse.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #22 (January 1956)
-
Blow by Blow
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Prof. Flutesnoot
- Synopsis
- Prof. Flutesnoot has charted all of the lab accidents for the last two years. He finds that not only are Archie and Jughead responsible for all of them, but they're due to have another one any minute.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #291 (June 1975)
-
Perfection Affection
Ethel / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Feature Logo
- Big Ethel
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Ethel Muggs; Betty Cooper; Midge Klump; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- The girls try to convince Ethel that Jughead isn't as great as she thinks he is.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #309 (January 1976)
-
The Reader Knows Best
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Geraldine Grundy; Jughead Jones (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Whoever collects the most petition signatures will get to go on a trip with the girls field hockey team as the guest of honor. Archie agrees to collect signatures for both Betty and Veronica, but assures the reader that he knows how to do this without getting into trouble.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #63 (March 1961)
-
- Keywords
- bus; Fourth Wall; petition
Indexer Notes
Archie talks directly to the reader on page four.
Career Boy
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Reggie accuses Archie of being a gold-digger, that he would only marry Veronica for her money.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #139 (August 1963)
-
- Keywords
- money
Game Acclaim
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mrs. Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead calls his mom to tell her that he and Archie are going to play tennis.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #64 (July 1979)
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Run Fun
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #217 (February 1976)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gee, Archie! Look how he's holding her!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #107 (May 1999)
- from Archie newspaper strip (King Features Syndicate, XX-XX-19XX).
-
Beauty and the Beast
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ssh! Don't breath a word!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Thinking the man taking pictures around the school is a fashion photographer, Betty and Veronica stalk him in order to be his subjects.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #486 (October 1979)
-
The Hunt
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie messes up Mr. Lodge's fox hunt.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #62 (December 1977)
-
He's Not so Dumb
Moose / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wowee! That was wonderful, Midge!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Midge Klump
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #79 (July 1964)
-
Name Game
Archie and the Gang / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm Miss Spacebar, your new typing teacher!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #79 (July 1964)
-
Short and Sweet!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx knows two songs on the piano.
- Reprints
- from Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 1972 series) #77 (December 1980)
-
One Man's Viewpoint
Li'l Jinx's Chum Charley / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
- Synopsis
- Charley has a black eye.
- Reprints
- from Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 1972 series) #77 (December 1980)
-
A New Champ
Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda; Cousin Ambrose; Della The Head Witch; Harvey Kinkle; Belinda
- Synopsis
- The family and Della pressure Sabrina into competing for the Teenage Witch Of The Year competition, so Sabrina feels obligated to sow a little mayhem.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series) #57 (December 1979)
-
Color Me Green
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #288 (January 1980)
-
Only Trying to Help
Archie / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Moose wants Archie to punch him to test his strength but everyone knows it's Archie who will get hurt.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #121 (March 1978)
-
Race Ace
Dilton / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doiley; Mr. Weatherbee; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie and Reggie go all out in a foot race, anticipating the attention of Betty and Veronica going to the winner.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #99 (November 1975)
-
Indexer Notes
This story is told without dialogue or captions, entirely in pantomime.
Fowled Out
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What do you mean -- we have three chickens, Archie, there's only two here!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie shows his dad that they have three chickens for dinner rather than two.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #3 (Summer 1954)
-
Million-Error
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- And that, students, sums up our discussion on geology today...
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Professor Flutesnoot; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead is shocked when Professor Flutesnoot says geologists think the world will end in 50 million years.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #3 (Summer 1954)
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In a Class by Herself
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Several careless remarks from students has Miss Grundy ready to retire.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #374 (June 1981)
-
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Ta, ta, daddy! I'm off to date Archie!"]
Archie -
1.
Twist My Arm!
Archie -
2.
Snack Knack
Jughead -
3.
Chore Lore
Jughead -
4.
Fortune Misfortune
Veronica -
5.
Head Hassles
Archie -
6.
Football Daze
Archie's Dad -
7.
The Bonnie Banks of Riverdale
Archie -
8.
Date Dilemma
Chuck -
9.
Sweet Talk
Li'l Jinx -
10.
Games of Chance
Archie at Riverdale High -
11.
Dandy Date!
Dilton -
12.
["Moose, --- can you tell us how fast light travels?"]
Moose Pin Up -
13.
The Helping Hand
Archie -
14.
Sad's Not Bad
Betty and Veronica -
15.
Unfair Play
Betty -
16.
Long Distance
Veronica -
17.
Blow by Blow
Archie -
18.
Perfection Affection
Ethel -
19.
The Reader Knows Best
Betty and Veronica -
20.
Career Boy
Archie -
21.
Game Acclaim
Jughead -
22.
Run Fun
Jughead -
23.
["Gee, Archie! Look how he's holding her!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
24.
Beauty and the Beast
Betty and Veronica -
25.
The Hunt
Archie -
26.
He's Not so Dumb
Moose -
27.
Name Game
Archie and the Gang -
28.
Short and Sweet!
Li'l Jinx -
29.
One Man's Viewpoint
Li'l Jinx's Chum Charley -
30.
A New Champ
Sabrina -
31.
Color Me Green
Archie -
32.
Only Trying to Help
Archie -
33.
Race Ace
Dilton -
34.
Fowled Out
Archie -
35.
Million-Error
Jughead -
36.
In a Class by Herself
Archie -
37.
Half a Loafer
Jughead
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- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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