(April 1996)

Archie, 1989 Series
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Jughead / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Stan Goldberg (signed)
Inks
Henry Scarpelli (signed)
Colors
Barry Grossman (sourced)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Archie! Stop telling me to "chill out"!
Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

E-S-S-A-Y (Table of Contents: 1)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Harold Smith (credited as Hal Smith)
Pencils
Sean Murphey
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen

Tree Trauma (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Klunk
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason
Synopsis
Archie gets a tree dropped on him.
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Keywords
skiing

Quiet Riot (Table of Contents: 3)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
teen
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Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Jughead hands a sign that says "silence" in the library, but does it very loudly.
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Calamity Jones (Table of Contents: 4)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Samm Schwartz
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Samm Schwartz
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Barry Grossman
Letters
Samm Schwartz

Genre
teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Betty discovers that the area merchants have all blacklisted Jughead due to the stock damage inflicted by his clumsiness.
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The Unkindest Cut (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Coach Kleats; Mr. Weatherbee
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Job Jibe (Table of Contents: 6)

Professor Jughead / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason
Synopsis
Professor Jughead gives the students a lecture on part time jobs.
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Munch Bunch (Table of Contents: 7)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Stan Goldberg
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Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Hot Dog
Synopsis
When the house is out of food, Hot Dog offers Jughead his dog biscuits.
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Word Weary (Table of Contents: 8)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Barry Grossman
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Rod Ollerenshaw ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I have just one word to look up for our English class!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doily
Synopsis
Archie has to look up one word and Jughead suggests he ask Dilton instead.
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Keywords
libraries

Star Treatment (Table of Contents: 9)

Hot Dog / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Reggie Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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Harry Lucey ?
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Barry Grossman
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Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
C'mon, Midge -- gimme a kiss and we'll start the party right!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
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Safe Keeping (Table of Contents: 11)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Pencils
Al Hartley
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
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Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
After confiscating Archie's roller skates, Mr. Weatherbee decides to try them on.
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The Battle of the Giants (Table of Contents: 12)

Coach Kleats / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Gus Lemoine ?
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Coach Kleats; Mr. Weatherbee; Floyd Clayton; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Coach Kleats and Mr. Weatherbee engage in a handball game to determine which one is in shape and which one is a big fat slob.
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Keywords
handball

Spaced Out (Table of Contents: 13)

Riverdale 2001 / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Malmgren
Pencils
Dick Malmgren
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Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
science fiction; teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doily; Midge Klump; Moose Mason
Synopsis
Reggie uses Dilton's new robot servant as a bodyguard against Moose.
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The Forsythe Saga (Table of Contents: 14)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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

Genre
teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Professor Flutesnoot; Ms. Beazly
Synopsis
Mr. Weatherbee orders the faculty to call Jughead by his real name, causing chaos as Jughead is oblivious to its usage.
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Treble Trouble (Table of Contents: 15)

Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
The computer says Archie gets into trouble because subconsciously he wants your attention!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Waldo Weatherbee; Professor Flutesnoot; Geraldine Grundy
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All Systems Go! (Table of Contents: 16)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Malmgren
Pencils
Dick Malmgren
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis
Archie's scheme to snatch a few more minutes of sleep in the morning doesn't go as planned.
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Wide Birth (Table of Contents: 17)

Moose / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Where were you born, Arch?
Genre
humor
Characters
Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
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Help Un-Wanted (Table of Contents: 18)

Moose / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Lisa Goldwater
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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Moose Mason; Pop Tate
Synopsis
Moose asks Pop for a job.
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Garden of Evil (Table of Contents: 19)

Archie and the Gang / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You don't often connect flower growing with crime and violence, but sometimes competition can bring out the worst in people!
Genre
adventure; humor; teen
Characters
Mr. Blackson
Synopsis
Archie figures out that it was Mr. Blackson who killed Mr. Lodge's plants before they could be entered into the flower show, and he manages to fix the situation.
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Indexer Notes

Two part story. Logo only appears on first page of Part II.

Snow Use (Table of Contents: 20)

Little Archie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Bolling
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Bob Bolling
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Bill Yoshida ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I will not find this judging to be easy...
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Archie; Little Betty; Little Reggie; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
Synopsis
The kids build snow sculptures for class.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

Archie / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

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There’s one thing that can always cure my insomnia!

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

Betty / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Rod Ollerenshaw
Pencils
Rod Ollerenshaw
Inks
Rod Ollerenshaw
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Rod Ollerenshaw

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I have to do a ton of reading...
Genre
teen
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Indexer Notes

word scramble puzzle

Mr. Grimley's Foliage Fiasco (Table of Contents: 23)

Dilton / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Rich Margopoulos
Pencils
Chic Stone
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bob Bolling ?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Dilton Doiley; Mr. Grimley
Synopsis
Dilton wants to be a forest ranger, to the befuddlement of guidance counselor Grimley.
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Keywords
careers

Heat Treat (Table of Contents: 24)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir (credited)
Pencils
Tim Kennedy (credited)
Inks
Henry Scarpelli (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited); Nanci Tsetsekas (credited)
Letters
Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre
teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Hot Dog; Mr. Jones
Synopsis
Jughead tells the problems of trying to heat up snacks while watching TV.
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Play It Again (Table of Contents: 25)

Little Archie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Dexter Taylor
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Dexter Taylor
Inks
Dexter Taylor
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Dexter Taylor

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
The girls tell Little Archie to take a bow for a song he wrote.
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The World of Tomorrow (Table of Contents: 26)

Svenson / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Dizzy Tizzy (Table of Contents: 27)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Gladys Jones
Synopsis
Jughead can't remember if he was going to bed or waking up.
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I Want My N.T.V. (Table of Contents: 28)

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

Script
Ed Berdej (credited)
Pencils
Stan Goldberg (credited as Stan G.)
Inks
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters
Bill Yoshida (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Here they are! The band you've been waiting to see live on N.T.V. "The Archies"!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
The Archies [Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge]; Karen Blackweed; Mary Andrews; Pop Tate; Smithers; Fred Andrews
Synopsis
The Archies appear on N.T.V.
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Indexer Notes

N.T.V. is a parody of MTV.

See You in the Funny Papers (Table of Contents: 29)

Chuck / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Rich Margopoulos
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Rod Ollerenshaw
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Feature Logo
Chuck Clayton
Genre
teen
Characters
Chuck Clayton; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
Synopsis
Chuck sells a script to a comic book company with the characters and situations based on his friends. But they're not too crazy about how they're portrayed.
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Indexer Notes

The editor of the comic book company resembles Archie Comics editor Victor Gorelick.

It's the Thought That Counts (Table of Contents: 30)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Dick Malmgren ?
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Bob Bolling
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Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Fred declares that Archie is spending too much time with the Lodge family and should stay at home and help with the household chores. He quickly comes to regret that statement.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 31)

Archie / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

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Rod Ollerenshaw
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Unscramble the different flavors of jelly beans!!
Genre
teen
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 32)

Miss Beazly / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
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Rod Ollerenshaw (credited)
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Barry Grossman ?
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Follow the spaghetti to read what Jughead wants on the menu today!!
Genre
teen
Characters
Miss Beazly
Reprints

The Size of It (Table of Contents: 33)

Dilton / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Bob Bolling
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Dilton Doiley; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Pop Tate
Synopsis
Dilton is tired of being short so he starts wearing leg extensions covered by long slacks.
Reprints

The Free Ski (Table of Contents: 34)

Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Dexter Taylor
Inks
Dexter Taylor
Colors
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Letters
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Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Betty Cooper; Little Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Little Dilton Doiley (cameo); Little Sabrina Spellman (cameo)
Synopsis
Little Archie doesn't have enough money to go skiing, so he and Juggie try tobogganing, with unusual results.
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Moose's Family Tree (Table of Contents: 35)

Big Moose / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Moose Mason
Synopsis
Three gags about Moose's ancestors.
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A Star Is Worn (Table of Contents: 36)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
...All the world's a stage...
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hubert Smithers
Synopsis
Archie gets a part in a school play and now goes around quoting Shakespeare and being overly dramatic.
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It's Friendship (Table of Contents: 37)

Hot Dog / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
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Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Hot Dog tries to help Betty by annoying Veronica and driving her away from Archie.
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Indexer Notes

When Veronica refers to Hot Dog as "Jughead's dog," the word "Jughead" is in different lettering from the rest of the balloon. Hot Dog was originally written as Archie's dog, and when he became Jughead's, this and several other stories were hastily re-lettered to reflect the change.

First Order (Table of Contents: 38)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Now hold on, boys! I can only hire one of you today!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate
Synopsis
Pop has one job opening and several boys wanting to fill it.
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The Measure of a Man (Table of Contents: 39)

Archie / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
Marty Epp
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
What chance? What chance do I have with a groovy bird like Veronica whose father is such a flamin' success?
Feature Logo
Archie
Genre
humor; teen
Synopsis
When Archie and Veronica don't come home on time, Archie's dad has to go out and find them.
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Zest is Best (Table of Contents: 40)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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humor; teen
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Sink or Swim! (Table of Contents: 41)

Jughead / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

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Spell Bound (Table of Contents: 42)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
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Slick Chick (Table of Contents: 43)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead; Big Ethel
Synopsis
Despite Jughead's heroic measures to escape, Big Ethel has a fifth sense for finding him.
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A Friend in Need (Table of Contents: 44)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Malmgren
Pencils
Dick Malmgren
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Eric Lee
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews; Midge Klump; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Everybody is looking for everyone else except for Archie.
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The Commercial (Table of Contents: 45)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Samm Schwartz
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Samm Schwartz

Genre
teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Mr. Winky; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate
Synopsis
Jughead takes advantage of Winky Boy when they hire him for a hamburger commercial and give him a new burger for each take.
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Indexer Notes

Keeping with the commercial theme, Samm Schwartz credits himself with the "video" for this story.

Sleepy Time Pal (Table of Contents: 46)

Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
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Lost and Crowned (Table of Contents: 47)

Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Archie! Stop telling me to "chill out"!"]
    Jughead
  2. 1. E-S-S-A-Y
    Jughead
  3. 2. Tree Trauma
    Archie
  4. 3. Quiet Riot
    Jughead
  5. 4. Calamity Jones
    Jughead
  6. 5. The Unkindest Cut
    Archie
  7. 6. Job Jibe
    Professor Jughead
  8. 7. Munch Bunch
    Jughead
  9. 8. Word Weary
    Archie
  10. 9. Star Treatment
    Hot Dog
  11. 10. ["C'mon, Midge -- gimme a kiss and we'll start the party right!"]
    Reggie Pin Up
  12. 11. Safe Keeping
    Archie
  13. 12. The Battle of the Giants
    Coach Kleats
  14. 13. Spaced Out
    Riverdale 2001
  15. 14. The Forsythe Saga
    Jughead
  16. 15. Treble Trouble
    Mr. Weatherbee
  17. 16. All Systems Go!
    Archie
  18. 17. Wide Birth
    Moose
  19. 18. Help Un-Wanted
    Moose
  20. 19. Garden of Evil
    Archie and the Gang
  21. 20. Snow Use
    Little Archie
  22. 21. ["There’s one thing that can always cure my insomnia!"]
    Archie
  23. 22. ["I have to do a ton of reading..."]
    Betty
  24. 23. Mr. Grimley's Foliage Fiasco
    Dilton
  25. 24. Heat Treat
    Jughead
  26. 25. Play It Again
    Little Archie
  27. 26. The World of Tomorrow
    Svenson
  28. 27. Dizzy Tizzy
    Jughead
  29. 28. I Want My N.T.V.
    The Archies
  30. 29. See You in the Funny Papers
    Chuck
  31. 30. It's the Thought That Counts
    Archie
  32. 31. ["Unscramble the different flavors of jelly beans!!"]
    Archie
  33. 32. ["Follow the spaghetti to read what Jughead wants on the menu today!!"]
    Miss Beazly
  34. 33. The Size of It
    Dilton
  35. 34. The Free Ski
    Little Archie
  36. 35. Moose's Family Tree
    Big Moose
  37. 36. A Star Is Worn
    Archie
  38. 37. It's Friendship
    Hot Dog
  39. 38. First Order
    Archie
  40. 39. The Measure of a Man
    Archie
  41. 40. Zest is Best
    Archie
  42. 41. Sink or Swim!
    Jughead
  43. 42. Spell Bound
    Jughead
  44. 43. Slick Chick
    Jughead
  45. 44. A Friend in Need
    Archie
  46. 45. The Commercial
    Jughead
  47. 46. Sleepy Time Pal
    Jughead
  48. 47. Lost and Crowned
    Jughead
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