(September 1977)
Archie,
1974 Series
- Price
- 0.60 USD
- Pages
- 164
- Indicia Frequency
- Published bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1977-07-19
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Barcode
- 0271000699709
Issue Notes
On sale date from the Comic Reader #145.
Curses
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Jealous that Archie is taking Betty out for her birthday, Veronica gives Betty a cursed Egyptian ruby ring. But all the bad luck seems to be happening to Veronica.
- Reprints
-
from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #167 (November 1969)
-
The Unwanted
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie complains that nobody notices him.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #211 (August 1971)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty is looking for a new hair stylist.
The Thinking Man
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- One by one the gang inquire about what Jughead is thinking about, and each time wish they hadn't asked.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #84 (May 1962)
-
Orders Are Orders
Shrimpy / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Something wrong, Brando?
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Shrimpy; Brando
- Synopsis
- Peggy called Brando a mad artist.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #105 (December 1959)
-
Swing Shift
Shrimpy / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Higher!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Shrimpy
- Synopsis
- Shrimpy pushes a girl on a swing higher and higher.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #105 (December 1959)
-
Sympathy Pains
Reggie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Reggie's efforts to constantly show Archie up only nets scorn for him from a group of girls.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #46 (January 1971)
-
Reggie's Word Puzzle
Reggie / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle
- Reprints
- from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #32 (January 1975)
-
Indexer Notes
Word search puzzle.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- But, Dad, Jughead and I are going fishing in the morning!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie mows the lawn in the middle of the night.
The Hostess with the Mostess
Josie / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Josie; Melody; Valerie; Alan M.; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot
- Synopsis
- Alexandra is upset that the Pussycats are going to play at a clambake on a public beach instead of accepting her offer to play at her own beach. When the clambake is rained out, she tries to get revenge by inviting everyone over to the Cabots' private island and leaving them stranded there.
- Reprints
- from Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1969 series) #57 (September 1971)
-
Indexer Notes
This story tries out bikini-style costumes for the Pussycats, with the same pattern as usual but even less material.
A Rosy Outlook!
Super Duck / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A surprise for me, Supe?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Super Duck; Uwanna
- Reprints
- from Super Duck Comics (Archie, 1944 series) #89 (January 1960)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jughead is showing us how to live off the land!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Stars in Her Eyes
Miss Grundy / comic story / 3.66 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Miss Grundy; Mr Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Coach Kleats
- Synopsis
- Miss Grundy's excited that the vaudeville team Phil and Bill will be performing at school, for her horoscope says she'll meet a dark handsome stranger whose name begins with B. Bill turns out to be a chimp.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #146 (May 1963)
-
- Keywords
- chimpanzee; high school; horoscope; vaudeville
Use Your Head
Moose / comic story / 0.34 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Moose took a baseball hit to the head, but an x-ray shows that there's nothing inside.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #146 (May 1963)
-
- Keywords
- baseball
A Good Feeling
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
- Synopsis
- When Li'l Jinx finds a lost wallet, Daddy makes her return it to its owner.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #153 (December 1963)
-
- Keywords
- reward; soda; wallet
Puzzle Page for Parties
Li'l Jinx / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Greg
- Synopsis
- Party games and tricks you can play.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #191 (April 1971)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie’s Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I keep telling Miss Beazly,
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Beazly; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- Miss Beazly serves Mr. Weatherbee fried rice with chopsticks.
Indexer Notes
Although Archie is credited as the feature character, he does not appear in the story.
Revenge
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Accidents are happening to Archie and Betty, and they both think Veronica arranged them out of spite.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #111 (March 1965)
-
Canine Cupid
That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Samson Smythe; Mrs. Smythe [Shiela]; Willie Wilkin; Mrs. Wilkin [Wilma]; Rebel
- Synopsis
- When the feud between their fathers prevents Bingo and Samantha from seeing each other, Rebel comes up with a way to bring them back together.
- Reprints
- from That Wilkin Boy (Archie, 1969 series) #1 (January 1969)
-
Treasure of the Deep
Little Archie / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- adventure; humor; children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Chick Cooper; Susan Johnson
- Synopsis
- In 1861, the ship "Atlanta" sank to the bottom of the ocean, carrying with it a fortune in coins. In 1964, Little Archie, his babysitter Susan, and Betty's brother Chick discover the lost ship and its treasure while diving, but they also discover that they are threatened by sharks.
- Reprints
- from The Adventures of Little Archie (Archie, 1961 series) #32 (Fall 1964)
-
Bottoms Up!
text story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- She's a sweet heart, isn't she?
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
An illustrated text story.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Did that big bully throw sand in your face, Arch?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie has issues with a bully on the beach.
Pleasant Screams
Jughead / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead dreams he's in a land full of living hamburgers and that he's on trial for all of his crimes against hamburgers.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #78 (November 1961)
-
Jack of All Trades
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Two men hijack Archie's car and demand to be driven to Central City.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #209 (June 1971)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie’s Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Arch, how would you like a "pen-pal"?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead offers Archie his own pen-pal, but not what Archie had in mind.
The Tooth Fairy
Sabrina with the Archies / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Sabrina Spellman
- Synopsis
- Sabrina, Archie and Jughead catch a poor boy stealing hubcaps to help support his family. Sabrina helps out by conjuring up a shoe shine box so the kid can work to bring home some money instead of stealing.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series) #3 (September 1971)
-
Indexer Notes
Inker credit from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #236.
In the Middle Puzzle
Veronica / activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Can you match the former presidents with their middle names?
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #216 (January 1976)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie’s Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jughead, don't go into the water after a meal!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie and Betty sunbathe, but Jughead wants to swim.
Don't Go To Strangers
Reggie / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What do you like most about Archie?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Reggie makes fun of Archie, then saves him from a bunch of hooligans.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #50 (September 1971)
-
Pajama Game
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Gigi; Hap Holiday
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx goes to an all-day slumber party.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #152 (November 1963)
-
Great News
Moose / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Moose receives some exhilarating news and can't wait to share his glad tidings with others.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #84 (May 1962)
-
Indexer Notes
This story is told entirely in mime, with no dialogue or captions.
[no title indexed]
Archie’s Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Is your Uncle Jack Cookstove still a deep-sea diver?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead discuss deep-sea diving.
The Last "Daze" of School!
Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My! My! Did you ever see such enthusiasm, Mr. Weatherbee?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason; Dilton Doily
- Synopsis
- When a note from Veronica is put in Archie's collected textbook, he goes to the book closet to find it and gets locked in.
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #29 (August 1969)
-
Jughead Puzzle
Jughead / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Help Jughead find the right path through his favorite snacks!
- Characters
- Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- A maze puzzle in the shape of food.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #43 (April 1975)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Arch?...Tell the forester I'm not going to work cutting brush today!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie wears Jughead's shirt that he left in the woods.
Hypno-Wise!
Super Duck / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Super Duck; Dapper Duck; Fauntleroy; Dr. Hypno; Uwanna
- Synopsis
- Super Duck goes to a hypnotist to become strong enough to fight Dapper Duck.
- Reprints
- from Super Duck Comics (Archie, 1944 series) #93 (October 1960)
-
- Keywords
- hypnotism; hypnotist
A Picnicking We'll Go
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Members of the United Girls Against Jughead (U.G.A.J.) decide to take Jughead on a picnic to get him interested in girls.
- Reprints
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #1 (October 1989)
-
Call Me Irresistible..
That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Tough Teddy
- Synopsis
- Teddy attempts to break up Bingo and Samantha by getting several gorgeous girls to claim they've been seeing Bingo.
- Reprints
- from That Wilkin Boy (Archie, 1969 series) #7 (April 1970)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie’s Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's called "community punch!"
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- The gang make a special punch at a party.
Swing Shift
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- After Reggie humiliates him on a playground, Archie tries to get even by stealing a date away from Reggie.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #152 (November 1963)
-
Mortar Madness
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andews; Mr. Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- The top edges of the Lodge swimming pool have been freshly cemented. The gang can get into the pool via the diving board, but have to come up with a cooperative plan in order to get out.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #150 (September 1963)
-
- Keywords
- cement; diving board; swimming pool
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Look! Reggie got the apple!"]
-
1.
Curses
Betty and Veronica -
2.
The Unwanted
Archie -
3.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag -
4.
The Thinking Man
Jughead -
5.
Orders Are Orders
Shrimpy -
6.
Swing Shift
Shrimpy -
7.
Sympathy Pains
Reggie -
8.
Reggie's Word Puzzle
Reggie -
9.
["But, Dad, Jughead and I are going fishing in the morning!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
10.
The Hostess with the Mostess
Josie -
11.
A Rosy Outlook!
Super Duck -
12.
["Jughead is showing us how to live off the land!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
13.
Stars in Her Eyes
Miss Grundy -
14.
Use Your Head
Moose -
15.
A Good Feeling
Li'l Jinx -
16.
Puzzle Page for Parties
Li'l Jinx -
17.
["I keep telling Miss Beazly,"]
Archie’s Gag Bag -
18.
Revenge
Betty and Veronica -
19.
Canine Cupid
That Wilkin Boy -
20.
Treasure of the Deep
Little Archie -
21.
Bottoms Up!
-
22.
["Did that big bully throw sand in your face, Arch?"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
23.
Pleasant Screams
Jughead -
24.
Jack of All Trades
Archie -
25.
["Arch, how would you like a "pen-pal"?"]
Archie’s Gag Bag -
26.
The Tooth Fairy
Sabrina with the Archies -
27.
In the Middle Puzzle
Veronica -
28.
["Jughead, don't go into the water after a meal!"]
Archie’s Gag Bag -
29.
Don't Go To Strangers
Reggie -
30.
Pajama Game
Li'l Jinx -
31.
Great News
Moose -
32.
["Is your Uncle Jack Cookstove still a deep-sea diver?"]
Archie’s Gag Bag -
33.
The Last "Daze" of School!
Mr. Weatherbee -
34.
Jughead Puzzle
Jughead -
35.
["Arch?...Tell the forester I'm not going to work cutting brush today!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
36.
Hypno-Wise!
Super Duck -
37.
A Picnicking We'll Go
Jughead -
38.
Call Me Irresistible..
That Wilkin Boy -
39.
["It's called "community punch!""]
Archie’s Gag Bag -
40.
Swing Shift
Archie -
41.
Mortar Madness
Betty and Veronica -
42.
["What's going on in the cellar?"]
Archie’s Gag Bag
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- Katy Hayhurst
- Michael Hoskin
- Scott Marshall
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Evan Shad
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