(July 1988)

Archie, 1983 Series
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The Archie Digest Library
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ethel, look at all the cute guys Ronnie met playing tennis!
Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs; Veronica Lodge

Indexer Notes

Redrawn from the cover of Laugh Comics #248.

Big Deal (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Jim Ruth
Pencils
Dan Parent (credited as Chap Parent)
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Barry Grossman

Genre
teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Waldo Weatherbee; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Geraldine Grundy; Svenson
Synopsis
The gang forms the dance committee for the next gym dance.
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In a Gag Bag (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie and the Gang / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
What's the quickest way to get this announcement out to the whole school?
Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Dilton Doiley; Veronica Lodge
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Indexer Notes

Three two-panel gag strips.

Alibi Awry (Table of Contents: 3)

Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Waldo Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Archie's alibi for being late doesn't work with Mr. Weatherbee.
Reprints

Obedience Training (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
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Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Waldo Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley; Moose Mason
Synopsis
Mr. Weatherbee blows his top when Archie fails to deliver a message.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #72, no credits listed in this reprint.

Deal Spiel (Table of Contents: 5)

Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Bob Bolling
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Archie! I don't know how much more of this I can take!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis
After an ATM mistake gives Archie an extra five hundred dollars, he tries to resist the urgings of Veronica and a shady used car salesman to upgrade from his old jalopy.
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Pinch Flinch (Table of Contents: 6)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Samm Schwartz
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Letters
Samm Schwartz

Genre
teen
Characters
Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Jughead gets a phone call with a free sample of soda.
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Motor Matter (Table of Contents: 7)

Sabrina / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hilda, you're a disgrace to the witching profession!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Sabrina Spellman; Hilda Spellman; Della the Head Witch
Synopsis
Della wants Hilda to trade in her broom and get a modern form of transportation.
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It Takes Two to Tumble (Table of Contents: 8)

Josie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Josie; Melody; Valerie; Alan M.; Alexandra Cabot
Synopsis
Josie learns from Alexandra that Alan M. has "fallen head over heels" for a cute blonde waitress. She tries to find Valerie to find out of the rumor is true, but instead finds Melody, and asking Melody about anything is a trial.
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Testing (Table of Contents: 9)

Miss Beazly / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
humor
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Don't Get Testy (Table of Contents: 10)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Al Hartley ?
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Archie, hurry up! You don't want to be late for school!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Mary Andrews; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis
Archie and Jughead need to sneak into the school past Betty and Ethel.
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The Late Betty Cooper (Table of Contents: 11)

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

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Betty, why are you standing here on the corner?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Alice Cooper
Synopsis
Veronica convinces Betty to be late for dates.
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The Coupon Caper (Table of Contents: 12)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Stan Goldberg
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Betty enlists Archie's help to fight her way through the supermarket on "Double Coupon Day".
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Time Weds For No One (Table of Contents: 13)

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

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Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy [Geraldine Grundy]; Mr. Weatherbee [Waldo Weatherbee]; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones [Forsythe P. Jones]
Synopsis
Betty and Veronica overhear a conversation that make them think that Mr. Weatherbee has proposed to Miss Grundy and the only thing stopping the wedding is the lack of a gown.
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Charm Harm (Table of Contents: 14)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis
Betty buys an alleged "gypsy talisman" at a flea market and finds that it works too well.
Reprints

Messy Momento (Table of Contents: 15)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Those foul balls make nice souvenirs!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Hot dog vendor Jughead catches a foul ball.
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Indexer Notes

Credits are on a sign posted on a wall in panel two.

Blame Game (Table of Contents: 16)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones (cameo); Moose Mason (cameo); Waldo Weatherbee (cameo); Ms. Grundy (cameo)
Synopsis
Archie is blamed for everything that goes wrong on a school field trip.
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Keywords
Liberty Bell; Philadelphia

Heads Up (Table of Contents: 17)

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

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Genre
teen
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Have Fun - Will Travel Part I (Table of Contents: 18)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Omigosh! That mud is slicker than Reggie's tongue!
Genre
adventure; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Archie and the gang are driving in the wilds of somewhere in Latin America and their van gets stuck in the mud.
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Have Fun - Will Travel Part II (Table of Contents: 19)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Yipe! The raft held, but the rope didn't!
Genre
adventure; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Archie and the gang load their van onto a raft to escape banditos.
Reprints

Diet Riot (Table of Contents: 20)

Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards ?
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Stan Goldberg
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Feature Logo
Mr. Weatherbee
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Mr. Weatherbee; Prof. Flutesnoot; Miss Grundy; Miss Haggly; Miss Beazly
Synopsis
Mr. Weatherbee tries hypnosis to lose weight.
Reprints
Keywords
hypnosis

Born Free (Table of Contents: 21)

Archie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Here you are, Archie, ten dollars!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Ethel Muggs; Pop Tate
Synopsis
Archie makes twenty dollars so he can take Veronica out and not look like a cheapskate.
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Get the Message? (Table of Contents: 22)

Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
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Wise Guise (Table of Contents: 23)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Mrs. Jones; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Jughead's mother tells him they've got to tighten their belts.
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Yearn to Earn (Table of Contents: 24)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Malmgren ?
Pencils
Dick Malmgren ?
Inks
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Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Bill Yoshida ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dad, isn't it about time I had an increase in my allowance?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis
Archie wants an increase in his allowance, but his father wants him to earn it by doing work around the house.
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Sniff Whiff (Table of Contents: 25)

Melody / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inks
Jim DeCarlo
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Melody; Alan M.; Josie
Synopsis
Melody takes up painting.
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Grid Kid (Table of Contents: 26)

Melody / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inks
Jim DeCarlo
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Melody; Tommy
Synopsis
A boy teaches Melody how to play football.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27)

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

Script
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Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
With prices so high, it sure is tough to live within your income!
Genre
humor; teen
Synopsis
Mary and Fred discuss the high cost of living.
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Rank Frank (Table of Contents: 28)

Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Characters
Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs
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Surprise Prize (Table of Contents: 29)

Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs
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Show and Tell (Table of Contents: 30)

Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Genre
teen; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Sabrina Spellman; Harvey Kinkle; Aunt Hilda
Synopsis
Harvey has all kinds of accidents on his way to pick up Sabrina for their date.
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Prom Qualm (Table of Contents: 31)

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

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'll be wearing this Paris original to the prom!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Dilton Doiley
Synopsis
Veronica brushes off all of the local boys for the prom because she's expecting a French boy to take her.
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Horizontal Hold (Table of Contents: 32)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Crack!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Jughead is painting a tree when the wind breaks it.
Reprints

Draw Drama (Table of Contents: 33)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley; Midge Klump
Synopsis
Archie gets detention for some ill-chosen words.
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Fair Affair (Table of Contents: 34)

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

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Uncle Ned (Cooper?); Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Betty convinces Archie to attend some of the fair with her in the hour before Veronica is due to arrive.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Ethel, look at all the cute guys Ronnie met playing tennis!"]
    Betty and Veronica
  2. 1. Big Deal
    Betty and Veronica
  3. 2. In a Gag Bag
    Archie and the Gang
  4. 3. Alibi Awry
    Mr. Weatherbee
  5. 4. Obedience Training
    Archie
  6. 5. Deal Spiel
    Veronica
  7. 6. Pinch Flinch
    Jughead
  8. 7. Motor Matter
    Sabrina
  9. 8. It Takes Two to Tumble
    Josie
  10. 9. Testing
    Miss Beazly
  11. 10. Don't Get Testy
    Archie
  12. 11. The Late Betty Cooper
    Betty and Veronica
  13. 12. The Coupon Caper
    Betty
  14. 13. Time Weds For No One
    Betty and Veronica
  15. 14. Charm Harm
    Betty
  16. 15. Messy Momento
    Jughead
  17. 16. Blame Game
    Archie
  18. 17. Heads Up
    Betty and Veronica
  19. 18. Have Fun - Will Travel Part I
    Archie
  20. 19. Have Fun - Will Travel Part II
    Archie
  21. 20. Diet Riot
    Mr. Weatherbee
  22. 21. Born Free
    Archie
  23. 22. Get the Message?
    Veronica
  24. 23. Wise Guise
    Jughead
  25. 24. Yearn to Earn
    Archie
  26. 25. Sniff Whiff
    Melody
  27. 26. Grid Kid
    Melody
  28. 27. ["With prices so high, it sure is tough to live within your income!"]
    Archie's Mom Gag Bag
  29. 28. Rank Frank
    Jughead
  30. 29. Surprise Prize
    Jughead
  31. 30. Show and Tell
    Sabrina
  32. 31. Prom Qualm
    Betty and Veronica
  33. 32. Horizontal Hold
    Jughead
  34. 33. Draw Drama
    Archie
  35. 34. Fair Affair
    Betty and Veronica
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Keith Alan Morgan