(August 1977)
Archie,
1977 Series
- Price
- 0.75 USD
- Pages
- 164
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Barcode
- 0271000695808
The Reason
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Why? That's all I want to know Reggie Mantle! Why do you and the other guys get so many dates with Veronica?
- Feature Logo
Archie- Genre
- humor; teen
- Synopsis
- Archie confronts Veronica about the fact that she's going out with other guys more than him, and she agrees to give him a chance to show her a better time than the others.
- Reprints
-
from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #211 (August 1971)
-
Excluded
Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Smithers the butler; Hiram Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- After a lover's spat, Veronica's plans to keep Archie out of the Lodge estate net everyone but Archie.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #164 (August 1969)
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[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Miss Phlips! Did you put these flowers on my desk?
- Genre
- teen
Rat Takes the Cheese
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Reggie is chosen to monitor the class in Miss Grundy's absence, but a squabble with Jughead quickly sinks that plan.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #193 (June 1971)
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Who Scent Him?
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Smithers; Professor Cranwell; Professor Clodfugle
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge's company tries to come up with a new cologne, but the first try smells too manly, and the other isn't manly enough. Archie comes up with the perfect combination.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #214 (December 1971)
-
Archie's Hang Up!
Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- tap tap tap
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Waldo Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Geraldine Grundy
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee gives Archie something to put up on the bulletin board, but of course with Archie it's not so simple.
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #34 (April 1970)
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Indexer Notes
No dialogue.
Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #298, no credits listed in this digest.
Reggie's Baseball Team Word Puzzle
activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- word search puzzle
- Reprints
- from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #34 (August 1975)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- So that’s your new “Texas longhorn bike”!
- Genre
- teen
A Cook's Tour
Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Spotty
- Synopsis
- Little Archie tries to make his mother breakfast in bed on her birthday, and nearly wrecks the place doing it.
- Reprints
- from The Adventures of Little Archie (Archie, 1961 series) #21 (Winter 1961-1962)
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Two on the Aisle
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty discovers that Archie will pick the girl with maturity, dignity and refinement, so she and Veronica wind up throwing tomatoes and mud at each other in their battle to see who's more mature and adult.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #115 (July 1965)
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- Keywords
- movie theater; mud; tomatoes
Larceny and Old Lace
Jughead / comic story / 2.8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Uh, oh! Ol' Reggie's laying in wait for me!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Aunt Martha
- Synopsis
- Jughead dresses as an old woman to avoid paying back five bucks to Reggie. Reggie dresses up as an old man to get him back, but mistakes Archie's Aunt Martha for a disguised Jughead and she beats him with her purse.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #31 (August 1955)
-
[no title indexed]
Reggie / comic story / 0.2 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, Betty! You're always reading about TV and screen stars!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Reggie jokes that what Liberace uses to washes his hands is soap.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #31 (August 1955)
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[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, what are you doing down here?
- Genre
- teen
- Keywords
- ice cubes
A Nose for News
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Mary Andrews; Mr. Lodge; Smithers
- Synopsis
- In a story punctuated by many ironic comments from the narrator, Archie and Veronica see old newspapers from the '20s and think that the world has been plunged into a new Depression.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #214 (December 1971)
-
Shake-Down!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Greg
- Synopsis
- When Greg's kite is stuck in a tree, Jinx gives the tree a good shaking. That brings down all the leaves, but the kite is still up there.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #113 (October 1964)
-
- Keywords
- kite; tree
That's Write, I'm Wrong
Reggie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Smithers; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Reggie gets in trouble by writing graffiti on Mr. Lodge's vintage roadster, which he mistakes in the dark for Archie's jalopy.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #43 (September 1970)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #14, no credits listed in this digest.
Rover Come Back to Me!
Jughead / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Doesn't Jughead come home today?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Jughead describes the cocker spaniel he spent time with during his vacation.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #37 (August 1956)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Pop, can I use the electric drill?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews
The Adventurer
Archie / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #41 (September 1965)
-
Indexer Notes
Story in two parts: Part One (8 pp.), Part II (5 pp.). Splash page and first panel of page two show what is clearly a take-off on the 1964 film "Godzilla vs. The Thing" (retitled here "Monster Melee").
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's wrong?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Pop Tate; Hiram Lodge
- Reprints
- from Archie daily newspaper strip
Jughead Teasers
Jughead / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #44 (July 1975)
-
Indexer Notes
Figure out who the doodles are and discover what is the best thing to put in a pie.
Assignment of Trouble
Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #32 (Spring 1965)
-
Pony Tail Tale
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- The secret origin of Betty's ponytail.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #125 (May 1966)
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Sign Off
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #17 (October 1968)
-
You Are What You Eat
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- After Reggie makes fun of Jughead for putting pineapple on his hamburger, Jughead offers a lecture on the importance of getting proper nutrition.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #188 (January 1971)
-
- Keywords
- nutrition
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #64, no credits listed in this digest.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jasmine tea, from Ceylon!
- Genre
- teen
The Rattle of the Reptile
Pureheart the Powerful / comic story / 11 pages
- Feature Logo
Archie as Captain Pureheart- Genre
- humor; superhero; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews [as Captain Pureheart]; Reggie Mantle [as Evilheart]; Veronica Lodge; the Reptile; Bubbles Galore
- Synopsis
- Pureheart fights an inept battle against the villain known as the Reptile and his latest scheme to blackmail Mr. Lodge by kidnapping Veronica.
- Reprints
- from Archie as Capt. Pureheart (Archie, 1967 series) #4 (May 1967)
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Indexer Notes
The stories in this issue move Pureheart more towards pure comedy, as the character starts to become as klutzy and inept as Archie himself.
Golden Retriever
Nature's Notebook / text article / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Of the many breeds of dogs which qualify for the title "Gun dog", none is more worthy or beautiful than the Golden Retriever.
- Genre
- animal; math & science
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #50 (October 1958)
-
Trance-posed
Jughead / comic story / 2.75 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Say, Arch! - You been noticing Jughead lately?
- Feature Logo
Archie's Pal Jughead- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- With Jughead not sleeping, and gaining weight from excess eating, Archie and Reggie hire a hypnotist to help him.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #34 (February 1956)
-
[no title indexed]
Jughead / comic story / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Arch, I can't seem to sleep anymore!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie jokingly tells Jughead how to fix his insomnia.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #34 (February 1956)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jughead! Haven’t you gone to sleep yet?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Oscar (Archie's dog)
The Good, the Bad and the Reggie
Reggie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie and Reggie wrangle temporary jobs in the pits for the running of the Riverdale Hundred.....
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Slade Sutter; Greg Ward
- Synopsis
- Reggie and Archie are working in the pit crews of two famous auto racers, and Reggie's guy wants him to sabotage the car of Archie's driver.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #43 (September 1970)
-
- Keywords
- auto racing
Indexer Notes
Credits from the printing in Archie & Friends Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #26, no credits listed in this digest.
Races
Little Archie / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Spotty; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Moose Mason; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- The boys make soap-box racers.
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1956 series) #1 (1956)
-
- Keywords
- soap-box racer
The Unwanted
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Smithers
- Synopsis
- When they hear that Archie is coming over, Mr. Lodge and Smithers assume that the Cellini statue in the front yard is doomed to be broken.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #201 (July 1970)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Veronica, these chocolates are out of this world!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Jughead enjoys the cuisine at Veronica's party.
Indexer Notes
This is a reprint of a sixties era Archie syndicated newspaper strip.
The Spring Ding-a-Lings
Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Joe Edwards ?
- Pencils
- Joe Edwards
- Inks
- Joe Edwards; Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- She loves me
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee wages a one-man war against the onset of spring fever at the school.
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #35 (June 1970)
-
Rough and Ready
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You're coming along fine, Archie!... How are the hands?
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Synopsis
- Archie tries to develop the rough, calloused hands he needs to succeed as a gymnast.
- 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
- We’re all invited to Jughead’s for lunch!
- Genre
- teen
The Fan
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica is a vociferous critic of the local sandlot baseball team, until she gets a look at the kids' dreamboat coach.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #174 (September 1965)
-
- Keywords
- baseball; black eye; sandlot
Power Mad
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archiekins! You have a mini-bike! How groovy!
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Synopsis
- Archie is disappointed that he's not allowed to ride his new power scooter anywhere, so Veronica lets him ride it in her father's private gym.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #211 (August 1971)
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Archie, why the blindfold?"]
Archie -
1.
The Reason
Archie -
2.
Excluded
Veronica -
3.
["Miss Phlips! Did you put these flowers on my desk?"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
4.
Rat Takes the Cheese
Jughead -
5.
Who Scent Him?
Archie -
6.
Archie's Hang Up!
Mr. Weatherbee -
7.
Reggie's Baseball Team Word Puzzle
-
8.
["So that’s your new “Texas longhorn bike”!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
9.
A Cook's Tour
Little Archie -
10.
Two on the Aisle
Betty and Veronica -
11.
Larceny and Old Lace
Jughead -
12.
["Hey, Betty! You're always reading about TV and screen stars!"]
Reggie -
13.
["Archie, what are you doing down here?"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
14.
A Nose for News
Archie -
15.
Shake-Down!
Li'l Jinx -
16.
That's Write, I'm Wrong
Reggie -
17.
Rover Come Back to Me!
Jughead -
18.
["Pop, can I use the electric drill?"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
19.
The Adventurer
Archie -
20.
["What's wrong?"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
21.
Jughead Teasers
Jughead -
22.
Chihuahua
-
23.
Assignment of Trouble
Little Archie -
24.
Pony Tail Tale
Betty -
25.
Sign Off
Li'l Jinx -
26.
You Are What You Eat
Jughead -
27.
["Jasmine tea, from Ceylon!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
28.
The Rattle of the Reptile
Pureheart the Powerful -
29.
Golden Retriever
Nature's Notebook -
30.
Trance-posed
Jughead -
31.
["Arch, I can't seem to sleep anymore!"]
Jughead -
32.
["Jughead! Haven’t you gone to sleep yet?"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
33.
The Good, the Bad and the Reggie
Reggie -
34.
Races
Little Archie -
35.
The Unwanted
Archie -
36.
["Veronica, these chocolates are out of this world!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
37.
The Spring Ding-a-Lings
Mr. Weatherbee -
38.
Rough and Ready
Archie -
39.
["We’re all invited to Jughead’s for lunch!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
40.
The Fan
Betty and Veronica -
41.
Power Mad
Archie -
42.
["How’d ya like that home run?"]
Archie's Gag Bag
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