(February 1987)
Archie,
1986 Series
- Price
- 1.35 USD
- Pages
- 132
- Indicia Frequency
- 4 times a year in Feb., May, Aug. and Nov.
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Enterprises Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Digest Library
- Barcode
- 027100069256 02
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick
Snow Job
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Samm Schwartz (credited as Sam Schwartz)
- Inks
- Samm Schwartz (credited as Sam Schwartz)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman; Nanci Dakesian; Ginny Sykora; Lisa Goldwater
- Letters
- Samm Schwartz ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Fred Andrews; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie's dad makes him shovel the walk.
- Reprints
-
from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #262 (February 1972)
-
The Best Way
Jughead / activity / 1 page
- Reprints
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #59 (June 1999)
-
Record Rancor
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #240 (January 1978)
-
Pop Tate's Secret Ingredients
Pop Tate / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Unscramble the words below to discover the secret ingredients in some of Pop's recipes.
- Reprints
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #85 (June 2002)
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #113 (August 2007)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #20 (September 2012)
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Moose, Catch that Pass!
Archie / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #121 (March 1978)
-
Indexer Notes
maze
For the Present
Archie / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Help Archie find the way to his Christmas present without getting anybody else's!
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #535 (January 1984)
-
Indexer Notes
Maze puzzle.
Cold Facts
Jughead / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Put the numbered letters into the corresponding numbered blanks to find out what Jughead is thinking.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #388 (March 1983)
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Handy Dandy
Miss Grundy / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #240 (January 1978)
-
[no title indexed]
Write In Your Own Punch Line / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The producer of the play I'm in gives me a pain!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
- Reprints
- from Archie daily newspaper strip (King Features Syndicate; XX-XX-19XX)
The Bashful Lady
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo Jr.
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited as Barry G.)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Veronica is livid that someone other than herself was the hit of the previous night's party.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #304 (April 1981)
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All Together Now
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Jughead offers to write cheers for the Riverdale cheerleading squad.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #320 (January 1982)
-
Date Maze
Pussycats / activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine; Valerie Brown; Alex Cabot III
- Reprints
Eee-ee!
Little Archie / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Spotty
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
What Do You See type puzzle.
Santa Claus Maze
activity / 1 page
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #228 (December 1974)
-
Downhill Trip
Archie / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie maze game with the object to get Archie and his snowsled to the bottom of the hill.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #322 (March 1983)
-
Indexer Notes
No credits given for puzzle.
Wake Up
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #84 (April 1996)
-
Scrambled Yoks
Archie & Jughead / activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Match Archie's jokes with Jughead's punchlines.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #48 (August 1960)
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Indexer Notes
Unless the title was used more than once, this could be the same page as was used in issue 44; Neal's own memories are only that he did a Scrambled Yoks page, not which one he did.
[no title indexed]
Reggie's Insult Cards / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jughead, eating peaches reminds me of you.
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #49 (May 1979)
-
Archie's Xmas Fun
Archie / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #52 (February 1961)
-
Scary Stuff!
Valerie / activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Valerie
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Unscramble the words puzzle.
Archie Christmas Shopping
Archie / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #253 (February 1979)
-
Indexer Notes
Unscramble the mystery phrase to discover what the sales girl asked Archie.
Christmas Presents Puzzle
Archie / activity / 1 page
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #287 (February 1975)
-
Indexer Notes
Unscramble the words to discover what each person wants for Christmas.
Hit and Miss!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #104 (December 1970)
-
Smart Art
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Synopsis
- Jughead paints an exit sign.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #57 (January 1978)
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A Flash in the Pan
Archie / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Is it a raging fire making all that smoke? No, it's just Veronica's cooking. Archie and Jughead would've preferred a fire.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #348 (March 1980)
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Indexer Notes
Credits from the printed credits when reprinted in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #235.
[no title indexed]
Write In Your Own Punch Line / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jug, can I ask for your advice on something?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Reprints
- from Archie newspaper strip (King Features Syndicate; XX-XX-19XX)
Sporting Goods Search!!
Archie's Sports Page!! / activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #140 (April 1996), #184 (December 2001)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #203 (December 2009)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #266 (April 2016)
-
Indexer Notes
Find a word puzzle and a hockey themed maze.
Presto Change-o
Sabrina / activity / 1 page
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #515 (January 1982)
-
Ice-Capades
Archie / activity / 1 page
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #264 (January 1980)
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Man of Action
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- An explosion in the basement of the local candy shop brings out the decisive hero in Jughead.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #320 (January 1982)
-
Gridiron Daze
Moose / activity / 1 page
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #283 (January 1982)
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Mis-Spelling
Little Archie / activity / 1 page
- Reprints
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #77 (September 2003)
-
Snow Go
Betty / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #264 (January 1980)
-
Archie - Christmas Maze
Archie / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie wants to wish all his readers a "Merry Christmas."
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #524 (January 1983)
-
Indexer Notes
A maze inside a Christmas wreath.
What's Missing?
Mr. Lodge / illustration / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Of course I have no objection to you two going steady---
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #253 (February 1979)
-
Indexer Notes
page is printed twice, once in color and once in b&w.
Mystery Word Block by Dilton Doiley, Puzzlemaster!!
activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Dilton Doiley
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #97 (October 1984)
-
Right in the Kisser
Archie / activity / 1 page
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #279 (August 1981)
-
Indexer Notes
Maze puzzle.
Pop Tate's Christmas Sundae
Pop Tate / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Cross the letters "Merry Christmas" out of the words to find out what type of sundaes Pop is serving.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #359 (February 1981)
-
[no title indexed]
Mad House Quizzles / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What did one candle say to the other?
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
five riddles
[no title indexed]
Write In Your Own Punch Line / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Fred, I just used this mixer twice and the motor is burnt out already!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Fred Andrews; Edna Andrews
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #140 (April 1996)
- from Archie newspaper strip (XX-XX-19XX)
-
Miss Grundy's Christmas Puzzle
Miss Grundy / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- word puzzle
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #334 (February 1978)
-
Mr. Weatherbee's Perilous Pike Puzzle Page
Mr. Weatherbee / activity / 1 page
- Script
- Rod Ollerenshaw
- Pencils
- Rod Ollerenshaw
- Inks
- Rod Ollerenshaw
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Rod Ollerenshaw
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Waldo Weatherbee; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- A game based on the events of "The Plight of the Perilous Pike."
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #144 (April 1984)
-
Indexer Notes
The credit reads "By Rod Ollerenshaw, inspired by the fabulous Bob Bolling!"
Thin Ice!
Archie / activity / 1 page
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #90 (February 1981)
-
Culture Shock
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- The class tours the local art museum and Veronica is singularly unimpressed with the exhibits.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #303 (March 1981)
-
Listen To This
Archie / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #283 (January 1982)
-
Childhood Snaps From Reggie's Album
Reggie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #44 (January 1978)
-
Tickle Tackle
Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Coach Kleats; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Coach has found a way to motivate the football team during practice.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #216 (January 1976)
-
- Keywords
- football
[no title indexed]
Scrambled Yoks / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The computer said he broke his electronic knee!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
- Reprints
- from Archie newspaper strip (King Features Syndicate, XX-XX-19xX)
Jet Fret
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #337 (April 1979)
-
No Contest
Josie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Josie McCoy; Alan Mayberry; Alexander Cabot III; Valerie Brown
- Synopsis
- Alex and Alan get into a heated debate over what Olympic events they would qualify for.
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #64 (February 1979)
-
Archie's Brain Scrambler!!
Archie / activity / 1 page
- Script
- Rod Ollerenshaw (credited)
- Pencils
- Rod Ollerenshaw (credited)
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- teen
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #112 (July 1984)
-
Golden Throat
Chuck / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Okay, little guy! Let's brighten up and look to the sun!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Coach Clayton; Frankie Valdez; Archie Andrews; Geraldine Grundy
- Synopsis
- Chuck talks to his plants to try to get them to grow.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #336 (April 1978)
-
Party Smarty
Big Moose / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Moose couldn't go to a party from seven to eleven because he is 16.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #283 (January 1982)
-
Math Wrath
Big Moose / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- Moose can't figure out 3 x 3 and Dilton ask him what is 3 + 3 + 3 and Moose wants to solve his problem first.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #283 (January 1982)
-
Big Foot's Trail
Archie / activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #220 (February 1981)
-
Beazly's Yuletide Message
Miss Beazly / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Miss Beazly
- Synopsis
- Connect the dots to see who's visiting tonight.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #381 (February 1984)
-
Josie's Page
Josie / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Josie McCoy
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #540 (August 1984)
-
Indexer Notes
Maze puzzle where Josie must reunite with a friend's kitten.
[Archie and Veronica kissing]
Which 2 Are Alike / activity / 1 page
- Reprints
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #151 (July 2007), #270 (March 2019)
-
Santa Quiz
activity / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Santa Claus
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #52 (February 1961)
-
Dateline: Chok'lit Shoppe
Jughead's Maze Page / activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Lead Jughead through the maze, past the girls, to the ice cream soda.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #337 (December 1984)
-
Mapmaker Mapmaker
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Where's Archie?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Archie goes on a map drawing frenzy and gives the girls a route to drive to prove that they can't read a map.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #336 (April 1978)
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Jughead really takes electronic football seriously!"]
-
1.
Snow Job
Archie -
2.
The Best Way
Jughead -
3.
Record Rancor
Archie -
4.
Pop Tate's Secret Ingredients
Pop Tate -
5.
Moose, Catch that Pass!
Archie -
6.
For the Present
Archie -
7.
Cold Facts
Jughead -
8.
Handy Dandy
Miss Grundy -
9.
["The producer of the play I'm in gives me a pain!"]
Write In Your Own Punch Line -
10.
The Bashful Lady
Betty and Veronica -
11.
All Together Now
Jughead -
12.
Sabrina's Puzzlerama
Sabrina -
13.
Date Maze
Pussycats -
14.
Eee-ee!
Little Archie -
15.
Santa Claus Maze
-
16.
Casting a Riddle
Jughead -
17.
Downhill Trip
Archie -
18.
Wake Up
Archie -
19.
Scrambled Yoks
Archie & Jughead -
20.
Hate To Wait
Hilda -
21.
["Jughead, eating peaches reminds me of you."]
Reggie's Insult Cards -
22.
Archie's Xmas Fun
Archie -
23.
Scary Stuff!
Valerie -
24.
Archie Christmas Shopping
Archie -
25.
Christmas Presents Puzzle
Archie -
26.
Hit and Miss!
Li'l Jinx -
27.
Smart Art
Jughead -
28.
A Flash in the Pan
Archie -
29.
["Jug, can I ask for your advice on something?"]
Write In Your Own Punch Line -
30.
Who Lost the Money? Puzzle
Little Jughead -
31.
Sporting Goods Search!!
Archie's Sports Page!! -
32.
Presto Change-o
Sabrina -
33.
[Jughead paints a turkey]
Dipsy Doodles -
34.
Ice-Capades
Archie -
35.
Office Slogan
Mr. Lodge -
36.
Man of Action
Jughead -
37.
I Like That!
Reggie -
38.
Gridiron Daze
Moose -
39.
Mis-Spelling
Little Archie -
40.
Snow Go
Betty -
41.
Archie - Christmas Maze
Archie -
42.
What's Missing?
Mr. Lodge -
43.
Zelda Cauldron Recipe
Zelda -
44.
Mystery Word Block by Dilton Doiley, Puzzlemaster!!
-
45.
Right in the Kisser
Archie -
46.
Pop Tate's Christmas Sundae
Pop Tate -
47.
["What did one candle say to the other?"]
Mad House Quizzles -
48.
["Fred, I just used this mixer twice and the motor is burnt out already!"]
Write In Your Own Punch Line -
49.
Miss Grundy's Christmas Puzzle
Miss Grundy -
50.
Mr. Weatherbee's Perilous Pike Puzzle Page
Mr. Weatherbee -
51.
Thin Ice!
Archie -
52.
Culture Shock
Betty and Veronica -
53.
Listen To This
Archie -
54.
Childhood Snaps From Reggie's Album
Reggie -
55.
Tickle Tackle
Mr. Weatherbee -
56.
["The computer said he broke his electronic knee!"]
Scrambled Yoks -
57.
Jet Fret
Archie -
58.
Food for Thought Puzzle
Little Jughead -
59.
No Contest
Josie -
60.
Open and Shut Case
Beazly -
61.
Archie's Brain Scrambler!!
Archie -
62.
Golden Throat
Chuck -
63.
Party Smarty
Big Moose -
64.
Math Wrath
Big Moose -
65.
Big Foot's Trail
Archie -
66.
Beazly's Yuletide Message
Miss Beazly -
67.
Josie's Page
Josie -
68.
[Archie and Veronica kissing]
Which 2 Are Alike -
69.
Santa Quiz
-
70.
Dateline: Chok'lit Shoppe
Jughead's Maze Page -
71.
Mapmaker Mapmaker
Archie
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- Katy Hayhurst
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
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