Life with Archie #286 [Direct]

(September 1991)

The Legend of King Koala (Table of Contents: 1)

Life with Archie / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Rich Margopoulos

Pencils

Gene Colan

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

adventure; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Reggie Mantle; King Koala; Jughead Jones (cameo); Betty Cooper (cameo); Chuck Clayton (cameo); Dilton Doiley (cameo); Moose Mason (cameo); Pop Tate (cameo); Clark Kent (cameo)

Synopsis

Archie and the Lodges travel to a remote island to find King Koala, a giant koala bear. They bring the creature back to Riverdale, where it escapes and goes on a rampage, grabbing Veronica and climbing Lodge Towers, the tallest building in town.

Reprints

• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #209 (August 2010)
• in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #80 (September 2018)
• in Archie Milestones Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2019 series) #5 (December 2019)
• in Archie & Friends (Archie, 2019 series) #16 - Hot Summer Movies (July 2023) [Recolored; Feature changed]

Keywords

King Kong; koala bears

Indexer Notes

Parody of the movie King Kong, including the battle between King Koala and a dinosaur and also the koala taking Veronica and climbing a skyscraper.
Clark Kent is seen walking away from a phone booth as Archie approaches.

Save Our Trees (Table of Contents: 2)

Life with Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski

Pencils

Bob Bolling

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Professor Flutesnoot; Moose Mason (cameo)

Synopsis

When the gang learns that Lodge Industries plans to build an industrial complex on Riverdale's last remaining forest, they fight for the cancellation of the project.

Reprints

• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #153 (September 2004)
• in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #30 (August 2013)

Keywords

conservation; protests

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie Club News / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Ellen Leonforte (signed)

Inks

Ellen Leonforte (signed)

Colors

Barry Grossman ?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Brad Henderson and Shivani Gupta.

Cold Facts (Table of Contents: 4)

Sabrina / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; teen

Characters

Sabrina; Aunt Hilda

Synopsis

Riding a broom may be convenient but it also has its drawbacks.

The Windmill (Table of Contents: 5)

Life with Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Harold Smith

Pencils

Bob Bolling

Inks

Henry Scarpelli

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews (cameo)

Synopsis

Receiving another high electric bill, Mr. Andrews wants to build a windmill to generate power for their house.

Reprints

• in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #129 (September 1996)
• in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #254 (October 2014)
• in Archie 1000 Page Comics Celebration (Archie, 2014 series) ([October] 2014)
• in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #333 (October 2022)