(1991)
Abbeville Press,
1991 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 18.00 USD
- Pages
- 136
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Artabras
- Brand
-
Artabras
- ISBN
-
0-89660-035-1
- Barcode
- 735738000359; 9780896600355 90000
- Editing
- Donna Block
- Color
- Color
- Dimensions
- 8 3/4" x 11 1/4"
- Binding
- Hardcover with dustjacket
- Publishing Format
- Collected Edition
Issue Notes
Information for this index from Dan Stevenson. Printed and bound in Italy.
Archie: His First 50 Years
Archie / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
Indexer Notes
Title page.
Archie's Debut
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews [Archibald Andrews; Chick]; Betty Cooper; Sam Cooper; Mildred Cooper; Fred Andrews; Edna Andrews; Gramps Andrews; Jughead Jones [Forsythe P. Jones] (introduction for all)
- Synopsis
- Archie meets Betty and gets in trouble with her father.
- Reprints
- from Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #22 (December 1941)
-
Indexer Notes
No title on original printing; title here added for this publication.
Veronica's Debut
Archie / comic story / 5.5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge (introduction); Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Penny Reems (introduction); Betty Cooper (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Archie meets Veronica and asks her out, not knowing that she's a rich girl with expensive tastes.
- Reprints
- from Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #26 (April 1942)
-
Indexer Notes
No title on original printing; title here added for this publication.
Archie Meets Mr. Lodge
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Burton K. Lodge (introduction)
- Synopsis
- Veronica takes Archie to the airport to meet her father, and through a series of mixups Archie winds up representing his state on a congressional committee.
- Reprints
- from Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #31 (September 1942)
-
Indexer Notes
No title on original printing; title here added for this publication.
Double Date
Archie / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Archie accidentally ends up with two dates on the same night and he tries to keep them both.
- Reprints
- from Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #7 (March-April 1944)
-
Prom Pranks
Archie / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper; Mrs. Lodge; Mrs. Andrews; Mr. McQuiggan; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Archie asks Veronica to go to the Prom with him.
- Reprints
- from Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #1 (Winter 1942)
-
Camera Bugs
Archie / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Mr. Weatherbee; Mrs. Grundy; Jughead Jones; Pop Andrews; Kappy (introduction)
- Synopsis
- Archie gets a new camera and starts taking pictures that get him in trouble.
- Reprints
- from Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #48 (May 1944)
-
Indexer Notes
This book incorrectly states the issue in which this story originally appeared (Pep Comics #48) was dated May 1948. It was actually May 1944.
Nobody's Dummy
Archie / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- Archie gets a dressmaker's dummy for Veronica's sewing class, but several people mistake the manikin for a real girl, which leads to lots of problems.
- Reprints
- from Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #64 (November 1947)
-
Classic Covers of the 40's
Archie / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
Indexer Notes
Illustrated with small cover reproductions from Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #1, Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #32, Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #27, Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #28, and Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #30.
Like Real Gone
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate; Mr. Lodge; Smithers
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead become beatniks, and like drive everyone crazy with their way-out slang, daddy-o.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #104 (November 1959)
-
The Time of Your Life
Betty / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Hal Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty and the gang want to tour of a public garden, but the over-zealous security force spoils the tour.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #156 (December 1968)
-
Classic Covers of the 50s & 60s
Archie / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
Indexer Notes
Illustrated with small cover reproductions from Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #116, Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #95, Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #44, Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #43, Archie’s Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #8, Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #45, Archie’s Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #112, and Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #167.
A Matter of Prejudice
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #26 (June 1973)
-
Sugar Substitute
Archie and Me / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Coach Kleats; Professor Flutesnoot; Geraldine Grundy; Miss Boing
- Synopsis
- A voluptuous substitute teacher has Mr. Weatherbee and the male teachers swooning, until they discover she's leading a meeting on women's lib. Terrified that women are going to take over, the men spy on the meeting. Luckily they discover that Miss Boing hates feminism, likes having men open doors for her, and convinces all the other women teachers not to join the women's lib movement.
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #47 (February 1972)
-
Sugar Substitute – Part Two
Archie and Me / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #47 (February 1972)
-
Commercial Consumption
Archie and the Gang / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #397 (November 1984) [Story title was changed for the reprinting.]
-
Classic Covers of the 70s.. 80s & 90s
illustration / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Illustrated with small cover reproductions from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #490, Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #334, Everything’s Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #47, Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #12, Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #397, Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #352, Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #189, and Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #181.
Who's Who in Riverdale
Archie / character profile / 1 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Mr. Andrews; Mrs. Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- Introduction to the main cast of characters.
- Reprints
- from Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #1 (Winter 1942)
-
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Archie -
1.
Archie: His First 50 Years
Archie -
2.
[Indicia Page]
-
3.
[Contents]
-
4.
A Boy Among Men
-
5.
Archie's Debut
Archie -
6.
Veronica's Debut
Archie -
7.
[no title indexed]
Black Hood -
8.
Archie Meets Mr. Lodge
Archie -
9.
And Introducing...
-
10.
The Past Without Pain
-
11.
Double Date
Archie -
12.
Prom Pranks
Archie -
13.
Camera Bugs
Archie -
14.
Nobody's Dummy
Archie -
15.
Classic Covers of the 40's
Archie -
16.
This Archie Business
-
17.
A Formula for Success
-
18.
Like Real Gone
Archie -
19.
The Time of Your Life
Betty -
20.
Classic Covers of the 50s & 60s
Archie -
21.
Archie Through the Ages
-
22.
The Art of Archie
-
23.
A Matter of Prejudice
Archie -
24.
Sugar Substitute
Archie and Me -
25.
Sugar Substitute – Part Two
Archie and Me -
26.
Commercial Consumption
Archie and the Gang -
27.
Classic Covers of the 70s.. 80s & 90s
-
28.
Archie, Beginning to End
-
29.
An Island of Calm
-
30.
Who's Who in Riverdale
Archie
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Pat Conolly
- Kirk House
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
- Gregg Whitmore
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