(May 2012)

Archie, 2011 Series
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3.99 USD
Pages
164
Indicia Frequency
Published ten times a year (monthly except Jan. and July)
On-sale Date
2012-03-14
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
The Archie Library
Barcode
762816469517 22711

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan Parent (signed)
Inks
Rich Koslowski (signed)
Colors
Rosario Peña (signed as RPeña)

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

A Bad Wrap (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Craig Boldman
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Bob Smith
Colors
Digikore Studios
Letters
Patrick Owsley

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis
Archie paints his car to advertise Veronica's favorite shoe store, not knowing that Veronica had a fight with the owners and now hates the store.
Reprints

The Resolute Resolution (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Bob Bolling
Inks
Jim Amash
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Teresa Davidson

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Mrs. Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Miss Grundy; Dilton Doiley
Synopsis
Archie resolves to do nothing but study for his exam the next day.
Reprints

A Clean Sweep (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Michael Pellowski
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Bob Smith
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Jack Morelli

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mrs. Andrews
Synopsis
Archie tries to use a new robotic vacuum cleaner.
Reprints

The Pajama Game (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Michael Pellowski
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Bob Smith
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Mrs. Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Nancy Woods; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Philips; Jughead Jones; Chuck Clayton
Synopsis
Archie accidentally wears pajama bottoms to school and starts a fashion trend.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews
Synopsis
Mr. Andrews tells Archie that teens think every performer is a star.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Possible pipe removal from Mr. Andrews's hand and line change from MTV to YouTube.

Changed Man (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Michael Pellowski
Pencils
Rex Lindsey
Inks
Rich Koslowski
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Archie drops his lucky coin from the third floor of the mall and then tries to find it.
Reprints

Plane Facts (Table of Contents: 7)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis
Archie gets detention for flying a paper airplane in school.
Reprints

Chairman of the Board (Table of Contents: 8)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; unnamed PTA members
Synopsis
Mr. Weatherbee gets stuck in a swivel chair.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits confirmed against the credits printed in the original publication, the credits here list Frank Doyle as writer.

The Spoiler (Table of Contents: 9)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Bob Smith
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Jinx Malloy; Miss Grundy; Mrs. Andrews; Fred Andrews
Synopsis
Archie and Jughead have a great dream until Jinx Malloy shows up to wake them up.
Reprints
Keywords
bowling; dream

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Henry Scarpelli; Craig Boldman
Pencils
Henry Scarpelli; Craig Boldman
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Archie!
Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Smithers
Reprints
  • from Archie newspaper strip from unknown date

Career Daze (Table of Contents: 11)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Golliher
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Bob Smith
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Chuck Clayton; Nancy Woods
Synopsis
Archie becomes a butler for career week so he can spend time at Veronica's house.
Reprints

Lesson In Ecology (Table of Contents: 12)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mrs. Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Archie teaches his parents about ecology, only to find out that he is the one who wastes the most.
Reprints

Little Archie and Friends! (Table of Contents: 13)

Little Archie / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Fernando Ruiz
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
children
Characters
Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Little Sabrina Spellman
Synopsis
Introduction to the Little Archie reprint section.

A Quick Bite! (Table of Contents: 14)

Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Dexter Taylor
Pencils
Dexter Taylor
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
children
Characters
Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones; Fangs Fogarty
Synopsis
When Little Archie leaves his lunch in Veronica's limo, Little Betty bakes him a walnut cake. The problem is, Little Betty didn't take the walnuts out of the shells.
Reprints

Salem's Night Out (Table of Contents: 15)

Little Sabrina / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Dexter Taylor
Pencils
Dexter Taylor
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
children; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Little Sabrina Spellman; Salem; Aunt Zelda; Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Aunt Hilda
Synopsis
Little Archie and Little Jughead encounter Aunt Hilda and Aunt Zelda using their magic powers to get Salem off the roof.
Reprints

Foreign Exchange (Table of Contents: 16)

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

Script
Dexter Taylor
Pencils
Dexter Taylor
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
children
Characters
Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Fangs Fogarty; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Little Archie Andrews; Fifi; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis
The boys go gaga over the new foreign exchange student.
Reprints
Keywords
exchange student

Working Man's Blues (Table of Contents: 17)

Little Reggie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Dexter Taylor
Pencils
Dexter Taylor
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
?

Genre
children
Characters
Little Reggie Mantle; Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Spotty; Little Jughead Jones; Pop Tate
Synopsis
Little Reggie is jealous of the girls Little Jughead attracts with his job at Pop Tate's. So, Little Reggie makes Little Jughead sleepy and then shows up for Little Jughead's job.
Reprints

Funtime (Table of Contents: 18)

Little Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dexter Taylor
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
children
Characters
Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Spotty; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Three gag cartoons.
Reprints

Sloppy Game (Table of Contents: 19)

Little Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dexter Taylor ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
children
Characters
Little Archie Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge; Spotty
Synopsis
Little Archie and Little Veronica play fetch with Spotty.
Reprints

Crying Foul! (Table of Contents: 20)

Archie / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Word search for food items that make your breath smell bad.
Reprints

Archie's Gag Bag (Table of Contents: 21)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Montana
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Miss Grundy
Synopsis
Archie tricks his father into signing his report card.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Henry Scarpelli; Craig Boldman
Pencils
Henry Scarpelli; Craig Boldman
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Here we find the red-crested Andrews in his natural habitat.
Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Archie and Reggie try to fix Archie's car.
Reprints
  • from Archie newspaper strip from unknown date

The Fast Track To Success! (Table of Contents: 23)

Archie / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script
Michael Pellowski
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Bob Smith
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Jack Morelli

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Chuck Clayton; Dilton Doiley; C. C. Carp; Sammy Stevens [Spinout]; Dale Jonas
Synopsis
Two months before the Riverdale 500, top racer Dale Jonas and his pit crew leave Hiram Lodge's racing team to join Hiram's arch rival C.C. Carp's race team. Betty offers to drive Hiram's race car in the 500, as she's being taught by "Spinout" Stevens, a former race car driver. Hiram then hires "Spinout" as the new pit boss and "Spinout" suggests a new pit crew: Archie, Moose, Reggie, Dilton, Jughead and Chuck. The new pit crew and the new driver then come together in a short time and are ready for the big race.
Reprints
Keywords
auto racing

Indexer Notes

This story is told in four parts: Part 1 (6 pages), Part 2 (5 pages), Part 3 (5 pages) and Part 4 (5 pages).

Hair Scare (Table of Contents: 24)

Archie's Dad / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews
Synopsis
Archie tries to convince his father to let him grow his hair longer.
Reprints

Footloose (Table of Contents: 25)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Bob Bolling
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis
Reggie shows off his talent show act.
Reprints

Archie's Helpful Hints For Your Viewing Pleasure! (Table of Contents: 26)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Archie gives us tips for watching TV and movies.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27)

Wilbur / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Can you name anything that we get from chemistry that we'd be better off without?
Characters
Wilbur Wilkin; Laurie Lake; Linda Moore
Synopsis
Introduction to the Wilbur reprint section. Features a cover reprint of Wilbur Comics (Archie, 1944 series) #89.
Reprints

Shadow Boxed (Table of Contents: 28)

Wilbur / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo

Genre
teen
Characters
Wilbur Wilkin; Laurie Lake; Alec; Linda Moore; Mert
Synopsis
Linda follows Laurie and Wilbur because she feels they are acting suspicious. She follows them to an unknown house where Laurie brings her inside and introduces her to a blind date named Mert.
Reprints

Smart As An Ox! (Table of Contents: 29)

Linda and Laurie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Linda Moore; Laurie Lake; Dodo; Wilbur Wilkin; Bolo Brown; Mr. Bumble; unnamed teachers
Synopsis
Linda, not to be beaten by Laurie, goes to great lengths to receive a most helpful student award. It turns out that Laurie was only helping to raise her grades.
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Indexer Notes

Line changed from "Hmph! White squaw speak with spilt tongue" to 'Hmph! She speaks with a split tongue!".

A Few Arrangements (Table of Contents: 30)

Laurie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Edwards

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Laurie Lake; Mr. Lake
Synopsis
Laurie prepares for Wilbur's visit.
Reprints

Archie's Gag Bag (Table of Contents: 31)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Veronica tries to drag Archie away from the TV for their date.
Reprints

The Big Count! (Table of Contents: 32)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Stan Goldberg ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Archie counts girls instead of sheep to fall asleep.
Reprints

Diet Riot (Table of Contents: 33)

Reggie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Reprints

Pet Fret (Table of Contents: 34)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Tim Kennedy
Inks
Mark McKenna
Colors
Glenn Whitmore
Letters
Janice Chiang

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Caramel; Veronica Lodge; Edgar; Ms. Burple
Synopsis
Archie takes pictures of Betty and Veronica's pets.
Reprints

Everything's Archie (Table of Contents: 35) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Archie
  2. 1. A Bad Wrap
    Archie
  3. 2. The Resolute Resolution
    Archie
  4. 3. A Clean Sweep
    Archie
  5. 4. The Pajama Game
    Archie
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  7. 6. Changed Man
    Archie
  8. 7. Plane Facts
    Archie
  9. 8. Chairman of the Board
    Archie
  10. 9. The Spoiler
    Archie
  11. 10. ["Archie!"]
    Archie
  12. 11. Career Daze
    Archie
  13. 12. Lesson In Ecology
    Archie
  14. 13. Little Archie and Friends!
    Little Archie
  15. 14. A Quick Bite!
    Little Archie
  16. 15. Salem's Night Out
    Little Sabrina
  17. 16. Foreign Exchange
    Little Betty and Veronica
  18. 17. Working Man's Blues
    Little Reggie
  19. 18. Funtime
    Little Archie
  20. 19. Sloppy Game
    Little Archie
  21. 20. Crying Foul!
    Archie
  22. 21. Archie's Gag Bag
    Archie
  23. 22. ["Here we find the red-crested Andrews in his natural habitat."]
    Archie
  24. 23. The Fast Track To Success!
    Archie
  25. 24. Hair Scare
    Archie's Dad
  26. 25. Footloose
    Archie
  27. 26. Archie's Helpful Hints For Your Viewing Pleasure!
    Archie
  28. 27. ["Can you name anything that we get from chemistry that we'd be better off without?"]
    Wilbur
  29. 28. Shadow Boxed
    Wilbur
  30. 29. Smart As An Ox!
    Linda and Laurie
  31. 30. A Few Arrangements
    Laurie
  32. 31. Archie's Gag Bag
    Archie
  33. 32. The Big Count!
    Archie
  34. 33. Diet Riot
    Reggie
  35. 34. Pet Fret
    Archie
  36. 35. Everything's Archie
This issue was modified by
  • Luke A.
  • Dwayne Best
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Mike Nielsen