Archie Comics
#73
(March-April 1955)
Archie,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Incomplete index. Four pages missing between "A Flood of Advice" and "Cute Numbers" in the issue indexed.
in 
Play As You Go
Archie / comic story / 3.75 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- At a school talent contest, Archie does a Liberace imitation (as Liber-Archie), with the plan of having Jughead play a piano backstage while Archie mimes. Reggie finds out about the plan and does his best to sabotage the routine. However, the skit turns into a crowd-pleasing comedy and Archie and Jughead get first prize.
- Reprints
-
in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #1 ([1955] (see notes)) [Reprinted in black and white.]
-
- Keywords
- Liberace; piano; talent contest; trumpet
Indexer Notes
Listed on cover.
Ignorance Is This
Reggie / comic story / 0.25 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge is sick, but Reggie is playing his trumpet on his front step.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #1 ([1955] (see notes)) [Reprinted in black and white.]
-
- Keywords
- trumpet
[no title indexed]
Fun Page / activity / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Signs of the Times
- Synopsis
- Signs of the Times; What's This; Can you go from "start" to "finish"; Name the state; Name the slang expression
Flood of Advice
Archie / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Reggie makes fun of Archie for wearing rubber boots and carrying an umbrella for his date with Veronica (at Veronica's request). Archie decides to ditch the boots and umbrella, but gets caught in the rain on his way to Veronica's, which just gets him in trouble with her.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #1 ([1955] (see notes)) [Reprinted in black and white.]
-
- Keywords
- date; rain; rubber boots; umbrella
Cute Numbers
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica are having a mysterious conversation involving numbers. When Mr. Weatherbee asks what they are studying, Veronica says they are just choosing some cute boys from the football team to invite to their party. They don't know their names, so they're just choosing them by their numbers.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #1 ([1955] (see notes)) [Reprinted in black and white.]
-
- Keywords
- football; party
Of Dopes and Dames
Archie / text story / 1.8 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie spends the day shoveling snow off sidewalks to earn money to take Veronica to the movies, but Veronica breaks the date to go with Reggie instead. Archie takes Betty, but the pair ends up behind Reggie and Veronica in the movie theater.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #1 ([1955] (see notes)) [Reprinted in black and white.]
-
- Keywords
- date; movies; snow shoveling
Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1954
statement of ownership / 0.2 page
- Script
- Louis H. Silberkleit (publisher)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1954. No circulation figures given.
The Model Madness
Archie / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- In hobby shop class, Archie is building a windmill out of buttons, Reggie is building a castle out of marbles, and Jughead is building a railroad engine. Each one decides to sabotage one of the other's models, leading to a fist fight.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #1 ([1955] (see notes)) [Reprinted in black and white.]
-
- Keywords
- buttons; marbles; models
[no title indexed]
Fun Page / activity / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Two of these neckties match!
- Synopsis
- Match the neckties, Corn Off the Cob jokes, True or False, and Find the Circle with the Most Dots.
Lover-Come Back
Archie / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica has dropped Archie for Reggie. Jughead suggests writing fake love notes and signing other girls' names to them to make Veronica jealous.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #1 ([1955] (see notes)) [Reprinted in black and white.]
-
- Keywords
- gym suits; jealousy; kissing; love notes
Reverse Decision
Archie / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Reggie has some trick glasses that make everything seem to be upside down. He slips the glasses on Moose while he's taking a nap, but the joke goes haywire after Moose wakes up.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #1 ([1955] (see notes)) [Reprinted in black and white.]
-
- Keywords
- practical joke
[no title indexed]
Fun Page / activity / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Try and follow the arrows from "A" to "B"
- Synopsis
- Follow the arrows; fill in what is missing; add the other half of each word.
Archie Is Out of This World in His Brand New Archie's Joke Book #16
Archie's Joke Book / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
Car Sick
Archie / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is it, boy! This is the day! I want that five bucks you owe me!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- Reggie calls in a loan to Archie by demanding use of his jalopy that evening. Archie plans on using Veronica's car to take her to the dance, but her father has forbidden her to drive for a month because of her bad driving. Reggie, according to his plan, then shows up and takes Veronica. Mr. Lodge then decides to let Archie borrow Veronica's car to take Betty to the dance.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #1 ([1955] (see notes)) [This is it, boy! This is the day!]
-
- Keywords
- car; dance; loan
Shoot to Chill!
Betty / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Betty is upset because Veronica often gets her picture in the newspaper. Reggie and Jughead come up with an idea to photograph Betty in a swimsuit standing in the surf on a freezing day. After getting doused by a large wave, Betty ends up recovering from pneumonia, but still doesn't get her picture in the paper.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #1 ([1955] (see notes)) [This is it, boy! This is the day!]
-
- Keywords
- beach; camera; newspaper; pneumonia; swimsuit; wave; winter
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Archie! When am I going to stop catching you at some mischief?"]
Archie -
1.
Play As You Go
Archie -
2.
Ignorance Is This
Reggie -
3.
["Signs of the Times"]
Fun Page -
4.
Flood of Advice
Archie -
5.
Cute Numbers
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica -
6.
Of Dopes and Dames
Archie -
7.
Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1954
-
8.
The Model Madness
Archie -
9.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club -
10.
["Two of these neckties match!"]
Fun Page -
11.
Lover-Come Back
Archie -
12.
["Calling all kids!"]
Archie Giant Series -
13.
Reverse Decision
Archie -
14.
["Try and follow the arrows from "A" to "B" "]
Fun Page -
15.
Archie Is Out of This World in His Brand New Archie's Joke Book #16
Archie's Joke Book -
16.
Car Sick
Archie -
17.
Shoot to Chill!
Betty
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- Nigel Fletcher
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Keith Alan Morgan
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