Archie Comics
#80
(May-June 1956)
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
- ?
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie! Must you kiss Veronica like that in front of me!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
-
in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #5 ([January 1958])
-
- Keywords
- kissing
Brawn Yesterday
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Jeeves (the butler); Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- After reading the book "Mind Over Matter," Archie convinces himself that he can beat up Reggie (and proceeds to demonstrate on poor Jughead). However, when he confronts Reggie with his positive outlook, he finds that Reggie hasn't read the book.
- Reprints
-
in Archie 1000 Page Comics Celebration (Archie, 2014 series) ([October] 2014) - in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #255 (November 2014)
- in Archie 80th Anniversary Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2021 series) #2 (May 2021)
-
- Keywords
- fighting; positive thinking
Indexer Notes
Listed on cover.
[no title indexed]
Super Duck / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Kids! Don't be stung by imitations or inferior comics...
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Super Duck
Indexer Notes
Original art promo for Super Duck comics.
See You in My Screams!
Archie / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- When Archie gives a smart-aleck answer to Miss Grundy in class, she says she will phone his father that night. Reggie comes up with a plan to get Archie's parents out of the house. When Miss Grundy calls, Reggie and Jughead disguise their voices to make her think she has a wrong number. When it's Archie's turn, Miss Grundy lets him know nobody has fooled her.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #5 ([January 1958]) [Reprinted in black and white.]
-
Indexer Notes
telephone; disguise
Essay Come, Essay Go
Archie / comic story / 4.67 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mrs. Smedley; Mr. Smedley; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- While baby-sitting for Mr. and Mrs. Smedley, Archie tries to write an essay for school. A radiator keeps making noise, but when Archie goes to get a screw to fix it, he gets his hand stuck in a jar, leading to a series of mishaps.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- baby-sitting; homework; jar; screw; telephone
Is That a Fact?
text article / 2 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- A series of factual anecdotes about Leonardo da Vinci, Mozart, oxidation of iron, fish diseases, the worth of a minerals in a human body; and the size of mice and whales at birth.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #5 ([January 1958]) [Reprinted in black and white.]
-
Indexer Notes
Text with three illustrations.
A Square
Pat the Brat / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Pat the Brat
- Synopsis
- When Pat drops a box of doughnuts and they all roll away, he returns to the baker and asks if he has any square ones.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #5 ([January 1958]) [Reprinted in black and white.]
-
- Keywords
- bakery; doughnuts
Timber Time
Pat the Brat / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Pat the Brat; Mophead
- Synopsis
- Pat decides to use an axe to chop down a huge tree that is in the way of their ball field.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #5 ([January 1958]) [Reprinted in black and white.]
-
- Keywords
- axe
Big Push
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty is all excited to hear that Jughead saved Reggie when he fell in the lake.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #5 ([January 1958]) [Reprinted in black and white.]
-
Once a Pond a Time
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- When an old lady criticizes Archie for putting worms on a hook while fishing, Archie shows her that his bait is a plastic worm.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #5 ([January 1958]) [Reprinted in black and white.]
-
- Keywords
- fishing
Hurry! Hurry! Don't Be Late for Your Copy of Archie Annual #8
Archie Annual / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Indexer Notes
Promo for Archie Annual #8, with mail-in coupon. Premium is a free 1957 Archie Pin-Up calendar. Cover and calendar are depicted, along with original art.
Sinker Swim
Archie / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Brewster (the butler)
- Synopsis
- To keep Archie and Reggie from fighting to see who gets to take Veronica to a Jimmy Clax dance, Mr. Lodge offers to officiate a trout fishing contest between the two.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #5 ([January 1958]) [Reprinted in black and white.]
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Celebration (Archie, 2014 series) ([October] 2014)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #255 (November 2014)
- in Archie 80th Anniversary Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2021 series) #3 (August 2021)
-
- Keywords
- lead sinker; trout fishing
Indexer Notes
Listed on cover.
[no title indexed]
Chicago Roller Skates / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's the matter, boy?
- Synopsis
- A father gives his son Chicago Roller Skates and the boy forms a skating club.
Indexer Notes
Ad in comic format for Chicago Roller Skates, with mail-in coupon for skate club pins for 10 cents each.
Wilbur Is Always in Season
Wilbur / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Wilbur
Indexer Notes
Promo for Wilbur comics with original art incorporating a head shot of Wilbur into each of the four seasons.
"Now for the $50,000 question."
Wildroot Cream-Oil / advertisement / 0.25 page
- Synopsis
- A quiz show contestant is asked a question about Wildroot Cream-Oil.
Indexer Notes
Ad for Wildroot Cream-Oil hair dressing, with a cartoon.
Trying Time
Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica tries on many pairs of shoes, only to leave the shoe store without buying once it stops raining.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #5 ([January 1958]) [Reprinted in black and white.]
-
- Keywords
- rain; shoes
[no title indexed]
Archie Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews (cameo)
Indexer Notes
Promo for joining the Archie Club, with mail-in coupon. Cost is 10 cents. Also first prize of $5.00 to Betty Ketchen (Princeton, Ind.) for paragraph about putting on a minstrel show to raise funds for charity. Second prize of $3.00 to Regina Reid (Franklin Square, N.Y.) for paragraph about her art class making cook books for their mothers on Mother's Day.
Father Glows Best
Archie / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie is embarrassed when his father tells stories of his youth when his friends are over. He complains to his mother and his father overhears and has his feelings hurt. He goes to his lodge. Archie's friends come over, but Archie is upset. His friends tell him they liked listening to his father's stories, and a surprised Archie rushes to the phone and calls his father at the lodge, asking him to come home.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Gerald G. Swan, 1955 series) #5 ([January 1958]) [Reprinted in black and white.]
-
- Keywords
- depression; embarrassment; hurt feelings; telephone
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Archie! Must you kiss Veronica like that in front of me!"]
Archie -
1.
Brawn Yesterday
-
2.
["Kids! Don't be stung by imitations or inferior comics..."]
Super Duck -
3.
See You in My Screams!
Archie -
4.
Essay Come, Essay Go
Archie -
5.
Water Proof
Jughead -
6.
Is That a Fact?
-
7.
A Square
Pat the Brat -
8.
Timber Time
Pat the Brat -
9.
Big Push
Jughead -
10.
Once a Pond a Time
Archie -
11.
Hurry! Hurry! Don't Be Late for Your Copy of Archie Annual #8
Archie Annual -
12.
Sinker Swim
Archie -
13.
["What's the matter, boy?"]
Chicago Roller Skates -
14.
Wilbur Is Always in Season
Wilbur -
15.
"Now for the $50,000 question."
Wildroot Cream-Oil -
16.
Trying Time
Veronica -
17.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club -
18.
Father Glows Best
Archie
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