Archie Comics #92

(May-June 1958)

Stop the Presses (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Harry Lucey

Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews [a.k.a "Scoop"]; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate

Synopsis

Archie takes pride in being a news reporter -- even if it's only for the school newspaper. But Reggie takes glee on sending "Scoop" Andrews on false leads, especially if it frees up Veronica for the night.

Keywords

hoax; newspaper; practical joke; telephone; telephone booth

Fallen Arch's (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Tom Moore

Inks

Tom Moore

Colors

?

Letters

Tom Moore

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate

Synopsis

Veronica is on a diet and is walking to lose weight. Archie is forced to walk with her, and hours later tries to convince her to have a soda at Pops. She weighs herself on a vending weight and fortune machine, but changes her mind about the soda when she reads the fortune.

Keywords

diet; sodas; walking; weight and fortune machine

The Old Bawl Game (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Harry Lucey

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Archie learns that Veronica is sick and races to her side, barreling into Betty in the process. Betty and Reggie decide to get back at the two lovebirds by putting onion juice in Veronica's vaporizer, which causes both Veronica and Archie to bawl uncontrollably.

Reprints

• in Reggie (Archie, 1963 series) #18 (November 1965)
• in Jughead with Archie Plus Betty & Veronica & Reggie, Too (Archie, 1974 series) #2 (May 1974)
• in Reggie's Revenge! (Archie, 1994 series) #1 (Spring 1994)
• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #161 (March 1999)
• in Archie: The Best of Harry Lucey (IDW, 2011 series) #2 (August 2012)
• in Archie 1000 Page Comics 75th Anniversary Bash (Archie, 2016 series) (2016)
• in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #19 (May 2016)

Keywords

crying; food blender; hamburgers; onions; vaporizer

Indexer Notes

credits taken from the reprint

Out of This World! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

Sorry, Wrong Number (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Gladys Jones; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

Jughead gives Archie a math puzzle to work out. But when Archie tells his father the puzzle, Fred becomes obsessed with the finding out the answer, and hunts for Jughead all over town.

Keywords

lawn mowing; movie theater; puzzle

In a Breeze! (Table of Contents: 6)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Joe Edwards

Pencils

Joe Edwards

Inks

Joe Edwards

Colors

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Letters

Joe Edwards

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Li'l Jinx

Synopsis

Li'l Jinx chases after a man's hat that blew off his head on a windy day.

Keywords

hat; nickel

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Archie Club News / letters page / 1.4 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Dexter Taylor ? (illustration)

Inks

Dexter Taylor ? (illustration)

Colors

? (illustration)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

First prize of $5.00 to Charlotte Meloney (New York, N.Y.) for article on teacher exchange program. Second prize of $2.00 to Kay Cyrus (Lebanon, Mo.) for article on her Girls Auxiliary. Third prize of $2.00 to Bernice Moench (Craigmyle, Alberta, Canada) for article on her class corresponding with Korean pen pals. Fourth prize of $1.00 to Sandra Shenkaruk (Detroit, Mich.) for article on her hobby of collecting tropical fish. Fifth prize of $1.00 to Carol Dine (Chestnut Hill, Mass) for article on caring for an injured bird. Sixth prize of $1.00 to Carol Schrock (Bristol, Ind.) for poem about Indiana. Seventh prize of $1.00 to Gwendolyn Kennedy (New York, N.Y.) for article on dressmaking.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Archie Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.6 page (report information)

Poison Pen Pals (Table of Contents: 9)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Harry Lucey

Inks

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Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Big Moose Mason

Synopsis

Someone is writing anonymous poison pen letters to the students at Riverdale High, signing them "The Phantom".

Keywords

jealousy

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

White Cloverine Brand Salve; Wilson Chemical Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)