Archie Comics #97

(December 1958)

Dad's Dilemma! (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Harry Lucey

Inks

Terry Szenics

Colors

?

Letters

Terry Szenics

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Mr. Lodge

Synopsis

Fred thinks Archie is spending $100 on Veronica's Christmas present and almost nothing on a present for his own parents.

Reprints

• in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #137 (January 1966)
• in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #6 (January 1975)

Keywords

bracelet; Christmas; Christmas tree; curiosity; presents; vacation

Burgers On the Brain (Table of Contents: 2)

Jughead / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Bill Vigoda

Inks

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Colors

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Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge (cameo); Ferdinand Berger

Synopsis

It's a half-hour until lunch time and everything in class reminds Jughead of hamburgers.

Reprints

• in The Jughead Jones Comics Digest (Archie, 1977 series) #3 (December 1977)
• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #13 (November 1984)

Keywords

hamburgers

Live and Lawn (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 2.75 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Bill Vigoda

Inks

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Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mary Andrews

Synopsis

Jughead offers to help Archie mow the lawn.

Reprints

• in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #99 (July 1990)

Keywords

lawn mower

Musically Yours (Table of Contents: 4)

Veronica / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bill Vigoda

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge

Synopsis

Mr. Lodge doesn't care for Ronnie's taste in music.

Reprints

• in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #99 (July 1990)

Keywords

record player; rock 'n' roll

High Fie (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Bob White

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge

Synopsis

Archie and Jughead try to install a state-of-the-art hi-fi sound system in Mr. Lodge's house.

Reprints

• in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #10 (September 1975)

Keywords

hi-fi; record player; speakers; swimming pool

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Archie's Pals 'n' Gals / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Don't Fence Me In (Table of Contents: 7)

Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Waldo Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy

Synopsis

Mr. Weatherbee dons a fencing mask to give Archie some pointers on fencing. Unfortunately, the mask gets stuck on Mr. Weatherbee's head and he has to make a speech to the school board.

Reprints

• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #9 (December 1974)

Keywords

fencing; mask; school board

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

Archie Club News / letters page / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

First prize of $5.00 to Beth Griffith (Casa Grande, Ariz.) for article about a runaway horse. Second prize of $3.00 to Beverly Bowen (American Fork, Utah) for article on the space age. Third prize of $2.00 to Linda Olsen (Hempstead, N.Y.) for article on being a reporter for her school paper. Fourth prize of $1.00 to Gail Prowizer (APO 323 San Francisco, Calif.) for article on a trip to a Japanese silk factory. Fifth prize of $1.00 to Jane Honeycutt (Dallas, Texas) for a joke. Sixth prize of $1.00 to Jose Rojas Perez (Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico) for noting that they have Archie comics printed in Spanish.

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Archie Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

For Bet Or for Worse (Table of Contents: 10)

Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Samm Schwartz

Inks

Samm Schwartz

Colors

?

Letters

Samm Schwartz

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Pierre

Synopsis

After Veronica vows to be more decisive, her father bets her that she can't go into a store and pick a dress in less than two minutes.

Reprints

• in Archie's Double Digest Quarterly Magazine (Archie, 1982 series) #3 (July 1982)

Keywords

fashion; shopping

Indexer Notes

One page has five full-figure views of Veronica in different dresses.