Archie
#188
(February 1969)
Archie,
1959 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- nine times a year: In February, March, April, June, July, August, September, November and December
- On-sale Date
- 1968-11-19
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1969 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Man, I dig anything that's in leather!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Reprints
-
in Archi (Editorial Novaro, 1956 series) #393 (18 de septiembre de 1970)
-
- Keywords
- books; fashion
Howling Success
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- The Archies [Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle]; Mr. Andrews; Hot Dog; Pop Tate; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- When Hot Dog howls during a music practice, Fred Andrews tells the Archies that their music is improving. Insulted, they leave the Andrews home, only to be insulted wherever they go.
- Reprints
-
in Everything's Archie! (Bantam Books, 1969 series) #F4493 (August 1969), #9090 (October 1970)
-
Indexer Notes
Reggie is on drums in this story and Jughead is on guitars.
In this story, Hot Dog is Archie's dog, not Jughead's.
An Airy Feeling
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx is upset about the air pollution because of the mess it's making out of her snowman.
[no title indexed]
The Archies / illustration / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Our concert should be out of sight with this smash the instruments routine!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- The Archies [Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones]; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Jughead's response: Yeah, but what do we do if they want an encore?
Archie Makes His Mark
Archie 1 / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper (all as cavemen)
- Synopsis
- Prehistoric Archie invents a weapon but he has no luck in figuring out the best way to use it.
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #232 (March 1975)
-
Childhood Daze
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mrs. Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie is taking his old baby blanket to the cleaners at his mother's request. He pricks his thumb on the way so Betty and Veronica see him holding his blanket and sucking his thumb. They think he's having a second childhood but Veronica wants nothing to do with him if he's regressing.
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #225 (September 1974)
- in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #3 (October 1987)
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #197 (June 2003)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Bonanza (Archie, 2014 series) (2014)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #250 (June 2014), #309 (June 2020)
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[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bob Montana ? (Archie images on a club press card and a club button)
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
Indexer Notes
Letters from Vito Tirone, Irene Fuhrman, Mary Jane Herde, Laurie Onstad, Kirby Jay Cave, and Deirdre McKenna
Master Mind
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie is the master of his fate and the captain of his soul. Betty is enamored of his determination and uses it to butter him up and get her way with him. Reggie and Jughead stick around to make jokes and laugh at how easily Archie is lead around.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Man, I dig anything that's in leather!"]
Archie -
1.
Howling Success
Archie -
2.
An Airy Feeling
Li'l Jinx -
3.
["Our concert should be out of sight with this smash the instruments routine!"]
The Archies -
4.
Archie Makes His Mark
Archie 1 -
5.
It's Sock it to me Santa Time!
Archie's Christmas Stocking -
6.
Childhood Daze
Archie -
7.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News -
8.
Master Mind
Archie
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