Archie #209

(June 1971)

Field Day (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Harry Lucey

Inks

Marty Epp

Colors

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Letters

Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hey, Moose! What's Reg doing with your girl, Midge?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Tony Whitney

Synopsis

Midge stops going steady with Moose. After seeing Midge date Reggie without repercussions, Archie decides it's time to see less of Veronica and start playing the field.

Reprints

• in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #13 (November 1977)
• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #36 (September 1988)

A Stream of Thought (Table of Contents: 2)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Edwards

Pencils

Joe Edwards

Inks

Joe Edwards

Colors

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Letters

Joe Edwards

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Daddy! Tell me again--how you went fishing in Crystal Stream when you were a little boy?

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday

Synopsis

Li'l Jinx witnesses all the horrible pollution in her town's water.

Indexer Notes

One of a number of environmentally-conscious stories Archie published around this time.

It's a Grand Old Name (Table of Contents: 3)

The Archies / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Harry Lucey

Inks

Marty Epp

Colors

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Letters

Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Okay, guys! That's enough for now! I'm bushed!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper (fantasy sequence); Veronica Lodge (fantasy sequence); Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Mrs. Mantle; Mary Andrews

Synopsis

Reggie says that Archie isn't necessary to The Archies and even imagines what it would be like if the band's name were changed to "The Reggies."

Reprints

• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #25 (August 1977)

Indexer Notes

In this story, as in many around this time, The Archies consist of Archie, Reggie, and Jughead--Betty and Veronica are not members, though they were shown as members on the records and in the animated cartoons.

Jack of All Trades (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Harry Lucey

Inks

Marty Epp

Colors

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Letters

Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Yoo hoo! Taxi! Are you engaged?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Two men hijack Archie's car and demand to be driven to Central City.

Reprints

• in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #12 (September 1977)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie Club News / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

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Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Archie, I always watched The Archie Comedy Hour and I thought it was the greatest.

Indexer Notes

Letters from Janet Hart (1st prize), Mindy Friedmann (2nd prize), Cynthia Smith (3rd prize), and Jennifer Kostura (4th prize), plus instructions for joining the Archie Club.

Rough and Ready (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Harry Lucey

Inks

Marty Epp

Colors

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Letters

Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You're coming along fine, Archie!...How are the hands?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Coach Kleats; Mary Andrews; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis

Archie tries to develop the rough, calloused hands he needs to succeed as a gymnast.