Archie
#234
(April 1974)
Archie,
1959 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- 9 times a year in Feb., March, April, June, July, August, Sept., Nov., and Dec.
- On-sale Date
- 1974-02-12
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series [vertical]
- Printer
- Printed in the U.S.A.
- Editing
- John L. Goldwater (credited) (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (credited) (managing editor)
Issue Notes
Price rises to 25 cents starting with this issue. Editorial credits taken from Statement of Ownership. On-sale date from 1974 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Why is Archie on this big physical fitness kick?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Reprints
- Keywords
- weightlifting
in Indexer Notes
Later redrawn for the covers of Archie Comics Digest #39 and Archie #536.
Clubs Are Trumps
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Genuine Maori war club! The Maoris are native to New Zealand! Fierce fighters, as Captain Cook found out!
- Feature Logo
Archie- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica take Archie's genuine Maori war club away from him.
Indexer Notes
Includes indicia at bottom of first page.
Who's Excited
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- No, Li'l Jinx! You can't take the vase to school!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Hap Holliday; Li'l Jinx
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx looks for something to bring to school for show and tell.
- Reprints
-
in The Jughead Jones Comics Digest (Archie, 1977 series) #16 (March 1981) - in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #38 (January 1989)
-
The Adventurers
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You're not!
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle (as an abominable snowman, Bornean and Brazilian Aboriginals and First Nations individuals)
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead dream of becoming adventurers.
- Reprints
- in Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #345 (January 1979)
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #43 (March 1981), #85 (March 1988)
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #32 (May 1998)
-
- Keywords
- Abominable Snowman; aborigines; Native Americans
Indexer Notes
Includes promotional blurb for the Archie's Restaurant in Joliet, Ill. on the bottom of the first page.
The Answer Man
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yawn! It's Saturday morning pancakes as usual, eh, Mom?
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie becomes angry when everyone responds to his questions with more questions.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #336 (March 1979)
- in Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #18 (May 1981)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #21 (March 1986)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #242 (September 2013)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Spark (Archie, 2020 series) (2020)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #310 (July 2020)
-
Indexer Notes
When reprinted in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #242, inks are credited to Harry Lucey.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 1.75 pages
- Feature Logo
Archie Club News- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Hot Dog; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Indexer Notes
Submissions from Tina Joneikis (Crete, Illinois) First prize - $6.00, Dawn Moss (Kokomo, Ind.) Second prize - $4.00, Kay Keys (Indianapolis, Ind.) Third prize - $3.00, and Robin Childs (Treasure Island, Florida) Fourth prize - $2.00.
Includes accompanying illustrations and membership application form for the Archie Club.
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.25 page
- Script
- Louis H. Silberkleit (credited) (business manager)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Actual number of copies of single issue published nearest to filing date: 806,595. Actual number of copies of single issue sold nearest to filing date: 409,475.
On the Prowl
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Doggone! It was in one of these old trunks! I'm sure I saw it here a few years back!
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Herbie
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead find some old kilts and decide to wear them.
- Reprints
- in Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #344 (December 1978)
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #34 (May 1981), #73 (November 1987)
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #13 (October 1992)
-
- Keywords
- kilt
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Why is Archie on this big physical fitness kick?"]
Archie -
1.
["Famous name prizes or cash"]
Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards -
2.
Clubs Are Trumps
Archie -
3.
["Never finished high school?"]
Wayne School Courses -
4.
Who's Excited
Li'l Jinx -
5.
["Country & Western classics in stereo, on records, 8 track, cassette and reel-to-reel tapes"]
E-C Tape Service -
6.
The Adventurers
Archie -
7.
["Save these valuable stamps now while they last!"]
Kenmore Stamps -
8.
["Make excellent extra cash... with no real 'selling'... just showing this sample which we give you... free!"]
Engravaplates Social Security Cards -
9.
The Answer Man
Archie -
10.
["A special introductory offer"]
Blair Division of Chap Stick Co. -
11.
["I'll Put Your Daughter's Name and Birth Date Right Here on This Happy Birthday Music Box"]
Wallace Brown -
12.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News -
13.
[no title indexed]
-
14.
["Start your collection of stars now!"]
Jeri of Hollywood Photos -
15.
On the Prowl
Archie -
16.
["Karate - judo - jiu-jitsu - savate"]
Universal Bodybuilding -
17.
["The J.S.C.A. Jolly Giant has prizes galore [or cash] just waiting for you!"]
Junior Sales Club of America Cards -
18.
["Make money get prizes with fast selling American Seeds"]
American Seeds
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steve Coates
- Merlin Haas
- Thomas Johnson
- Lou Mazzella
- Enrico Menin
- Donald Dale Milne
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Joey Sayer
- Ramon Schenk
- Jaime Weinman
- Gregg Whitmore
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