Archie
#242
(March 1975)
Archie,
1959 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- On-sale Date
- 1974-12-31
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series [vertical]
- Editing
- Richard Goldwater
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1976 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That reminds me --- Veronica invited us over for a home-cooked meal!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
- Reprints
-
in Acke (Semic, 1969 series) #11/1975 [cover]
-
- Keywords
- museums; statues
Indexer Notes
Later redrawn for the cover of Laugh Comics Digest #35.
Barrel of Fun
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Veronica is impressed when she sees Reggie jump over two barrels on his skates, so Archie decides to top Reggie by jumping over three barrels.
- Reprints
-
in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #265 (February 2016) - in Archie 1000 Page Comics Shindig (Archie, 2016 series) (2016)
-
- Keywords
- barrel jumping; ice skating
Indexer Notes
When reprinted in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #265, inks are credited to Jim DeCarlo.
The Great Who?
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie goes into a clothing store and asks them to give him the "Gatsby Look."
Indexer Notes
A take-off on a brief fashion trend sparked by the 1974 Robert Redford movie version of "The Great Gatsby."
Let It All Hang Out
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Mr. Lodge; Mr. Cooper
- Synopsis
- All the adults are speaking in what they think of as youth slang ("It turns me on," "Far out"), horrifying the kids, who think that's no way for grown-ups to talk. It turns out the parents were told to be more with-it in a lecture by the eminent psychologist Dr. Branewosch.
Slip Up
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews
- Synopsis
- Fred tells Archie to shovel the driveway, but Archie insists that it's too slippery.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #265 (February 2016)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Shindig (Archie, 2016 series) (2016), (2016)
-
Indexer Notes
When reprinted in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #265, inks are credited to Jim DeCarlo.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["That reminds me --- Veronica invited us over for a home-cooked meal!"]
Archie -
1.
Barrel of Fun
Archie -
2.
All Wet
Li'l Jinx -
3.
The Great Who?
Archie -
4.
Let It All Hang Out
Archie -
5.
Slip Up
Archie
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