Archie
#255
(August 1976)
Archie,
1959 Series
- Price
- 0.30 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
- Brand
- Archie Series [vertical]
- Editing
- Richard Goldwater
- Color
- Color
- Dimensions
- Standard Silver Age U.S.; then Standard Modern Age U.S.
- Paper Stock
- Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format
- Was Ongoing Series
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Don't give me that nasty look, Archie!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
- Keywords
- baseball; cheerleaders
in Indexer Notes
Later redrawn for the cover of Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine #7
Call of the Wild
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Chic Stone
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- After Reggie shows off his new duck call, Archie and the girls convince Reggie that there's a similar device that can attract girls.
- Reprints
-
in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #43 (November 1982)
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Ten Into Four
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Joe Edwards
- Pencils
- Joe Edwards
- Inks
- Joe Edwards
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Edwards
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #9 (August 1984)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Bob Montana
- Pencils
- Bob Montana
- Inks
- Bob Montana
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There’s the school board! Does the coach know it?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
Love and More Love
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Chic Stone
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- The girls are upset at Archie's reluctance to say "I love you." Jughead comes up with a way to devalue the word "love" so it's no longer so special to girls.
- Reprints
- in Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #41 (1982)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #164 (November 2005)
- in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #233 (November 2012)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits confirmed against the credits printed in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #233.
Splash Flash
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
- Synopsis
- Archie tries to get over to a job at a carnival without getting caught in the rain.
- Reprints
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #52 (September 1982)
- in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #14 (June 2015)
-
- Keywords
- carnival; clown
Sure Thing
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Tom DeFalco
- Pencils
- Chic Stone
- Inks
- Chic Stone
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- It's one of those days when Archie can't say anything but "sure" to anybody: he agrees to clean out the garage, then agrees to go with anyone who asks him.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #42 (September 1982)
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Accident Action
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Chic Stone
- Inks
- Chic Stone
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Geraldine Grundy
- Synopsis
- Archie has a run of accidents while alone at home trying to work on a school presentation.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #147 (January 1981)
- in Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #41 (1982)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #146 (November 2003)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Celebration (Archie, 2014 series) (2014)
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Table of Contents
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0.
["Don't give me that nasty look, Archie!"]
Archie -
1.
Call of the Wild
Archie -
2.
Ten Into Four
Li'l Jinx -
3.
["There’s the school board! Does the coach know it?"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
4.
Love and More Love
Archie -
5.
Splash Flash
Archie -
6.
Sure Thing
Archie -
7.
Accident Action
Archie
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