Archie
#260
(March 1977)
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]
- Barcode
- 0271000696503
- Editing
- Richard Goldwater
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, you were supposed to bring something twenty years old!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Ethel Muggs; Midge Klump; Sally; Coach Kleats (above title)
- Synopsis
- Archie is dating a twenty year-old.
- Keywords
- hula-hoops; leather jackets; nostalgia; televisions
Indexer Notes
Appropriately for a '50s nostalgia party, Archie is wearing his classic outfit with the bow tie and checkered pants (though they are mistakenly colored blue instead of the original orange).
The Inferior Decorators
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- The day before Veronica's living room is due to be re-decorated, Archie gets Mr. Lodge's permission to throw a "graffiti party," where everyone is free to paint messages that will be covered up by the new paint job.
- Reprints
-
in Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #35 (December 1984) - in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #245 (August 2008)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #283 (December 2017)
- in Archie Milestones Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2019 series) #12 (February 2021)
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- Keywords
- graffiti
Indexer Notes
One of the messages on the wall is "Rudy Loves Mary," referring to inker Rudy Lapick and his wife. Other names include "Vic" (art director Victor Gorelick) and "Barry Baby" (colorist Barry Grossman).
[no title indexed]
Archie’s Gag Bag / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yes, when Archie and Jughead stay after school they fool around!
It's a Ball
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Coach Kleats; Slim
- Synopsis
- Coach Kleats desperately wants a tall new student for the basketball team, but the boy is only interested in poetry.
- Reprints
- in Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #35 (December 1984)
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #237 (October 2007)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #233 (November 2012)
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Indexer Notes
Credits confirmed against the credits printed in Archie's Double Digest (Archie, 1984 series) #233.
Bills Can Be Beautiful
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Fred won't give Archie more money because first priority is paying the bills. But Fred is late paying the electric bill, and the lights go out just as Archie and Veronica are sitting on the couch together.
- Reprints
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #66 (January 1985)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #71 (April 1994)
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #240 (February 2008)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #236 (February 2013), #295 (February 2019)
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Indexer Notes
Credits changed to match the credits printed in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #236.
Instant Reaction
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Archie makes an old-fashioned silent comedy film, and the girls supply lots of custard pies for the big slapstick scene.
- Reprints
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #66 (January 1985)
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #233 (May 2007)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #259 (April 2015)
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- Keywords
- pie fight
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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["Archie, you were supposed to bring something twenty years old!"]
Archie -
1.
The Inferior Decorators
Archie -
2.
Family Pride
Li’l Jinx’s Pal Gigi -
3.
["Yes, when Archie and Jughead stay after school they fool around!"]
Archie’s Gag Bag -
4.
It's a Ball
Archie -
5.
Bills Can Be Beautiful
Archie -
6.
Instant Reaction
Archie
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