Archie
#266
(November 1977)
Archie,
1959 Series
- Price
- 0.35 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- 9 times a year in Feb., March, April, June, July, August, Sept., Nov., and Dec.
- On-sale Date
- 1977-08-09
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series [vertical]
- Barcode
- 0271000696511
- Editing
- Richard H. Goldwater (editor)
Issue Notes
On sale date from the Comic Reader #146.
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is one inflation problem I don't mind handling!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Keywords
- bicycle pumps; bicycles; economics
Indexer Notes
Later redrawn for the cover of Archie Annual Digest #45
The Unkindest Cut
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Lodge; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie buys an antique barber shop pole for Mr. Lodge.
- Reprints
-
in Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #101 (June 1982) - in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #93 (July 1989)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #299 (July 2019)
-
Joy Decoy
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- "Girl watching" is ruined for Archie and Reggie when a couple of equal-opportunity feminists show up.
- Reprints
So Spoiled
Hostess Cup Cakes; Josie / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Josie; Valerie; Alexandra Cabot
- Synopsis
- Josie and Valerie play a prank on snobbish Alexandra, then smooth things over with Hostess Cupcakes.
Feelings
Charley / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- children; humor
- Characters
- Greg; Charley Hawse
- Synopsis
- Charley doesn't know whether he is in love or just hungry.
A New Twist
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doily
- Synopsis
- Archie shows off a piece of crooked driftwood he found on the beach, and it somehow wounds up alienating everybody.
Short Retort
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie arrives for a boat trip with Veronica and her dad.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #281 (October 1981)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #111 (November 1999)
-
A Real Natural
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie's friends pronounce him a natural leader.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 1 page
- Pencils
- ? (illustrations)
- Inks
- ? (illustrations)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ? (illustrations)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
letters submitted by Patricia Brunson; Nancy Zukewich
Archie Maze
Archie / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Reprints
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #15 (April 2012)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #289 (July 2018), #326 (February 2022)
-
Only His Word
Archie / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie passes up a chance to see Betty and Veronica because he promised Jughead they'd go fishing.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #366 (September 1981)
-
Indexer Notes
reprinted story credits "Cara E." with script
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The road’s blocked by a fallen tree!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Professor Flutesnoot
Indexer Notes
two reprinted strips from the Archie syndicated comic
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["This is one inflation problem I don't mind handling!"]
Archie -
1.
The Unkindest Cut
Archie -
2.
Joy Decoy
Archie -
3.
So Spoiled
Hostess Cup Cakes; Josie -
4.
Feelings
Charley -
5.
A New Twist
Archie -
6.
Short Retort
Archie -
7.
A Real Natural
Archie -
8.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News -
9.
Archie Maze
Archie -
10.
Only His Word
Archie -
11.
["The road’s blocked by a fallen tree!"]
Archie's Gag Bag
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- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Katy Hayhurst
- Michael Hoskin
- Thomas Johnson
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Jaime Weinman
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