Archie
#277
(February 1979)
Archie,
1959 Series
- Price
- 0.35 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- 9 times a year
- On-sale Date
- 1978-11-07
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series; Archie Comics Group
- Barcode
- 0271000696502
- Editing
- Richard H. Goldwater ? (editor)
Issue Notes
On sale date from the Comic Reader #162.
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie is wearing a lucky number for tonight's game!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
- Keywords
- cheerleaders; football
in Indexer Notes
Later redrawn for the cover of Archie's Double Digest Magazine #26.
Lunch Break
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Beazly; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Wednesday lunch at Riverdale High is Miss Beazly's Chicken Supreme, which no one wants to eat.
- Reprints
-
in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #62 (January 1986) - in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #56 (December 1991)
- in Archie Comics Spectacular: Food Fight (Archie, 2015 series) (2015)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #230 (March 2015)
- in World of Betty and Veronica Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2021 series) #12 (March 2022)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We can put a man on the moon, but you can’t put a boy in the track finals!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Coach Kleats; Jughead Jones
Indexer Notes
two daily strips from the Archie syndicated comic
How's Business?
Pop Tate / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Reprints
- in Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #362 (June 1980)
-
Indexer Notes
word puzzle
Mucho Macho
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee tries to convince Archie to stop spending all his free time talking to girls.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #62 (January 1986)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #52 (May 1991)
- in Tales from Riverdale Digest (Archie, 2005 series) #17 (March 2007)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #14 (March 2012), #66 (April 2017)
-
Quick Study
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- The Andrews family is amazed to see a great transformation in Jughead -- he's dressed neatly and he likes girls!
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #62 (January 1986)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #16 (May 2012), #77 (May 2018)
- in Archie Giant Comics Surprise (Archie, 2018 series) (2018)
-
Indexer Notes
Part of the storyline (beginning in Jughead # 283) about Jughead's supernatural transformation into a ladies' man.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Letters submitted by Teri Klopp; Jerry Richardson.
Page also includes membership application for the Archie Club.
The Apple Knockers
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- The boys make fun of a freshman bringing an apple to school for his teacher but Miss Grundy tells them that it's a sign of respect and appreciation which teachers really like.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #63 (March 1986)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #55 (November 1991)
- in Tales from Riverdale Digest (Archie, 2005 series) #18 (April 2007)
- in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #13 (April 2012)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #285 (February 2018)
-
- Keywords
- apple
Josie Discovers Pie Appeal
Hostess Fruit Pies; Josie / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Josie McCoy; Valerie Brown; Alan Mayberry; Alexandra Cabot
- Synopsis
- Josie tempts Alan M. away from going on Alexandra's yacht with Hostess Fruit Pies.
Indexer Notes
Back cover; advertisement for Hostess Fruit Pies.
Copyright © 1978 Continental Baking Company.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Archie is wearing a lucky number for tonight's game!"]
Archie -
1.
Lunch Break
Archie -
2.
Do That!
Li'l Jinx -
3.
["We can put a man on the moon, but you can’t put a boy in the track finals!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
4.
How's Business?
Pop Tate -
5.
Mucho Macho
Archie -
6.
Quick Study
Archie -
7.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News -
8.
The Apple Knockers
Archie -
9.
Josie Discovers Pie Appeal
Hostess Fruit Pies; Josie
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