Archie
#289
(February 1980)
Archie,
1959 Series
- Price
- 0.40 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- 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
- ?
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ronnie, I give you my word--
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doily
- Reprints
- Keywords
- roller disco; roller-skating
in 
Boogie Buggy
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Sandra; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones (cameo); Pop Tate; Raul; Wilma
- Synopsis
- Archie wants to compete in a roller disco contest. Sandra asks him to be her partner, but he finds that she controls his life for the two weeks of training before the contest.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- diet; roller disco; roller-skating
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie Spotlight Digest: Archie 75th Anniversary Digest (Archie, 2016 series) #3.
Don't Worry
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday
- Synopsis
- Jinx tries to prepare her father before telling him everything that happened in school today.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gee! Pop's still sticking to his crash diet...
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Two four-panel strips: Archie's father finds a way to cheat on his diet; Archie reads about a clairvoyants' convention in town.
- Reprints
- from Archie daily newspaper strips
- Keywords
- clairvoyants; diet; newspaper; wood-working
Grundy - A Historic First
Miss Grundy / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Miss Grundy (host)
- Synopsis
- Word puzzle solved by blackening out letters.
The Plane Truth
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie needs a sticky door fixed. Veronica has a fully-equipped wood-working shop as a hobby, so she comes over and fixes the door, leaving Archie's father a little bewildered.
- Reprints
-
in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #16 (December 1985) - in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #18 (April 1990)
-
- Keywords
- door; wood plane; wood-working
Indexer Notes
Fantasy Island joke with a pun on wood plane and airplane on page three. Credits from the index for the digest reprint.
The Cane Mutiny
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- After hurting his leg, Archie has to use a cane for a while. Veronica thinks he needs a more sophisticated outfit to go with the cane, so she takes him to her house and loans him some of Mr. Lodge's clothes. Archie looks more sophisticated, but is still a menace with his cane.
- Reprints
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #72 (January 1986)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #141 (May 2003)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #249 (April 2014)
-
- Keywords
- cane; vase
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index to the digest reprint.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 0.6 page
Indexer Notes
Youth Day Contest winners: first prize of $6.00 to Ann Quinn (Dorchester, Mass.) and second prize of $4.00 to Neal Atchley (Maryville, Tenn.).
[no title indexed]
Archie Pin Up / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Fill 'er up!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie tells the gas station attendant to fill his car up, but after he pays for the gas, he doesn't have enough money left to go on a date.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #16 (December 1985)
- in Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #19 (June 1991)
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #84 (June 2004)
- in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #6 (August 2014)
-
- Keywords
- gas
Indexer Notes
Though it's labeled a "pin up," it's is really a three-panel story.
Operation Imagination
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Mr. Lodge; Smithers; Mrs. Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie is broke, but with Jughead's help and some imagination, he is able to turn a date with Veronica into a night on the town, complete with dinner and dancing at a disco.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #16 (December 1985)
- in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #19 (June 1990)
-
- Keywords
- basement; chauffeur; disco; hamburgers; imagination
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Ronnie, I give you my word--"]
Archie -
1.
The Winner
Hostess Twinkies; Josie -
2.
Boogie Buggy
Archie -
3.
Don't Worry
Li'l Jinx -
4.
["Gee! Pop's still sticking to his crash diet..."]
Archie's Gag Bag -
5.
Grundy - A Historic First
Miss Grundy -
6.
The Plane Truth
Archie -
7.
["It's a mountain of laughs when you order..."]
Jughead with Archie Digest -
8.
["Here's your Archie 3 for $1.00 checklist!"]
Archie 3 for $1.00 Checklist -
9.
The Cane Mutiny
Archie -
10.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News -
11.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club -
12.
["Fill 'er up!"]
Archie Pin Up -
13.
Operation Imagination
Archie -
14.
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
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