Archie
#297
(October 1980)
Archie,
1959 Series
- Price
- 0.50 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
- 0271000696510
- Editing
- Richard Goldwater
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Reggie went that way, Moose!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
- Keywords
- beaches; lifeguards; swimsuits
Unfair Competition
Josie; Hostess Twinkies / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine; Valerie Brown
- Synopsis
- Josie boosts her lemonade sales by giving free Hostess Twinkie Cakes with every cup.
Indexer Notes
Hostess Twinkie Cakes Ad.
Volley Folly
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (credited)
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)
- Inks
- Jim DeCarlo (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited as Bill Y.)
- Feature Logo
Archie- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Nancy Woods; Midge Klump; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- Archie referees a girls volleyball game but the Riverdale girls don't take too kindly to his horrendous calls.
- Reprints
-
in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #27 (October 1991)
-
House Calls
Charley / comic story / 0.5 page
- Feature Logo
Li'l Jinx's Chum Charley- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Charley Hawse; Li'l Jinx
- Synopsis
- Charley has a unique way to refer to his mom's calling.
Indexer Notes
Li'l Jinx credits confirmed by Jim Amash (01/2007).
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ha-ha-ha! Ho-ha!
- Feature Logo
Archie's Gag Bag- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge laughs at Veronica's favorite soap. Jughead mixes corn on the cob with power tools.
Archie -- Being a Success
Archie / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- An alphabet and number game which answers what Archie's ideas on how to be successful are.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #67 (August 1984)
-
Sleepy Time Pal
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren (credited)
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)
- Inks
- Jim DeCarlo (credited as James DeCarlo)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited as B. Grossman)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited as W. Yoshida)
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead can't sleep so he bugs Archie to wake up and do stuff with him.
- Reprints
- in Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #47 (1985)
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #46 (September 1997), #87 (September 2002)
-
Nature Girl
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (credited)
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)
- Inks
- Jim DeCarlo (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited as B. Grossman)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited as W. Yoshida)
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie takes Veronica on a hike and the woods don't agree with her city slicker life style.
- Reprints
- in Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #47 (1985)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #60 (August 2016)
-
Indexer Notes
In World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #60, script is credited to Claire Doyle but it is clearly credited to Frank Doyle in this issue.
On Your Toes
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren (credited)
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)
- Inks
- Jim DeCarlo (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited as B. Grossman)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited as W. Yoshida)
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Archie causes a mess with Pop Tate's new gumball machine.
- Reprints
- in Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #47 (1985)
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #46 (September 1997)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #138 (January 2003)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #272 (November 2016)
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- Keywords
- gumball machine
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Reggie went that way, Moose!"]
Archie -
1.
Unfair Competition
Josie; Hostess Twinkies -
2.
Volley Folly
Archie -
3.
House Calls
Charley -
4.
["Ha-ha-ha! Ho-ha!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
5.
Archie -- Being a Success
Archie -
6.
Sleepy Time Pal
Archie -
7.
Nature Girl
Archie -
8.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News -
9.
On Your Toes
Archie
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- Dwayne Best
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- Peter Croome
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Matthias Hofmann
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Terry Watkins
- Jaime Weinman
- Gregg Whitmore
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