Archie #312

(January 1982)

Bucolic Frolic (Table of Contents: 1)

Hostess Cup Cakes; Josie / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Dan DeCarlo

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Alan M.; Alexandra Cabot; Josie McCoy

Vexation Situation (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)

Inks

Jim DeCarlo (credited as Jimmy DeCarlo)

Colors

Alisa Merrill (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited as Saburo)

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Archie

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Smithers

Synopsis

Veronica is going to talk to her dad about a new sportscar. At Veronica's house, Mr. Lodge keeps waiting for Archie to mess up, but he never does. Worried, he gets Veronica to ask Archie to leave. Angry, Archie stomps off and runs into Smithers, the Lodge's butler. Seeing the calamity, Mr. Lodge is at once relaxed, telling Veronica that if she wants to discuss her new sportscar, he'll be in his study. Overjoyed, Veronica rushes to a confused Archie and kisses him.

Reprints

• in Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #50 (June 1987)
• in The Jughead Jones Comics Digest (Archie, 1977 series) #75 (May 1992)

More or Less! (Table of Contents: 3)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Joe Edwards

Pencils

Joe Edwards

Inks

Joe Edwards

Colors

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Letters

Joe Edwards

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Li'l Jinx

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday (Li'l Jinx's father)

Synopsis

Li'l Jinx asks her dad how his golf game went. He says he got to hit the ball more times than anyone else.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

These new plastic “Sooper-Dooper Cola” bottles are biodegradable!

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Archie's Gag Bag

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Archie's teacher shows the class the new biodegradable "Sooper-Dooper Cola" bottles. Archie, startled, says that Pop just spent three months building a ship model in one of them.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Duh, Arch, I heard your uncle got a job at the bank repairing computers!

Feature Logo

Archie's Gag Bag

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Archie tells his friend that his uncle fixed the bank's master computer by initiating a "pedal-induced shock wave that realigned the errant component." In other words, "He gave it a kick!"

Trivia Time! (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / activity / 1 page (report information)

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews

Indexer Notes

Unscramble the letters puzzle.

Bruised Ego (Table of Contents: 7)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)

Inks

Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)

Colors

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Letters

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Archie

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper

Synopsis

Archie sees a bruise on Veronica's neck. She says she got it from Reggie last night. Shocked, Archie yells at her. She tells Archie that he's a gentle kisser and that Reggie is a nice change of pace. Archie runs off and into Betty. She tells him that a champagne cork hit her in the neck as Smithers tried to open it last night. Ecstatic, Archie kisses Betty, giving her a bruise! Veronica asks her about the hickey, but Betty just says, “Would you believe I got hit by a champagne cork?"

Reprints

• in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #24 (April 1987)

Hats All, Folks (Table of Contents: 8)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)

Inks

Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

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Feature Logo

Archie

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie

Synopsis

Archie shows off his Greek fisherman’s hat.

Reprints

• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #58 (April 1992)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Archie Club News / letters page / 1 page (report information)

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Letters

typeset

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Archie Club News

Indexer Notes

Letters printed by Jeffrey Andrews of Trois-Riveres, Quebec, Canada (First Prize) and Kendra Soura of Bowsman, M.B., Canada (Second Prize).

The Tinker (Table of Contents: 10)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)

Inks

Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

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Feature Logo

Archie

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Archie tells his mom that he's going over to Betty's because something is wrong with her stereo. He arrives at Betty's and looks at the stereo, trying to sound impressive. Meanwhile, Veronica calls Betty and gets Mrs. Cooper, who says that Betty's upstairs with Archie. Veronica's furious, but Betty's mom plays with her, saying that Archie's "tinkering with her turntable." The next day, Veronica sees Betty at school and asks about her turntable. Betty incenses Veronica, saying that Archie "does nice work" and that they "made beautiful music together!"

Reprints

• in Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #49 (April 1987)
• in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #29 (January 1992)