Archie #318
(July 1982)

Archie, 1959 Series
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Price
0.60 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
6 times a year in Jan., Mar., May, July, Sept., and Nov.
On-sale Date
1982-05-04
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Series; Archie Comics Group
Barcode
0271000696507
Editing
Victor Gorelick (credited as Victor G.) (art director); Richard H. Goldwater (credited as Dick Goldwater) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On sale date from the Comic Reader #201.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks
Dan DeCarlo ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Please, Archie, please!!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee
Keywords
Rubik's Cube

The Cure (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle (credited) ([as F. Doyle])
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited) ([as D. DeCarlo Jr])
Inks
Jim DeCarlo (credited) ([as J. DeCarlo])
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited) ([as Barry G.])
Letters
Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis
When Archie can't get to school on time Mr. Weatherbee assigns Jughead to make sure Archie comes to school on time.
Reprints

Not Alone (Table of Contents: 2)

Charley / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Edwards

Genre
children; humor
Synopsis
Charley isn't going to eat ice cream all alone.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Here's the story about a man who was shipwrecked...
Genre
teen

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ah, another triumph for women's rights!
Genre
teen
Synopsis
Betty reads that hurricanes are going to be named after both men and women.

Sign Up! (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Synopsis
Signs in code.

A Gripping Tale (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Synopsis
Archie gets beaten by Reggie during a wrestling match and Reggie brags to everyone about it.
Reprints
Keywords
wrestling

The Specialist (Table of Contents: 7)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Synopsis
Archie's parents think he's a great artist after they see his sketches of Veronica.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
Articles by Archie readers: John Chapman writes about hamburgers and V. Mak writes about pen pals.

Alibi Awry (Table of Contents: 9)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Synopsis
Archie didn't go to the movies with Kim... just ask Doreen!
Reprints

The Reputation (Table of Contents: 10)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Synopsis
Ava gets turned down by Archie, so she tries to give him a bad reputation.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Please, Archie, please!!"]
    Archie
  2. 1. The Cure
    Archie
  3. 2. Not Alone
    Charley
  4. 3. ["Here's the story about a man who was shipwrecked..."]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  5. 4. ["Ah, another triumph for women's rights!"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  6. 5. Sign Up!
    Archie
  7. 6. A Gripping Tale
    Archie
  8. 7. The Specialist
    Archie
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Archie Club News
  10. 9. Alibi Awry
    Archie
  11. 10. The Reputation
    Archie
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Merlin Haas
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk