Archie
#326
(November 1983)
Archie,
1959 Series
- Price
- 0.60 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly in Jan., March, May, July, Sept. and Nov.
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series; Archie Comics Group
- Barcode
- 0271000696511
- Printer
- Printed in the U.S.A.
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick (credited) (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (credited as Richard Goldwater) (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
It's Archie for Monster Laffs
Archie / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (signed as
Dan DeCarlo [stacked]) - Inks
- Dan DeCarlo ? (signed as Dan DeCarlo [stacked])
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews (as Frankenstein, Frankenstein's monster and Igor)
- Keywords
- lightning; mad scientists
Indexer Notes
The cover is a parody of Frankenstein.
![Cover Thumbnail for Archie (1959 series) #326 [Canadian]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1633/w100/1633493.jpg?-5616633508844727876)
What Was the Question
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (credited)
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)
- Inks
- Jim DeCarlo (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tsk! Now there goes a gloomy looking fellow!
- Feature Logo
Archie- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie feels gloomy because Veronica might say no to a question he intends to ask.
- Reprints
-
in The Jughead Jones Comics Digest (Archie, 1977 series) #60 (December 1989) - in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #79 (July 1995)
-
Indexer Notes
Includes indicia at bottom of first page.
Dotty Doings
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Thank you for your advice, Archie!
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Tom
- Synopsis
- Tom thanks Archie for helping him overcome his own shyness to meet girls.
Limelight Lament
Josie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The only girl group you ever read about is the Go-Go's!
- Feature Logo
Josie- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- The Pussycats: Valerie Brown; Josie McCoy
- Synopsis
- Josie is discouraged about how the band The Go-Go’s is becoming more popular than the Pussycats.
- Reprints
Jacket Jive
Archie / illustration / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo Jr. (signed as
Dan DeCarlo Jr... [cursive]) - Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #106 (March 1999), #149 (March 2004)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #281 (October 2017), #294 (January 2019)
-
Indexer Notes
No story. Archie is modeling various jackets sent by readers.
Fashions submitted by Edward Bower (Phil. PA), S. Smith (Del Rey, Fla), Gloria Vecchio (Quebec, Canada), Jon McKay (Anniston, Ala.) Jeffry Wassserman (New York, N.Y.).
Color Coded
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look at that car, Cedric! It's as boring and ordinary as the wimp who owns it!
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Cheryl Blossom; Jason Blossom; Cedric; Elmo, the Spray Doctor
- Synopsis
- Jason and Cedric decide to spray paint polka dots on Archie’s jalopy.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #102 (June 1990)
- in Cheryl Blossom Special (Archie, 1995 series) #2 (1995) which is reprinted
- in Tales from Riverdale Digest (Archie, 2005 series) #19 (May 2007)
-
Lane Looney
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Good footwork is essential in scientific bowling!
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie makes a training video for the school bowling club.
- Reprints
- in Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #56 (1990)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Extravaganza (Archie, 2013 series) (2013)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #242 (September 2013), #301 (September 2019)
- in Archie Giant Comics Hop (Archie, 2019 series) (2019)
- in Archie Milestones Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2019 series) #15
-
- Keywords
- bowling
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #301.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 1 page
- Feature Logo
Archie's Club News- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Indexer Notes
Includes letters from Amy Benusis (Ridgefield, Conn.) First prize - $6.00 and Robin Hattori (St. Louis, Mo.) Second prize - $4.00.
Includes membership application form for the Archie Club.
Hold the Phone
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You're wanted in surgery, Doc!
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Archie carries a beeper that constantly reminds him to call Veronica.
- Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
It's Archie for Monster Laffs
Archie -
1.
A Cracker Jack Story
Cracker Jack -
2.
What Was the Question
Archie -
3.
Dotty Doings
Archie -
4.
["Get my exciting new Kool-Aid Man video game free!"]
Kool-Aid -
5.
Limelight Lament
Josie -
6.
["$1.80 value for $1.00!"]
Archie Comics -
7.
Jacket Jive
Archie -
8.
["Large corporations and U.S. Government agencies want to give you 1001 free presents!"]
1001 Things You Can Get Free -
9.
Color Coded
Archie -
10.
["Unscramble the fun and discover why everyone's scrambling for new pink lemonade Bubble Yum."]
Bubble Yum -
11.
Lane Looney
Archie -
12.
["Build this Star Wars squadron. And let your imagination fly."]
MPC Model Kit -
13.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News -
14.
["Don't you deserve the best!?"]
Archie Comics Digest -
15.
["Keep up with the Jones"]
Jughead Jones Comics Digest -
16.
["100 little dolls all for $5.00"]
100 Little Dolls -
17.
Hold the Phone
Archie -
18.
["Earn famous name prizes or earn $1.00 an item cash"]
Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards -
19.
["A feast of an arcade game to go!"]
Mattel Toys -
20.
["The video game where danger lurks around every bend in your quest for the Golden Crown!"]
Dungeons & Dragons; Mattel Toys
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- John
- Steve Coates
- Katy Hayhurst
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Joey Sayer
- Ramon Schenk
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