Archie #370 [Direct]
(September 1989)

Archie, 1959 Series
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Price
0.95 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
10 times a year in Jan., Feb., Mar., Apr., May, July, Aug., Sept., Oct., and Nov.
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Series
Editing
Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Archie had the lifeguard rescue Veronica!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
Reprints
Keywords
beaches; lifeguards; swimsuits

Hey! Free Stuff for Honeycomb Hideout Club Members Only! (Table of Contents: 1)

Post Honeycomb / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Illustrated ad with mail-in coupon for Honeycomb Hideout Memberships. $3.00 from P.O. Box 7781, Kankakee, IL 60902.

Take My Son! Please! (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle (credited)
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo (credited)
Inks
Jim DeCarlo (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters
Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis
Archie seems to be going through a phase of being accident-prone.
Reprints
Keywords
basketball; breakfast cereal

Prizes or Cash (Table of Contents: 3)

Sales Leadership Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Illustrated ad for selling greeting cards for Sales Leadership Club, 45 Warwick Street, Springfield, MA 01102.

You Don't Need Drugs... (Table of Contents: 4)

Say No to Drugs! / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
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Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
B
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley; Nancy Woods
Synopsis
You don't need drugs...to fit in with a group..to have fun at parties...to have a good time with friends...
Keywords
drugs

Indexer Notes

Part of Say No to Drugs! campaign.

Golf Gaff (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis
Mr. Weatherbee has a bad day on the golf course. Archie is his caddy, but this time it's not his fault.
Keywords
golf

Double Your Fun! (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie's Double Digest / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Indexer Notes

Promo for subscriptions to Archie's Double Digest and Betty and Veronica Double Digest. Six issues for $10.00.

3 Issues for $2.00 (Table of Contents: 7)

Archie's Checklist / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Indexer Notes

Mail-in coupon for buying individual issues of Archie comics. Three issues for $2.00.

On Puns and Needles (Table of Contents: 8)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Harold Smith (credited as Hal Smith)
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo (credited)
Inks
Jim DeCarlo (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Archie promises Veronica he'll refrain from making puns for the rest of the day.
Reprints
Keywords
beach; puns

Full of Color...Full of Fun! (Table of Contents: 9)

Archie Annual Digest / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley; Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Hot Dog

Indexer Notes

Promo for Archie Annual Digest #55, with mail-in coupon. $1.00 postpaid.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Editor's Notebook / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Victor Gorelick
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset

Indexer Notes

Victor Gorelick explains how a comic story is lettered.

Discount 32 Page Comic Subscriptions! (Table of Contents: 11)

Archie Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Archie Andrews

Indexer Notes

Promo for subscriptions to Archie comics. Five issues for $3.00. Archie is dressed as a mail carrier.

At Last, My Own Double Digest! (Table of Contents: 12)

Jughead's Double Digest / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Jughead Jones

Indexer Notes

Promo for subscriptions to Jughead's Double Digest, with mail-in coupon. Four issues for $6.00.

Paradise Redesigned (Table of Contents: 13)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Harold Smith (credited as Hal Smith)
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo (credited)
Inks
Jim DeCarlo (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper (daydream); Veronica Lodge (daydream); Pop Tate (daydream); Gladys Jones (daydream); Mary Andrews (daydream); Moose Mason (daydream); Dilton Doiley (daydream)
Synopsis
While stuck in a traffic jam, Archie and Jughead imagine escaping civilization to an island in the South Pacific.
Reprints
Keywords
daydream; traffic; tropical island

Indexer Notes

When reprinted in Jughead and Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #3, writing is credited to Frank Doyle and inks are credited to Rudy Lapick.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Script
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Pencils
Ellen Leonforte (signed as EL)
Inks
Ellen Leonforte (signed as EL)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

First prize of $6.00 to Debby Feuerman (Great Neck, N.Y.) for article on kid's legal rights. Second prize of $4.00 to Nathan James (Pittsburg, Pa.) for article about his microscope.

Snakes! (Table of Contents: 15)

Archie / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Rod Ollerenshaw (signed as RGO)
Pencils
Rod Ollerenshaw (signed as RGO)
Inks
Rod Ollerenshaw (signed as RGO)
Colors
?
Letters
Rod Ollerenshaw

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews

Indexer Notes

Word search puzzle featuring the names of snakes.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Archie Fan Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Fans! Now you can join the brand new Archie Fan Club
Characters
Archie Andrews

Indexer Notes

Promo for memberships in the Archie Fan Club for $3.00.

Canoe Dance (Table of Contents: 17)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo (credited)
Inks
Jim DeCarlo (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Archie and Reggie have a canoe race to decide who gets to take Veronica to the camp dance contest.
Reprints
Keywords
canoe; summer camp

[Prizes or Cash] (Table of Contents: 18)

Olympic Sales Club, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
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Letters
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Characters
Captain "O"

Indexer Notes

Ad for selling greeting cards for Olympic Sales Club, Inc., Enfield, Conn. 06082.

Bedrock Bowl (Table of Contents: 19)

Post Fruity Pebbles; The Flintstones / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
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Letters
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Characters
Fred Flintstone; Barney Rubble
Synopsis
Barney disguises himself as lady beginning bowler to swipe Fred's Fruity Pebbles.
Keywords
bowling

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Ad in comic format for Post Fruity Pebbles breakfast cereal.

Mr. Bubble's Tub Tales (Table of Contents: 20)

Mr. Bubble / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Dan DeCarlo
Colors
?
Letters
?

Synopsis
Kids like taking baths when Mr. Bubble is used.

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Ad in comic format for Mr. Bubble bath soap. "DD" in a soap bubble is Dan DeCarlo's initials.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Archie had the lifeguard rescue Veronica!"]
    Archie
  2. 1. Hey! Free Stuff for Honeycomb Hideout Club Members Only!
    Post Honeycomb
  3. 2. Take My Son! Please!
    Archie
  4. 3. Prizes or Cash
    Sales Leadership Club
  5. 4. You Don't Need Drugs...
    Say No to Drugs!
  6. 5. Golf Gaff
    Archie
  7. 6. Double Your Fun!
    Archie's Double Digest
  8. 7. 3 Issues for $2.00
    Archie's Checklist
  9. 8. On Puns and Needles
    Archie
  10. 9. Full of Color...Full of Fun!
    Archie Annual Digest
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Editor's Notebook
  12. 11. Discount 32 Page Comic Subscriptions!
    Archie Comics
  13. 12. At Last, My Own Double Digest!
    Jughead's Double Digest
  14. 13. Paradise Redesigned
    Archie
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Archie Club News
  16. 15. Snakes!
    Archie
  17. 16. ["Fans! Now you can join the brand new Archie Fan Club"]
    Archie Fan Club
  18. 17. Canoe Dance
    Archie
  19. 18. [Prizes or Cash]
    Olympic Sales Club, Inc.
  20. 19. Bedrock Bowl
    Post Fruity Pebbles; The Flintstones
  21. 20. Mr. Bubble's Tub Tales
    Mr. Bubble
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Merlin Haas
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Rick Schindler