Archie #383 [Direct]

(December 1990)

Adventures (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Disney Adventures / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Help Not Wanted! (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Kathleen Webb

Pencils

Stan Goldberg [as Stan G.]

Inks

Mike Esposito

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Mr. Cooper; Mr. Weatherbee; Dilton Doiley; Pop Tate; Moose Mason; Midge Klump

Synopsis

Archie's attempts to be helpful always backfire.

Reprints

• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #137 (November 1995)
• in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #53 (December 2000)
• in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #20 (November 2012) [When reprinted in Archie and Friends Double Digest #20, script is credited to Mike Pellowski and inks are credited to Mike Esposito.]

Keywords

auto repairs; computer; house painting; lawn mower

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

Archie / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Ron Ollerenshaw [as RGO] (signed)

Pencils

Ron Ollerenshaw [as RGO] (signed)

Inks

Ron Ollerenshaw [as RGO] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Ron Ollerenshaw

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Yow! Moose is after me!!

Characters

Archie Andrews

Indexer Notes

Word puzzle with the answer revealed by crossing out certain letters.

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

Editor's Notebook / letters page / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Victor Gorelick

Pencils

? [as Joe Pep] (signed)

Inks

? [as Joe Pep] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Victor Gorelick answers letters from Kristin Harding (Boise, Idaho) and Jennifer Fowler (Chesnee, S. C.).

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

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

Sound Bytes Bite Back (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Hal Smith

Pencils

Stan Goldberg [as Stan G.]

Inks

Mike Esposito

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Miss Grundy; Miss Beazly

Synopsis

Archie and Jughead make a video of a day at Riverdale High School. Reggie tries to sabotage their project by over-dubbing insulting sound effects, but is too smart for his own good.

Reprints

• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #137 (November 1995)
• in Archie's Super Comics Digest (Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 2012 series) #2 (2012)
• in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #22 (November 2012), #84 (January 2019)

Keywords

over-dubbing; sound effects; video

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Riverdale High / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Archie! (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Archie 3000 / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Finishing Furniture (Table of Contents: 9)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Hal Smith

Pencils

Stan Goldberg [as Stan G.]

Inks

Mike Esposito

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge; Fred Andrews

Synopsis

Archie tries to make a table for Veronica, but his ineptitude in wood-working causes problems.

Reprints

• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #137 (November 1995)
• in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #20 (November 2012)
• in Archie and Me Comics Digest (Archie, 2017 series) #22 (December 2019)

Keywords

dollhouse; lumber; wood-working

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

Archie's Club News / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ellen Leonforte [as El] (signed)

Inks

Ellen Leonforte [as El] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

First prize of $10.00 to Vera Conrad (Elk Grove, Calif.) for article on stamp collecting. Second prize of $5.00 to Donald Thorson (Grasston, Minn.) for article on pigs.

It's the Sign of the Times! (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones

Indexer Notes

Part of Say No to Drugs campaign.

Better Never than Late (Table of Contents: 12)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir

Pencils

Stan Goldberg [as Stan G.]

Inks

Mike Esposito

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Prof. Flutesnoot

Synopsis

Archie has a nightmare about being late for school. He wakes up early, but at the last minute remembers he has to be at school early for a field trip.

Reprints

• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #137 (November 1995)
• in Archie 1000 Page Comics Extravaganza (Archie, 2013 series) (2013)
• in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #31 (October 2013)

Keywords

detention; nightmare

The Taste of Adventure (Part 2) (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Archie and his Friends; Capri Sun / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Great Cap'n Crunch Caper (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Cap'n Crunch / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Bad Guys Beware! (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Captain Planet and the Planeteers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)