Archie #390 [Direct]
(August 1991)

Archie, 1959 Series
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Price
1.00 USD; 1.20 CAD; 0.75 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Series; Archie 50th Anniversary
Editing
Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks
Alison Flood (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Archie! I see wild, flashing colors!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Reprints
Keywords
fashion; roller-blading

Indexer Notes

"Archie salutes 'Writer of the Month' Frank Doyle."

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Once Upon a Prime Time Dreary (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Harold Smith
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley; Mr. Waldo Weatherbee; Miss Geraldine Grundy; Mr. Svenson; Mary Andrews
Synopsis
Archie is working part time at a TV station and has to go on-air when the regular on-air staff are unable to make it to work because of a storm.

Archie's 50th Anniversary Interview Contest! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Archie's Interview Contest / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Keep Our Beaches Clean (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie's Environmental Tips / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Stop the Presses! (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Bill Yoshida ?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Waldo Weatherbee
Synopsis
A new reporter for the Blue and Gold school newspaper is taking photos that are getting people into trouble.
Reprints

[Archie Americana Series] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Archie Americana Series / promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

[Welcome to the Riverdale High Prom] (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
teen

Indexer Notes

Reader-submitted fashion.

Fed up with Archie (Table of Contents: 7)

The Archies / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Golliher
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Bill Yoshida ?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Archie is driving the band home and ends up getting lost and then running out of gas. He decides to go out looking for gas and also for food since everyone is hungry.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Burger King featured heavily in this story.

A Leg Up (Table of Contents: 8)

Aunt Hilda and Aunt Zelda / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Rod Ollerenshaw
Pencils
?
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Hilda Spellman; Zelda Spellman
Synopsis
Cousin Darcy visits Hilda and Zelda and is a bit snobbish.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The feature is listed as Aunt Hilda and Aunt Zelda in the comic title so I left it that way rather than Aunt Hilda; Aunt Zelda.

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

Archie / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Archie! Where's your homework?
Genre
teen
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Word scramble.

Editor's Notebook (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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

The Fight with the Bumblebees (Table of Contents: 11)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Harold Smith
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Bill Yoshida ?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Waldo Weatherbee; Professor Flutesnoot
Synopsis
Archie accidentally hits a baseball into a beehive and the bees go into Mr. Weatherbee's office.
Reprints
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Archie! I see wild, flashing colors!"]
    Archie
  2. 1. Once Upon a Prime Time Dreary
    Archie
  3. 2. Archie's 50th Anniversary Interview Contest!
    Archie's Interview Contest
  4. 3. Keep Our Beaches Clean
    Archie's Environmental Tips
  5. 4. Stop the Presses!
    Archie
  6. 5. [Archie Americana Series]
    Archie Americana Series
  7. 6. [Welcome to the Riverdale High Prom]
    Archie
  8. 7. Fed up with Archie
    The Archies
  9. 8. A Leg Up
    Aunt Hilda and Aunt Zelda
  10. 9. ["Archie! Where's your homework?"]
    Archie
  11. 10. Editor's Notebook
    Editor's Notebook
  12. 11. The Fight with the Bumblebees
    Archie
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