- Script
- Victor Bloom (signed)
- Pencils
- Bob Montana (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Montana (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Just a matter of skill, that's all!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews [Archibald Andrews; Chick]; Betty Cooper; Sam Cooper; Mildred Cooper; Fred Andrews; Edna Andrews; Gramps Andrews; Jughead Jones [Forsythe P. Jones] (introduction for all)
- Synopsis
- Archie meets Betty, a girl who has just moved into the neighborhood. He shows off for her, claiming he can do anything. At a carnival that weekend, Betty meets a man who needs a tight rope walker. Betty, remembering that Archie can do anything, volunteers Archie with humorous results.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- circus; taffy
Only Fred Andrews is identified by name in this story. The other parents' names changed over the years.
Archie and Betty are a few years younger than usual.
First comic story of Archie. First appearance of Betty and Jughead.
- Script
- Bob Montana ?
- Pencils
- Bob Montana
- Inks
- Bob Montana
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper; Mrs. Lodge; Mrs. Andrews; Mr. McQuiggan; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Archie fantasizes as he writes Veronica an invitation to the prom. After asking Betty to the prom he learns that Jughead mailed the letter. Veronica accepts the invitation and Archie has to juggle two dates at the prom.
- Reprints
Appearance of Crown Soda Shop, the precursor to Pop's.
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Harry Lucey
- Inks
- Terry Szenics
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Terry Szenics
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Fred Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie becomes the DJ on the school P.A. system, picking songs written and recorded by students. To get their records on his show, Archie's friends start offering him bribes, and pretty soon his policy becomes "no pay, no play." It's up to Archie's dad to give him the payment he deserves for his corruption.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- disc jockey; spanking
A takeoff on the then-recent payola scandals in the record and radio business.
- Script
- Dick Malmgren
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Feature Logo
- Josie and the Pussycats
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Josie; Melody; Valerie Smith; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot
- Synopsis
- Josie, Melody and Valerie play their first concert in their new Pussycats costumes. Alexandra tries to magically ruin the concert by taking away their singing voices and making them meow like real cats.
- Reprints
First appearance of the famous costumes, with the long tails and ears for hats.
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Harry Lucey
- Inks
- Chic Stone
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason; Vic; Barry
- Synopsis
- Archie and Reggie organize the school dance, and they decide to make it an exclusive affair with a high ticket price and a limited number of tickets.
- Reprints
The boys who show up at the end are "Vic" and "Barry," named after assistant editor Victor Gorelick and colorist Barry Grossman.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Harry Lucey
- Inks
- Chic Stone
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; John Goldwater
- Synopsis
- Archie dreams he's the head of "Archie Enterprises," the company in charge of Archie merchandising. He, his friends, and Archie publisher John Goldwater discuss all the upcoming Archie tie-ins and spinoffs planned, including more TV shows, restaurants, food products, and much more.
- Reprints
This story was made to coincide with Archie becoming a public company: it's an attempt to give readers "a chance to get in on the world of Archie" by telling them about the Archie merchandising push and encouraging them to invest in the company.
Many of the marketing campaigns mentioned in this story didn't last long, or never happened at all, a victim of contraction in the comic book business and the cancellation of the Archie TV cartoons. In particular, Archie mentions several television projects that were pitched to the networks but never produced, including a prime-time comedy/musical Archie TV series and cartoons based on "That Wilkin Boy," "Madhouse Glads," and "Li'l Jinx."
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Jim DeCarlo
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; science fiction; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Rinko; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead meet an alien.
- Reprints
An homage to the movie E.T.
- Script
- Al Hartley (credited); Bill Golliher (credited)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited)
- Inks
- Mike Esposito (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Gladys Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead find a doctor that can deliver Jughead's mother's baby in the back of a pizza delivery van.
- Reprints
"Jellybean" Jones is born and receives her nickname.
- Script
- Michael Uslan
- Pencils
- Norm Breyfogle; Stan Goldberg (flashback, 3 panels on page 2)
- Inks
- Joe Rubinstein; Bob Smith (flashback, 3 panels on page 2)
- Colors
- Glenn Whitmore
- Letters
- Jack Morelli
- Genre
- drama; humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge-Andrews; Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Cheryl Blossom; Chuck Clayton; Nancy Woods; Jughead Jones; Midge Klump; Hiram Lodge; Pop Tate; Marmaduke Merton Mason [Big Moose]; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews; Ilana Gurman (a blind yoga instructor); Jackie [Mr. Lodge's secretary]; Fred Mirth (Ethel's fiancee); Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge buys up all the restaurants on the same block with Pop Tate, and decides that Archie and Veronica should make Pop a small offer on his malt shop before he has to declare bankrupcy. Midge and Moose break up and each finds someone else. Tempers flare during a Riverdale High reunion at the malt shop over Mr. Lodge's business tactics. When things look bleak, Moose announces his true first name and that's he's running for mayor of Riverdale.
- Reprints
On page 4, Betty talks about other boys she's dated since Archie got married, each an Archie clone: Henry Aldrich, Andy Hardy, Richie Cunningham, Zach Morris and Troy Bolton. On page 13, Cheryl takes about her current love life with a talent agent, a baseball player and a famous playwright, all aping the loves of Marilyn Monroe. Fred Mirth is a homage to Fred Mertz, Ethel Mertz' husband from the TV show "I Love Lucy."
- Script
- Mark Waid
- Pencils
- Fiona Staples
- Inks
- Fiona Staples
- Colors
- Andre Szymanowicz; Jen Vaughn
- Letters
- Jack Morelli
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi. My name is Archie Andrews..
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Kevin Keller; Reggie Mantle; Raj Patel; Trevor Smith; Maria; Sheila; Dilton Doiley (cameo); Fred Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Mr. Lodge (on billboard only)
- Synopsis
- Riverdale High is abuzz with gossip because Archie and Betty have broken up. Kevin and his friends plot to get them back together by having them elected Homecoming King and Queen but Jughead sabotages the plan.
- Reprints
Split into three chapters with the following titles: There Is This Girl (pgs. 1-6), I Be a Genius (pgs. 7-11), and a drawing of a musical note (pgs. 12-22).