Archie and Me #121

(August 1980)

Shopping Spree (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Hostess Twinkies; Josie / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Career Man (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie and Me / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited as Stan G.)

Inks

Stan Goldberg (credited as Stan G.)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy

Synopsis

Archie goes off on flights of fancy when Mr. Weatherbee asks him about his plans for a career.

Reprints

• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #25 (November 1986)
• in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #35 (February 2014)
• in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #305 (February 2020)

Four-Minute Smile! (Table of Contents: 3)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Joe Edwards (credited)

Pencils

Joe Edwards (credited)

Inks

Joe Edwards (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Edwards (credited)

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse

Synopsis

Jinx challenges Charley to see how long it takes him to run around the block. While he's gone, Jinx finishes off a chocolate bar.

Reprints

• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #141 (June 1996)
• in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #273 (October 2019)

Keywords

candy

Quiet! Man at Work! (Table of Contents: 4)

Mr. Weatherbee / activity / 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

Mr. Weatherbee

Synopsis

Despite having a school computer, Mr. Weatherbee is swamped with work.

Reprints

• in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #117 (February 2008)

Indexer Notes

Fill in the blanks with a letter code to make a message.

The Cold Facts (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie and Me / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Pencils

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Inks

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee

Synopsis

Archie has laryngitis, so he can't distract Mr. Weatherbee while being his caddy on the golf course. Archie still manages to distract him at critical moment.

Reprints

• in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #77 (July 2001), #181 (July 2012) [with Jughead logo]

Keywords

golf; laryngitis; sneeze

Wry Reply (Table of Contents: 6)

Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 0.5 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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Genre

humor

Characters

Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Miss Haggly

Synopsis

Mr. Weatherbee is interested in the pretty new gym teacher.

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

Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Dan DeCarlo ?

Inks

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Colors

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Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Yea! Surf's up!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Two four-panel strips: Archie loses his bathing suit while surfing; Veronica can't find her car keys in her bag.

Reprints

• in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #96 (September 2003)
• from daily Archie newspaper strips

Keywords

car keys; surfing

The Suggestion Question (Table of Contents: 8)

Archie and Me / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited as Stan G.)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Phlips; Miss Beazly; Coach Kleats; Archie Andrews; Professor Flutesnoot; Superintendent Haskins

Synopsis

Mr. Weatherbee chooses Archie's suggestions from the suggestion box to implement, thinking it would demonstrate how silly the suggestions are. Instead, Superintendent Haskins praises him for implementing them.

Reprints

• from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #80 (January 1976)

Keywords

snacks; suggestion box

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

Archie Club News / letters page / 0.6 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

Characters

Veronica Lodge (cameo); Betty Cooper (cameo); Archie Andrews (cameo); Reggie Mantle (cameo)

Indexer Notes

First prize of $6.00 to Kellie McIntosh (Connersville, Ind.) for article on acting out scenes from plays. Second prize of $4.00 to Gina Duclayan (Honolulu, Ha.) for article on a game called "Flashlight Tag."

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

Archie Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.4 page (report information)

Toil Turmoil (Table of Contents: 11)

Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

?

Inks

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Colors

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Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Miss Beazly (cameo) ; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Mr. Weatherbee spends the day working on a report, which his secretary files. When Miss Grundy goes to check the report, all she finds is a paper airplane that Archie flew onto Mr. Weatherbee's desk.

Reprints

• in Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #1 (November 1986)
• in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #77 (July 2001)
• in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #103 (November 2020)

Keywords

filing; paper airplane

The Meeting (Table of Contents: 12)

Archie and Me / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited as Stan G.)

Inks

Stan Goldberg (credited as Stan G.)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate (cameo)

Synopsis

Mr. Weatherbee is tired of having Archie sent to his office every day. But when Archie manages to stay out of trouble for an entire day, Mr. Weatherbee misses seeing him.

Keywords

detention