(September 1972)
Archie,
1972 Series
- Price
- 0.20 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- seven times a year in February, April, June, August, September, October, and December
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Enterprises Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Editing
- Richard Goldwater
Issue Notes
This issue represents a stylistic experiment, with unusual art choices and page layouts, and a tone of nostalgia for high school that suggests the title was trying to aim for an older audience. This tone would surface in a few other stories in the title, though it eventually shifted to more of an adventure/mystery style inspired by "Life With Archie."
[no title indexed]
Archie at Riverdale / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Something wrong, son?
- Genre
- drama; humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews
- Reprints
-
in Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 2018 series) #1 (2018) [This is not a reprint of the entire cover image, it is just the lower right corner.]
-
- Keywords
- nostalgia; yearbook
Indexer Notes
The art is the same as the issue's splash page.
First in Friendship
Archie at Riverdale / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- drama; humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Dilton Doily; Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- It's yearbook time, and though he's not in the graduating class, Archie ponders the things that he will miss when he eventually leaves Riverdale High, starting with the loyalty of his best friend, Jughead.
- Reprints
- in Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #7 (August 1978)
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #69 (August 2000)
- in Jughead and Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #21 (July 2016)
- in Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 2018 series) #1 (2018)
- in Archie Milestones Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2019 series) #12 (February 2021)
-
- Keywords
- yearbook
Indexer Notes
The four stories in this issue are linked together, forming an issue-length arc.
Bees Are Beautiful
Archie at Riverdale / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- drama; humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Dilton Doily; Waldo Weatherbee; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Archie talks to Dilton about another thing he'll miss when he graduates: Mr. Weatherbee. He recalls the time Mr. Weatherbee helped Moose pass a test so he could play in the big game.
- Reprints
Birds Do It
Archie at Riverdale / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- drama; humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Still looking through the yearbook, Archie recalls his feelings about Betty, Veronica and Reggie.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
The last panel of this story is a huge drawing of Archie's head, with most of the regular Archie characters (plus a few from Sabrina and Josie) spinning around it.
Wish Boner!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Greg
- Synopsis
- Greg asks Jinx what she would want if she was shipwrecked on a desert island.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 0.6 page
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
First prize of $5.00 to Liz Curtis (Union City, Mich.) for article and examples of haiku. Second prize of $3.00 to Gail Patelakis (New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada) for article on her family's trip to Nairobi, Kenya.
Home Is Where the Heart Is
Archie at Riverdale / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- drama; humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- After remembering what a great teacher Miss Grundy is, Archie teaches us the words of the Riverdale High School song ("Blue and Gold," sung to the tune of "Auld Lang Syne").
- Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Something wrong, son?"]
Archie at Riverdale -
1.
First in Friendship
Archie at Riverdale -
2.
Bees Are Beautiful
Archie at Riverdale -
3.
Birds Do It
Archie at Riverdale -
4.
Wish Boner!
Li'l Jinx -
5.
["Let go, Ronnie! I want him, he's my Archie doll!"]
Archie Doll -
6.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News -
7.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club -
8.
Home Is Where the Heart Is
Archie at Riverdale
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Merlin Haas
- Clint Maxwell
- Mike Nielsen
- Jaime Weinman
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