(December 1974)
Archie,
1972 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Published 9 times a year in February, March, April, June, July, August, September, October and December.
- On-sale Date
- 1974
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Enterprises Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series [vertical]
- Editing
- ?
An Itch to Succeed
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Thanks! ...From Riverdale High to you, Archie!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Professor Flutesnoot; Miss Haggly; Coach Kleats; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason
An Itch to Succeed
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey! Did you see this notice on the bulletin board?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
- Synopsis
- The superintendent of schools announces an early inspection of Riverdale High and Mr. Weatherbee writes a letter - to be hand delivered by Archie - asking for an extension. Archie takes a shortcut through the woods and encounters either poison ivy, poison oak or sumac which then gets transferred to the superintendent when Archie delivers the letter and the superintendent then cancels his early inspection because of the itching.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Listed on cover.
He Gave His Word!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Okay, Li'l Jinx! That's all the reading for tonight...
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx Holliday; Hap Holliday
The Plumber's Helper
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Darn! The pipe under the sink is leaking! I'd better call the plumber!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Mary calls a plumber, refusing to let Archie fix a leaking sink.
- Reprints
-
in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #43 (August 1980) - in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #4 (December 1987)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #93 (December 2019)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #93.
The Hidden Talent
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Chuck Clayton; Geraldine Grundy
- Synopsis
- Betty is convinced she won't be selected to be the artist on the yearbook because Alice Purdy is a better artist than Betty.
- Reprints
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #20 (November 1993)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #295 (February 2019)
- in Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 2018 series) #2 (2019)
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Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #295.
Camera Shy
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Turn a bit more to the left, Ron! That's it! Hold it!!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica plan to submit photos for a contest to become fashion models. Archie and Jughead recognize their being scammed so they intervene to save them.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #44 (October 1980)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #31 (November 1987)
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
An Itch to Succeed
Archie -
1.
An Itch to Succeed
Archie -
2.
He Gave His Word!
Li'l Jinx -
3.
The Plumber's Helper
Archie -
4.
The Hidden Talent
Archie -
5.
Miss Grundy Quiz
Miss Grundy -
6.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News -
7.
Camera Shy
Archie
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