Life with Archie
#284
[Newsstand]
(May 1991)
Archie,
1958 Series
- Price
- 1.00 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- 6 times a year in Jan., Mar., May, July, Sept. and Nov.
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series; Archie 50th Anniversary
- Barcode
- 071896467529 05
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick; Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
This issue is a variant of Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #284 [Direct].
A Million Dollar Collection of Baseball Memorabilia is Missing!!
Life with Archie / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (signed)
- Inks
- Stan Goldberg (signed)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Stan Musial (baseball card); Jackie Robinson (baseball card); Mickey Mantle (baseball card); Christy Mathewson (baseball card)
- Keywords
- baseball; memorabilia
![Cover Thumbnail for Life with Archie (1958 series) #284 [Direct]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/194/w100/194352.jpg?-3709425083495363083)
The Collector
Life with Archie / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (credited)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited)
- Inks
- Mike Esposito (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Lodge; Smithers; Ronald Crumpet; Malcolm (Mr. Lodge's cook); Veronica Lodge; Matilda
- Synopsis
- When Mr. Lodge's vast collection of baseball memorabilia disappears, it is up to Archie to crack the case.
- Reprints
-
in Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #105 (March 1996) - in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #122 (March 2001)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #14 (March 2012)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #284 (January 2018)
-
- Keywords
- baseball; sports memorabilia
Indexer Notes
Split into Part 1 (6 pages) and Part 2 (5 pages)
[no title indexed]
Archie / activity / 0.75 page
- Script
- Rod Ollerenshaw
- Pencils
- Rod Ollerenshaw (signed as RGO)
- Inks
- Rod Ollerenshaw (signed as RGO)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- Rod Ollerenshaw
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Who's Archie hugging?!!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Decode the secret message.
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.25 page
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Statement of October 1, 1990
Average number of copies sold during preceding twelve months (total paid circulation): 46,480
Actual number of copies sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 46,583
Owners: Michael I. Silberkleit, Richard H. Goldwater, both at 325 Fayette Avenue, Mamaroneck, NY 10543
Bursting the Bubble!
Life with Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)
- Pencils
- Howard Bender (credited)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Moose Mason; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- Archie is daydreaming of baseball in the middle of winter.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #126 (April 1996)
- in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #12 (March 2012)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #285 (February 2018)
-
- Keywords
- baseball
Indexer Notes
When reprinted in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (2011 series) #12 and in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #285, pencils are credited to Henry Scarpelli.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 1 page
- Pencils
- Ellen Leonforte (signed) (illustrations)
- Inks
- Ellen Leonforte (signed) (illustrations)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ? (illustrations)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters submitted by Jennifer Grooters and Peter Kratz.
Video Strategy
Life with Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (credited)
- Pencils
- Howard Bender (credited)
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Miss Beazly; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie imagines what it would be like if his life was a video game.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #126 (April 1996)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #7 (July 2011)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #277 (May 2017)
- in Archie 80th Anniversary Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2021 series) #2 (May 2021)
- in B&V Friends Forever [Betty and Veronica Friends Forever] (Archie, 2018 series) #1 (20) - Game On (June 2023)
-
- Keywords
- video games
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
A Million Dollar Collection of Baseball Memorabilia is Missing!!
Life with Archie -
1.
The Collector
Life with Archie -
2.
["Who's Archie hugging?!!"]
Archie -
3.
[no title indexed]
-
4.
Bursting the Bubble!
Life with Archie -
5.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News -
6.
Video Strategy
Life with Archie
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