Life with Archie
#173
(September 1976)
Archie,
1958 Series
- Price
- 0.30 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Barcode
- 0271000696309
- Editing
- Richard Goldwater ?
The Clutch of the Idol, Part I
Life with Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen; adventure
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Isaac S. Sleezie; Orson Sleezie
- Synopsis
- A valuable idol is donated to the museum by a shady "philanthropist," who sends his son to steal it back, but it's Archie who the police arrest.
- Reprints
-
in Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #53 (1988) - in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #141 (May 2003)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Digest (Archie, 2013 series) (2013)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #239 (June 2013), #299 (July 2019)
-
Weighting Around!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx
- Synopsis
- Jinx tries to take advantage of the diet craze.
The Clutch of the Idol, Part II
Life with Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen; adventure
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Isaac S. Sleezie; Jughead Jones; Orson Sleezie
- Synopsis
- Archie is released due to lack of evidence, but an accidental mix-up by Veronica foils the Sleezie family's plot to profit from the stolen idol.
- Reprints
- in Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #53 (1988)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #141 (May 2003)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Digest (Archie, 2013 series) (2013)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #239 (June 2013), #299 (July 2019)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Letters submitted by Leo Lashock III; Karen Bischoff.
Page also includes membership application for the Archie Club.
The Seat of the Trouble, Part I
Life with Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen; adventure
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; "Injun" Clyde
- Synopsis
- Archie and the girls go with Mr. Lodge to check out a rustic cabin and land he bought. The Indian caretaker (who is really from the Bronx) tells them the legend of a local creature called Wide End.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #78 (September 1988)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #58 (June 1996)
-
The Seat of the Trouble, Part II
Life with Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen; adventure
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; "Injun" Clyde
- Synopsis
- The kids encounter the creature called Wide End, who carries off Betty, so Archie has to come up with a plan to get her back.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #78 (September 1988)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #58 (June 1996)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Seat of the Trouble
Life with Archie -
1.
The Clutch of the Idol, Part I
Life with Archie -
2.
Weighting Around!
Li'l Jinx -
3.
The Clutch of the Idol, Part II
Life with Archie -
4.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News -
5.
The Seat of the Trouble, Part I
Life with Archie -
6.
The Seat of the Trouble, Part II
Life with Archie
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- Dwayne Best
- Mike Nielsen
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