Life with Archie #278 [Newsstand]

(May 1990)

[The Taste of Adventure Part I] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Archie and his Friends; Capri Sun / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

The House on Oak Street Chapter 1 (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Gene Colan (credited)

Pencils

Gene Colan

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Tinker; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Archie gets a riddle to solve from Mr. Tinker and investigates an old house based on the riddle. He ends up staying overnight in the house when a door jams shut.

Reprints

• in Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #99 (April 1995)
• in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #48 (May 2000)
• in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #272 (November 2016)
• in Archie's Madhouse Returns, 2017 (Archie, 2017 series) (2017)
• in Archie Milestones Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2019 series) #5 (December 2019)

Keywords

haunted house

Sixties Watchwords! (Table of Contents: 3)

activity / 0.67 page (report information)

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Statement of Ownership (Table of Contents: 4)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

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Indexer Notes

STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT AND CIRCULATION (Required by 39 USC 3685).

1A. Tale of publication: LIFE WITH ARCHIE
1B Publication No. 07473248.

2. Date of filing Oct. 1, 1989

3. Frequency of issue Jan, March, May, July, Sept, Nov.

3A. No. of issues published annually: 6.

3B. Annual subscription price $5.70

4. Location of known office of publication 325 Fayette Avenue, Mamaroneck, Westchester NY 10543

5. Location of headquarters or general business offices of the publisher, 325 Fayette Avenue, Mamaroneck, Westchester, NY 10543

6. Names and addresses of publisher editor and managing editor.
Publisher: ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS, 325 Fayette Avenue, Mamaroneck, Westchester, NY 10543
Editor: Richard H Goldwater, 325 Fayette Avenue, Mamaroneck, NY 10543
Managing Editor: Victor Gorelick, 325 Fayette Avenue, Mamaroneck, Westchester, NY 10543
Owner: ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS, 325 Fayette Avenue, Mamaroneck, Westchester, NY 10543

10. Extent and nature of circulation.
Average no. copies each issue during preceding 12 months. 147,438
Actual no. copies of single issue published nearest to filing date, 159,095

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie Club News / letters page / 1 page (report information)

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The House on Oak Street Chapter 2 (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Gene Colan (credited)

Pencils

Gene Colan (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Tinker; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Waldo Weatherbee

Synopsis

Archie discovers the connection between Mr. Tinker and the old house, and stages a charity dance to help Mr. Tinker.

Reprints

• in Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #99 (April 1995)
• in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #48 (May 2000)
• in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #272 (November 2016)
• in Archie's Madhouse Returns, 2017 (Archie, 2017 series) (2017)
• in Archie Milestones Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2019 series) #5 (December 2019)

Keywords

haunted house

Hobby Lobby (Table of Contents: 7)

Sabrina / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Here's an article about a boy who collected 50,000 baseball cards!

Genre

humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen

Characters

Sabrina Spellman; Hilda Spellman; Zelda Spellman

Taking It to the Basket (Table of Contents: 8)

Archie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Chris Allan ?

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman ?

Letters

Bill Yoshida ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I find dunking the ball is no problem!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Coach Clayton; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Archie tells the readers about his basketball game.

Reprints

• in Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #67 (October 1995)
• in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #53 (December 2000)
• in Archie and Me Comics Digest (Archie, 2017 series) #22 (December 2019)

Keywords

basketball

Drugs Are Uncool! (Table of Contents: 9)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

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Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

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Characters

Archie Andrews

Indexer Notes

Anti drug PSA.

Data Base Ball (Table of Contents: 10)

Coach Kleats / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Rod Ollerenshaw (credited)

Pencils

Rod Ollerenshaw (credited)

Inks

Hy Eisman (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman ?

Letters

Bill Yoshida ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dilton can help us out of our slump!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Coach Kleats; Dilton Doiley; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Chuck Clayton

Synopsis

Dilton uses computer analysis to see what the baseball team needs to do to win.

Reprints

• in Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #66 (June 1995)
• in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #94 (August 2005)

The Big Stall (Table of Contents: 11)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Mike Esposito (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman ?

Letters

Bill Yoshida ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'm going to start studying for tomorrow's history exam the moment I get home!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Archie keeps getting distracted from doing his studying.

Reprints

• in Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #99 (April 1995)
• in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #273 (December 2016)