(October 1968)
Archie,
1954 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Eight times a year in January, August, October, December, and semi-monthly in February and June
- On-sale Date
- 1968-07-02
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Giant Series
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Cover title is The World of Archie. On-sale date from 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Chameleon alive!
- Keywords
- X-ray glasses; x-ray specs; x-ray spectacles
Indexer Notes
Thirty-two small ads for novelties from Johnson Smith Company.
Tree Glee
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie; Jughead; Veronica; Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- Eager to prove his manliness to Veronica, Archie volunteers to chop down a tree, and dragoons Jughead into helping. The tree is huge, but they seem to have done well until they discover that the fallen trunk blocks Mr. Lodge's driveway.
- Reprints
-
in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #14 (May 1976)
-
- Keywords
- Lumberjack
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's happening where the girls are?
- Characters
- Betty; Veronica
- Keywords
- Beach; surfing
Indexer Notes
Promo for Archie Giant Series # 155 (Betty and Veronica Summer Fun)
The Unwanted
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie; Smithers; Mr. Lodge; electronics expert; electric fence installer
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge sets up electronic defenses to warn him when Archie's near. Archie unwittingly thwarts them all.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #127 (April 1962)
-
- Keywords
- closed-circuit television; electric eye; electrified fence; radar
Indexer Notes
Creator credits from GCD record at Archie # 127
Brake It Up!
Archie / advertisement / 0.5 page
- Characters
- Archie; Veronica; irate driver
- Synopsis
- Inattentive Archie almost crashes his bike into a car. Only Bendix brakes save him.
- Keywords
- Bicycle
Indexer Notes
Ad, in comic-story form, for Bendix brakes.
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Missile Firing Tank
- Characters
- Kids
- Keywords
- Tank
Indexer Notes
Ad for play tank from Honor House Products Corp.
Promising!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Li'l Jinx's mother; Li'l Jinx's dad
- Synopsis
- The teacher says Li'l Jinx is a promising student, because she's always promising to be good.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #130 (August 1962)
-
- Keywords
- Elementary school
Indexer Notes
Joe Edwards credits from GCD record at Archie # 130
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Amazing $1 art offer
- Characters
- Ambrosia; Cleo; Nefertiti; Tiger Lily
- Keywords
- Cat
Indexer Notes
Ad for art prints from Colonial Studios
The Cure
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie; Jughead; Veronica; Midge; Moose
- Synopsis
- Archie has the hiccups, and nothing seems to stop them. Jughead arranges for Midge to kiss Archie, enraging Moose and terrifying Archie out of the hiccups.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #127 (April 1962)
-
Indexer Notes
Creator credits from GCD record at Archie # 127
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 10 way hairpiece!
- Characters
- Pretty girl
Indexer Notes
Ad from Beauty Aids Co.
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Stamp collectors!
- Keywords
- Philately; stamp collecting; stamps
Indexer Notes
Ad from Zenith Co.
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Baseball fans are crazy about this true-to-life baseball game
- Characters
- Catcher; batter
- Keywords
- Baseball; game
Indexer Notes
Ad from Strat-O-Matic Game Co., Inc.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 1.6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie Club members, send in your news reports and be eligible to win cash prizes in the Archie Series Magazines.
- Characters
- Archie
Indexer Notes
Reports from fans Cindy Fee, Alan Gold, Victoria Horning, Russ Miller, and Connie Bridda.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.4 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Be an Archie Club member
- Characters
- Archie
Haunt Taunt
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie; Jughead; cab driver
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead visit a haunted castle.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #128 (June 1962)
-
- Keywords
- Castle; haunted house
Indexer Notes
Creator credits from GCD record at Archie # 128.
Double Play
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie; Jughead; Betty; Veronica; Reggie
- Synopsis
- Archie starts out the day with Veronica, then spends time with Jughead, then Betty, and finally Reggie... leaving Veronica with Betty, and very confused.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #132 (November 1962)
-
- Keywords
- Baseball
Indexer Notes
Creator credits from GCD record at Archie # 132
A Quick Change Artist!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
- Synopsis
- While Hap is asleep, Li'l Jinx practices being a barber.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #132 (November 1962)
-
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Top-hit LPs
Indexer Notes
Ad from Young America Record Club
One of Those Days
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie; Jughead; Mrs. Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Archie is having "one of those days" -- when he, and everyone around him, suffer endless accidents. Everyone avoids him, and even Mr. Weatherbee bars him from school. When a Civil Defense drill evacuates the whole town, fears rise even higher.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #127 (April 1962)
-
- Keywords
- Chok'lit Shop; Choklit Shop
Indexer Notes
Creator credits from GCD record at Archie # 127
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here's a whole treasure chest of fun
- Characters
- Frankenstein's monster
- Keywords
- Joy buzzer; x-ray glasses; x-ray specs; x-ray spectacles
Indexer Notes
Eighteen small ads for novelties from Honor House Prod. Corp.
Soft Soap Artist
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; children; teen
- Characters
- Archie; Reggie; Veronica; Jughead
- Synopsis
- Reggie is forming a soap sculpture of Veronica. When Jughead mangles the sculpture, she assumes that Reggie is insulting her.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #132 (November 1962)
-
- Keywords
- Sculpture
Indexer Notes
Creator credits from GCD record at Archie # 132
The Peril
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty; Veronica; Archie; Jughead
- Synopsis
- Jughead and Archie are talking about science fiction when Betty's large jello slips away from her. Archie thinks its the Blob!
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #130 (August 1962)
-
- Keywords
- Picnic
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dig this crazy offer!
- Characters
- Archie; Jughead; Betty; Veronica; Reggie
Indexer Notes
Promo for subscription to Archie's Pals 'n' Gals
Far Out
Archie / comic story / 0.67 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie; Mr. Andrews; Tommy Tempo; interpreter
- Synopsis
- Tommy is a jazz musician who needs an interpreter for his beat speech.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #132 (November 1962)
-
- Keywords
- Beatnik
Indexer Notes
Lucey credits from GCD record at Archie # 132
Silly Question
Reggie / comic story / 0.33 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie; Dilton; redhead
- Synopsis
- Dilton wonders how they should face their beach umbrella. Reggie wants it toward the redhead.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #132 (November 1962)
-
- Keywords
- Beach
Indexer Notes
Lucey credits from GCD record at Archie # 132
Push-Button Peace
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie; Jughead; Moose; Midge; Veronica; Mrs. Andrews
- Synopsis
- Jughead tames Reggie with an aerosol wild animal tranquilizer. Archie does the same to Moose, so he can make time with Midge. When Veronica finds out, he wishes he had a tranquilizer for her.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #129 (July 1962)
-
Indexer Notes
Creator credits from GCD record at Archie # 129
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie says... get this raincoat free!
- Characters
- Archie; Veronica
Indexer Notes
Promo for comics by mail, with raincoat premium
Wayward Whirl
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie; Betty
- Synopsis
- Archie tries the hammer throw, and launches himself instead.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #131 (September 1962)
-
- Keywords
- Athletics
Indexer Notes
Creator credits from GCD record at Archie # 131
Space Spat
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie; Veronica; newsmen
- Synopsis
- As the first teenager in space, Archie comes home with a purple hair on his shoulder.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #133 (December 1962)
-
- Keywords
- Space travel
Indexer Notes
Creator credits from GCD record at Archie # 133
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Let me show you how to develop spaceman strength and endurance
- Characters
- Ben Rebhuhn; John Sill; Felipe Mandate; Tony Pascarella
- Keywords
- Body builder; body building
Indexer Notes
Ad for American Bodybuilding Club
Weights and Measures
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie; Veronica; Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie makes up a super-heavy book as a gag. Mr. Lodge gets hold of it and panics, terrified that he has lost all his strength.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #130 (August 1962)
-
Indexer Notes
Creator credits from GCD record at Archie # 130
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boys, girls, men, women
- Characters
- Potential customers
Indexer Notes
Ad from Wallace Brown, Inc.
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Insure your future with an I.C.S. High School diploma
- Characters
- Man; woman
Indexer Notes
Ad from International Correspondence Schools
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Do you need extra money?
- Characters
- Santa Claus
- Keywords
- Christmas card
Indexer Notes
Ad from Cheerful Card Company
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Our gang hasn't gone surfing in weeks!"]
Archie -
1.
["Chameleon alive!"]
-
2.
Tree Glee
Archie -
3.
["What's happening where the girls are?"]
-
4.
The Unwanted
Archie -
5.
Brake It Up!
Archie -
6.
["Missile Firing Tank"]
-
7.
Promising!
Li'l Jinx -
8.
["Amazing $1 art offer"]
-
9.
The Cure
Archie -
10.
["10 way hairpiece!"]
-
11.
["Stamp collectors!"]
-
12.
["Baseball fans are crazy about this true-to-life baseball game"]
-
13.
["Archie Club members, send in your news reports and be eligible to win cash prizes in the Archie Series Magazines."]
Archie Club News -
14.
["Be an Archie Club member"]
-
15.
Haunt Taunt
Archie -
16.
Double Play
Archie -
17.
A Quick Change Artist!
Li'l Jinx -
18.
["Top-hit LPs"]
-
19.
One of Those Days
Archie -
20.
["Here's a whole treasure chest of fun"]
-
21.
Soft Soap Artist
Archie -
22.
The Peril
-
23.
["Dig this crazy offer!"]
-
24.
Far Out
Archie -
25.
Silly Question
Reggie -
26.
Push-Button Peace
Archie -
27.
["Archie says... get this raincoat free!"]
-
28.
Wayward Whirl
Archie -
29.
Space Spat
Archie -
30.
["Let me show you how to develop spaceman strength and endurance"]
-
31.
Weights and Measures
Archie -
32.
["Boys, girls, men, women"]
-
33.
["Insure your future with an I.C.S. High School diploma"]
-
34.
["Do you need extra money?"]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steve Coates
- Katy Hayhurst
- Kirk House
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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