(February 1969)
Archie,
1954 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- 9 times a year in August, October and December and semi-monthly in January, February and June.
- On-sale Date
- 1968-11-26
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Giant Series
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1969 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Waltz Faults
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, Archie! I've got to win the dance contest!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- To help Archie win a dance contest Jughead paints dance steps on the floor that can only be seen with special glasses, however Reggie sabotages the dance steps.
- Reprints
-
in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #14 (May 1976)
-
Follow the Bouncing Ball
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How come coach let you take one of the balls home?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Coach Kleats; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- An accident involving a nuclear testing lab leaves Archie with a radioactive charge that causes a basketball to be magnetically attracted to his hands. This serves him well in the big game that night.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #126 (March 1962)
-
- Keywords
- basketball; magnetism; nuclear energy; radioactivity
Indexer Notes
The lab is called "Doyle Nuclear Testing Laboratory," a reference to writer Frank Doyle.
This story, which has Archie gaining a special power from nuclear radiation, appeared several months before the debut of Spider-Man.
Unbalanced
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, before you go out, would you help me clear the table?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mary Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Archie's superhuman ability to balance things causes other people to panic, snatch the things away, and break them.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #125 (February 1962)
-
His Own Worst Enemy
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Don't tell me I'm wrong!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason (cameo); Midge Klump (cameo)
- Synopsis
- When Archie runs into a tree, he starts having a conversation with a ghostly twin.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #130 (August 1962)
-
- Keywords
- conceit
Lend an Air
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's going on Li'l Jinx?
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Greg
- Synopsis
- Jinx needs someone to blow up their football.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #134 (February 1963)
-
- Keywords
- football; holding breath
Help Wanted
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Daddy! Where in the world did you get him?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Franklin
- Synopsis
- With Smithers on vacation, Mr. Lodge hires a hideous-looking temporary replacement to scare Archie away.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #125 (February 1962)
-
Heads Up
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie! Get your hand out of that jug!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- A combination of a strange chemical solution and radiation from a machine causes Archie's hand to become invisible. Then the same thing happens to Mr. Weatherbee's head.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #125 (February 1962)
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It's Tub to You!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look at you, Li'l Jinx!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx's dad orders her to the tub.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #128 (June 1962)
-
Cliff Hanger
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, Ron!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Cliff (Veronica's date); Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- When Archie sees Veronica with a date, he casually swears off girls forever. He shares his new-found joy with Jughead and Reggie, much to their dismay.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #128 (June 1962)
-
Speed to Spare
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- All set?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Reggie, Archie, and Jughead go bobsledding, but Reggie loses Archie and Jughead on the first curve.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #126 (March 1962)
-
- Keywords
- bobsledding; winter
King for a Night
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie scores the winning touchdown!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Coach Kleats; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Geraldine Grundy
- Synopsis
- Archie has a wonderful dream.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #134 (February 1963)
-
- Keywords
- dream; football; pinch; touchdown
Takes Two to Tangle
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- All right!! Let's have it!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
- Synopsis
- In a fight between Archie and Reggie, the teachers get differing impressions of who punched out who.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #125 (February 1962)
-
Deep Freeze
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's the matter with you fellows?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- It's too cold for the "Polar Bear Club" to go swimming in the lake, but the club president Archie tries to go swimming anyway.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #127 (April 1962)
-
- Keywords
- ice; swimming; winter
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Archie is about to set a record for consecutive hours at this "Footsie" game!"]
Archie -
1.
Waltz Faults
Archie -
2.
Follow the Bouncing Ball
Archie -
3.
Unbalanced
Archie -
4.
His Own Worst Enemy
Archie -
5.
Lend an Air
Li'l Jinx -
6.
Help Wanted
Archie -
7.
Heads Up
Archie -
8.
It's Tub to You!
Li'l Jinx -
9.
Cliff Hanger
Archie -
10.
Speed to Spare
Archie -
11.
King for a Night
Archie -
12.
Takes Two to Tangle
Archie -
13.
Deep Freeze
Archie
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