(January 1988)
Archie,
1952 Series
- Price
- 0.75 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- 9 times a year in Jan., March, May, June, July, Aug., Sept., Oct. and Nov.
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series; Archie Comics 45th Anniversary
- Barcode
- 027100069676 01
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick (credited) (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (credited as Richard Goldwater) (editor in chief)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
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You Don't Need Drugs...
Archie / public service announcement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- ...to deal with school problems...
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- anti-drug message
Indexer Notes
inside front cover
Trash Triumph
Archie and the Gang / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Miss Grundy; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley; Mr. Weatherbee; Chuck Clayton; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Miss Grundy's students each give an opinion on what to do with Riverdale's garbage, since the town has run out of places to put it.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Archie's Club News / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dexter Taylor (illustrations)
- Inks
- Dexter Taylor (illustrations)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ? (illustrations)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters submitted by Janessa Bonifacio and Chad Drummond.
Say Cheese!
Josie / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Rod Ollerenshaw
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine; Valerie Brown
- Synopsis
- The Pussycats are about to film a cheese commercial when Melody mentions that pussycats don't eat cheese.
- Reprints
-
in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #73 (April 2003) - in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #161 (July 2008)
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #234 (August 2013)
- in The Best of Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 2017 series) (2017)
- in Archie Showcase Digest (Archie, 2020 series) #12 (April 2023)
-
On the Air!
Betty / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Rod Ollerenshaw
- Pencils
- Henry Scarpelli
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty gets a job as a traffic reporter at local radio station WRIV, but the station's shock jock only hired her so he would have someone to ridicule on the air. Betty finds a way to get back at him, though.
- Keywords
- radio
Indexer Notes
Story is dedicated to "Howard, Robin, Fred, Jackie & Gary."
The Dance Flaw!
Big Moose / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Cheryl Blossom; Pop Tate; Mr. Klump; Mrs. Klump; Mrs. Mason
- Synopsis
- Midge has a family obligation so she insists that Moose go to the school dance without her, but she's angry when he actually has a good time.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #73 (April 2003), #119 (April 2008)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Digest (Archie, 2013 series) (2013)
- in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #26 (May 2013)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #109 (July 2021)
-
Indexer Notes
When reprinted in Archie & Friends Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #26, the writer is credited to George Gladir.
My Favorite Season... Fall
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Francine Miller
- Synopsis
- Archie is supposed to call a new girl when he gets home from school but his chores get in the way.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Reggie is a doer!"]
Archie -
1.
You Don't Need Drugs...
Archie -
2.
Trash Triumph
Archie and the Gang -
3.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Club News -
4.
Say Cheese!
Josie -
5.
On the Air!
Betty -
6.
The Dance Flaw!
Big Moose -
7.
My Favorite Season... Fall
Archie
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- Dwayne Best
- Katy Hayhurst
- Thomas Johnson
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- Mike Nielsen
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