(April 1974)
Archie,
1973 Series
- Price
- 0.60 USD
- Pages
- 164
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1974-02-05
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Editing
- ?
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You have to admit, Ronnie, it was a good idea until Betty lost the key to the handcuffs!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Li'l Jinx; Little Archie Andrews
Muscle Bound!
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Professor Flutesnoot; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie is trying to get in shape in the school hallways which causes problems with the faculty.
- Reprints
-
from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #106 (December 1959)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #309, no credits listed in this digest.
Plant Strife
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Smithers; Veronica Lodge; J. Astor Morgan; Mr. Lodge; Mrs. Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead wants to buy a rubber plant for his mom's birthday, but they cost too much so he goes to the Lodge mansion hoping Mr. Lodge might give him one cheaper.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #67 (December 1960)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index to the original printing.
Volley Dollies
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump; Coach Kleats
- Synopsis
- The volleyball coach is trying to get the girls worked up to play hard, but they're more interested in their new uniforms.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #127 (July 1966)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index to the original printing.
The Fault Finder
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Coach Kleats; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie is telling people how to improve their games by fixing flaws he sees in their techniques.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #128 (June 1962)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index to the original printing.
Script credit from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #248.
A Bored Game!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday; Greg; Gi Gi; Merry Holiday
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx can't find the money in her Moneyland game and now she has no game to play with her friends.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #157 (September 1962) [Edited to 4 pages.]
-
Shake, Rattle and Groan
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead is dancing with a girl who is a bad dancer.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #30 (September 1957)
-
Boys Will Be Noise
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead looks tired because of the people upstairs making noise.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #30 (September 1957)
-
The Porcupine
Nature's Notebook / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- About the porcupine.
- Reprints
- from Li'l Jinx (Archie, 1956 series) #16 (September 1957)
-
Webfooted Warbler
Little Archie / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Archie Andrews; Evelyn Evernever; Elvis; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews
- Synopsis
- Little Archie is worried that his frog, Elvis, is sick so he takes him to school.
- Reprints
- from Little Archie Giant Comics (Archie, 1957 series) #14 (Spring 1960)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index to the original printing.
Archie-Doodles
Archie / activity / 0.67 page
- Synopsis
- Guess what the pictures are.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #21 (March 1956)
-
Did You Ever See a... by Jughead
activity / 0.33 page
- Synopsis
- Guess what the pictures are.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #21 (March 1956)
-
The Olden Daze
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Fred Andrews; Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica is wearing the very latest fashion fad, the granny dress.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #127 (July 1966)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index to the original printing.
Button-Button
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Smithers; Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- Gaston has left the Lodge's and no one knows how to work the new modern pushbutton kitchen.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #128 (June 1962)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index to the original printing.
It's Tub to You!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx is dirty from making mud pies and her father wants her to get in the bathtub.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #128 (June 1962)
-
The Music Man
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Reggie finds out Jughead plays the clarinet really well, but Jughead doesn't want other people to know about it and Reggie tries to turn this to his advantage.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #70 (March 1961)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index to the original printing.
Window Pain
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee is giving a demonstration on first aid techniques.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #107 (February 1960)
-
Gallop Poll
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead tells Reggie of a restaurant where he can eat like a horse.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #29 (July 1957)
-
Archie's Picture Dictionary Marine Division
cartoon / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Sailing terms turned into funny pictures.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #29 (July 1957)
-
What's New?
Betty / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty asks Jughead and Archie what they think about her look, but they don't notice anything.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #127 (July 1966)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index to the original printing.
Hold Your Own
Archie's Gags 'n' Gals / comic story / 0.34 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie thinks a beautiful girl is a wonderful thing to behold.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #24 (September 1956)
-
Cream of the Crop
Archie's Gags 'n' Gals / comic story / 0.33 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead talk about women fawning over musicians.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #24 (September 1956)
-
Personal Opinion
Archie's Gags 'n' Gals / comic story / 0.33 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Veronica dreamed she married the handsomest boy in town.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #24 (September 1956)
-
Award to the Wise
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Professor Flutesnoot
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee is going to give an award to the student who is the most helpful to the teaching staff.
- Reprints
- from Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #93 (July 1958)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index to the original printing.
Letter Perfect
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica learns a valuable lesson about using zip codes.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #139 (July 1967)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index to the original printing.
Dollars and Sense!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Greg
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx wants the stamp Greg bought.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #69 (February 1961)
-
Strange Things Are Happening
Archie / text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Fred Andrews; Stinky Davis
- Synopsis
- Reggie slips some disappearing ink into Archie's inkwell before a test.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #26 (October 1954)
-
Painful Proxy
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Moose has to pass a math test to play in the next school game, so Betty convinces Archie to dress up like Moose.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #119 (June 1961)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index to the original printing.
Inflammation Please
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Veronica thinks Betty is mad at her and Archie and Reggie go to talk to Betty.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #58 (March 1960)
-
Bowl Goal
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Alice; Veronica Lodge; Jeeves; Al
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica are having a bowling grudge match, winner asks Archie to the dance.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #139 (July 1967)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index to the original printing.
Archie's Sports Quiz
Archie / activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Match the sport with the following words.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #22 (May 1956)
-
Physical Fit-Mess
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx's dad tells her she should exercise, because it's "almost our patriotic duty!"
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #158 (October 1962)
-
Indexer Notes
The original printing was 4.33 pages, so the bottom two panels of the original page four were cut and the final two pages of the story were put in their place.
Dolly's Folly
Little Archie / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Little Archie Andrews; Evelyn Evernever
- Synopsis
- Little Archie has a doctor kit and wants to treat somebody.
- Reprints
- from Little Archie Giant Comics (Archie, 1957 series) #14 (Spring 1960)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index to the original printing.
Re Par-Tee
Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Reggie is golfing with Archie.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #24 (September 1956)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie Fun Page / activity / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Complete these comic heads by adding a few lines to these parts!
- Synopsis
- Finish two drawings, color a picture and guess what the picture is, and two jokes.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #24 (September 1956)
-
Sing Away, Stool Pigeon!
Archie / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mr. Johnson; Mr. Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- To lessen Archie's punishment for a prank he pulled the gang squeals on him so Mr. Weatherbee will be mad at them for being stool pigeons.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #107 (February 1960)
-
Something Extra
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty believes if you do a little extra it'll pay off for you in the end.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #140 (August 1967)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index to the original printing.
Safety in Numbers
Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Reggie wants a romantic card.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #30 (September 1957)
-
Corn on the Slob
Moose / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Moose's new shoes are killing him.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #30 (September 1957)
-
Air Male
Jughead / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; "Sky" Hie
- Synopsis
- Jughead thinks "Sky" Hie's daredevil plane ride will be tame.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #69 (February 1961)
-
Gassed Up!
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie replaces his jalopy's big gas tank with a small one.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #24 (September 1956)
-
[no title indexed]
Fun Page / activity / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The solution to this puzzle is the name of a city on the Missouri River, which is the largest in population in it's state.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #24 (September 1956)
-
Indexer Notes
A rebus, guess the saying illustrated, and which person threw the ringer?
The Fly
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Archie gets in trouble because of a fly.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #119 (June 1961)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index to the original printing.
Neigh, Neigh
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica is bragging to Betty that Archie is faithful and would never cheat on her... even with Betty.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #89 (May 1963)
-
Wreck and Double Check
Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Reggie and Jughead were fighting in class and Mr. Weatherbee orders them to the recreation room to settle their differences like gentlemen.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #58 (March 1960)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index to the original printing.
True Love
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica try to prove that Jughead and Reggie like each other more than they pretend to.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #58 (March 1960)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index to the original printing.
[no title indexed]
Archie Fun Page / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A picture puzzle to color
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #22 (May 1956)
-
Indexer Notes
Picture to color, and cut out the shapes and make a cross.
Archie's Limericks
cartoon / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Professor Flutesnoot; Miss Beazly; Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doily; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Limericks about Mr. Weatherbee, Archie, Dilton, Veronica, Moose, Betty, Miss Grundy and Jughead.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #39 (March 1959)
-
A New Twist
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie's head is tilted because of a stiff neck.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #119 (June 1961)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index to the original printing.
Ultra Realism
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead painted a picture of a woman's dog.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #70 (March 1961)
-
In a Jiffy
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Dilton Doily; Professor Flutesnoot; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- The laboratory computer is on the blink and Dilton and Professor Flutesnoot don't know why.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #70 (March 1961)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["You have to admit, Ronnie, it was a good idea until Betty lost the key to the handcuffs!"]
Archie -
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
Muscle Bound!
Archie -
3.
Plant Strife
Jughead -
4.
Volley Dollies
Betty and Veronica -
5.
The Fault Finder
Archie -
6.
A Bored Game!
Li'l Jinx -
7.
Shake, Rattle and Groan
Jughead -
8.
Boys Will Be Noise
Archie -
9.
The Porcupine
Nature's Notebook -
10.
Webfooted Warbler
Little Archie -
11.
Archie-Doodles
Archie -
12.
Did You Ever See a... by Jughead
-
13.
The Olden Daze
Betty and Veronica -
14.
Button-Button
Archie -
15.
It's Tub to You!
Li'l Jinx -
16.
The Music Man
Jughead -
17.
Window Pain
Archie -
18.
Gallop Poll
Jughead -
19.
Archie's Picture Dictionary Marine Division
-
20.
What's New?
Betty -
21.
Hold Your Own
Archie's Gags 'n' Gals -
22.
Cream of the Crop
Archie's Gags 'n' Gals -
23.
Personal Opinion
Archie's Gags 'n' Gals -
24.
Award to the Wise
Archie -
25.
Letter Perfect
Betty and Veronica -
26.
Dollars and Sense!
Li'l Jinx -
27.
Strange Things Are Happening
Archie -
28.
Painful Proxy
Archie -
29.
Inflammation Please
Jughead -
30.
Bowl Goal
Betty and Veronica -
31.
Archie's Sports Quiz
Archie -
32.
Physical Fit-Mess
Li'l Jinx -
33.
Dolly's Folly
Little Archie -
34.
Re Par-Tee
Reggie -
35.
["Complete these comic heads by adding a few lines to these parts!"]
Archie Fun Page -
36.
Sing Away, Stool Pigeon!
Archie -
37.
Something Extra
Betty and Veronica -
38.
Safety in Numbers
Reggie -
39.
Corn on the Slob
Moose -
40.
Air Male
Jughead -
41.
Gassed Up!
Archie -
42.
["The solution to this puzzle is the name of a city on the Missouri River, which is the largest in population in it's state."]
Fun Page -
43.
The Fly
Archie -
44.
Neigh, Neigh
Betty and Veronica -
45.
Wreck and Double Check
Mr. Weatherbee -
46.
True Love
Jughead -
47.
["A picture puzzle to color"]
Archie Fun Page -
48.
Archie's Limericks
-
49.
A New Twist
Archie -
50.
Ultra Realism
Jughead -
51.
In a Jiffy
Jughead -
52.
["Hey, Archie fans! Here's another super comics digest and it's loaded with 160 pages of stories and fun in full color!"]
-
53.
[no title indexed]
-
54.
["160 pages of stories and fun in Archie's full color comics digest"]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katy Hayhurst
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
All portions of the Grand Comics Database™, except where noted otherwise, are
copyrighted by the GCD and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format.