(December 1977)
Archie,
1973 Series
- Price
- 0.75 USD
- Pages
- 164
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
- Barcode
- 0271000699412
- Editing
- ?
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, did your father help you with this problem?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper (cameo); Veronica Lodge (cameo); Mr. Weatherbee (cameo)
- Keywords
- homework
Indexer Notes
Redrawn from the cover of Laugh Comics #231
A Day in the Life Of...
Archie / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Would you believe...me?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews; Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Betty Cooper; Professor Flutesnoot; Coach Clayton; Coach Kleats
- Synopsis
- A day in the life of Archie Andrews.
- Reprints
-
from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #121 (May 1972)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
The Limit to Loyalty
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Feature Logo
Jughead- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Jughead isn't willing to risk his neck to avenge insults against Archie.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #198 (November 1971)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey! What are you doing?
- Feature Logo
Archie's Gag Bag- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Fred Andrews; Fred's neighbor
- Synopsis
- Fred isn't responsible for the wind.
Fair-Haired Boy
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Feature Logo
Archie- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- When Mr. Lodge's gardener quits, Archie tries to get in good with Veronica's old man by clearing brush and leaves from his yard.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #168 (November 1966)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Scoop Happy
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie doen't think Betty and Veronica have been doing a very good job at getting scoops for the school paper so he decides to go get a story himself.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #123 (March 1966)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Have you seen the latest thing in the kitchen?
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Gag Bag
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Ms. Beazly
- Synopsis
- Ms. Beazly has a new electric broom.
The Sound of Silence
Archie / comic story / 8 pages
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- drama; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie helps a deaf-mute girl whose parents, thinking her affliction is a "curse," won't let her go to school or learn to communicate with the world.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #119 (March 1972)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Leaf Me Alone!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4.33 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx needs a peach tree leaf for a school project and won't settle for any but a perfect one.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #151 (October 1963)
-
- Keywords
- leaves; peach tree
[no title indexed]
Double Takes! / comic story / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I looked Moose square in the eye and I said, "You'll break whose arm?!"
- Feature Logo
Double Takes- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doily
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #80 (August 1964)
-
Indexer Notes
Two two-panel comics.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Arch, you said you wanted to improve your tennis!
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Gag Bag
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie's friend has an invention to help him learn tennis.
- Keywords
- tennis
Tennis Courting
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, Archie! Look at Reggie!
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie gets jealous of Reggie giving tennis lessons to Veronica so he gets Betty to teach him tennis.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #38 (Fall 1966)
-
- Keywords
- tennis
Under Observation
Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 6 pages
- Feature Logo
Mr. Weatherbee [square letters]- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee attempts to clandestinely observe Archie to figure him out.
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #35 (June 1970)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Mr. Weatherbee's "T" Shirt Message Puzzle
Mr. Weatherbee / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #317 (August 1977)
-
Indexer Notes
Word puzzle.
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
[no title indexed]
Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jughead, you can't wear those pants to the dance!
- Feature Logo
Jughead's Gag Bag- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie irons Jughead's pants.
Spotty Gets the Bird
Little Archie / comic story / 7 pages
- Feature Logo
Little Archie- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Spotty; un-named bird; un-named cat
- Synopsis
- Spotty is jealous of a bird that Little Archie adopts.
- Reprints
- from The Adventures of Little Archie (Archie, 1961 series) #23 (Summer 1962)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My office doorknob... it's gone!
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Gag Bag
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- The doorknob to Mr. Weatherbee's office is missing.
The Avenger
The Archies / comic story / 15 pages
- Feature Logo
The Archies- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- The Archies are lured to a rundown abandoned house (that seems to be haunted) by a club owner who doesn't want them playing for his competition.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #118 (February 1972)
-
Music for You!
text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #73 (January 1962)
-
Indexer Notes
Article about the benefits of music.
Reggie's Book Look Puzzle
Reggie [Archie] / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #98 (August 1977)
-
Indexer Notes
Word puzzle.
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dad, we have a surprise!
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Gag Bag
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead cleaned up Fred's workshop.
Butterfingers
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Smithers the butler; Fred Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Warned that Archie is coming over, Mr. Lodge and Smithers hide as many priceless heirlooms as they can and set out worthless junk pieces for Archie to accidentally break.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #97 (April 1959)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
The Jesters
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Feature Logo
Betty and Veronica- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty is terribly depressed, leading her worried friends to do everything in their power to cheer her up.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #121 (January 1966)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
[no title indexed]
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mrs. Lodge has a "white elephant" table!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Jughead watches a kissing booth for Veronica.
- Keywords
- kissing booth
Terror in the Center Ring
Pureheart the Powerful / comic story / 13 pages
- Feature Logo
Archie as Pureheart the Powerful- Genre
- humor; superhero; teen
- Characters
- Pureheart [Archie Andrews]; Evilheart [Reggie Mantle]; Veronica Lodge; The Mad Clown; Lungwort; Hypno the Great (The Mad Clown in disguise)
- Synopsis
- While at a circus, a mad clown with murder on his mind kidnaps Veronica because she looks like his ex-wife. When Archie and Reggie can't find Veronica, they become Pureheart and Evilheart to save the young socialite.
- Reprints
- from Archie as Pureheart the Powerful (Archie, 1966 series) #3 (February 1967)
-
- Keywords
- circus; hypnotism; tiger; trapeze
Indexer Notes
This story is told in 2 parts: Part I (8 pages) and Part II (5 pages).
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The students must think I'm fair...
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Gag Bag
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- The students nickname Mr. Weatherbee 'superstraight'.
Misfortune Teller
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Feature Logo
- Jughead
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Miss Grundy; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Posing as a fortune teller, Jughead convinces Moose and Miss Grundy not to do the two things he fears most.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #13 (August 1952)
-
- Keywords
- crystal ball; fortune teller
[no title indexed]
Daffy-Nitions / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Reggie has a way with words!
- Feature Logo
Reggie Daffy-Nitions- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle
Indexer Notes
Humorous definitions of archaeologist, rattlesnake, pet shop, astronomer and lawn.
[no title indexed]
Reggie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, man! That's my date your dancing with!
- Feature Logo
Reggie's Gag Bag- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie reminds Reggie he's on the school boxing team.
Love Thy Neighbor
Little Archie / comic story / 8 pages
- Feature Logo
- Little Archie
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Mr. Johnson; Mrs. Johnson; Susan Johnson
- Synopsis
- A new family moves into Little Archie's neighborhood, and when Little Archie tries to help them carry their things into the house, he drives the father crazy.
- Reprints
- from The Adventures of Little Archie (Archie, 1961 series) #23 (Summer 1962)
-
Indexer Notes
First appearance of the Johnson family. Mr. Johnson was Dexter Taylor's attempt to create his own version of Mr. Wilson from "Dennis the Menace."
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Home Work
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Fred Andrews; Archie Andrews; Homer Stimson; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie innocently gets involved in a feud between his dad and a neighbor.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #91 (November 1969)
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[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In my "Girls' Health Class" I'm teaching grace.
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Gag Bag
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Miss Haggly; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- Miss Haggly teaches grace.
Playing the Cat and Meows Game
Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Okay, Mr. Weatherbee! Remember I'm the boss and you're the dummy!
- Feature Logo
- Mr. Weatherbee [square letters]
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- By throwing his voice, Archie makes Mr. Weatherbee think there's a cat stuck in the air duct.
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #34 (April 1970)
-
- Keywords
- ventriloquism
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #298.
Mr. Flutesnoot Mind Reading Puzzle
Professor Flutesnoot / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Professor Flutesnoot
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #115 (July 1977)
-
Indexer Notes
Fill in the letters puzzle.
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's called "phone-etics".
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Gag Bag
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie teaches Jughead and Veronica phone-etics.
Double Trouble
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Feature Logo
- Jughead
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Dipsy Doodle; Debbie Doodle; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- A pair of twins, the Doodle Sisters, move to Riverdale and set their sights on befriending Jughead.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #85 (June 1962)
-
- Keywords
- twins
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
[no title indexed]
Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I just dropped in to see Mr. Lodge and...
- Feature Logo
- Jughead's Gag Bag
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Jughead drops in to see Mr. Lodge.
Indexer Notes
Mr. Lodge's butler is not Smithers in this story.
The Cheery Query
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Feature Logo
- Betty and Veronica
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica annoy Mr. Weatherbee by making up stupid rhyming descriptions for everything ("What do you call a perfumed hobo?" "A fragrant vagrant").
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #140 (August 1967)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
One Lump or Two
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Betty asks Archie why he ran into a tree. His sarcastic reply sets off a chain of even worse accidents.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #168 (November 1966)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Betty, don't worry!
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Gag Bag
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie helps Betty babysit an infant.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Archie, did your father help you with this problem?"]
Archie -
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
A Day in the Life Of...
Archie -
3.
The Limit to Loyalty
Jughead -
4.
["Hey! What are you doing?"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
5.
Fair-Haired Boy
Archie -
6.
Scoop Happy
Betty and Veronica -
7.
["Have you seen the latest thing in the kitchen?"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
8.
The Sound of Silence
Archie -
9.
Leaf Me Alone!
Li'l Jinx -
10.
["I looked Moose square in the eye and I said, "You'll break whose arm?!""]
Double Takes! -
11.
["Arch, you said you wanted to improve your tennis!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
12.
Tennis Courting
Archie -
13.
Under Observation
Mr. Weatherbee -
14.
Mr. Weatherbee's "T" Shirt Message Puzzle
Mr. Weatherbee -
15.
["Jughead, you can't wear those pants to the dance!"]
Jughead's Gag Bag -
16.
Spotty Gets the Bird
Little Archie -
17.
["My office doorknob... it's gone!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
18.
The Avenger
The Archies -
19.
Music for You!
-
20.
Reggie's Book Look Puzzle
Reggie [Archie] -
21.
["Dad, we have a surprise!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
22.
Butterfingers
Archie -
23.
The Jesters
Betty and Veronica -
24.
["Mrs. Lodge has a "white elephant" table!"]
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25.
Terror in the Center Ring
Pureheart the Powerful -
26.
["The students must think I'm fair..."]
Archie's Gag Bag -
27.
Misfortune Teller
Jughead -
28.
["Reggie has a way with words!"]
Daffy-Nitions -
29.
["Hey, man! That's my date your dancing with!"]
Reggie's Gag Bag -
30.
Love Thy Neighbor
Little Archie -
31.
Home Work
Archie -
32.
["In my "Girls' Health Class" I'm teaching grace."]
Archie's Gag Bag -
33.
Playing the Cat and Meows Game
Mr. Weatherbee -
34.
Mr. Flutesnoot Mind Reading Puzzle
Professor Flutesnoot -
35.
["It's called "phone-etics"."]
Archie's Gag Bag -
36.
Double Trouble
Jughead -
37.
["I just dropped in to see Mr. Lodge and..."]
Jughead's Gag Bag -
38.
The Cheery Query
Betty and Veronica -
39.
One Lump or Two
Archie -
40.
["Betty, don't worry!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
41.
[Archie Comics Digest #27]
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42.
[no title indexed]
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43.
[Jughead with Archie Digest #24]
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- Jan Roar Hansen
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Merlin Haas
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