(April 1978)
Archie,
1973 Series
- Price
- 0.75 USD
- Pages
- 164
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1978
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Barcode
- 0271000699404
- Editing
- ?
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Come back later, Pop!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate; Little Archie; Little Betty; Mr. Weatherbee; Hiram Lodge; Reggie Mantle (cameo); Miss Grundy (cameo); Moose Mason (cameo)
- Keywords
- allowance
Indexer Notes
Redrawn from the cover of Archie Annual #22
[no title indexed]
blank page(s) / 2 pages
Indexer Notes
The inside front cover and inside back cover are blank.
The Spectral Sniper
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Betty helps Archie solves the mystery of who's throwing snowballs at him and then invisibly blending in with the snow.
- Reprints
-
from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #157 (April 1964)
-
Up and Down
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Everything Veronica says to Archie makes him feel smaller and smaller, while Betty makes him feel ten feet tall.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #175 (July 1970)
-
Eskimo Boy
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Reggie makes fun of the others for bundling up in cold weather. What they don't know is that Reggie is wearing battery-powered long underwear.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #104 (January 1964)
-
- Keywords
- cold; long underwear
Strong Contender
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie uses some junk to convince Reggie that he's got incredible strength and a short temper. Rather than get on his bad side, Reggie offers Archie some tickets to a concert he and Veronica had planned on going to, just as Archie planned.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #162 (March 1966)
-
Indexer Notes
The band the kids are going to see is the Scarabs on the Ned Sullenpan show. This is a parody of the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show.
Now Hear This Puzzle
Betty and Veronica / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #237 (October 1977)
-
Indexer Notes
A word puzzle to decipher the gossip Veronica is telling Betty.
[no title indexed]
Veronica's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Beg pardon, miss, it's your English teacher!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- Miss Grundy loans Veronica a book and accidentally leaves her pay envelope in it.
- Reprints
- from Archie daily newspaper strip
- Keywords
- book; pay envelope
Explo 78
Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Prof. Flutesnoot; Miss Grundyi
- Synopsis
- Jughead and Archie plan to mixup ice cream sodas in chemistry class; but are foiled by Mr. Weatherbee. Later Archie accidentally drinks a chemical concoction that turns him into a walking bomb.
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #19 (February 1968)
-
- Keywords
- chemistry; dream; ice cream; pistachio; soda
Indexer Notes
Title is updated from "Explo '68" to "Explo 78" (with no apostrophe).
You Know You're a Dilton-type Genius When:
Dilton Doiley / cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Dilton Doiley; Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Gags: Finish exam early; 100 without grading; name all the Presidents; play chess on date; computer is wrong; slide rules.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #174 (July 1972)
-
Indexer Notes
Six one-panel gags.
[no title indexed]
Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Watch this! Archie is going to jump three barrels!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie tries to jump barrels on thin ice.
- Reprints
- from Archie daily newspaper strip
- Keywords
- barrel-jumping; ice skating; thin ice
Winter Carnival!
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Waldo Weatherbee; Mr. Bigbottom
- Synopsis
- Archie tries to beat Reggie in a snow-sculpture contest by disguising an old weather balloon as a sculpture of the world.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #155 (February 1964)
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Snapper Dapper
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Sharon; Great Floppo
- Synopsis
- Archie wants Jughead to double-date with Veronica and her friend. Jughead is not interested, until he watches a hypnotist do his act.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #140 (January 1967)
-
- Keywords
- double-date; hypnotism
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Remember that big hot-dog roast the gang was going to have last fall...
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews
- Synopsis
- After her fall hot-dog roast was called off by dry weather, Veronica decides to hold in the winter.
- Reprints
- from Archie daily newspaper strip
- Keywords
- leaves; wienie roast
Red Carpet
Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge; Smithers The Butler
- Synopsis
- Veronica tries to give Archie special treatment, including a red carpet, when she hears he has tickets to a personal appearance by movie star Steve McCream. When Mr. Lodge objects that that's bribery, Veronica replies: "I had considered blackmail at first, but then I decided in favor of bribery!"
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #170 (February 1970)
-
Follow the Bouncing Ball
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Miss Grundy is constantly protecting Mr. Weatherbee from getting hit on the head with a rubber ball Archie brought to school.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #157 (April 1964)
-
[no title indexed]
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You're getting pretty fancy with the soap you bought for the teacher's wash room!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Prof. Flutesnoot; Mr. Svenson
- Synopsis
- Mr. Svenson is spending his time carving the bars of soap into sculptures.
- Reprints
- from Archie daily newspaper strip
- Keywords
- soap
What a Card
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Greg; Charley Hawse
- Synopsis
- Jinx gets an insulting Valentine and thinks it's from Greg.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #204 (March 1968)
-
- Keywords
- fight; Valentine
Desperate Measures
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Mrs. Jones; Pop Tate; Fred Andrews; Mr. Lodge; Smithers the butler; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Jughead makes the rounds trying to find someone who'll give him something to eat for a mid-morning meal.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #155 (April 1968)
-
- Keywords
- breakfast; thin ice
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Jughead and Archie Double Digest (2014 series) (Archie) #25, no credits listed in this digest.
Knight Life
Reggie / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- When Reggie learns that Veronica plans on dressing as a knight in armor for a masquerade party, he comes up with a plan to keep her by his side all evening.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #78 (December 1956)
-
- Keywords
- armor; handcuffs; knight; masquerade party
[no title indexed]
Miss Grundy Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Miss Haggly, look at this snapshot!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Miss Grundy; Miss Haggly
- Synopsis
- Miss Grundy wonders if Miss Haggly can see without her glasses.
- Reprints
- from Archie daily newspaper strip
- Keywords
- glasses; ketchup; snapshot
Indexer Notes
In this strip, Miss Haggly's first name is Gertrude.
The Adhesive Adversary
Pureheart the Powerful / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero; teen; humor
- Characters
- Evilheart; Tar-man; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Pureheart and Evilheart battle the Tar-Man.
- Reprints
- from Archie as Pureheart the Powerful (Archie, 1966 series) #2 (November 1966)
-
Mr. Lodge Train of Thought!
Mr. Lodge / activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Mr. Lodge
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #236 (September 1977)
-
Indexer Notes
A word puzzle using an outline of Mr. Lodge's head.
[no title indexed]
Veronica's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You mean I can't go to the discotheque?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge won't let Veronica go with Archie because of the dilapidated state of Archie's car.
- Reprints
- from Archie daily newspaper strip
Pool Fool
Archie and the Gang / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- The boys have an adventuresome game of billiards with the girls.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #178 (January 1966)
-
Mad Ladder
Archie / comic story / 0.66 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie
- Synopsis
- Archie absent-mindedly walks under a ladder. He goes back to try to cancel the bad luck, but has a can of paint fall on his head.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #161 (August 1964)
-
Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1977
statement of ownership / 0.34 page
- Script
- Louis H. Silberkleit (business manager)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1977. Average paid circulation for past 12 months is 158,688.
Archie's Gift
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate; Big Tom
- Synopsis
- A big tough guy tells Betty that he's going to beat up "her boyfriend" Archie. Betty is upset at this but overjoyed that people think Archie is her boyfriend.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #174 (June 1970)
-
[no title indexed]
Coach Kleats Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Enjoy your trip?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Coach Kleats; Mr. Weatherbee; Mr. Svenson
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee falls over baseball bats lying on the floor and orders Coach Kleats to have them put away.
- Reprints
- from Archie daily newspaper strip
- Keywords
- baseball
An Exercise in Persistence
Little Archie / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- adventure; detective-mystery; children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Mary Andrews; un-named adults
- Synopsis
- Little Archie and Betty go out bike riding, but a getaway car destroys Betty's bike. Little Archie tries to solve the mystery of who and where the crooks are.
- Reprints
- from The Adventures of Little Archie (Archie, 1961 series) #29 (Winter 1963-1964)
-
There's a Difference!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday
- Synopsis
- Hap and the mailman laugh about Jinx's previous escapades, but Hap gives her a spanking after she says she broke a window today.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #77 (October 1956)
-
- Keywords
- broken window; mailman; spanking
[no title indexed]
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Shall I call Miss Beazly for coffee on the buzzer?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Phlips; Mr. Svenson
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee wants Svenson to take out an obsolete buzzer, but Svenson misunderstands his order.
- Reprints
- from Archie daily newspaper strip
The Big Gig
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- Archie's band (consisting of him, Jughead, and Dilton) play at a teen club to raise money to buy electric guitars, but Jughead has arranged for the band to be paid in hamburgers instead. Archie's band seems sure to lose to Reggie's heavily-amplified band in a rock 'n roll contest, but something small has a large impact on the outcome.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #142 (March 1967)
-
- Keywords
- electric guitars; rock 'n roll
Indexer Notes
This apparently was before any version of The Archies was created.
Friendly Advice
Archie / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie gives advice to Jughead and Reggie, but the results are disastrous.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #156 (March 1964)
-
[no title indexed]
Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Is this another of Veronica's snooty Boston Tea parties?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead uses saucers for kneepads so he won't spill anything at Veronica's high-society party.
- Reprints
- from Archie daily newspaper strip
The Power of a Woman
Archie / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Fred Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica tells Archie she can't go to the dance, so he asks Betty. Veronica then tells Archie that he has to break his date with Betty so she can take her. Archie goes to his father for advice.
- Reprints
- from Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 1972 series) #4 (December 1972)
-
Betty's Crazy Daffy-nitions
Betty / activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Betty Cooper
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #87 (September 1977)
-
Indexer Notes
A word puzzle to decipher zany definitions.
[no title indexed]
Miss Grundy Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Miss Haggly, isn't it time you retired?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Miss Grundy; Miss Haggly
- Synopsis
- Miss Grundy thinks Miss Haggly should retire from teaching.
- Reprints
- from Archie daily newspaper strip
- Keywords
- age; retirement
The Birth of the Bruise
Reggie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Reggie makes fun of Archie for injuring his finger in basketball. Reggie then has a series of accidents that leave him in much worse shape.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #47 (March 1971)
-
The Heritage of Man
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Overview of the early stages of the evolution of man.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #16 (Spring 1961)
-
Indexer Notes
Text with header illustration. Additional illustration at the bottom of page two features the Archie 1 cast. It probably was added for this reprint.
What Every Baby-Sitter Should Know
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If you are sitting for very young children make sure the parents provide a playpen...
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews (cameo); Jughead Jones (cameo)
- Synopsis
- A humorous look at the pitfalls of baby-sitting.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #157 (February 1971)
-
- Keywords
- baby-sitting
The Evader
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty informs Veronica that Jughead will never give a straight answer to a woman. Veronica tries to put him in a position where he'll have to give her a straight answer.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #155 (February 1964)
-
Accident Prone!
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie is spectacularly clumsy and breaks objects and injures anyone he comes near. Veronica and Reggie leave the house to escape him, but Archie still manages to unknowingly hit Reggie with a trash can lid.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #173 (August 1965)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I think I've got the "bug" that's going around!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- An absentminded doctor sticks a ball-point pen in Archie's mouth instead of a thermometer.
- Reprints
- from Archie daily newspaper strip
- Keywords
- doctor; ink pen; thermometer
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Come back later, Pop!"]
Archie -
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
The Spectral Sniper
Archie -
3.
Up and Down
Betty and Veronica -
4.
["The Principal wants Mr. Krosskut!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
5.
Eskimo Boy
Jughead -
6.
Strong Contender
Archie -
7.
Now Hear This Puzzle
Betty and Veronica -
8.
["Beg pardon, miss, it's your English teacher!"]
Veronica's Gag Bag -
9.
Explo 78
Mr. Weatherbee -
10.
You Know You're a Dilton-type Genius When:
Dilton Doiley -
11.
["Watch this! Archie is going to jump three barrels!"]
Jughead's Gag Bag -
12.
Winter Carnival!
Archie -
13.
Snapper Dapper
Jughead -
14.
["Remember that big hot-dog roast the gang was going to have last fall..."]
Archie's Gag Bag -
15.
Red Carpet
Veronica -
16.
Follow the Bouncing Ball
Archie -
17.
["You're getting pretty fancy with the soap you bought for the teacher's wash room!"]
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag -
18.
What a Card
Li'l Jinx -
19.
Desperate Measures
Jughead -
20.
Knight Life
Reggie -
21.
["Miss Haggly, look at this snapshot!"]
Miss Grundy Gag Bag -
22.
The Adhesive Adversary
Pureheart the Powerful -
23.
Mr. Lodge Train of Thought!
Mr. Lodge -
24.
["You mean I can't go to the discotheque?"]
Veronica's Gag Bag -
25.
Pool Fool
Archie and the Gang -
26.
Mad Ladder
Archie -
27.
Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1977
-
28.
Archie's Gift
Betty -
29.
["Enjoy your trip?"]
Coach Kleats Gag Bag -
30.
An Exercise in Persistence
Little Archie -
31.
There's a Difference!
Li'l Jinx -
32.
["Shall I call Miss Beazly for coffee on the buzzer?"]
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag -
33.
The Big Gig
Jughead -
34.
Friendly Advice
Archie -
35.
["Is this another of Veronica's snooty Boston Tea parties?"]
Jughead's Gag Bag -
36.
The Power of a Woman
Archie -
37.
Betty's Crazy Daffy-nitions
Betty -
38.
["Miss Haggly, isn't it time you retired?"]
Miss Grundy Gag Bag -
39.
The Birth of the Bruise
Reggie -
40.
The Heritage of Man
-
41.
What Every Baby-Sitter Should Know
Betty and Veronica -
42.
["Archie, I'm afraid the dinner I invited you to...is off!"]
Veronica's Gag Bag -
43.
The Evader
Jughead -
44.
Accident Prone!
Archie -
45.
["I think I've got the "bug" that's going around!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
46.
["It'll be one big laugh after another, when you order.."]
Laugh Comics Digest -
47.
["Hey, Archie fans! Here's another super comics digest..."]
Jughead with Archie Digest
This issue was modified by, among others
- Joey Beretta
- Peter Croome
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
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