(December 1978)
Archie,
1973 Series
- Price
- 0.75 USD
- Pages
- 148
- 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
- And just where do all you kids think you're going piled in that way?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doiley; Moose Mason; Chuck Clayton; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hot Dog
- Reprints
- Keywords
- baseball; motorcycle policeman
in Indexer Notes
Redrawn from the cover of Archie's Pals 'n' Gals #28
The Natural Thing
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Feature Logo
Archie- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Smithers
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge has become so used to seeing Archie have accidents that he doesn't even notice when Archie is writhing in pain on the floor.
- Reprints
-
from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #220 (August 1972)
-
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
- Does Archie have F.M. in his car?
- Feature Logo
Archie's Gag Bag- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Veronica asks if Archie has FM Radio in his car.
And Everywhere That Juggie Went...
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Feature Logo
Jughead- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Hot Dog; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
- Synopsis
- Hot Dog follows Jughead to school and won't leave. The teachers chalk it up to the dog's loyalty, but Archie, who says that "Hot Dog's got as much sentiment as a wet sock," suspects there's another reason.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #223 (December 1973)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
The Show Up
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Feature Logo
Betty and Veronica- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- After a hot and sweaty game of tennis, Veronica goes inside to get cleaned up so that she'll look fresh and clean when Archie arrives.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #178 (October 1970)
-
- Keywords
- tennis
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, Dad, there's a model moving in on our block.
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Gag Bag
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Fred looks at a model home.
Making the Scene
Archie / comic story / 11 pages
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- adventure; humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie sells his car, buys a motorcycle, and declares that he's going to join the swinging biker scene. Veronica hires a group of actors to pretend to be a tough biker gang and scare Archie into getting rid of the bike.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #128 (December 1972)
-
- Keywords
- motorcycle; motorcycle gang
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
- You mean you haven't gotten rid of Miss Haggly?!
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Gag Bag
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- The school board wants Mr. Weatherbee to fire Miss Haggly.
Making a Big Splash
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Feature Logo
- Jughead
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Mrs. Jones; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Jughead's mom forces him to take Big Ethel to a ball game for her birthday. At the game, Ethel is constantly worried that someone will spill something on her new dress, so Jughead spills his drink on her to shut her up.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #224 (January 1974)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Net Nutty
Reggie / comic story / 5 pages
- Feature Logo
Reggie- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- Reggie makes fun of Dilton for hunting for butterflies with Betty and Veronica.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #65 (September 1973)
-
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
- I think Mister Garoo is groovy!
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Gag Bag
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Svenson; Mister Garoo
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica discuss their new teacher.
Solitary Confinement
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie sets up a date with a girl he met on a pen pal list. Then Veronica finds out.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #193 (April 1967)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Penny Wise
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Greg; Gaga; Hap Holiday
- Synopsis
- Jinx tests one of her father's theories.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #224 (December 1968)
-
Hang in There, Svenson!
Svenson / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Svenson
- Synopsis
- Trace the path to learn what Svenson heard.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #124 (July 1978)
-
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
- You've really gone all-out for this dance!
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Gag Bag
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Jughead rolls out the red carpet for Veronica.
- Keywords
- red carpet
Fast Finish
Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You wouldn't!
- Feature Logo
Veronica- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Chimp Czowalski; Speed Stanley; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Veronica offers to date the winner of a drag race.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #181 (January 1971)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
A New Broom
Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 5 pages
- Feature Logo
Mr. Weatherbee- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead clean Mr. Weatherbee's house as one of their summer jobs.
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #52 (October 1972) [with Mr. Weatherbee logo]
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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
- What's the trouble.
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Gag Bag
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Beazly
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee's fish sticks keep disappearing.
The Visit
Little Archie / comic story / 9 pages
- Feature Logo
Little Archie- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Little Jughead Jones; Andy Andrews (Archie's cousin); Little Veronica Lodge; Little Betty Cooper; Little Reggie Mantle; Mr. Andrews; Mrs. Andrews
- Synopsis
- Little Archie gets a visit from his rural cousin, Andy Andrews.
- Reprints
- from The Adventures of Little Archie (Archie, 1961 series) #36 (Fall 1965)
-
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
- What the Haight-Ashbury is this?!
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Gag Bag
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Jughead
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee doesn't like the students artwork.
Dixie Pixie
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee; Betty Cooper; Midge Klump; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Archie tries to bring back the fashion and the chivalry of the Old South.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #184 (July 1966)
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Strange Buddies
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Samm Schwartz
- Inks
- Samm Schwartz
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Samm Schwartz
- Feature Logo
- Jughead
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- After trying his best to avoid Big Ethel, Jughead is horrified to discover that she's been hired to work at Pop Tate's.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #210 (November 1972)
-
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
- Aren't you going to talk to the three applicants for secretary?
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Gag Bag
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Phlips
- Synopsis
- The School Psychologist interviews three applicants for secretary.
Cat's Night Out
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Feature Logo
Betty & Veronica- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Alice Cooper; Hal Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty temporarily leaves her cat, Caramel, with Veronica, as her father's boss is terrified of cats. But Veronica is an inattentive host and Caramel gets out.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #192 (March 1967)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Like Cats and Dogs
text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; nature
- Reprints
- from The Adventures of Little Archie (Archie, 1961 series) #30 (Spring 1964)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I want you to go out there in the second half and win this ball game!
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Gag Bag
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Coach Kleats
- Synopsis
- Coach Kleats tries to get the team fired up at halftime.
- Keywords
- football
Gopher Broke
Dilton / comic story / 7 pages
- Feature Logo
Dilton [block letters, uppercase]- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Dilton Doiley; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Short a player for a pick-up football game, Reggie is forced to recruit Dilton for his squad.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #190 (January 1967)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
One of the Bunch!
Jughead Teach-In / comic story / 2 pages
- Feature Logo
Jughead Teach-In- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
- Synopsis
- Jughead lectures on the subject of bananas.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #202 (March 1972)
-
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
- I wonder if the principal will let me take these play props home...
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Gag Bag
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Miss Grundy wants to take the props for the play home.
The Fly Discovers His Buzz Gun
The Fly / comic story / 5 pages
- Feature Logo
The Fly- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Tommy Troy [The Fly]; Dolly
- Synopsis
- In the haunted house, the wizard sends Tommy for groceries. He's knocked down by fleeing crooks. He meets Dolly, a girl nearby. He rubs his ring, becomes The Fly, and tests his buzz gun. It fires stingers that put crooks to sleep. The Fly reverts to Tommy and returns to the haunted house, where he's spanked.
- Reprints
- from The Fly [Adventures of the Fly] (Archie, 1959 series) #1 (August 1959)
-
Indexer Notes
1) Kirby pencils per Harry Medryk's Simon and Kirby blog: http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/2580.
Come into My Parlor
The Fly / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Joe Simon ?; Jack Kirby ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Joe Simon ?; Jack Kirby ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Fly; Spider Spry (first appearance)
- Synopsis
- Spider Spry makes nets and lassos, and swings like a spider. He sends a scuba crook to rob jewels from a freighter. Orphan Tommy Troy had read of "Waterfront Thefts". The Fly investigates, but a bright flash "upset his equilibrium" (his weakness). He falls in the water and hitches a boat ride. He battles Spider Spry in his water tower hideout, shooting his buzz gun, escaping a "web" (net). He leaves Spider hanging for the police and returns him to chop wood.
- Reprints
- from The Fly [Adventures of the Fly] (Archie, 1959 series) #1 (August 1959)
-
Indexer Notes
1) Kirby pencils per Harry Medryk's Simon and Kirby blog: http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/2580
Big Fall Puzzle
Archie / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Navigate Archie through the maze and around the rocks.
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #60 (August 1978)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here comes Archie back from the football game.
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Gag Bag
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie borrowed Betty's boots to wear to the football game.
Goal Finger
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday
- Synopsis
- Inspired by the James Bond films, Jinx uses espionage tactics to conceal the plays for her football team.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #182 (May 1966)
-
The Silent Woman
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Feature Logo
- Betty and Veronica
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; unidentified Riverdale coeds
- Synopsis
- Archie laughs at a joke Jughead makes at Veronica's expense, so she decides to stop talking to Archie.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #104 (August 1964)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
You Said a Mouthful
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Feature Logo
- Jughead
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Jughead finds it hard to talk about anything unless his mouth is full.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #209 (October 1972)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Line Plunge
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Coach Kleats; Mr. Weatherbee; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Coach Kleats tries to motivate Archie by planting a taped distress call from Veronica in his football helmet.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #163 (April 1966)
-
- Keywords
- football; goal posts; phone booth
Indexer Notes
Writer credit 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
- Late again! What's your excuse Archie?
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Gag Bag
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Archie is late for school again.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["And just where do all you kids think you're going piled in that way?"]
Archie -
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
The Natural Thing
Archie -
3.
["Does Archie have F.M. in his car?"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
4.
And Everywhere That Juggie Went...
Jughead -
5.
The Show Up
Betty and Veronica -
6.
["Hey, Dad, there's a model moving in on our block."]
Archie's Gag Bag -
7.
Making the Scene
Archie -
8.
["You mean you haven't gotten rid of Miss Haggly?!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
9.
Making a Big Splash
Jughead -
10.
Net Nutty
Reggie -
11.
["I think Mister Garoo is groovy!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
12.
Solitary Confinement
Archie -
13.
Penny Wise
Li'l Jinx -
14.
Hang in There, Svenson!
Svenson -
15.
["You've really gone all-out for this dance!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
16.
Fast Finish
Veronica -
17.
A New Broom
Mr. Weatherbee -
18.
["What's the trouble."]
Archie's Gag Bag -
19.
The Visit
Little Archie -
20.
["What the Haight-Ashbury is this?!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
21.
Dixie Pixie
Archie -
22.
Strange Buddies
Jughead -
23.
["Aren't you going to talk to the three applicants for secretary?"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
24.
Cat's Night Out
Betty and Veronica -
25.
Like Cats and Dogs
-
26.
["I want you to go out there in the second half and win this ball game!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
27.
Gopher Broke
Dilton -
28.
One of the Bunch!
Jughead Teach-In -
29.
["I wonder if the principal will let me take these play props home..."]
Archie's Gag Bag -
30.
The Fly Discovers His Buzz Gun
The Fly -
31.
Come into My Parlor
The Fly -
32.
Big Fall Puzzle
Archie -
33.
["Here comes Archie back from the football game."]
Archie's Gag Bag -
34.
Goal Finger
Li'l Jinx -
35.
The Silent Woman
Betty and Veronica -
36.
You Said a Mouthful
Jughead -
37.
Line Plunge
Archie -
38.
["Late again! What's your excuse Archie?"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
39.
[Laugh Comics Digest #20]
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40.
[no title indexed]
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41.
[Jughead with Archie Digest #30]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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