(February 1961)
Archie,
1953 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- eight times a year in February, April, June, July, August, September, October, and December
- On-sale Date
- 1960-11-04
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1961 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boy! This is going to be some show! I hope we won't have any interference!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Keywords
- television
That's the Spirit
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- The Riverdale marching band spells out a message for the football team.
- Reprints
-
in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #27 (August 1964) - in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #79 (March 1987)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #264 (January 2016), #325 (January 2022)
-
- Keywords
- football; marching band
Pest Guest
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge tries to get rid of Archie.
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #139 (June 1966)
-
Hole in One
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Synopsis
- Archie's baseball makes a hole in Jug's painting canvas.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #65 (September 1962)
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #27 (August 1964) which is reprinted
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #191 (May 2004)
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #154 (June 1968)
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #79 (March 1987)
-
Never Say Die
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews
- Synopsis
- Jughead gives Archie advice on how to get his allowance raised.
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #27 (August 1964) which is reprinted
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #191 (May 2004)
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #79 (March 1987)
-
[no title indexed]
Jughead Daffy-Nitions / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Junk--
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- in The Jughead Jones Comics Digest (Archie, 1977 series) #63 (June 1990)
-
Weather or Not
Moose / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- in The Jughead Jones Comics Digest (Archie, 1977 series) #63 (June 1990)
-
Whackywiddles
Moose / illustration / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Moose does not appear in this story.
Pigskin Pointers
Coach Kleats / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Coach Kleats; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle [Reginald Mantle III]; Moose Mason [Malcolm Mason]
- Synopsis
- Before the football game, Coach has special instructions for a few of the players.
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #139 (June 1966)
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #63 (December 1983)
-
Gift Rapped
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie tells Jughead he got both Betty and Veronica the same thing for Christmas.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #10 (February 1989) which is reprinted
- in Archie 80 Years of Christmas (Archie, 2021 series) (2021)
-
Give Him the Bird
Archie Presents / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #27 (August 1964) which is reprinted
-
Tell Me Another
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #33 (August 1965)
-
Taking No Chances
Moose / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #33 (August 1965)
-
Throne For a Loop
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- in Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #1 (November 1986)
-
Pun My Word
Miss Grundy / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Miss Grundy's lesson becomes a pun-fest. First pun is on the word "commonplace".
- Reprints
- in Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #46 (October 1986)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #55 (November 1991)
-
Indexer Notes
A similar story appears in Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #9, but it appears to be different because different characters are listed in that index.
Anything for a Thrill
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones [Forsythe Pendleton Jones III]
- Synopsis
- Jughead is surprised to learn that Archie is into skin-diving.
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #139 (June 1966)
-
No Parking
Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle [Reginald Mantle III]; Gertrude
- Synopsis
- Reggie is visiting Gertrude, whose father is a traffic cop.
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #139 (June 1966)
-
Archie's Xmas Fun
Archie / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- in Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #2 (February 1987)
-
Ron Down!
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica asks Betty about her date with the new boy in school.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #10 (February 1989)
- in Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #109 (February 1997)
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #64 (March 2002)
-
- Keywords
- ice skating
Santa Quiz
Santa Claus / activity / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- in Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #2 (February 1987)
-
Sleep Squawk
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Reprints
- in Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #1 (November 1986)
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #183 (July 2003)
-
The Ego and I
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- in Reggie (Archie, 1963 series) #18 (November 1965) which is reprinted
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #5 (November 1974)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #121 (January 2001)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #14 (March 2012)
-
Sore Winner
Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Reggie asks a waiter if he's willing to flip a coin for his tip--double or nothing.
- Reprints
- in Reggie (Archie, 1963 series) #18 (November 1965) which is reprinted
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #5 (November 1974)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #121 (January 2001)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #14 (March 2012)
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #5 (November 1974)
-
- Keywords
- coin flip; tip
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Boy! This is going to be some show! I hope we won't have any interference!"]
Archie -
1.
That's the Spirit
Archie -
2.
Pest Guest
Archie -
3.
Work Shirk
Jughead -
4.
Soup's On
Jughead -
5.
Hole in One
Jughead -
6.
Never Say Die
Archie -
7.
["Junk--"]
Jughead Daffy-Nitions -
8.
Weather or Not
Moose -
9.
What a Racket
Archie -
10.
Foul Play
Reggie -
11.
Whackywiddles
Moose -
12.
Seeing Is Believing
Mrs. Grundy -
13.
Pigskin Pointers
Coach Kleats -
14.
Gift Rapped
Archie -
15.
Give Him the Bird
Archie Presents -
16.
Tell Me Another
Archie -
17.
Taking No Chances
Moose -
18.
Archie Looks at Books
Archie -
19.
Throne For a Loop
Archie -
20.
A Flip Reply
Dilton Doily -
21.
Nightmare With a Dreamboat
Big Moose -
22.
Pun My Word
Miss Grundy -
23.
Declined Declension
Moose -
24.
Very Chewsy
Archie -
25.
Anything for a Thrill
Archie -
26.
No Parking
Reggie -
27.
Archie's Xmas Fun
Archie -
28.
Problems of Space
-
29.
Ron Down!
Betty and Veronica -
30.
Fan Fare
Archie -
31.
Santa Quiz
Santa Claus -
32.
Sleep Squawk
Archie -
33.
The Ego and I
Archie -
34.
Sore Winner
Reggie -
35.
Laff Lines
Archie and Co.
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