(October 1971)
Archie,
1953 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Editing
- ?
Seat Treat
Betty / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wheee!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- While water-skiing, Betty's ski breaks.
- Keywords
- swimsuits
Nutty Note
Moose / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- D-uh, how does it look, Arch!
- Feature Logo
- Big Moose
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Moose is painting his boat, but Archie thinks it needs another coat.
Shopper Bopper
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's easy for you to shop, Veronica!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty thinks shopping is easy for Veronica because she charges everything to her father's account.
- Keywords
- swimsuits
Clean Scene
Betty / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Young lady, could I interest your mother in a house cleaner?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- A salesman wants to offer Mrs. Cooper a house cleaner.
Swank Frank
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I want mustard on one end of the dog...
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie orders a hot dog with mustard on one end and relish on the other.
Up, Up, and Away
Dilton / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Doiley, we're not interested in signing your group! Your demo record is terrible!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- The Diltons [Dilton Doiley; Moose Mason]
- Synopsis
- A record company rejects the Diltons.
Wheel Zeal
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My Archie is going in for drag racing in a big way!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie is really into drag racing.
The Dingo Kid Trips a Thief
Dingo Boots / Acme Boots; The Dingo Kids / comics-form advertising / 1 page
Childhood Snaps from Dilton's Album
Dilton / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I sat in my baby high chair long after I learned to eat at the table...
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Little Dilton Doiley; Little Jughead Jones; Little Moose Mason; Little Archie Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Excerpts from the young life of Dilton and friends.
- Reprints
Champ Scamp
Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Has dingaling here broken anymore vases?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge wants Veronica to name one good thing about Archie.
- Reprints
-
in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #459 (August 1977)
-
Knob Job
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You can spot a real surfer by the knobs below his kness!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Real surfers have knobs on their knees, but amateurs have knobs elsewhere.
Proud Crowd
Mr. Lodge / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My great-great grandfather went down with his ship!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead's uncle Louie went down with his ship 100 times.
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #459 (August 1977)
-
Glee Spree
Moose / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I can't race tomorrow! My radiator is shot!
- Feature Logo
- Big Moose
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Archie can't race his car because the radiator is shot.
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #459 (August 1977)
-
Pop Shop
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm afraid we didn't like any of these records, Mr. Brown!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Mr. Brown
- Synopsis
- The girls didn't like any of the record albums and Mr. Brown thanks them.
Indexer Notes
Same joke, but different artwork as Ample Sample from Archie's Joke Book Magazine #158.
Chicken Licken
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, look, Juggie! They're dancing the Funky Chicken!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Ethel wants to dance the Funky Chicken with Jughead.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I love dogs very much.
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Hot Dog
Indexer Notes
Letters from Donna Paluta, Sharlene Barton, and Kathe Sandstrom.
Go on a Word Safari with Archie!
Archie / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie takes you on a big and little game hunt!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- in Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #27 (1975-1976)
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #34 (September 1979)
-
Indexer Notes
Find the names of animals hidden in the sentences.
Crafty Craft
Mr. Lodge / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- So you think your sea house is a better deal than my land house!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Lodge; Alfred; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge thinks his sea house is better than Alfred's land house.
Tent Lament
Hot Dog; Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Camp dinner bell
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Hot Dog; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Hot Dog figures out how to wake up Jughead.
- Reprints
in Spellbound!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Okay! Charley Hawse! I've got one for you!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx asks Charley to spell "new".
Fashion With a Passion
Archie and the Gang / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I dig the chunky heel!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Moose Mason; Ethel Muggs
Indexer Notes
Six two-panel comics about fashion.
Seat Treat
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley; Moose Mason; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- As they pass by the ticket taker the gang indicates someone else will take care of it.
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #247 (August 1976)
- in Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #96 (November 1994)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #294 (January 2019)
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Indexer Notes
Pantomime strip.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Arch, do you think we'll find any pearls?"]
Archie -
1.
["Earn prizes without risk!"]
Youth Opportunity Sales Club -
2.
Seat Treat
Betty -
3.
Nutty Note
Moose -
4.
Rap Flap
Betty and Veronica -
5.
Shopper Bopper
Betty and Veronica -
6.
Clean Scene
Betty -
7.
Swank Frank
Archie -
8.
Up, Up, and Away
Dilton -
9.
Wheel Zeal
Archie -
10.
The Dingo Kid Trips a Thief
Dingo Boots / Acme Boots; The Dingo Kids -
11.
Childhood Snaps from Dilton's Album
Dilton -
12.
["Now - thrills, glamour and excitement with your own Dawn Beauty Pageant!"]
Topper Toys -
13.
["Dawn dance party"]
Topper Toys -
14.
Champ Scamp
Veronica -
15.
Knob Job
Betty and Veronica -
16.
Proud Crowd
Mr. Lodge -
17.
Glee Spree
Moose -
18.
Pop Shop
Betty and Veronica -
19.
Chicken Licken
Jughead -
20.
["I love dogs very much."]
Archie Club News -
21.
Go on a Word Safari with Archie!
Archie -
22.
["Here's a bag that is up for grabs! It's my very own giant grab bag!"]
-
23.
Crafty Craft
Mr. Lodge -
24.
Slap Flap
Archie -
25.
Tent Lament
Hot Dog; Jughead -
26.
["Savage! ...American made Carlisle the bike tire with guts!"]
Carlisle Bicycle Tires -
27.
["The Venus Fly Trap"]
The Venus Fly Trap -
28.
Spellbound!
Li'l Jinx -
29.
["New from Clark Bars All Pro sport shirt your name on the shirt just like the pros"]
Clark Candy Bars -
30.
["People patches"]
Embroidered Cloth Patches -
31.
["Monster size monsters"]
Monster Size Monsters -
32.
Rash Bash
Veronica -
33.
Fashion With a Passion
Archie and the Gang -
34.
Champ Vamp
Ethel -
35.
Seat Treat
Archie -
36.
["Reward $11,750.00 for this coin!"]
Best Values Coins and Currency -
37.
["Where do you go from here?"]
ICS / International Correspondence Schools -
38.
["Fat track"]
Mattel Toys
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- Katy Hayhurst
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