(April 1972)
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
- ?
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here's your report card, Archie!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Later redrawn for the cover of Archie's Double Digest Quarterly Magazine #5.
Mystery Message
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- D-uh! Archie! Archie!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Moose has a message for Archie.
Ball Call
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yes, Betty, that's a riot!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie and others are waiting to use the pay phone, but Veronica is talking to Betty on it.
Indexer Notes
We don't actually see or hear Betty in this comic.
Lip Slip
Big Ethel / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Betty, I dig these hot pants!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Ethel really digs the hot pants on sale.
Cape Caper
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, why are you wearing a cape?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie wears a cape when taking Betty to the movies.
Sight Plight
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Man! Dig those hot pants!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Archie is the fifth boy to walk into a lamp post today.
[no title indexed]
Betty's Diary / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Diary: Today has been one long hassle
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews (picture)
- Synopsis
- Betty writes in her diary the various things that went wrong today.
Hill Spill
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Gus Lemoine
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Jon D'Agostino
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That was stupid of Reggie to drive his snowmobile off the hill!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead go looking for where Reggie drove his snowmobile off a cliff.
- Reprints
-
in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #60 (March 1993) - in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #100 (March 2004), #147 (March 2009)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine #60.
Wild Child
Leroy / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Gus Lemoine
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Jon D'Agostino
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What do you want to be when you grow up, Leroy?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Leroy; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie asks Leroy what he wants to be when he grows up.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #60 (March 1993)
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #100 (March 2004), #147 (March 2009)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine #60.
Bold Cold
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sniff! I don't want to make you jealous Ronnie but I caught my cold from Archie!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty caught her cold from Archie.
Mess Distress
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I can't find any of my records, mom!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mrs. Cooper; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty can't find her records in her room.
Never Clever
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Aren't you afraid someone will catch you with this ping pong set?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Moose stands watching for teachers while Archie and Jughead play ping pong in the study room.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #107 (May 1993)
-
Team Esteem
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, I want you to lift the teams morale with an inspirational message!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Coach Kleats; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Coach wants Archie to raise the hockey team's morale with an inspirational message.
Indexer Notes
The first line is missing an apostrophe for team's.
Leave Grieve
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sir! It's snowing! Can we go home early?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie asks the principal if they can go home early because of the snow.
Height Plight
Coach Kleats / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Joe Edwards ?
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo Jr. ?
- Inks
- Joe Edwards
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Is that door seven feet high?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Coach Kleats; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- The Central High basketball coach wonders if the Riverdale door is seven feet tall.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #60 (March 1993)
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #82 (April 2004), #129 (April 2009)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #65 (February 2017)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine #60.
Heave Peeve
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Don't go out into the snow, son! It's very cold!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Fred Andrews; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Fred is faced with a choice between his son's health and his peaceful evening.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #60 (March 1993)
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #82 (April 2004), #129 (April 2009)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #65 (February 2017)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine #60.
Merit Badges for Girls
Betty and Veronica / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Pajama Partying
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Indexer Notes
Three badges for girls to win.
Nifty Gifty
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'd like to get my girl a birthday gift, but I don't know what!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Miss Carter
- Synopsis
- Archie asks the store's gift suggestion lady for help with a gift.
On Her Toes!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Waaaaaaa
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Haliday
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx fell off her bike and hurt her toe.
Sad Lad
Dilton Doiley / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Why the long face on Dilton?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Dilton Doiley; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Dilton is sad because he no longer has the highest IQ in school.
Yelp for Help
Big Moose / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- D-uh - I'm sorry, Miss Grundy, I don't know the answer!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Miss Grundy thinks Moose must have been asleep when brains were passed out.
Strange Change
Big Ethel / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gee, that's strange!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Ethel Muggs; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Ethel wonders why the boys are too shy to whistle at her when she's alone.
Action Faction
Big Moose / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, Moose!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Jughead is wondering what Moose is doing to Archie.
News Blues
Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Are the Archies playing here at your party tonight?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Lodge; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge asks Veronica if the Archies will be playing at Veronica's party tonight.
Bad Bread
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, Carol!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Carol
- Synopsis
- Carol wonders why Archie hasn't asked her out lately.
Sight Blight
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That new chick can't stand the sight of me!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Norma; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie thinks Norma can't stand the sight of him.
Rattle Prattle
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie just finished building his miracle snowmobile!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie has built the miracle snowmobile.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 1.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- On the last week of August I went for a weeks vacation with my mother and my brother, Peter.
Indexer Notes
Letters from Tibor Balogh, Mike Bartley, and Jane Knight.
The letter writer spelled it "weeks" not 'week's'.
Statement of Ownership
statement of ownership / 0.33 page
Indexer Notes
On the bottom of the first page of the Archie Club News.
Tact Act
Betty / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here! You can have my seat, Betty!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie gives Betty his seat on the subway.
- Reprints
Bright Sight
Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie borrowed my car and look what he did to the fender!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie borrowed Mr. Lodge's car and dented a fender.
Proof Spoof
Dilton Doiley / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- D-uh! Dilton, I need your help!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- Moose needs help with a math question he did.
Class Gas
Miss Grundy / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Thanks to hotpants I can now make my students pay attention to the blackboard!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Miss Grundy uses hot pants to make the boys pay attention to the blackboard.
Jump Chump
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well! Well! Ronnie got a new trampoline!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie and a trampoline equals trouble.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #60 (March 1993)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #140 (March 2003)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #275 (February 2017)
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Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine #60.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Here's your report card, Archie!"]
Archie -
1.
["Famous name prizes or cash the easy way!"]
Olympic Sales Club -
2.
Mystery Message
Archie -
3.
Ball Call
Betty and Veronica -
4.
Lip Slip
Big Ethel -
5.
Cape Caper
Archie -
6.
Sight Plight
Archie -
7.
["Dear Diary: Today has been one long hassle"]
Betty's Diary -
8.
["Hey, Ding-A-Ling!"]
Topper Toys -
9.
Hill Spill
Archie -
10.
Wild Child
Leroy -
11.
Bold Cold
Betty and Veronica -
12.
Mess Distress
Betty and Veronica -
13.
["Reward $11,750.00 for this coin!"]
Best Values Co. -
14.
Never Clever
Archie -
15.
Team Esteem
Archie -
16.
Leave Grieve
Archie -
17.
Height Plight
Coach Kleats -
18.
Heave Peeve
Archie -
19.
Merit Badges for Girls
Betty and Veronica -
20.
Nifty Gifty
Archie -
21.
On Her Toes!
Li'l Jinx -
22.
["You're right on..."]
-
23.
Sad Lad
Dilton Doiley -
24.
Yelp for Help
Big Moose -
25.
Strange Change
Big Ethel -
26.
Action Faction
Big Moose -
27.
News Blues
Veronica -
28.
Bad Bread
Archie -
29.
Sight Blight
Archie -
30.
Rattle Prattle
Archie -
31.
["Are you ready for 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 10 speeds?"]
Vista -
32.
["These 3 big drafting kits given to you!"]
North American School of Drafting -
33.
["On the last week of August I went for a weeks vacation with my mother and my brother, Peter."]
Archie Club News -
34.
Statement of Ownership
-
35.
["Monster size monsters"]
Honor House Product Corp. -
36.
["50 little dolls with clothes for all 50 - all for $1.00"]
Palmer Jones Co. -
37.
Tact Act
Betty -
38.
Bright Sight
Veronica -
39.
Proof Spoof
Dilton Doiley -
40.
Class Gas
Miss Grundy -
41.
Jump Chump
Archie -
42.
["Hi, dad! How do you like it? The look of the 40's! Real boss, huh?"]
Veronica Pin Up -
43.
["Prepare now for a successful future!"]
International Correspondence Schools -
44.
["Pick a pack of prizes or cash at J.S.C.A."]
Junior Sales Club of America -
45.
["Make money get prizes with fast selling American seeds"]
American Seed Company
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- John DiBello
- Katy Hayhurst
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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