(July 1973)
Archie,
1953 Series
- Price
- 0.20 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 [circular]
- Editing
- ?
[no title indexed]
Gandalf Consumer Gazette Catalog / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Over one hundred free! gifts
Hic Trick!
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hic!!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie can't stop hiccupping.
Cheer Sphere
Ethel / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When I feel blue --- music cheers me up!
- Feature Logo
- Big Ethel
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Ethel Muggs; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- The girls talk about what cheers them up when they are blue.
Switch Hitch!
Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- With you in front of me, Moose, I can't see a thing!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Moose Mason; Betty Cooper; Professor Flutesnoot; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Moose is blocking Mr. Weatherbee's view, so he asks Moose to move over.
Shake Flake
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm making a special health drink!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica makes a special health drink for Archie.
Group Scoop
Miss Grundy / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Our class is involved with Indian lore projects!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Dilton Doily; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Miss Grundy's class is making various projects based on Indian lore.
Girl Whirl
Moose / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- D-uh! Midge keeps saying I'm a numbskull!
- Feature Logo
- Big Moose
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Al; Sue
- Synopsis
- Moose wants to meet a girl he doesn't feel inferior to.
- Reprints
-
in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #87 (July 1988)
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[no title indexed]
Strat-O-Matic Baseball Game / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Baseball fans are crazy about this true-to-life baseball game
You Know You're Lucky When...
Archie and the Gang / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Your canoe oar breaks---
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Al; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Coach Kleats
- Reprints
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #87 (July 1988)
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Indexer Notes
Six two-panel cartoons about luck.
Satisfaction Action
Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Why are you throwing away Archie's picture?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews (picture); Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica never wants to have anything to do with Archie again, and then calls him.
Candle Power
Archie and the Gang / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jughead's Hamburger Candle
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Dilton Doily (candle); Mr. Weatherbee (candle); Betty Cooper (candle); Moose Mason (candle); Veronica Lodge (candle)
Indexer Notes
Six gags featuring novelty candles.
Oh Double Rats
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wouldn't you know it? Here I am again in the principal's office!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie wonders why he's always in the principal's office.
- Reprints
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #87 (July 1988)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #109 (August 1999), #155 (November 2004)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #225 (March 2012), #307 (April 2020)
-
News Muse
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I think the country is finally licking the inflation problem!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie thinks the country has licked the inflation problem.
Juvenile Guile
Leroy / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My dentist couldn't find a single cavity!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Leroy
- Synopsis
- Leroy's dentist couldn't find a single cavity.
Joy Decoy
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look, someone is moving in next to Betty!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty's new neighbor has a lot of sports equipment and trophies.
Ear Sneer
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Daddy, should I let Betty pierce my ears?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica wants Betty to pierce her ears.
Itching to Please
Hot Dog / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, that's quite a dog you have there!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Hot Dog; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- A man with a circus is interested in Hot Dog.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The brand new Archie Annual #25 is out-a-site!
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
Milk Ilk
Mr. Lodge / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The boys who visit my daughter drink up a dozen quarts of milk each day!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- A friend of Mr. Lodge's complains about the amount of milk his daughter's boyfriends drink every day.
Swipe Gripe
Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sniff! That new girl stole my Archie!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica is sad that a new girl has stolen Archie.
Lunch Hunch
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ow! Groan! Moan!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Miss Beazly
- Synopsis
- Archie has a choice of what he wants for lunch.
Alarm Qualm
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- One thing about Reggie -- he'll never suffer from an inferiority complex!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie thinks Reggie will never suffer from an inferiority complex, but Reggie disagrees.
Fame Aim!
Coach Kleats / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We're retiring the number Reggie has worn for the last three years!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Coach Kleats; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- The Coach retires the number Reggie has been wearing for the last three years.
Call Gall
Betty / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'll get it!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Mrs. Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty answers the phone and talks for a while, but it's not for her.
Globe Probe!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Those lines going north and south are the longitude lines-
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse; Russ
- Synopsis
- Russ is pointing out the features of a globe.
- Reprints
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #87 (July 1988)
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[no title indexed]
Popsicle Products / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Join the crowd with these mod Popsicle values
[no title indexed]
Sea-Monkeys / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Enter the wonderful world of amazing live sea-monkeys
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I've tried to describe 5 main characters from your series of comics by spelling their names out:
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Indexer Notes
Letters from Ann Schmoll, Lisa Rinaldi, Tod Randolph, Becky Self, and Charlie Whitaker.
[no title indexed]
Queen Helene Masque / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Doctor develops home treatment that rinses away blackheads helps dry up acne pimples in 15 minutes or your money back!
Indexer Notes
Sold by Seagate Sales Corp.
The Surefire Remedy
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ronnie, since I'm short of bread, I thought you wouldn't mind staying home to watch T.V. this evening!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie and Veronica are going to watch TV, when Reggie calls.
Funky Proverbs
Archie and Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Money isn't everything!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Proverbs with humorous twists.
Weather Tether
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I've hooked up this mike to the Bee's radio!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie has hooked a microphone up to Mr. Weatherbee's radio and tries to con him into calling off school for the day.
Concern Yearn
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Parents give me a pain!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie finds parents are a pain, always wanting to know where he is and when he'll be back.
[no title indexed]
Mr. Weatherbee Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Meat loaf, again! Don't I have any choice, Miss Beazley?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Beazley
- Reprints
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #87 (July 1988)
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[no title indexed]
ICS / International Correspondence Schools / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now you can choose the career you've always wanted - even if you never went to college.
[no title indexed]
Niresk Fishing Outfits / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 3 complete fishing outfits
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Table of Contents
-
0.
["Etiquette says, the boy closest to the check, picks it up!"]
Archie -
1.
["Over one hundred free! gifts"]
Gandalf Consumer Gazette Catalog -
2.
Hic Trick!
Archie -
3.
Cheer Sphere
Ethel -
4.
Switch Hitch!
Mr. Weatherbee -
5.
Shake Flake
Archie -
6.
Group Scoop
Miss Grundy -
7.
Girl Whirl
Moose -
8.
["Baseball fans are crazy about this true-to-life baseball game"]
Strat-O-Matic Baseball Game -
9.
You Know You're Lucky When...
Archie and the Gang -
10.
[Honor House Prod. Corp.]
Honor House Products -
11.
Satisfaction Action
Veronica -
12.
Candle Power
Archie and the Gang -
13.
Oh Double Rats
Archie -
14.
News Muse
Archie -
15.
Juvenile Guile
Leroy -
16.
Joy Decoy
Betty and Veronica -
17.
Ear Sneer
Betty and Veronica -
18.
Itching to Please
Hot Dog -
19.
["The brand new Archie Annual #25 is out-a-site!"]
-
20.
Milk Ilk
Mr. Lodge -
21.
Swipe Gripe
Veronica -
22.
Lunch Hunch
Archie -
23.
Alarm Qualm
Archie -
24.
Fame Aim!
Coach Kleats -
25.
Call Gall
Betty -
26.
Globe Probe!
Li'l Jinx -
27.
["Join the crowd with these mod Popsicle values"]
Popsicle Products -
28.
["Enter the wonderful world of amazing live sea-monkeys"]
Sea-Monkeys -
29.
["I've tried to describe 5 main characters from your series of comics by spelling their names out:"]
Archie Club News -
30.
["Doctor develops home treatment that rinses away blackheads helps dry up acne pimples in 15 minutes or your money back!"]
Queen Helene Masque -
31.
The Surefire Remedy
Archie -
32.
Funky Proverbs
Archie and Jughead -
33.
Weather Tether
Archie -
34.
Concern Yearn
Archie -
35.
["Meat loaf, again! Don't I have any choice, Miss Beazley?"]
Mr. Weatherbee Pin Up -
36.
["Now you can choose the career you've always wanted - even if you never went to college."]
ICS / International Correspondence Schools -
37.
["3 complete fishing outfits"]
Niresk Fishing Outfits -
38.
["Do you need extra money?"]
Cheerful Card / Cheerful House Cards and Stationery
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- Joey Beretta
- Katy Hayhurst
- Michael Hoskin
- Thomas Johnson
- Donald Dale Milne
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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