(December 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]
Movie Buys memorabilia / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Home movies newsreel films David Bowie - Rolling Stones - Beatles - Chuck Berry - Alice Cooper - Elvis
Male Travail
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Just look at that careless girl driver!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie gets splashed by a driver he thinks is a girl.
Guess Mess
Ethel / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Guess the exact number and you win a prize!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Ethel Muggs; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Ethel is giving a prize to boys who guess the number of marbles in a bowl.
- Reprints
Inflation Deflation
Archie and the Gang / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There's only one trouble with saving a little money!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs; Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doily; Reggie Mantle
Indexer Notes
Three two-panel comics about money.
Lag Gag
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, why must you always be late?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie claims he's not always late, half the time he's early.
Putt Nut
Mr. Lodge / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mr. Lodge figured out the perfect way to sink putts!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge has figured out the perfect way to sink putts.
Big Gig
Mister Andrews / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Son, I want you to always think big!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Fred Andrews; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie's dad tells him to always think big.
- Reprints
Act Fact
Hot Dog / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Play dead, Hot Dog!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Hot Dog; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie and Reggie wonder how Hot Dog learned to play dead so well.
- Reprints
Dream Drama
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, I had a dream about you last night!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Reggie had a dream about Archie last night.
- Reprints
-
in Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #58 (October 1988) - in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #71 (November 1994)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #79 (July 2018)
-
[no title indexed]
Columbia Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Focus on Columbia
Indexer Notes
Bicycles from Columbia Manufacturing Co.
Rain Brain
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Missy doll dress kit
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx dresses her Missy doll up in rain gear and an umbrella because it is raining.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Welch's Concord Grape Jelly / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey kids! Six new Archie glasses to add to your collection!
- Characters
- Dilton Doily; Ethel Muggs; Pop Tate; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Sabrina Spellman; Mr. Weatherbee; Coach Kleats
[no title indexed]
Kenner Toys / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wow! Whatta finish!
Indexer Notes
Ad in comic form for Kenner's SSP toys.
Joke Bloke
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm trying to decide what kind of comic I'm going to be at the masquerade party!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie is trying to decide what kind of comic to dress up as for a masquerade party.
Number Bumber
Moose / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- D-uh! I wanna get ready for school, Dilton --- d'uh! Give me some math problems!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Dilton Doily; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Moose asks Dilton to give him some math problems.
- Reprints
Strange Facts About Archie 'n' the Gang!
Archie and the Gang / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Miss Grundy was born in 1589
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Miss Grundy; Dilton Doily; Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Indexer Notes
Five one-panel gags.
Doggy Days
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It says here that girls are irresistibly attracted to men with dogs!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie learns that girls are attracted to men with dogs.
- Reprints
Error Terror
Moose / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ha! Ha! Moose made an error! Moose made an error!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Reggie laughs at Moose not catching the baseball.
Allowance Blues
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dilton
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Dilton Doily; Mr. Doily; Moose Mason; Mr. Mason; Jughead Jones; Forsythe Jones; Fred Andrews; Betty Cooper (picture); Veronica Lodge (picture); Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- in The Jughead Jones Comics Digest (Archie, 1977 series) #50 (April 1988)
-
Indexer Notes
Four gags showing how various members of the Archie gang ask their fathers for a raise in their allowances.
[no title indexed]
Sears Free Spirit Bicycle / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Free Spirit. Spyder.
Indexer Notes
Bicycle from Sears, Roebuck and Co.
Putting On the Dog
Veronica's Mother / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Beware of Dog
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mrs. Lodge; Smithers; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mrs. Lodge doesn't care for the "Beware of the dog" sign Smithers has painted.
- Reprints
Boys Will Be Boys
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- All women, not just men, are created equal!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica feels all women are entitled to pursue happiness.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- planes
Rare Pair
Hot Dog / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What was the movie Cat Girl like?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Hot Dog; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Jughead asks Archie what the movie "Cat Girl" was like.
- Reprints
Muzzle Puzzle
Hot Dog / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If you spot a dog that isn't muzzled, take him to the pound!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Hot Dog
- Synopsis
- Dog catchers are looking for unmuzzled dogs.
- Reprints
News Blues
Ethel / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Fellows, I have some good news and some bad news for you!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Ethel has some good news and bad news for Jughead and Reggie.
Sad Lad
Archie and the Gang / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jug, why the hangdog expression?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead is sad because Ethel is going to the school dance.
Cool Fool
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That's what I call a real dreamboat! A real groovy guy!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Kitty
- Synopsis
- Archie walks by two girls and hears them talking about the dreamboat.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #79 (November 1988)
-
[no title indexed]
Super Values Products / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wow 6 different patches free.
[no title indexed]
Sea-Monkeys / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Own a bowlfull of happiness... amazing live sea-monkeys
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I would like to tell you about Washington, D.C. where my family visited last summer.
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
Indexer Notes
Letters from Linda Downs, Lanna Schertter, Dino Vittoria, Dan Turner, and Denise Tapak.
[no title indexed]
Monster Size Monsters / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Monster size monsters
- Characters
- Frankenstein's Monster; Boney
Indexer Notes
Sold by Honor House.
[no title indexed]
Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boys! Men! My secret new dynaflex method
Clod Squad
Dilton / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, you've got a way with girls!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Dilton Doiley; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Joyce; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Dilton asks Archie for advice to get on the good side of Joyce.
Shrink Kink
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's your beef?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie's new sweater shrank.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #106 (March 1999), #149 (March 2004)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #45 (January 2015)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #317 (April 2021)
-
Indexer Notes
Strip printed vertically on the page.
Break Flake
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My world has fallen apart!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie's world has fallen apart.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #106 (March 1999), #149 (March 2004)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #45 (January 2015)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #317 (April 2021)
-
Indexer Notes
Strip printed vertically.
Act Fact
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In order to learn acting I have to watch people suffer!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- To learn to act Veronica has to watch people suffer, fortunately, Betty knows of a place.
Go Woe
Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How fast can Archie's jalopy go?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- A girl asks Veronica how fast Archie's jalopy can go.
Bout Rout
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hold my cone for a second, Jug!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie asks Jughead to hold his ice cream cone while he's on the phone.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #124 (November 1993)
-
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How would you like to receive a free Christmas gift from Archie?
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Indexer Notes
Order form for 5 Christmas special comics for a dollar.
[no title indexed]
ICS / International Correspondence Schools / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There must be a better way to earn a living...
The Insult That Made a Man Out of "Mac"
Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey! Quit kicking that sand in our faces!
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Mac; Charles Atlas (photo)
Indexer Notes
Ad with comic.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Archie, I'll have the Super Sundae!"]
Archie -
1.
["Home movies newsreel films David Bowie - Rolling Stones - Beatles - Chuck Berry - Alice Cooper - Elvis"]
Movie Buys memorabilia -
2.
Male Travail
Archie -
3.
Guess Mess
Ethel -
4.
Inflation Deflation
Archie and the Gang -
5.
Lag Gag
Archie -
6.
Putt Nut
Mr. Lodge -
7.
Big Gig
Mister Andrews -
8.
Act Fact
Hot Dog -
9.
Dream Drama
Archie -
10.
["Focus on Columbia"]
Columbia Bicycles -
11.
Rain Brain
Li'l Jinx -
12.
["Hey kids! Six new Archie glasses to add to your collection!"]
Welch's Concord Grape Jelly -
13.
["Wow! Whatta finish!"]
Kenner Toys -
14.
Joke Bloke
Archie -
15.
Number Bumber
Moose -
16.
Strange Facts About Archie 'n' the Gang!
Archie and the Gang -
17.
Doggy Days
Archie -
18.
Error Terror
Moose -
19.
Allowance Blues
-
20.
["The Free Spirit. Spyder."]
Sears Free Spirit Bicycle -
21.
Putting On the Dog
Veronica's Mother -
22.
Boys Will Be Boys
Betty and Veronica -
23.
Rare Pair
Hot Dog -
24.
Muzzle Puzzle
Hot Dog -
25.
News Blues
Ethel -
26.
Sad Lad
Archie and the Gang -
27.
Cool Fool
Archie -
28.
["Wow 6 different patches free."]
Super Values Products -
29.
["Own a bowlfull of happiness... amazing live sea-monkeys"]
Sea-Monkeys -
30.
["I would like to tell you about Washington, D.C. where my family visited last summer."]
Archie Club News -
31.
["Monster size monsters"]
Monster Size Monsters -
32.
["Boys! Men! My secret new dynaflex method"]
Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System -
33.
Clod Squad
Dilton -
34.
Shrink Kink
Archie -
35.
Break Flake
Archie -
36.
Act Fact
Betty and Veronica -
37.
Go Woe
Veronica -
38.
Bout Rout
Archie -
39.
["How would you like to receive a free Christmas gift from Archie?"]
-
40.
["There must be a better way to earn a living..."]
ICS / International Correspondence Schools -
41.
The Insult That Made a Man Out of "Mac"
Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System -
42.
["So, you think you know your pro basketball?"]
Strat-O-Matic Basketball Game
This issue was modified by, among others
- Joey Beretta
- Katy Hayhurst
- Donald Dale Milne
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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