(July 1974)
Archie,
1953 Series
- Price
- 0.25 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 [vertical]
- Editing
- ?
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I say allowances are bad for teen-agers!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Reprints
-
in Archi - Serie Avestruz (Editorial Novaro, 1975 series) #173 (3 de enero de 1983)
-
Gear Jeer
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dig! I have a Hank Aaron-type hat!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie is wearing uniform cap, glove, and shoes like baseball superstars.
Tale of Wail
Big Moose / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Poor, Moose, he failed almost every subject!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Reggie cheers up Moose after he fails almost every subject.
Rare Scare
Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Young lady, clean up your room!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Veronica scares Mr. Lodge when she says that one day she'll marry Archie.
Hip Quip
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, Detroit is recalling all cars with defects!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie tells Reggie that Detroit is recalling all cars with defects.
Scoring Warning
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, you better not leave your jalopy parked in front!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Lodge; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge warns Archie not to park his jalopy in front of the mansion today.
Kiss Bliss
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, let me give you a good-bye kiss!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica gives Archie a good-bye kiss at the airport.
Pursuit Dispute
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, you can't leave your job to chase those girls!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Pop Tate; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie is leaving his job at the Choklit Shop to pursue girls.
Parlor Tricks
Big Ethel / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Big Ethel, I have a blind date here for you!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Betty has a blind date for Ethel, but he's short.
Inflation Situation
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A penny for your thoughts, Li'l Jinx!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Greg
- Synopsis
- With inflation thoughts are worth more than a penny.
Flip Tip
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ronnie, I'm playing mixed-doubles with Archie as my partner!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Veronica gives Betty some tips on playing mixed-doubles tennis with Archie as her partner.
Menu Wish Upon a Star
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ronnie, I really think I'm going places in your father's firm!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie is going places working in Mr. Lodge's company.
Looks at Books
Dilton / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Singing Weather Reports by Sonny and Warmer
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Dilton Doily; Sonny; Warmer; Upson Downes; Lois Carmen Denominator; Pat Pending
Indexer Notes
Seven books and the punny names of their authors.
Gas Morass
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dad, can I borrow your car?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie wants to borrow his dad's car, but Fred needs it for an important meeting.
Double Takes
Archie and the Gang / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, the motor is too powerful for this boat!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones
Indexer Notes
Three two-panel comics.
Pier Seer
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There must be a lot of skin divers around!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Fishing on the pier Archie figures there are a lot of skin divers.
Fruit Hoot
Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I look upon our school as the tree of education!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee looks at the school as a tree with the students as the fruit.
Dirt Alert
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Our school paper needs a new writer for the gossip column!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica are discussing who should be the school paper's new gossip columnist.
Betty and Veronica Maze
Betty and Veronica / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Betty and Veronica would love to find out what goes on in Archie's head - help find the path through the maze.
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Reprints
-
in Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #28 (1976) - in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #19 (November 1978)
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #52 (October 2000)
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #230 (February 2013), #276 (January 2020)
-
Indexer Notes
Find your way through a maze shaped like Archie's head.
Triple Ripple
The Archies / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mrs. Lodge, we call ourselves the 3-M Group!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- The Archies [Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge]; Mrs. Lodge; Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- The Archie are a 3-M group.
Guess Mess
Big Moose / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Moose, you got 30% on the true and false quiz!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Miss Grundy; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Moose got 30% on a recent true or false test.
Court Retort
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Veronica, you always pick Reggie to be your partner!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie wonders why Veronica always picks Reggie to be her partner in tennis.
Adieu Clue
Big Ethel / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That rat Jughead is gone!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Ethel Muggs; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Ethel knows Jughead has recently left.
Bait Fate
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Son, we've been fishing all day without a single bite!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Fred Andrews; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie and his dad have been fishing all day without a bite.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My father is in the Air Force and we travel a lot.
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Dilton Doily; Veronica Lodge
Indexer Notes
Letters from Michael Whitley, and Eric Bethea.
Tree Trauma
Dilton / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You two are always getting into trouble because of girls!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Dilton Doily; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Dilton claims he doesn't get in trouble like Archie and Reggie because he studies trees.
In a Kind Bind
Coach Kleats / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Poor Archie! I hate to send him to the showers!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Coach Kleats; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- The coach tries to find a kind way to send Archie to the showers.
- Keywords
- baseball
Dull Skull
Big Moose / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- D-uh! Archie! I like your shop!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Moose likes Archie's scale model of the Chocklit Shoppe, but won't lift it.
Queer Cheer
Miss Grundy / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Class, I have some good news and some bad news for you!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Miss Grundy has good news and bad news about the class's homework assignment.
Woo Clue
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What language is Archie taking this semester?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Dilton Doily; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Dilton wonders what language Archie is taking this semester.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["I say allowances are bad for teen-agers!"]
Archie -
1.
["Coolidge's famous set of poker playing dogs"]
-
2.
Gear Jeer
Archie -
3.
Tale of Wail
Big Moose -
4.
Rare Scare
Veronica -
5.
Hip Quip
Archie -
6.
Scoring Warning
Archie -
7.
Kiss Bliss
Archie -
8.
Pursuit Dispute
Archie -
9.
Parlor Tricks
Big Ethel -
10.
["Go first class... go Columbia"]
-
11.
Inflation Situation
Li'l Jinx -
12.
["Popsicle & Huck Finn two great American originals"]
-
13.
["Play 1974 big league baseball games"]
Strat-O-Matic -
14.
Flip Tip
Betty and Veronica -
15.
Menu Wish Upon a Star
Archie -
16.
Looks at Books
Dilton -
17.
Gas Morass
Archie -
18.
Double Takes
Archie and the Gang -
19.
Pier Seer
Archie -
20.
Fruit Hoot
Mr. Weatherbee -
21.
["Dear mom and dad... next time you are wondering what to get me for a present how about a Vista bicycle!"]
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22.
Dirt Alert
Betty and Veronica -
23.
Betty and Veronica Maze
Betty and Veronica -
24.
Triple Ripple
The Archies -
25.
Guess Mess
Big Moose -
26.
Court Retort
Archie -
27.
Adieu Clue
Big Ethel -
28.
Bait Fate
Archie -
29.
["Karate"]
-
30.
["My father is in the Air Force and we travel a lot."]
Archie Club News -
31.
["Happiness is the happening in Archie's Jokes!"]
-
32.
["Hey, kids! Stay in the groove with Archie Series Comics!"]
-
33.
[Sea-Monkeys]
-
34.
[Personalized Metal Social Security Plates]
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35.
Tree Trauma
Dilton -
36.
In a Kind Bind
Coach Kleats -
37.
Dull Skull
Big Moose -
38.
Queer Cheer
Miss Grundy -
39.
Woo Clue
Archie -
40.
["A perfect strike --- too bad he never let go of the ball!"]
Archie Pin Up -
41.
["Mark this on your Archie calendar! It's fantastic!"]
-
42.
["Do you need extra money?"]
-
43.
["3 complete fishing outfits"]
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44.
["The Winner. Built by Converse. Just for Sears."]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katy Hayhurst
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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