(September 1974)

Archie, 1953 Series
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Price
0.25 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1974-07-02
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Series [vertical]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
?

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Pocket Checklist page of Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #108, July 1974.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
What's so funny, Moose?
Genre
teen
Characters
Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Cover Thumbnail for Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #200
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Grip Bit (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Samm Schwartz
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Samm Schwartz
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Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
A bully at the beach bothers Betty. Archie offers to stop him until he sees how big he is.

Lack Claque (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Nobody has money to loan Archie.

View Snafu (Table of Contents: 3)

Betty / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
teen
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Betty Cooper; Midge Klump; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Betty has a three-piece swimsuit.

Polly Folly (Table of Contents: 4)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Genre
teen
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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Veronica has a Chinese parrot.

Voice Your Choice (Table of Contents: 5)

Mr. Lodge / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Genre
teen
Characters
Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Should Archie play his guitar or his trumpet?

Goof Proof (Table of Contents: 6)

Big Moose / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Genre
teen
Characters
Moose Mason
Synopsis
Moose tries to check a book out of the library.

Cool Fool (Table of Contents: 7)

Big Moose / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Genre
teen
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Moose Mason
Synopsis
Moose puts a cookie in his textbook.

Guage Rage (Table of Contents: 8)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
teen
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Hiram Lodge; Hemione Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Archie returns Mr. Lodge's car with an empty gas tank.

Round 'Won'! (Table of Contents: 9)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
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Joe Edwards
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Joe Edwards
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Genre
children
Characters
Li'l Jinx; Greg; Hap Halliday
Synopsis
Li'l Jinx teaches Greg that it is wrong to fight.

Archie Puzzle (Table of Contents: 10)

activity / 1 page (report information)

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Archie Andrews
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Find the Word puzzle.

Candid Comment (Table of Contents: 11)

Mr. Lodge / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
humor
Characters
Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Archie is selling his electric guitar.

Indexer Notes

Wordless story.

Talk Balk (Table of Contents: 12)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis
Mr. Lodge insists that Veronica's phone calls stay under a half hour.

Phone Ding-A-Ling (Table of Contents: 13)

Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Genre
teen
Characters
Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Hermione Lodge
Synopsis
Mr. Lodge is worried that Veronica never goes outside as she is always on the phone.

Summer Simmer (Table of Contents: 14)

Big Ethel / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
teen
Characters
Ethel Muggs; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Ethel's summer is so boring her dreams are re-runs.

[Laugh Comics Digest #1] (Table of Contents: 15)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Indexer Notes

House ad for Laugh Comics Digest #1.

Sun Fun (Table of Contents: 16)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Archie and Veronica finally find an empty spot on a crowded beach.

Score Chore (Table of Contents: 17)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Archie is supposed to be keeping score of the tennis game but he's watching girls instead.
Keywords
tennis

Sail Travail (Table of Contents: 18)

Veronica / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Veronica can't steer the sailboat.
Keywords
sailboat

Idle Idol (Table of Contents: 19)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Archie fakes a surfing injury.

Room for Improvement (Table of Contents: 20)

Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Genre
teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Gladys Jones; Forsythe Jones
Synopsis
Jughead cleaned his room.

Sleep Slap (Table of Contents: 21)

Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Genre
teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Reggie counts Archies when he can't sleep.

Whacky Knack (Table of Contents: 22)

Big Ethel / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Genre
teen
Characters
Ethel Muggs; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Ethel likes to throw the boys.

Hassle Hustle (Table of Contents: 23)

Big Moose / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Genre
teen
Characters
Moose Mason; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Moose's father only gets to use the car one day a week.

Sit Bit! (Table of Contents: 24)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Archie learns how to sit on his surfboard.
Keywords
surfboard

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25)

Archie Club News / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 26)

Veronica Pin-Up / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
I know I'm a couple hours late for our date Ronnie --
Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis
Archie is hours late for his date with Veronica, but she still isn't ready.

I've Got a Secret (Table of Contents: 27)

Veronica / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Archie asks Veronica if she has been dating anybody else while he was away.

Toss Loss (Table of Contents: 28)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Archie loses his swimming trunks.
Keywords
surfing

Mountain Mountain (Table of Contents: 29)

Archie and the Gang / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Jughead knows how to stay warm on a hike up a mountain.

Jump Chump (Table of Contents: 30)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Archie jumps into the pool.

Indexer Notes

Wordless story.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["What's so funny, Moose?"]
    Archie
  2. 1. Grip Bit
    Archie
  3. 2. Lack Claque
    Archie
  4. 3. View Snafu
    Betty
  5. 4. Polly Folly
    Betty and Veronica
  6. 5. Voice Your Choice
    Mr. Lodge
  7. 6. Goof Proof
    Big Moose
  8. 7. Cool Fool
    Big Moose
  9. 8. Guage Rage
    Archie
  10. 9. Round 'Won'!
    Li'l Jinx
  11. 10. Archie Puzzle
  12. 11. Candid Comment
    Mr. Lodge
  13. 12. Talk Balk
    Betty and Veronica
  14. 13. Phone Ding-A-Ling
    Veronica
  15. 14. Summer Simmer
    Big Ethel
  16. 15. [Laugh Comics Digest #1]
  17. 16. Sun Fun
    Archie
  18. 17. Score Chore
    Archie
  19. 18. Sail Travail
    Veronica
  20. 19. Idle Idol
    Archie
  21. 20. Room for Improvement
    Jughead
  22. 21. Sleep Slap
    Reggie
  23. 22. Whacky Knack
    Big Ethel
  24. 23. Hassle Hustle
    Big Moose
  25. 24. Sit Bit!
    Archie
  26. 25. [no title indexed]
    Archie Club News
  27. 26. ["I know I'm a couple hours late for our date Ronnie --"]
    Veronica Pin-Up
  28. 27. I've Got a Secret
    Veronica
  29. 28. Toss Loss
    Archie
  30. 29. Mountain Mountain
    Archie and the Gang
  31. 30. Jump Chump
    Archie
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