(March 1976)
Archie,
1953 Series
- Price
- 0.30 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
- ?
Borrow Sorrow
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How can we go to the movies? You're broke!
- Feature Logo
Archie- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie can't find anyone with money to lend him.
- Reprints
-
in Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #209 (November 1979) - in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #74 (January 1988)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #159 (May 2005)
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #217 (August 2005)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #221 (October 2011), #259 (April 2015)
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Punch Crunch
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- He's coming to!
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- Archie's boxing match did not go well.
- Reprints
-
in Bingo Wilkin (Editions Héritage, 1977 series) #1 (Janvier 1977) - in Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #268 (May 1980)
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #74 (January 1988)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #64 (March 1993)
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #21 (January 1994)
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Credit Crumb
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, Pop, how's my credit?
- Feature Logo
Jughead- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Pop finds Jughead's question extremely humorous.
- Reprints
- in Bingo Wilkin (Editions Héritage, 1977 series) #1 (Janvier 1977)
- in Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #268 (May 1980)
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #74 (January 1988)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #64 (March 1993)
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #21 (January 1994)
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Trail Travail
Hot Dog / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hot Dog!!! Hot Dog, were are you?
- Feature Logo
Hot Dog- Genre
- humor; animal
- Characters
- Gladys Jones; Hot Dog
- Synopsis
- Hot Dog tracks mud into the house.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #28 (January 1988)
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Indexer Notes
The first line includes a misspelling.
Sport Retort
Moose / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- They're all great men of letters!
- Feature Logo
Big Moose- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Dilton Doiley; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Moose compares himself to Shakespeare, Byron, and Dickens.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #28 (January 1988)
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Dazzle Frazzle
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ethel, let's go check out the modern art exhibit!
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Archie gains a new appreciation of Ethel's beauty after they visit a modern art exhibit.
- Reprints
- in Bingo Wilkin (Editions Héritage, 1977 series) #1 (Janvier 1977)
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #74 (January 1988)
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Surprise Size
Reggie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dig what I just caught!
- Feature Logo
Reggie- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Sy
- Synopsis
- Reggie is fooled into thinking Archie caught a much bigger fish than he did.
- Reprints
- in Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #53 (May 1980)
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #88 (February 1988)
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #81 (March 1989)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #64 (March 1993)
- in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #24 (March 2013)
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Ball Brawl
Mr. Lodge / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Splat
- Feature Logo
Mr. Lodge- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Smithers
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge gets back at Archie with a snowball.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #268 (May 1980)
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #88 (February 1988)
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #81 (March 1989)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #121 (March 2004)
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #201 (March 2010)
- in Archie's Giant Kids' Joke Book (Archie, 2012 series) (2012)
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #222 (April 2012)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #239 (February 2016)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Shindig (Archie, 2016 series) (2016)
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #266 (February 2019)
- in Archie Milestones Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2019 series) #6 (February 2020)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #300
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The Hard Way!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Watch me make a figure eight, Greg!
- Feature Logo
Li'l Jinx- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Greg
- Synopsis
- Jinx comes up short of ice skating a figure eight.
Jump Chump
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wow! Look at Jimmy go!
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jimmy; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Another skier's crash spooks Archie.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #268 (May 1980)
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #88 (February 1988)
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #81 (March 1989)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #64 (March 1993), #122 (March 2001)
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Race Pace
Ethel / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ethel wins the dog race!
- Feature Logo
Big Ethel- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Ethel Muggs; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Ethel strikes back at Reggie for his joke at her expense.
[no title indexed]
Mr. Weatherbee Maze / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Trace a path from "in" to "out" through the Riverdale High School maze!
- Characters
- Waldo Weatherbee
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You boys shouldn't be hanging out the window!
- Feature Logo
Archie's Gag Bag- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Geraldine Grundy; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Pop Tate; Waldo Weatherbee; Miss Phlips; Miss Beazly; Professor Flutesnoot; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Reprints
- from Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX
Indexer Notes
Reprints of eight Archie daily newspaper strips.
Bright Sight
Reggie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm gonna outshine everyone on the slopes tonight!
- Feature Logo
- Reggie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- While night skiing, Reggie carries two flashlights.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #267 (April 1980)
- in Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #49 (April 1987)
- in The Jughead Jones Comics Digest (Archie, 1977 series) #61 (February 1990)
- in Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #78 (February 1992)
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Name Game
Moose / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- D-uh! I'm sorry to hear about your ski accident, Reggie!
- Feature Logo
- Big Moose
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Moose comes to sign Reggie's cast, but sees Midge's signature.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #267 (April 1980)
- in Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #54 (February 1988)
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[no title indexed]
Archie Codes / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- By working with the code below you can find out the answer to Archie's riddle!
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
Indexer Notes
Using number-letter codes to solve two riddles.
Job Description
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Okay, we have to get organized now!
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Reggie doesn't like the sound of the job Archie has given him.
- Reprints
- in Bingo Wilkin (Editions Héritage, 1977 series) #1 (Janvier 1977)
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Anything Good
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Are there any good love movies around?
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie tries to find a movie that will satisfy everyone.
- Reprints
- in Bingo Wilkin (Editions Héritage, 1977 series) #1 (Janvier 1977)
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Flivver Quivver
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, let's get some exercise!
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Reggie points out to a nameless girl that hanging out with Archie isn't always easy.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #269 (June 1980)
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #85 (March 1988)
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #21 (January 1994)
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Big Gig
Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My ambition is to be a huge success in education!
- Feature Logo
- Reggie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Reggie reacts to hearing Mr. Weatherbee talking big.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #269 (June 1980)
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #85 (March 1988)
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #21 (January 1994)
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Eye Guy
Ethel / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ooohhh---that Archie!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Ethel Muggs; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty and Ethel compare guy problems.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Archie, I wrote a poem about America.
- Feature Logo
Archie Club News
Indexer Notes
Letters from Allyson Swaim (1st prize) and Eric Cowart (2nd prize), plus instructions on joining the Archie Club.
Sock Shock
Reggie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Aren't you going to train for your fight with Moose?
- Feature Logo
- Reggie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Reggie's confidence for his boxing match with Moose evaporates.
- Reprints
- in Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #53 (May 1980)
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #84 (January 1988)
- in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #33 (January 2014)
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Beef Beefing
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jug, you should become a vegetarian!
- Feature Logo
- Jughead
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Ethel thinks Jughead should become a vegetarian.
- Reprints
- in Bingo Wilkin (Editions Héritage, 1977 series) #1 (Janvier 1977)
- in Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #68 (April 1980)
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #91 (March 1989)
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Decoy Ploy
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jug, you're right! The TV set makes for a fine scarecrow!
- Feature Logo
- Jughead
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie wonders how Jughead knew a TV set would scare birds away.
- Reprints
- in Bingo Wilkin (Editions Héritage, 1977 series) #1 (Janvier 1977)
- in Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #68 (April 1980)
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #91 (March 1989)
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Mystery Mania
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I didn't know your dad was a mystery fan!
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie wants Mr. Lodge's opinion on mysteries.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #268 (May 1980)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #32 (January 1988)
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #261 (April 2010)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #49 (June 2015)
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Caress Cut-In
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- May I cut in!
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- Archie changes his mind about cutting in on Veronica's dance.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #268 (May 1980)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #32 (January 1988)
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #261 (April 2010)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #49 (June 2015)
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Cut Rate Art
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Nobody wants to buy my paintings!
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead gives Archie advice on marketing his art.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #32 (January 1988)
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #261 (April 2010)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #288 (June 2018)
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[no title indexed]
Big Moose Pinup / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What are you doin', Moose? You lost your dollar a block and a half away! Why look here?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- The old "the light's better here" gag.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #32 (January 1988)
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Usually my food is lumpy!"]
Archie -
1.
Borrow Sorrow
Archie -
2.
Punch Crunch
Archie -
3.
Credit Crumb
Jughead -
4.
Trail Travail
Hot Dog -
5.
Sport Retort
Moose -
6.
Dazzle Frazzle
Archie -
7.
Surprise Size
Reggie -
8.
Ball Brawl
Mr. Lodge -
9.
The Hard Way!
Li'l Jinx -
10.
Jump Chump
Archie -
11.
Race Pace
Ethel -
12.
["Trace a path from "in" to "out" through the Riverdale High School maze!"]
Mr. Weatherbee Maze -
13.
["You boys shouldn't be hanging out the window!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
14.
Bright Sight
Reggie -
15.
Name Game
Moose -
16.
["By working with the code below you can find out the answer to Archie's riddle!"]
Archie Codes -
17.
Job Description
Archie -
18.
Anything Good
Archie -
19.
Flivver Quivver
Archie -
20.
Big Gig
Reggie -
21.
Eye Guy
Ethel -
22.
["Dear Archie, I wrote a poem about America."]
Archie Club News -
23.
Sock Shock
Reggie -
24.
Beef Beefing
Jughead -
25.
Decoy Ploy
Jughead -
26.
Mystery Mania
Archie -
27.
Caress Cut-In
Archie -
28.
Cut Rate Art
Archie -
29.
["What are you doin', Moose? You lost your dollar a block and a half away! Why look here?"]
Big Moose Pinup
This issue was modified by, among others
- Joey Beretta
- Katy Hayhurst
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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