(August 1976)
Archie,
1953 Series
- Volume
- ?
- Price
- 0.30 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series [vertical]
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "Archie's Jokebook Magazine", with Jokebook as a single word.
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, guess what I'm thinking of having?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Archie regrets suggesting an expensive dessert to Veronica.
- Reprints
-
in Archi Serie Avestruz (Editorial Novaro, 1975 series) #172 (24 de diciembre de 1982)
-
Blame Game
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones (cameo); Moose Mason (cameo); Waldo Weatherbee (cameo); Ms. Grundy (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Archie is blamed for everything that goes wrong on a school field trip.
- Reprints
-
in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #142 (June 2003) - in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #298 (June 2019)
-
- Keywords
- Liberty Bell; Philadelphia
Phone Groan
Betty / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Mrs. Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty is upset that no boys were in the list of people who called for her while she was out.
- Reprints
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #85 (March 1988)
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #61 (May 1993)
-
The Moose Is Loose
Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Waldo Weatherbee; Ms. Grundy; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones (cameo); Reggie Mantle (cameo); Betty Cooper (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Moose misspells a word when sign painting, with strange consequences.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #75 (March 1988)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #78 (June 2018)
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Saucy Sausage
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- The new 25 cent hot dog at Pop's isn't such a great deal.
Paper Caper
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie cons a dollar out of his father.
Punch Crunch
Moose [Archie] / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Moose has trouble remembering boxing instructions.
- Reprints
- in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #11 (February 2012)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #96 (March 2020)
-
Brain Strain
Moose [Archie] / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Moose laments his trouble writing.
- Reprints
- in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #11 (February 2012)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #96 (March 2020)
-
Jack Knack
Ethel / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Big Ethel Muggs; Ethel's brother
- Synopsis
- Big Ethel finds a novel way to get Jughead closer.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #4 (September 1987)
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #155 (January 2010)
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Batting It Out
Charley / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Charley Hawse; Greg
- Synopsis
- Greg ribs Charley for striking out.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A young architect? Fine! I'll bring my daughter!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- 1 - Veronica get her hopes up when she thinks her father will introduce her to an architect, but he was talking about a house.
2 - Jughead and Mr. Lodge duck out of a boring set of chamber music. - Reprints
- from Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX, 1961-03-02
Indexer Notes
Two 4-panel gags.
Alley Tally
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Big Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- While bowling, Veronica get jealous over the other girls flirting with Archie.
Nap Flap
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Archie is caught napping in class.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #178 (June 2007)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #52 (November 2015)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Gala (Archie, 2015 series) (2015)
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News Blues
Big Ethel / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Big Ethel Muggs; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Ethel is late for a gossip session and asks for an instant replay.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #178 (June 2007)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #52 (November 2015)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Gala (Archie, 2015 series) (2015)
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Pay Exposè
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie complains about a mistake in his pay, while working for Mr. Lodge.
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #495 (August 1980)
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #75 (March 1988)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #159 (May 2005)
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Some Sum
Big Moose / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Ms. Grundy
- Synopsis
- Moose has trouble adding.
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #495 (August 1980)
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #75 (March 1988)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #159 (May 2005)
-
Bubble Trouble
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; unnamed contestant; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Archie wins a bubble gum blowing contest with a square bubble.
Archie's Gym Puzzle
Archie / activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Coach Kleats
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
A maze.
Cute Route
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- Archie takes a hiking shortcut that goes past the girls camp.
Alibi Reply
Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Waldo Weatherbee; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- After another disaster, Mr. Weatherbee saves time by having Archie explain while they walk to the detention room.
[no title indexed]
Open the Door, Dilton / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Dilton Doiley
Indexer Notes
Three 2-panel gags about what might happen if signs of doors had literal meanings.
Teen-Age Disaster Movies
Archie / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Ms. Grundy; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason
Indexer Notes
Four movie posters for fake movies; similar to a MAD Magazine article.
Chop Talk
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; unnamed girl
- Synopsis
- Archie takes a beating in a martial arts class.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #4 (September 1987)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 10 pages
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Big Ethel Muggs; Archie Andrews
Indexer Notes
Two poems by readers Teresa Schrodt and Mark W. Helms, with illustrations and a solicitation to join the Archie Club.
Late Fate
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Mrs. Beazly; Professor Flutesnoot; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie is late for everything at school, including his batting swing in baseball.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #4 (September 1987)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #251 (July 2014), #318 (May 2021)
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Sprite Spirit
Betty / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Big Ethel Muggs; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty promised not to tell some gossip, so she writes it down instead.
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #495 (August 1980)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #25 (November 1986)
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Flower Power
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie presents Veronica with a rose, but fails to impress her enough to ditch her date with Reggie.
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #495 (August 1980)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #25 (November 1986)
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Cap Flap
Mr. Lodge / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge doesn't like the new "funky cap" that Veronica has for him.
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #495 (August 1980)
- in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #130 (March 2005)
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #209 (January 2011), #267 (March 2019)
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Job Jibe
Mr. Lodge / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge is glad that Archie landed a job with his biggest competitor.
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #495 (August 1980)
- in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #130 (March 2005)
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #209 (January 2011), #267 (March 2019)
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You Know You're Not Too Bright When...
Moose / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Ms. Grundy; Professor Flutesnoot
- Synopsis
- A list of Moose's troubles with school work.
- Reprints
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #85 (March 1988)
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Table of Contents
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0.
["Archie, guess what I'm thinking of having?"]
Archie -
1.
Blame Game
Archie -
2.
Phone Groan
Betty -
3.
The Moose Is Loose
Mr. Weatherbee -
4.
Saucy Sausage
Archie -
5.
Paper Caper
Archie -
6.
Punch Crunch
Moose [Archie] -
7.
Brain Strain
Moose [Archie] -
8.
Jack Knack
Ethel -
9.
Batting It Out
Charley -
10.
["A young architect? Fine! I'll bring my daughter!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
11.
Alley Tally
Archie -
12.
Nap Flap
Archie -
13.
News Blues
Big Ethel -
14.
Pay Exposè
Archie -
15.
Some Sum
Big Moose -
16.
Bubble Trouble
Archie -
17.
Archie's Gym Puzzle
Archie -
18.
Cute Route
Archie -
19.
Alibi Reply
Mr. Weatherbee -
20.
[no title indexed]
Open the Door, Dilton -
21.
Teen-Age Disaster Movies
Archie -
22.
Chop Talk
Archie -
23.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News -
24.
Late Fate
Archie -
25.
Sprite Spirit
Betty -
26.
Flower Power
Archie -
27.
Cap Flap
Mr. Lodge -
28.
Job Jibe
Mr. Lodge -
29.
You Know You're Not Too Bright When...
Moose -
30.
[no title indexed]
Archie -
31.
We Have It!
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