(June 1980)
Archie,
1953 Series
- Price
- 0.40 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; Archie Comics Group
- Barcode
- 0271000695906
- Editing
- ?
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm trying to get the attention of those girl skaters!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Shopping Spree
Hostess Twinkies; Josie / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There's a word for boy-crazy girls like Melody!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Josie; Valerie; Melody
- Synopsis
- Melody and her cousin go shopping.
Indexer Notes
Ad in comic form.
Keen Scene
Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, daddy! Just look at the clean air!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica thinks there isn't a single pollutant at the resort.
- Reprints
-
in Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #12 (September 1989) - in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #286 (October 2020)
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Kite Delight
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dig the size of Archie's kite!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie's large home-made kite lifts him off the ground.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #12 (September 1989)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #162 (August 2005), #211 (October 2010)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #279 (July 2017)
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Rug Rig
Big Moose / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, guys! Dig the nice carpet Mr. Lodge donated to our clubhouse!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Moose solves the problem of how to keep the carpet in the clubhouse clean.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #12 (September 1989)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Jam (Archie, 2015 series) (2015)
- in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #16 (September 2015)
-
View Stew
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tsk! Tsk! Reruns in the morning! Reruns in the evening!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead complain about reruns.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #216 (January 1976)
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Eat Beat
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I hear Archie is the team captain!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Midge Klump; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie is the captain of his team at the ballpark.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #216 (January 1976)
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Flivver Quiver
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, let's get some exercise!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie's date wants some exercise, while he wants to ride.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #218 (March 1976)
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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!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee's ambition is to be a huge success in education.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #218 (March 1976)
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Club Rub
Sabrina the Teenage Witch / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My feet are killing me, Sabrina! I can't walk another step! How are we going to get home?
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Aunt Hilda; Sabrina Spellman
- Synopsis
- Aunt Hilda's feet are too tired to walk home so Sabrina goes to the golf driving range.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #12 (September 1989)
-
[no title indexed]
Hubba Bubba / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gumfighting do's and don'ts.
Step on It
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's raining!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Merry Holiday; Hap Holiday; Li'l Jinx
- Synopsis
- It's raining so Li'l Jinx's mom puts out the welcome mat.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Fashion designs submitted by Paige Sloan and Todd Foster.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Knock over the milk bottle and win a teddy bear for the lady!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie tries to win a carnival game.
- Reprints
- from Archie daily 19xx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When I get through tutoring you, you'll have an "A" in English!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty asks Archie to use the word fascinate in a sentence.
- Reprints
- from Archie daily 19xx-xx-xx
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You won't stop laughing either when you read the latest Joke Book Comics Digest Annual #6!
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
[no title indexed]
Mike Marvel / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Strong arms make all the difference!
[no title indexed]
Best Values Co. / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Reward $3,000.00 for this penny!
Free Spree
Mr. Lodge / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Daddy! I'm throwing a party and it'll cost us nothing!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Jughead Jones; Smithers
- Synopsis
- Veronica is throwing a party for free.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #95 (April 1989)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #72 (June 1994)
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Dream Theme
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I thought you'd like a soda, Archie!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Professor Flutesnoot; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Miss Beazly; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- The teachers are treating Archie special.
Split Bit
Betty / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, darn! I split my seam!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty splits the seam in her pants bowling.
Rain Refrain
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boy, Archie! You sure make a big fuss over a little rain!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead makes fun of Archie for how bundled up he is for the rain.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #281 (October 2017)
- in Archie Milestones Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2019 series) #2 (June 2019)
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Luck Struck
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's with the rabbit feet?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead are bringing lucky charms to school for the algebra test.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- horseshoe; rabbit's foot
Clean Scene
Sabrina / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sabrina, clean your room! It's a mess!
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Aunt Hilda; Sabrina Spellman
- Synopsis
- Aunt Hilda wants Sabrina's floor spotless.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #147 (March 1999)
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #81 (February 2004)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #270 (March 2019)
-
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's a mountain of laughs when you order Jughead With Archie Comics Digest #39
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Abraham Lincoln
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here's your Archie 3 for $1.00 checklist!
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Rope Trick
Leroy / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jug, let's play rodeo!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Leroy; Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Leroy wants to play rodeo with Jughead.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #219 (April 1976)
-
Chase Case
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie! You shouldn't spend all your time chasing after girls!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge (picture); Betty Cooper (picture); Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie takes up jogging.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #12 (September 1989)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #165 (December 2005)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #282 (October 2017)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Festival (Archie, 2017 series) (2017)
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Scat Chat
Mr. Lodge / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie! Here's a going away present!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge gives Archie a going away present.
- Reprints
- in The Jughead Jones Comics Digest (Archie, 1977 series) #56 (April 1989)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #35 (February 2014)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #316 (February 2021)
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Wishful Thinking
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I wish I could leave my job right now!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee wishes he could leave his job.
- Reprints
- in The Jughead Jones Comics Digest (Archie, 1977 series) #56 (April 1989)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #35 (February 2014)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #316 (February 2021)
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Boo-bology
Big Moose / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Moose, you've got to watch your punctuation!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Miss Grundy; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Miss Grundy thinks Moose should watch his punctuation.
- Reprints
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #24 (June 1994)
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Spare Flare
Big Moose / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In bowling, spares are very important!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- In bowling, spares are very important.
- Reprints
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #24 (June 1994)
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Start Art
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- On your mark --- get set ---
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Chuck Clayton; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie almost uses the starter gun for track meets instead of swim meets.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #219 (April 1976)
-
[no title indexed]
Mail-Away, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Poster spectacular #68
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Attention, Archie Club reporters: special assignment!
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Indexer Notes
A special assignment for readers to write about which time period they would like to live in.
Moose Riddlers
Moose / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here are some of my favorite riddles!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #68 (October 1984)
-
Indexer Notes
Fill in the numbered squares to answer Moose's riddles. The first riddle is "What do you call a man who drives a car perfectly?"
The Insult That Made a Man Out of 'Mac'
Charles Atlas / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey! Quit kicking that sand in our faces!
- Characters
- Charles Atlas; Mac; Grace
Indexer Notes
Ad with comic.
Tops In Swaps
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mrs. Jones, this was a clever idea of yours to have simultaneous garage sales to get rid of our sons' useless trash!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mary Andrews; Mrs. Jones; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead's mothers hope to sell their sons' useless junk.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #27 (March 1987), #138 (January 2003)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #313 (November 2020)
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Swat Plot
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jug hits best under pressure!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Coach Kleats
- Synopsis
- Archie has a way to get maximum effort from Jughead.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #107 (August 1976)
-
- Keywords
- baseball
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original.
Prize Size
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ronnie, I hear you're dating a basketball player!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica's new boyfriend is a basketball player.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #12 (September 1989)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #91 (October 2000), #200 (June 2012), #272 (June 2019)
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Lesson Messin'
Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How is your class doing?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Miss Grundy is letting her class progress at their own speed.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #42 (August 1999), #85 (August 2004)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #39 (June 2014)
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Chart Upstart
Sabrina / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- As long as the cost of living keeps pointing up, we'll have inflation!
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman
- Synopsis
- Sabrina does something about the cost of living pointing up.
- Reprints
Weight Watching
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, I don't know what to order, Betty!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica can't decide what to order because of her diet.
- Reprints
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #121 (March 2004), #209 (March 2013)
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["I'm trying to get the attention of those girl skaters!"]
Archie -
1.
Shopping Spree
Hostess Twinkies; Josie -
2.
Keen Scene
Veronica -
3.
Kite Delight
Archie -
4.
Rug Rig
Big Moose -
5.
View Stew
Archie -
6.
Eat Beat
Archie -
7.
Flivver Quiver
Archie -
8.
Big Gig
Reggie -
9.
Club Rub
Sabrina the Teenage Witch -
10.
["Gumfighting do's and don'ts."]
Hubba Bubba -
11.
Step on It
Li'l Jinx -
12.
["Knock over the milk bottle and win a teddy bear for the lady!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
13.
["When I get through tutoring you, you'll have an "A" in English!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
14.
["You won't stop laughing either when you read the latest Joke Book Comics Digest Annual #6!"]
-
15.
["Strong arms make all the difference!"]
Mike Marvel -
16.
["Reward $3,000.00 for this penny!"]
Best Values Co. -
17.
Free Spree
Mr. Lodge -
18.
Dream Theme
Archie -
19.
Split Bit
Betty -
20.
Rain Refrain
Archie -
21.
Luck Struck
Archie -
22.
Clean Scene
Sabrina -
23.
["It's a mountain of laughs when you order Jughead With Archie Comics Digest #39"]
-
24.
["Here's your Archie 3 for $1.00 checklist!"]
-
25.
Rope Trick
Leroy -
26.
Chase Case
Archie -
27.
Scat Chat
Mr. Lodge -
28.
Wishful Thinking
Archie -
29.
Boo-bology
Big Moose -
30.
Spare Flare
Big Moose -
31.
Start Art
Archie -
32.
["Poster spectacular #68"]
Mail-Away, Inc. -
33.
["Attention, Archie Club reporters: special assignment!"]
Archie Club News -
34.
Moose Riddlers
Moose -
35.
The Insult That Made a Man Out of 'Mac'
Charles Atlas -
36.
Tops In Swaps
Archie -
37.
Swat Plot
Archie -
38.
Prize Size
Betty and Veronica -
39.
Lesson Messin'
Mr. Weatherbee -
40.
Chart Upstart
Sabrina -
41.
Weight Watching
Betty and Veronica -
42.
["100 little dolls all for $5.00"]
The 100 Doll Co. -
43.
["Get the newest number yum! Wild Cherry Bubble Yum bubble gum"]
Bubble Yum Bubble Gum
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