(May 1972)
Archie,
1970 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- 5 times a year in Feb., May, Aug., Sept., and Nov.
- On-sale Date
- 1972-03-08
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Enterprises Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Giant Series
- Editing
- John Goldwater (editor); Richard Goldwater (managing editor)
The Show Stopper Caper!
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Clyde Didit; Dick Didit; Fran the Fan
- Reprints
-
in Travesuras (Editorial Novaro, 1963 series) #115 (26 de marzo de 1973)
-
The Show Stopper Caper
The Glads / comic story / 15 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Clyde Didit; Dick Didit; Fran the Fan
- Synopsis
- A rival rock singer who is jealous of the Glads' success goes to great lengths, including kidnapping Fran, to stop the band from playing at the Mountain Lodge.
- Reprints
- in Travesuras (Editorial Novaro, 1963 series) #115 (26 de marzo de 1973)
-
in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #3 (1977-78)
-
Indexer Notes
Cover story
[no title indexed]
Archie Quarter Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Get in the groove for a giant fun-in!
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for Archie Quarter Comics. Features an order blank and the logos of the 20 titles.
Appears between pages 10 and 1 1 of the previous sequence.
Write On!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Greg
- Synopsis
- Greg barters on getting his fortune told.
- Reprints
- from Li'l Jinx Giant Laughout (Archie, 1971 series) #34 (October 1971)
- in Travesuras (Editorial Novaro, 1963 series) #115 (26 de marzo de 1973)
-
To Kiss and Tell
The Madhouse Glads / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- romance; teen
- Characters
- Fran the Fan; Dick Didit; Dan Didit; Mr. Didit; Rod the Mod; Clyde Didit; Veronica Lodge (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Fran goes to deliver shirts to Clyde's apartment and finds herself alone with Rod, who comes onto Fran until the Glads rescue her.
- Reprints
- in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #3 (1977-78)
-
Indexer Notes
This story establishes that Clyde Didit is in college and sharing an off-campus apartment with Rod the Mod.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Big Three / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Order the big 3 and get comics free!
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Fran the Fan
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for Archie's Big 3, or 5 Giant Series titles for $1.00. The three choices of titles are Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes, The Madhouse Glads, and Jughead's Jokes. Contains an order blank, a paste-up of each cover, and original art with the stars of each series.
Appears between pages 6 and 7 of the previous sequence.
Cornered
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx dreams that she causes trouble, so she sleepwalks into the corner.
- Reprints
- from Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1969 series) #62 (June 1972)
- in Travesuras (Editorial Novaro, 1963 series) #115 (26 de marzo de 1973)
-
Fran the Fan's Glad Mail Corner
letters page / 1.67 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Fran the Fan; Dick Didit; Clyde Didit; Dan Didit; Dick Didit
- Reprints
- in Travesuras (Editorial Novaro, 1963 series) #115 (26 de marzo de 1973)
-
Indexer Notes
Statement of Ownership is on the bottom half of page 2.
The Worry Birds
The Madhouse Glads / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Didit; Dick Didit; Dan Didit; Dippy Didit; Annette; Annette's mother
- Synopsis
- Mr. Didit visits Clyde's apartment to check in on him and finds two girls in Clyde's apartment -- namely his neighbor and Dick's girlfriend Annette and Annette's mother.
- Reprints
- in Travesuras (Editorial Novaro, 1963 series) #115 (26 de marzo de 1973)
- in Madhouse Comics Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #3 (1977-78)
-
Indexer Notes
Mr. Didit's first name is given as Damon.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Show Stopper Caper!
-
1.
The Show Stopper Caper
The Glads -
2.
["Get in the groove for a giant fun-in!"]
Archie Quarter Comics -
3.
Write On!
Li'l Jinx -
4.
To Kiss and Tell
The Madhouse Glads -
5.
["Order the big 3 and get comics free!"]
Archie's Big Three -
6.
Cornered
Li'l Jinx -
7.
Fran the Fan's Glad Mail Corner
-
8.
[no title indexed]
-
9.
The Worry Birds
The Madhouse Glads
This issue was modified by, among others
- Luke A.
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
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