(September 1977)

Archie, 1977 Series
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0.75 USD
Pages
164
Indicia Frequency
Published four times a year in March, June, September and December
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Barcode
0271000690909
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Jughead / cover / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Jughead -- sometimes I think you like food better than you like me!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Big Ethel; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle

Merrily We Bowl Along (Table of Contents: 1)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Samm Schwartz
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Samm Schwartz
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Samm Schwartz

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Mary Andrews; Coach Kleats; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Jughead goes to borrow money from Archie and gets roped into participating in Archie's bowling team.
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Jughead Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Oh, I think those cotton knit halters are divine!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Week End Guest (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
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Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate
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Advice To The Loveworn (Table of Contents: 4)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Samm Schwartz
Inks
Vincent DeCarlo
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Vincent DeCarlo

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Gloria Glamma
Synopsis
There's a hot new girl in town and every boy wants to date her. But she only has eyes for Jughead.
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Magic Moments (Table of Contents: 5)

Reggie and Me / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
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Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Big Moose
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Jughead's Quizzlers (Table of Contents: 6)

Jughead / activity / 1 page (report information)

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Jughead Jones

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Jughead Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Making homemade ice cream?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

The Appetite (Table of Contents: 8)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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humor; teen
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Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Mrs. Jones
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Roll Call (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script
Joe Edwards
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Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
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Joe Edwards

Genre
humor; children
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Pre-Season Warm Up (Table of Contents: 10)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Smithers the butler; Gloria Tiltsnoot
Synopsis
Veronica buys a very expensive, original, designer swim suit that is very revealing (for 1969, anyway). But everybody thinks that the suit has been attacked by moths.
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Getting Hindu Trouble (Table of Contents: 11)

Jughead / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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humor; teen
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Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
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Jughead Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Did you hear the Olympic swimming team...
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones

Wet's New? (Table of Contents: 13)

Archie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Mr. Andrews; Mrs. Andrews
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The Bomb Master (Table of Contents: 14)

Captain Hero / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Bill Vigoda
Inks
Mario Acquaviva
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Letters
Mario Acquaviva

Genre
humor; superhero; teen
Characters
Captain Hero [Jughead Jones]; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; The Bomb Master; Pop Tate; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis
The Bomb Master has a truth bomb and uses it to get the combination to the Lodge safe.
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Jughead Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Here's a postcard from Archie!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones

Double Trouble (Table of Contents: 16)

Super Duck / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
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Weight For Me (Table of Contents: 17)

Jughead / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Bill Vigoda
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Harry Lucey ?
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Harry Lucey ?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Jughead demonstrates to Archie, Reggie and Moose that brain is better than brawn.
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Decisions, Decisions (Table of Contents: 18)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
Marty Epp
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Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Smithers
Synopsis
Archie resolves to be more decisive, but keeps vacillating over whether to ask Betty or Veronica for a date.
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Jughead Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Omigosh! I forgot to set my alarm!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Mr. Svenson

Juggie's Puzzle Page (Table of Contents: 20)

activity / 1 page (report information)

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Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle

[The Giant Anteater] (Table of Contents: 21)

Nature's Notebook / text article / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
non-fiction; nature
Synopsis
Article on the giant anteater.
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The Baja Run (Table of Contents: 22)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Genre
adventure; teen
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Common Ground (Table of Contents: 23)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Cliff
Synopsis
Veronica decides to take a ride in the dune buggy of Archie's friend, Cliff.
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Jughead Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Archie! Jughead was sitting on the railing...
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Go! Go! Go! (Table of Contents: 25)

Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

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humor
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Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
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Cornered (Table of Contents: 26)

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

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Joe Edwards
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Joe Edwards
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Joe Edwards
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Joe Edwards

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
Synopsis
Jinx and Charley disagree about whether the Earth is round.
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Jughead Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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For your problem in calculus...
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Professor Flutesnoot; Archie Andrews

Voo-doodit? (Table of Contents: 28)

Jughead / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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humor; teen
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Jughead Jones; Souphead; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis
Jughead and Souphead experiment with voodoo dolls, but can't seem to obtain any results.
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Keywords
voodoo

Troops (Table of Contents: 29)

Little Archie / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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Bob Bolling
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Bob Bolling
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Bob White
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Bob Bolling

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Moose Mason
Synopsis
General Archie and Sergeant Moose try to prevent Ronnie from joining their army, but she gains the troops' loyalty with her "secret orders."
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Jughead Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Hey! Get in here!!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones

Call Me Jughead (Table of Contents: 31)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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humor; teen
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Jughead; Archie; Reggie; Betty; Veronica; policeman; pretty girls
Synopsis
Jughead's real name (Forsythe) drives the girls wild.
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Breadfruit Bonanza! (Table of Contents: 32)

The Archies / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

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Frank Doyle
Pencils
Bob White
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Mario Acquaviva
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Mario Acquaviva

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate
Synopsis
The Archies win a luxurious vacation on tropical Breadfruit Island, where it turns out that contest winners are pressed into service picking breadfruit for the rest of their lives.
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Jughead Puzzler (Table of Contents: 33)

Jughead / activity / 1 page (report information)

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Jughead Jones
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Indexer Notes

Quiz

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Jughead Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Veronica's always buying these big expensive...
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones

Enter...The 'Brain' (Table of Contents: 35)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Frank Doyle ?
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Samm Schwartz
Inks
Vincent DeCarlo
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Vincent DeCarlo

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; The Brain
Synopsis
The Brain sets a trap for Jughead.
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The Camel (Table of Contents: 36)

Nature's Notebook / text article / 1 page (report information)

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typeset

Genre
non-fiction; nature
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Fine Feathered Friend (Table of Contents: 37)

Super Duck / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
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Let's Face It! (Table of Contents: 38)

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

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
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Joe Edwards
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Joe Edwards

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Li'l Jinx
Synopsis
A boy thinks he's seen Jinx somewhere before.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 39)

Jughead Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Veronica is seating you next to Mrs. Lodge...
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Mrs. Lodge

Pass the Brass (Table of Contents: 40)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Harry Lucey
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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis
Archie and Jughead are followed from a junkyard by an alien robot that eats brass.
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Keywords
aliens; brass; junkyard

Indexer Notes

When reprinted in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #242, writing is credited to Harry Lucey and inks are credited to Vince DeCarlo. Barrel in splash panel is labeled "Doyle Oil."

Debt Ridden (Table of Contents: 41)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Frank Doyle
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Marty Epp
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Marty Epp

Genre
teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Reggie coerces Jughead into setting up Archie so Reggie can date Veronica. When Jughead tips Archie off, Archie coerces Jughead into double-crossing Reggie.
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Jughead Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Why should I buy your record player?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Jughead -- sometimes I think you like food better than you like me!"]
    Jughead
  2. 1. Merrily We Bowl Along
    Jughead
  3. 2. ["Oh, I think those cotton knit halters are divine!"]
    Jughead Gag Bag
  4. 3. Week End Guest
    Archie
  5. 4. Advice To The Loveworn
    Jughead
  6. 5. Magic Moments
    Reggie and Me
  7. 6. Jughead's Quizzlers
    Jughead
  8. 7. ["Making homemade ice cream?"]
    Jughead Gag Bag
  9. 8. The Appetite
    Jughead
  10. 9. Roll Call
    Li'l Jinx
  11. 10. Pre-Season Warm Up
    Betty and Veronica
  12. 11. Getting Hindu Trouble
    Jughead
  13. 12. ["Did you hear the Olympic swimming team..."]
    Jughead Gag Bag
  14. 13. Wet's New?
    Archie
  15. 14. The Bomb Master
    Captain Hero
  16. 15. ["Here's a postcard from Archie!"]
    Jughead Gag Bag
  17. 16. Double Trouble
    Super Duck
  18. 17. Weight For Me
    Jughead
  19. 18. Decisions, Decisions
    Archie
  20. 19. ["Omigosh! I forgot to set my alarm!"]
    Jughead Gag Bag
  21. 20. Juggie's Puzzle Page
  22. 21. [The Giant Anteater]
    Nature's Notebook
  23. 22. The Baja Run
    Jughead
  24. 23. Common Ground
    Betty and Veronica
  25. 24. ["Archie! Jughead was sitting on the railing..."]
    Jughead Gag Bag
  26. 25. Go! Go! Go!
    Mr. Weatherbee
  27. 26. Cornered
    Li'l Jinx
  28. 27. ["For your problem in calculus..."]
    Jughead Gag Bag
  29. 28. Voo-doodit?
    Jughead
  30. 29. Troops
    Little Archie
  31. 30. ["Hey! Get in here!!"]
    Jughead Gag Bag
  32. 31. Call Me Jughead
    Jughead
  33. 32. Breadfruit Bonanza!
    The Archies
  34. 33. Jughead Puzzler
    Jughead
  35. 34. ["Veronica's always buying these big expensive..."]
    Jughead Gag Bag
  36. 35. Enter...The 'Brain'
    Jughead
  37. 36. The Camel
    Nature's Notebook
  38. 37. Fine Feathered Friend
    Super Duck
  39. 38. Let's Face It!
    Li'l Jinx
  40. 39. ["Veronica is seating you next to Mrs. Lodge..."]
    Jughead Gag Bag
  41. 40. Pass the Brass
    Archie
  42. 41. Debt Ridden
    Jughead
  43. 42. ["Why should I buy your record player?"]
    Jughead Gag Bag
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Mike Nielsen