(December 1989)

Archie, 1977 Series
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Jughead / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks
Jim DeCarlo (signed)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Jug, can you think of three good reasons for knowing how to read?
Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate

I'd Rather Be Daydreaming (Table of Contents: 1)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Harold Smith
Pencils
Doug Crane
Inks
Scott McRae
Colors
Barry Grossman; Alison Flood
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy
Synopsis
Jughead daydreams he is the star of various TV shows while in Miss Grundy's class.
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Keywords
daydream

Where There's a Will There's a Wile (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Genre
teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Some girls come to sell candy for the school fund to Archie and Jughead.
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Sad Situation (Table of Contents: 3)

Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Feature Logo
Reggie
Genre
teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Archie has the blues.
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Tire Ire (Table of Contents: 4)

Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
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Tuff Stuff (Table of Contents: 5)

Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Genre
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I Rest My Case (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
The head of the board of education is here to see Mr. Weatherbee!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
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Video Videocy (Table of Contents: 7)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Hy Eisman
Inks
Hy Eisman
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Genre
humor; teen
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Booming Genius (Table of Contents: 8)

Chuck / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Barry Grossman ?
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Bill Yoshida ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Wow! Right on, man!
Feature Logo
Chuck Clayton
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Chuck Clayton; Dilton Doiley; Kenny Doiley; Tanya Doiley
Synopsis
Chuck is impressed by Dilton's scholastic awards and would like to win one himself if he can just improve in chemistry.
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Smart Move (Table of Contents: 9)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Hot Dog
Synopsis
Hot Dog fetches the paper.
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Down Home Horror (Table of Contents: 10)

The Archies / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Chic Stone
Colors
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Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
The Archies [Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle]
Synopsis
Jughead's relatives in the backwoods ask the Archies to play their hoe-down.
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Keywords
hillbilly; square dancing

Indexer Notes

Inker and Letterer credits from the reprint in Archie and Me Comics Digest (Archie, 2017 series) #17.

Game Gambit (Table of Contents: 11)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir (credited)
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)
Inks
Jim DeCarlo (credited as James DeCarlo)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters
Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley
Synopsis
When Archie doesn't have any money for tickets to take Veronica to the big football game, Jughead and Dilton duplicate the game experience at Jughead's house.
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Keywords
big-screen TV; football; hot dogs; one-man band

The Competitors (Table of Contents: 12)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Malmgren
Pencils
Dick Malmgren
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm going to take Ronnie to the beach today!
Genre
humor; teen
Synopsis
Reggie gets into an argument with Jughead over which of them is more competitive.
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Reserved (Table of Contents: 13)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
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The Woodworker (Table of Contents: 14)

Ethel / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

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Big Ethel
Genre
teen
Characters
Ethel Muggs; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doily; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Ethel decides to take up woodworking and envisions a successful future at it.
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The Third Party (Table of Contents: 15)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Samm Schwartz
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Letters
Samm Schwartz

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis
Archie and Jughead are hanging out. Veronica asks Archie over. Archie asks Jughead to accompany him, then can't figure out why he can't get anywhere with Veronica.
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How to Dig the Work Gig (Table of Contents: 16)

Prof. Jughead's Educational Corner / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason
Synopsis
Jughead shows us some jobs that he likes.
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Error Terror (Table of Contents: 17)

Moose / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Moose has speed!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Moose Mason; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Veronica lists all of Moose's pluses as a hockey player.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

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

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But I don't want a blind date!
Genre
humor
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Jughead tells a girl to meet him at the library for their blind date.
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A Knight to Remember (Table of Contents: 19)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards ?
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Genre
humor; teen
Synopsis
Archie gets into knight's armor to impress Veronica.
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Resolution Retribution (Table of Contents: 20)

Hot Dog / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
humor
Characters
Hot Dog
Synopsis
Hot Dog resolves to never chase cats again, starting tomorrow.
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Menu Mischief (Table of Contents: 21)

Miss Beazly / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir ?
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Miss Beazly; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
Synopsis
Faced with the school board replacing the cafeteria with vending machines, Archie, Betty and Jughead rally the students in an attempt to save Miss Beazly's job.
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The Believer (Table of Contents: 22)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Jughead helps Betty shop for groceries.
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Trivia (Table of Contents: 23)

Moose / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24)

The World of Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
You don't seem impressed with Hercules!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
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Indexer Notes

Three two-panel gags.

Rich Pitch (Table of Contents: 25)

Mr. Lodge / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Appearances are deceiving! We Lodges are not as wealthy as people seem to think!
Genre
humor; teen
Synopsis
Someone calls to borrow Mr. Lodge's yacht.
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Play Plight (Table of Contents: 26)

Midge / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Archie, here's the cast for tonight's play!
Genre
humor; teen
Synopsis
Reggie wants to be in Midge's play.
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The Invaders (Table of Contents: 27)

Reggie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Pop Tate; Marvin; Charlie; other children
Synopsis
Reggie scoffs at the gang for even thinking about believing in alien UFO landings, but Jughead dreams up a scheme that soon has him believing.
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It's the Real Thing (Table of Contents: 28)

Dilton / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Bill Vigoda
Inks
Bill Vigoda
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Dilton Doily; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason
Synopsis
Dilton claims to have made a mechanical duplicate of himself.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
We got the job replacing signs on the newly painted school walls!
Genre
humor; teen
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Snooze Ruse (Table of Contents: 30)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Jughead keeps falling asleep in the library.
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Wire Mire (Table of Contents: 31)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
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What Was the Question (Table of Contents: 32)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inks
Jim DeCarlo
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Tsk! Now there goes a gloomy looking fellow!
Genre
humor; teen
Synopsis
Archie feels gloomy because Veronica might say no to a question he intends to ask.
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Song Swindle (Table of Contents: 33)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Michael Pellowski
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
We got it, Pops!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Wally; Tommy; Kong
Synopsis
Archie and Jughead have the latest Archie's recording to try to win a jingle contest, but it is stolen by a rival band.
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Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Jughead's Double Digest (1989 series) #200.

Cube Gambit (Table of Contents: 34)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
teen
Characters
Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Jughead finds a way to solve the Rubik’s cube.
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Scare Affair (Table of Contents: 35)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
While Betty and Ronnie are away this weekend, I'm taking that new girl, Laura, to see this movie!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Laura; Pop Tate
Synopsis
Archie takes Laura to a scary movie, hoping she will be scared and cling to him.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Jug, can you think of three good reasons for knowing how to read?"]
    Jughead
  2. 1. I'd Rather Be Daydreaming
    Jughead
  3. 2. Where There's a Will There's a Wile
    Archie
  4. 3. Sad Situation
    Reggie
  5. 4. Tire Ire
    Jughead
  6. 5. Tuff Stuff
    Jughead
  7. 6. I Rest My Case
    Archie
  8. 7. Video Videocy
    Archie
  9. 8. Booming Genius
    Chuck
  10. 9. Smart Move
    Jughead
  11. 10. Down Home Horror
    The Archies
  12. 11. Game Gambit
    Jughead
  13. 12. The Competitors
    Jughead
  14. 13. Reserved
    Jughead
  15. 14. The Woodworker
    Ethel
  16. 15. The Third Party
    Jughead
  17. 16. How to Dig the Work Gig
    Prof. Jughead's Educational Corner
  18. 17. Error Terror
    Moose
  19. 18. ["But I don't want a blind date!"]
    Jughead's Gag Bag
  20. 19. A Knight to Remember
    Archie
  21. 20. Resolution Retribution
    Hot Dog
  22. 21. Menu Mischief
    Miss Beazly
  23. 22. The Believer
    Jughead
  24. 23. Trivia
    Moose
  25. 24. ["You don't seem impressed with Hercules!"]
    The World of Jughead
  26. 25. Rich Pitch
    Mr. Lodge
  27. 26. Play Plight
    Midge
  28. 27. The Invaders
    Reggie
  29. 28. It's the Real Thing
    Dilton
  30. 29. ["We got the job replacing signs on the newly painted school walls!"]
    Archie
  31. 30. Snooze Ruse
    Jughead
  32. 31. Wire Mire
    Jughead
  33. 32. What Was the Question
    Jughead
  34. 33. Song Swindle
    Archie
  35. 34. Cube Gambit
    Jughead
  36. 35. Scare Affair
    Archie
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
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