(1997)
Archie,
1996 Series
- Price
- 2.00 USD; 2.50 CAD
- Pages
- 48
- Indicia Frequency
- once a year
- On-sale Date
- 1997-03-25
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Comics
- Barcode
- 762816469975 00211
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Archie's Double Digest Magazine #92.
Vacation Frustration Part 1
Archie's Spring Break / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate (cameo); Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Fred Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- Archie and the gang head to Nellyville for Spring Break (advertised as a happening beach resort) and get a big surprise when they arrive.
Luck Pluck
Sabrina / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman
- Synopsis
- Good luck charms work as bad luck charms for witches.
- Reprints
-
from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #392 (October 1991)
-
Vacation Frustration Part 2
Archie's Spring Break / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Fred Andrews; the innkeeper; Mr. Weatherbee; Jughead Jones (cameo); Moose Mason (cameo); Miss Grundy (cameo); TV show interviewer; Ethel Muggs (cameo); Dilton Doiley (cameo); Reggie Mantle (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica pretend to see Nelly (the Loch Ness monster of Nellyville) to spice up an otherwise boring Spring Break. But they are in for another surprise, when the real monster shows up.
Link Lunk
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie tries to teach Betty to play golf and is his usual clumsy self.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #286 (July 1982)
-
Attraction Dissatisfaction
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- A girl tries some perfume from her friend and is dismayed when it attracts Archie.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #286 (July 1982)
-
Baby Talk
Archie's Spring Break / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; baby; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie helps Betty babysit her cousin Sally's baby. Veronica sees them reliving their childhood having a water fight with a hose and decides to join in.
Archie's Club News
text article / 0.5 page
- Synopsis
- Fans send their reports in for Club News.
Indexer Notes
Features: Alex Harris & Erin Hannon (Bainbridge, WA) report on bicycles now & then; Kylie Willcocks (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) report on the bee dance.
Gummed Up
Archie's Spring Break / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie tries to get gum off his shoe and is his usual clumsy self.
Ball Stall
Big Moose / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Coach Kleats
- Synopsis
- Moose follows Couch Kleat's instruction to look for more balls literally.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #117 (October 1967)
-
Good Skate Bad Skate
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Vernon; Melvin; Archie Andrews; Smithers the butler
- Synopsis
- Both the girls and Mr. Lodge have dangerous encounters with a pair of eight year old skateboarders.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #53 (July 1992)
-
Indexer Notes
No credits. Credits from original printing.
Sale Fishing!
Archie's Spring Break / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead research what items are sold at garage sales and sell a map of their findings.
- Keywords
- garage sale; yard sale
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["With me it's more like Spring Broke!"]
Archie -
1.
Vacation Frustration Part 1
Archie's Spring Break -
2.
Luck Pluck
Sabrina -
3.
Editor's Notebook
-
4.
Vacation Frustration Part 2
Archie's Spring Break -
5.
Link Lunk
Archie -
6.
Attraction Dissatisfaction
Archie -
7.
Baby Talk
Archie's Spring Break -
8.
Archie's Club News
-
9.
Gummed Up
Archie's Spring Break -
10.
Ball Stall
Big Moose -
11.
Good Skate Bad Skate
Betty and Veronica -
12.
Sale Fishing!
Archie's Spring Break -
13.
Man in the Wild!
Archie's Spring Break
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- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Kristin Kavanagh
- Mike Nielsen
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