(May 1971)
Archie,
1969 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- 5 times a year in Feb., May, August, Sept., and Nov.
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Music Corp.
- Brand
-
Archie Giant Series
- Editing
- Richard Goldwater
Issue Notes
Josie and the Pussycats are added to the cover logo starting this issue, but there will be no Josie stories inside until issue 9.
[no title indexed]
Sabrina / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Reggie, you have some very big lines!
- Genre
- teen; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Salem; Sabrina Spellman; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Reprints
- Keywords
- palm reading
Indexer Notes
Later redrawn for the cover of Laugh Comics Digest #40.
For the Birds
Archie's TV Celebrities / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (sourced)
- Pencils
- Bob Bolling (sourced)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (sourced)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- The Archies [Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper]; Miss Craby; Sabrina Spellman; Josie and the Pussycats [Josie McCoy; Valerie Brown; Melody Valentine]
- Synopsis
- The Archies have advertised an outdoor rock concert in Riverdale but stuffy Miss Craby and her group of old ladies try to get it cancelled.
- Reprints
Li'l Jinx Puzzles
Li'l Jinx / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Jinx Holliday [Li'l Jinx]
Indexer Notes
word puzzle and two connect-the-dots puzzles
Presents I'd Like for My Birthday
Hot Dog / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Hot Dog; Jughead Jones
Humility
Reggie / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Jim Ruth (sourced)
- Pencils
- Gus Lemoine (sourced)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (sourced)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Reggie can't figure out why Betty and Veronica fall for Archie and not him when he's clearly better than Archie in every way.
- Reprints
-
in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #92 (May 2005) - in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #5 (July 2011)
- in Riverdale Digest (Archie, 2017 series) #3 (November 2017)
- in Archie and Me Comics Digest (Archie, 2017 series) #17 (June 2019)
-
Indexer Notes
Reggie's reference to his "large stereo record and tape collection" is altered in later reprintings.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 2 pages
Indexer Notes
Letters submitted by George Petrovich, Bonnie Burns, Norman Walter, Donna Olson.
Also includes membership application for the Archie Club.
Big News
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Archie says that Mr. Weatherbee won't believe his news--and he's right.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #126 (July 1968)
-
Surprise Prize
Ethel / comic story / 1 page
- Feature Logo
Big Ethel- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Ethel Muggs; Jughead Jones
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #126 (July 1968)
-
Good Advice
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Coach Kleats; Jughead Jones (cameo)
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #126 (July 1968)
-
No Money Honey
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie has to think fast when he realizes he doesn't have enough money to take Betty to Pop's.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #126 (July 1968)
-
- Keywords
- scales
Knock Knack
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #126 (July 1968)
-
Inquiry
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Archie was feeling fine until he got a pat on the back from Moose.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #126 (July 1968)
-
Goof Spoof
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty asks Archie to bring his guitar on their picnic but she ends up carrying all the amps and speakers.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #126 (July 1968)
-
Kiss Bliss
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #126 (July 1968)
-
- Keywords
- roller coasters
Maybe
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jug debate the problems with walking under a ladder.
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #208 (March 1973)
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #52 (September 1982)
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #63 (February 2002)
- in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #18 (March 2016)
-
- Keywords
- ladders; superstitions
Indexer Notes
There may be an earlier appearance of this story.
It's a Gas
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie plans to drive to several gas stations and buy only a dime's worth of gasoline at each one so he can collect several prize tickets.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #126 (July 1968)
-
- Keywords
- gas stations
Star Mar!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx Holliday; Russ
- Synopsis
- Russ thinks that Jinx watches too much television.
- Keywords
- stars
Sounds Crazy to Me!
Archie's TV Celebrities / comic story / 14 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren (sourced)
- Pencils
- Gus Lemoine (sourced)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- The Archies [Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge]; Josie and the Pussycats [Josie McCoy; Valerie Brown; Melody Valentine]; Alexandra Cabot; Sabrina Spellman; Harvey Kinkle
- Synopsis
- Someone sabotages the Archies and then the Pussycats before the big show.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #43 (November 1982)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Bonanza (Archie, 2014 series) (2014)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #39 (June 2014)
- in Sabrina the Teenage Witch Complete Collection (Archie, 2017 series) #1 - 1962-1972 ([2017])
-
- Keywords
- noise pollution
Nothing for Nothing
Moose / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (sourced)
- Pencils
- Gus Lemoine (sourced)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (sourced)
- Feature Logo
Big Moose- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Midge Klump; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Moose tries to learn to play the guitar, but he's impatient.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #45 (December 1999)
- in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #32 (December 2013)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #103 (November 2020)
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Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Reggie, you have some very big lines!"]
Sabrina -
1.
For the Birds
Archie's TV Celebrities -
2.
Li'l Jinx Puzzles
Li'l Jinx -
3.
Presents I'd Like for My Birthday
Hot Dog -
4.
Humility
Reggie -
5.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News -
6.
Big News
Archie -
7.
Surprise Prize
Ethel -
8.
Good Advice
Archie -
9.
No Money Honey
Archie -
10.
Knock Knack
Archie -
11.
Inquiry
Archie -
12.
Goof Spoof
Archie -
13.
Kiss Bliss
Archie -
14.
Maybe
Archie -
15.
It's a Gas
Archie -
16.
Star Mar!
Li'l Jinx -
17.
Sounds Crazy to Me!
Archie's TV Celebrities -
18.
Nothing for Nothing
Moose
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Katy Hayhurst
- Thomas Johnson
- Clint Maxwell
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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