(August 1979)

Archie, 1969 Series
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Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
9 times a year
On-sale Date
1979-06-12
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Music Corp.
Brand
Archie Series; Archie Comics Group
Barcode
0271000697508
Editing
Richard H. Goldwater ? (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from The Comic Reader #169.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Coach! I think Archie is catching a cold!
Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Coach Kleats; Jughead Jones; Nancy Woods

Sign of the Times (Table of Contents: 1)

The Archies / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Chester Snavely
Synopsis
Archie and Jughead meet a storekeeper who agrees to put up a poster for their concert only after they clean his window display, and even then he tries to cheat them.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Writer and Penciller credit confirmed from the credits in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #93.

Archie's Electronic Puzzler (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards ?
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Joe Edwards

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews
Reprints

Indexer Notes

number puzzle using a calculator

Underwater (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Joe Edwards

Genre
children
Characters
Li'l Jinx
Reprints

The Mystery Man (Table of Contents: 4)

Josie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Josie McCoy; Valerie Brown; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot; Alan Mayberry (cameo)
Synopsis
The girls are amused by Alex's latest idea - he wants to be a private investigator.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #262.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Bob Montana ?
Pencils
Bob Montana
Inks
Bob Montana
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Can you imagine the nerve of my neighbor?
Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Indexer Notes

two daily strips from the Archie syndicated comic (dates unknown)

Just Fun (Table of Contents: 6)

Little Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Dexter Taylor ?
Pencils
Dexter Taylor
Inks
Dexter Taylor
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Dexter Taylor

Genre
children
Characters
Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Veronica Lodge; Smithers
Synopsis
Archie has to work so Reggie takes Veronica to the amusement park, but Archie secretly manages to get back at Reggie.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

When reprinted in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #6, inks are credited to Rudy Lapick and letters are credited to Bill Yoshida.

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

Archie Club News / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (illustrations)
Inks
? (illustrations)
Colors
? (illustrations)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Rene Rodriguez; David Fitzhugh

Hard Sell (Table of Contents: 8)

Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; teen
Characters
Sabrina; Aunt Hilda
Synopsis
Sabrina is friendly to a door-to-door salesman, but Aunt Hilda wants him gone.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Coach! I think Archie is catching a cold!"]
    Archie
  2. 1. Sign of the Times
    The Archies
  3. 2. Archie's Electronic Puzzler
    Archie
  4. 3. Underwater
    Li'l Jinx
  5. 4. The Mystery Man
    Josie
  6. 5. ["Can you imagine the nerve of my neighbor?"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  7. 6. Just Fun
    Little Archie
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Archie Club News
  9. 8. Hard Sell
    Sabrina
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