(February 1981)
Archie,
1969 Series
- Price
- 0.50 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1980-11-18
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Music Corp.
- Brand
-
Archie Series; Archie Comics Group
- Barcode
- 0271000697502
- Editing
- Richard H. Goldwater (editor)
Issue Notes
On sale date from the Comic Reader #185.
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (signed)
- Inks
- Stan Goldberg (signed)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What acting! Those look like real tears!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Keywords
- auditions
Critic at Large
The Archies / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- The Archies [Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper]
- Synopsis
- Stung by a critic's bad reviews of their shows, Veronica hatches a plot to embarrass the critic.
- Reprints
-
in Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #53 (December 1987) - in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #105 (January 1993)
- in Jughead & Friends Digest Magazine (Archie, 2005 series) #4 (October 2005)
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #182 (August 2012)
-
Now You See It...
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Joe Edwards
- Pencils
- Joe Edwards (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Edwards (signed)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Joe Edwards
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday
- Synopsis
- Jinx gets caught raiding the cookie jar.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You went snowshoeing on old man Beazly’s land?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Jughead foils pursuit; Jughead relates a story about his uncle.
- Reprints
- from Archie daily (Creator's Syndicate) #?
By the Book
Miss Grundy / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- Place the numbered letters in the corresponding numbered slots to find out where Miss Grundy is going to take her vacation.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #48 (June 1981)
-
The New Look
Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina; Aunt Hilda; Cousin Ambrose
- Synopsis
- Hilda acquires new furniture for the living room and becomes overly obsessive with protecting it.
- Reprints
- in Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #53 (December 1987)
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #105 (January 1993)
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #73 (April 2003), #119 (April 2008)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #218 (January 2014), #289 (January 2021)
-
Horse Laugh
Josie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited as W. Yoshida)
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Josie McCoy; Alan Mayberry; Alexander Cabot III
- Synopsis
- Alex matches his snowmobile against Alan's horse to see who can get supplies to a snowed in family first.
- Reprints
- from Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1969 series) #82 (June 1975)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 1 page
- Pencils
- various
- Inks
- various
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ? (illustrations)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
letters submitted by Lisa Caston, Mary Karlin; page also includes membership application for the Archie Club
The Swim Gym
Little Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Dexter Taylor
- Pencils
- Dexter Taylor
- Inks
- Dexter Taylor
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited as Barry G.)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Coach Kleats; Mr. Weatherbee; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- When the school gym floor breaks due to rotted boards from a water leak, Archie and the kids convert it into an indoor swimming pool.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #214 (April 2005)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #206 (April 2010)
- in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #12 (April 2015)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #115 (February 2022)
-
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["What acting! Those look like real tears!"]
Archie -
1.
Critic at Large
The Archies -
2.
Now You See It...
Li'l Jinx -
3.
["You went snowshoeing on old man Beazly’s land?"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
4.
By the Book
Miss Grundy -
5.
The New Look
Sabrina -
6.
Horse Laugh
Josie -
7.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News -
8.
The Swim Gym
Little Archie -
9.
A Little Golden Magic
Hostess Twinkies; Sabrina
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- Katy Hayhurst
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