(August 1981)
Archie,
1969 Series
- Price
- 0.50 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- four times per year in Feb., May, Aug., and October
- On-sale Date
- 1981-06-16
- 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 #191.
[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
- On this ride you will experience excitement... fear...
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Eternally poor Archie struggles to keep Veronica entertained at the carnival.
Growling Grizzlies
Hostess Fruit Pies; Sabrina / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Genre
- teen; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Sabrina; Aunt Hilda
- Synopsis
- The group of young girls Sabrina and Aunt Hilda are camping with are attacked by bears seeking their Hostess Fruit Pies.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Baby Sitter
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren
- Pencils
- Samm Schwartz
- Inks
- Samm Schwartz
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited as Barri of Jersey)
- Letters
- Samm Schwartz
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Hot Dog; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie agrees to look after Hot Dog while Jughead runs to the store. But Hot Dog ends up being the one looking out for the accident-prone Andrews boy.
- Reprints
Male Call
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Edwards (signed)
- Pencils
- Joe Edwards (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Edwards (signed)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Joe Edwards
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Gigi
- Synopsis
- Gigi is a little more impressed with a handsome boy than she's willing to let on.
- Reprints
-
in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #26 (September 1987)
-
Zappy Definitions
Moose / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Decode the silly definitions Moose came up with for common words.
Bubblehead
Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren
- Pencils
- Dick Malmgren
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino ?
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Sabrina; Aunt Hilda; Aunt Zelda
- Synopsis
- Sabrina and her Aunts go for a picnic in the woods, but Hilda refuses to enjoy it.
- Reprints
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #52 (August 1995)
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #105 (October 2006)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #214 (September 2013), #284 (August 2020)
-
Doll Baby
Josie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Josie McCoy; Alan Mayberry; Alexander Cabot III; Valerie Brown; Alexandra Cabot
- Synopsis
- Alan gets a life-size inflatable doll as a gag gift, but it inspires Alex to get one resembling Josie.
- Reprints
- from Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1969 series) #90 (August 1976)
-
Betty's Designs for Good Times
Betty / illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- fashion; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty models fashion designs submitted by readers.
- Reprints
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #136 (October 2005)
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #105 (October 2006)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #194 (November 2011), #215 (October 2013)
- in Archie Comics Super Special (Archie, 2012 series) #4 (December 2013)
-
It's a Snap
Little Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Reggie and his practical jokes keep interfering with Archie's time with Veronica.
- Reprints
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #136 (October 2005), #245 (September 2016)
-
- Keywords
- practical joke
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["On this ride you will experience excitement... fear..."]
Archie -
1.
Growling Grizzlies
Hostess Fruit Pies; Sabrina -
2.
The Baby Sitter
Archie -
3.
Male Call
Li'l Jinx -
4.
Zappy Definitions
Moose -
5.
Bubblehead
Sabrina -
6.
Doll Baby
Josie -
7.
Betty's Designs for Good Times
Betty -
8.
It's a Snap
Little Archie
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