(May 1983)

Archie, 1969 Series
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Price
0.60 USD
Pages
32
Indicia Frequency
4 times a year in Feb., May, Aug., & Oct.
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Music Corp.
Brand
Archie Series; Archie Comics Group
Barcode
02710006975
Editing
Victor Gorelick (credited as Vic Gorelick) (editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dilton and his girl are weird... They actually come to the drive-in to watch the movie!
Genre
teen
Characters
Dilton Doily; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Reprints
Keywords
drive-in movie

Drum Roll (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Frank Doyle (credited)
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)
Inks
Jim DeCarlo (credited as James DeCarlo)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited as Barry G.)
Letters
Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre
teen
Characters
The Archies [Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge]; Stan (Veronica's helicopter pilot)
Synopsis
The Archies are traveling to a ski resort to play a gig and Veronica makes a grand entrance.
Keywords
band; drum; gig; helicopter; music; ski resort

Indexer Notes

Two drums are smashed in this story.

Ploy Plight (Table of Contents: 2)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
Barry Grossman (sourced)
Letters
?

Feature Logo
Betty and Veronica
Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley; Veronica Lodge; Roger Dexter (new boy)
Synopsis
Veronica tries to attract a cute new boy but Dilton gets in the way.
Reprints

Signs of the Times (Table of Contents: 3)

Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
Barry Grossman (sourced)
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Archie complains about the traffic signs.
Keywords
car; jalopy; speed limit

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Moose Gag Bag / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
Barry Grossman (sourced)
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm so depressed!
Feature Logo
Big Moose's Gag Bag
Genre
teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Moose Mason
Synopsis
Moose laments that a dentist wants to pull his wisdom tooth out.

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

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Jug-Poll the Guys Puzzle (Table of Contents: 6)

Jughead / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
Barry Grossman (sourced)
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
word puzzle
Keywords
horror movie

Whale of a Sale (Table of Contents: 7)

Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
Barry Grossman (sourced)
Letters
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; teen
Characters
Aunt Hilda; Cousin Ambrose; Sabrina Spellman; Harriet Bloomgarten (The Queen of Garage Sales); John (Harriet's husband)
Synopsis
Hilda holds a garage sale after dark to keep out mortals.
Reprints
Keywords
broom; cauldron; witch; yard sale

Rough 'n' Tough (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script
Dexter Taylor (signed)
Pencils
Dexter Taylor (signed)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Fangs Fogerty
Synopsis
Little Jughead is not afraid of Fangs because he knows karate.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Featuring reports from Tanya McCellan (Winter Garden, Florida); Shelly Ridenour (Knoxville, TN).

Bottom of page is a coupon for membership in the Archie Club.

Spinoff (Table of Contents: 10)

Josie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Josie McCoy; Valerie Smith; Melody Valentine
Synopsis
Josie and Valerie teach Melody how to be a baton twirler.
Reprints
Keywords
parade; police
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Dilton and his girl are weird... They actually come to the drive-in to watch the movie!"]
    Archie
  2. 1. Drum Roll
    The Archies
  3. 2. Ploy Plight
    Betty and Veronica
  4. 3. Signs of the Times
    Jughead
  5. 4. ["I'm so depressed!"]
    Moose Gag Bag
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
  7. 6. Jug-Poll the Guys Puzzle
    Jughead
  8. 7. Whale of a Sale
    Sabrina
  9. 8. Rough 'n' Tough
    Little Archie
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    Archie Club News
  11. 10. Spinoff
    Josie
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Kristin Kavanagh
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen