(August 1984)
Archie,
1969 Series
- Price
- 0.60 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly in Feb., April, June, Aug., Oct., and Dec.
- On-sale Date
- 1984
- 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
- Victor Gorelick
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
The Archies... the Coolest Group Around.
The Archies / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- The Archies [Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge]
Rock n' Roll Is Here to See (Stay)
The Archies / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (credited)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited as Stan G.)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Feature Logo
The Archies- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- The Archies [Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones]; Ziggy (hairstylist)
- Synopsis
- Reggie is obsessed with watching himself in The Archies on NTV (MTV) and with this status and image in the band.
- Reprints
-
in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #70 (December 2002) - in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #25 (March 2013)
-
- Keywords
- band; image; music video; status; TV
Stiff Whiff
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Feature Logo
Jughead- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Jughead buys an animal call that attracts skunks.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 1 page
- Feature Logo
Archie's Club News
Indexer Notes
Features reports from Kevin Lawn (Watertown, MA), and Sherry Sue Ann Ball (Pine Point, Canada).
M*A*S*H*E*D
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Ed Berdej (credited as Edward Berdej); Samm Schwartz (credited) (dialogue)
- Pencils
- Samm Schwartz (credited)
- Inks
- Samm Schwartz (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Samm Schwartz
- Genre
- medical; military; satire-parody; teen
- Characters
- Dilton Doiley as Dilly; Archie Andrews as Captain Andrews, head surgeon; Reggie Mantle; Hiram Lodge as Daddy; Jughead Jones as Corporal Jones; Mr. Weatherbee as General Chicken
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #83 (July 1989)
-
- Keywords
- crossdressing; gun; Korean War; operating room; rifle
Indexer Notes
Parody of M*A*S*H.
Credits appear at the end of the story.
This story appeared in print over a year after the airing of the series finale of M*A*S*H.
Olympic Trials...and Tribulations
Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (signed as Gladir)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (signed)
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- Nanci Dakesian
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Feature Logo
Sabrina- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Hilda Spellman; Simpson (a sprinter)
- Synopsis
- Sabrina and Hilda crash an Olympics practice, where their magic causes havoc among the athletes.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #38 (September 1989)
- in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #51 (June 1995)
-
- Keywords
- balance beam; gymnastics; Olympics; running; shotput; shotputting; sprint; weightlifting
Indexer Notes
No Colors or Letters credited. Credits from reprint.
The 1984 Summer Olympics were held in Los Angeles, CA.
What Price Failure
Josie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (signed as Gladir)
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo Jr. (signed as DeCarlo Jr.)
- Inks
- Jim DeCarlo
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Feature Logo
Josie and the Pussycats- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Josie and the Pussycats [Josie McCoy; Valerie Smith; Melody Valentine]; Alex Cabot; Alexandra Cabot; Mr. Cabot
- Synopsis
- Mr. Cabot books the Pussycats at his country club hoping it will be a disaster so he can use it as a tax write-off.
- Reprints
- in Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #55 (1989)
- in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #65 (June 1997)
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #224 (June 2012)
- in The Best of Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 2017 series) (2017)
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #280 (June 2020)
-
- Keywords
- country club; gig; golf; music; playing cards
Indexer Notes
Reprint credits script to Frank Doyle. No Inks, Colors, or Letters credited in original. Credits from reprint.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Archies... the Coolest Group Around.
The Archies -
1.
Rock n' Roll Is Here to See (Stay)
The Archies -
2.
Stiff Whiff
Jughead -
3.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News -
4.
M*A*S*H*E*D
Archie -
5.
Olympic Trials...and Tribulations
Sabrina -
6.
What Price Failure
Josie
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