(May 1980)

Archie, 1946 Series
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Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
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Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Close-Up Inc.
Brand
Archie Series; Archie Comics Group
Barcode
0271000696205
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[Watch Your Money Grow At United Bank] (Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doily; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Moose is perplexed by bank advertising.

Indexer Notes

Dilton Doily, Reggie Mantle, and Veronica Lodge appear in vignette at top of page.

Attack of the Ice Creatures (Table of Contents: 1)

Hostess Fruit Pies; Josie / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Jim DeCarlo
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida
Editing
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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Josie McCoy; Alan M. Mayberry; Valerie Brown; Alexander Cabot III
Synopsis
In a dream of Josie's, the gang is chased by living snowmen who stop when Alan drops the Hostess Fruit Pies he was carrying.

Indexer Notes

Ad for Hostess Fruit Pies. On inside front cover.

Early Bird (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Mr. Svenson; Waldo Weatherbee; Jon
Synopsis
Archie has a series of alarms that get him up an hour early for school, but he still ends up two hours late because he helps Mr. Svenson and takes a nap afterwards.
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Borrow Sorrow (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Archie tries to get back stuff that Jughead has borrowed from him...and Jughead borrows Archie's wagon to carry it.

Knee Glee (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Colors
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Letters
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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Archie experiences sticker shock when he has his snowmobile repaired.

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

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

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Have some more vegetables, Archie!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
1 - Archie lectures his parents after being elected captain of his debating team.
2 - Jughead's new job advertisement was misleading.

Indexer Notes

Two 4-panel gag strips.

Getting Around (Table of Contents: 6)

Mr. Weatherbee / activity / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
teen
Characters
Waldo Weatherbee

Indexer Notes

A word finding puzzle.

Physical Fiasco (Table of Contents: 7)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Letters
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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; unnamed clerk at Oswald's Sporting Emporium; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis
Archie begins an exhaustive exercise regimen after learning that Moose used to be a 90-pound weakling.

Mighty Mouth! (Table of Contents: 8)

Charley; Gigi / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
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Letters
Joe Edwards

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Charley Hawse; Gigi
Synopsis
Gigi is worried about gaining weight and losing her job doing TV commercials, so she hires Charley to eat all the junk food she touches before she can eat it.

Indexer Notes

Fashions sent in by J. Pinkerton of Ventura, CA.

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

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

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Colors
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Letters
typeset

Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge

Indexer Notes

News articles by readers and the prizes they won, along with a solicitation for the club.

Previous indexer listed Barbara Green and Troy Dehn in script; they may have been fan writers.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Betty and Veronica's Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
How come Archie never holds the door for me?!?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Betty is put off because Archie holds his car door open for Veronica but not for her.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Veronica's fashions sent in by Ann Marie P. of Erie, PA.

Hairpiece Hassles (Table of Contents: 11)

Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Bob Bolling
Inks
Jim DeCarlo
Colors
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Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Waldo Weatherbee; Ms. Grundy; Prof. Flutesnoot; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; unnamed female students; Big Ethel Muggs; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
Synopsis
Mr. Weatherbee buys a new hairpiece that the teachers laugh at, so Archie arranges to have the girls swoon over it to rebuild his confidence. Mr. Weatherbee decides that it is inappropriate for so many girls to be in love with the principal and ditches the hairpiece.
Reprints
Keywords
Riverdale High; wigs

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #78.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [Watch Your Money Grow At United Bank]
    Archie
  2. 1. Attack of the Ice Creatures
    Hostess Fruit Pies; Josie
  3. 2. Early Bird
    Archie
  4. 3. Borrow Sorrow
    Archie
  5. 4. Knee Glee
    Archie
  6. 5. ["Have some more vegetables, Archie!"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  7. 6. Getting Around
    Mr. Weatherbee
  8. 7. Physical Fiasco
    Archie
  9. 8. Mighty Mouth!
    Charley; Gigi
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    Archie Club News
  11. 10. ["How come Archie never holds the door for me?!?"]
    Betty and Veronica's Pin Up
  12. 11. Hairpiece Hassles
    Mr. Weatherbee
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