([February] 1980)
Archie,
1975 Series
- Price
- 0.95 USD
- Pages
- 132
- Indicia Frequency
- twice a year
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Radio Comics, Inc.
- Barcode
- 0271000699202
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
At this point in time the last two digits of the barcode corresponded to the cover date month.
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Girls, what's your favorite attraction in our park?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Indexer Notes
Redrawn from the cover of Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #15.
The Inner Man
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (sourced)
- Pencils
- Harry Lucey (sourced)
- Inks
- Marty Epp (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (sourced)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look at that, Daddy! Isn't that sweet? He's sound asleep!
- Feature Logo
Archie- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews (dream); Mary Andrews 3000 (dream); Betty Cooper (dream); Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica and her dad get an opportunity to observe Archie's dreams.
- Reprints
-
from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #5 (November 1969)
-
- Keywords
- dreams
Indexer Notes
Includes indicia at bottom of first page.
Truck 32
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (sourced)
- Pencils
- Harry Lucey (sourced)
- Inks
- Jim DeCarlo (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (sourced)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wow! A summer job as reporters on your father's paper! Far out!
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- adventure; humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Ricky Mantle; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- While working for the local newspaper, Archie uncovers a case of graft involving someone on the city council.
- Reprints
- from Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 1972 series) #20 (October 1974)
-
- Keywords
- graft
Hocus Pocus
Archie / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie is trying his hand at magic and learned some "magic" words.
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- from Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 1972 series) #70 (March 1980)
-
Indexer Notes
Word seek puzzle.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, Reg! Archie wants his money back!
- Feature Logo
Archie's Gag Bag- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie is unsatisfied with his diving mask.
- Reprints
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #61 (August 1999), #104 (August 2004)
- from Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX
-
Archie Goes Underground
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Bob Bolling (sourced)
- Pencils
- Bob Bolling (sourced)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (sourced)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ha! You pinged when you should have ponged!
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie accidentally reveals the secret underground tunneling machine that Mr. Lodge was creating for the government.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #8 (June 1970)
-
The Lonely One
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (sourced)
- Pencils
- Harry Lucey (sourced)
- Inks
- Chic Stone (sourced)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (sourced)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (sourced)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I don't often want to be alone --- but today I want to be alone!
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Waldo
- Synopsis
- At the beach, Archie tries in vain to get some solitude.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #151 (November 1974)
-
Indexer Notes
Original printing had a feature object of Life With Archie.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, Dilton! Nice day, isn't it?
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Gag Bag
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie predicts Dilton's future career as a political speech writer.
- Reprints
- from Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX
Pie in the Sky
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (sourced)
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (sourced)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (sourced)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Say, would you look at that pie!! It certainly looks inviting!
- Feature Logo
Betty and Veronica- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Hermione Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Martha
- Synopsis
- After unwittingly consuming the pie her mother had baked for her club social, Betty and Veronica try to substitute a pie purchased at a bakery.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #41 (August 1967)
-
Indexer Notes
Unlike later appearances, Hermione Lodge is portrayed as heavy set with sandy blonde hair, rather than slim with platinum hair.
The Interpreter
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (sourced)
- Pencils
- Harry Lucey (sourced)
- Inks
- Harry Lucey (sourced)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (sourced)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (sourced)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Adios, amigo!
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- drama; humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Though Archie is one of the best students in Spanish class, he thinks learning a foreign language is a waste of time. Until a boy is hit by a car and only Archie can talk to the boy's Spanish-speaking father to find out his blood type.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #2 (July 1969)
-
- Keywords
- ambulance; blood type; hospital; interpreter; Spanish
Indexer Notes
This story was redrawn from an earlier version (with art by Harry Lucey and Lucey Terry Szenics) and was remade at least once more with a revised script.
[no title indexed]
Mr. Lodge Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You going bionic, Mr. Lodge?
- Feature Logo
Mr. Lodge Gag Bag- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie causes Mr. Lodge's blood pressure monitor to overreact.
- Reprints
- from Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX
A Race For Life
Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Can't you turn down that rock music, Little Archie?
- Feature Logo
Little Archie- Genre
- adventure; humor; children
- Characters
- Fred Andrews; Little Archie
- Synopsis
- Little Archie and Mr. Andrews survive a storm at sea while fishing.
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #67 (September 1971)
-
The Two-Edged Ax
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (sourced)
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo Jr. (sourced)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (sourced)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Your dad owns all this? What's he going to use it for? A housing development?
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie and Veronica scheme to prevent Mr. Lodge from cutting down an old oak tree.
- Reprints
- from Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 1972 series) #27 (August 1975)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Duh--gee, it'd sure be neat to have a bionic arm like the Six-million-dollar Man!
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Gag Bag
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Archie ponders whether or not the Bionic Man suffers from headaches.
- Reprints
- from Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX
Things Are Picking Up!
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Al Hartley (sourced)
- Pencils
- Al Hartley (sourced)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (sourced)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (sourced)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (sourced)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look at him!
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- After being called lazy by Veronica, Archie takes the only job he can get, picking up paper on the beach.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #233 (September 1969)
-
- Keywords
- conestoga wagons
Basic Needs
Archie / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Al Hartley (sourced)
- Pencils
- Al Hartley (sourced)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (sourced)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (sourced)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (sourced)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, why don't we just rent a boat? It doesn't cost that much!
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead want to build a raft, Betty and Veronica want to rent a boat.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #199 (October 1967)
-
[no title indexed]
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wow! That's a bargain!
- Feature Logo
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Miss Beazly; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Miss Beazly uses creative advertising at the school cafeteria.
- Reprints
- from Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX
The Detective
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (sourced)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (sourced)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (sourced)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (sourced)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (sourced)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Once upon a time there was an incredibly great crime solver of whom we are going to tell you in words and pictures right here and now!
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews (as Herlock Soames); Jughead Jones (as "Lefty" Flotsam)
- Synopsis
- Herlock Soames accidentally helps the police catch a burglar.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #158 (June 1975)
-
Playback
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, Jug! What are you reading?
- Feature Logo
Jughead- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Jughead uses ventriloquism to prank various townsfolk.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #90 (November 1962)
-
A Shore Thing
Archie / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie is a counselor at a summer camp situated on a large lake!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Put the numbered letters into the same numbered blank spaces to discover why Archie thinks the boys' and girls' camps are on separate sides of the lake.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #77 (August 1979)
-
Indexer Notes
Letter-number substitution puzzle.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mom, come quick!
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Gag Bag
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Fred has a diving board situation.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #102 (September 1998), #200 (September 2009)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #301 (September 2019)
- from Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX
-
They Dye by Night
Archie / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (sourced)
- Pencils
- Harry Lucey (sourced)
- Inks
- Harry Lucey (sourced)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (sourced)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (sourced)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I've contracted some dreadful skin ailment!
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- drama; humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Smithers; Catalina; Conrad; Waltham; Trivia; Charlie
- Synopsis
- Archie and Dilton try to solve the mystery of who has been putting dye into all the pools in Riverdale, but their research leads to them being accused of the crime.
- Reprints
- from Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 1972 series) #28 (September 1975)
-
Indexer Notes
Original printing had a feature object of Archie at Riverdale.
Story is told in two parts.
[no title indexed]
Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, I hear the city may be facing a water shortage!
- Feature Logo
Jughead's Gag Bag- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead and Archie discuss a water shortage.
- Reprints
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #79 (October 2001)
- from Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX
-
The Party
Little Archie / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, Veronica! I called you up to wish you a happy birthday!
- Feature Logo
Little Archie- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Alice Cooper; Geraldine Grundy; Little Archie; Little Betty; Little Jughead; Little Reggie; Little Veronica; Hiram Lodge; Professor Flutesnoot; Smithers; Spotty; Pop Tate; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Little Veronica is sad because her father has forgotten her birthday so Little Archie organizes a big party for her.
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #57 (January 1970)
-
[no title indexed]
Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gee, I'd like to get that fishing rod, but $39.95 is a bit too much!
- Feature Logo
- Jughead's Gag Bag
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead laments being broke.
- Reprints
- from Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX
Saved By the Belle
Ginger / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, guess it's time for me to go home! 'Night, Ginger! Good night, Mr. Snapp!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Ickky Jones; Monk; Ginger Snapp; Mr. Snapp
- Synopsis
- After Monk bullies Ickky into no longer dating Ginger, Ginger treats Monk to an expensive, frustrating date to scare him off.
- Reprints
- from Ginger (Archie, 1951 series) #1 ([June] 1951)
-
Till Debt Do Us Part
Jughead / text story / 3 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo; George Frese; ?
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick; George Frese; ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?; typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie! Archie! I need your help!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Mary Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie puts his health in danger to acquire five dollars desperately needed by Jughead.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Spot illustrations in the text story done by different artists.
Archie's Party Scoopers
Archie / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Try these on your friends at your next party!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #212 (March 1980)
-
Indexer Notes
Word games and riddles.
Spy Guy
Archie / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (sourced)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (sourced)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (sourced)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Say, you girls have an important softball game coming, don't you?
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Midge Klump; Veronica Lodge; Venus
- Synopsis
- Archie acts as a spy for the girl's softball team.
- Reprints
- from Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 1972 series) #20 (October 1974)
-
Roman Holiday
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (sourced)
- Pencils
- Harry Lucey (sourced)
- Inks
- Chic Stone (sourced)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (sourced)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Et tu, Jugibus?
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews (as Caesar Archibus); Jughead Jones (as Jugibus); Reggie Mantle (as Reggio)
- Synopsis
- Set in ancient Rome, Emperor Archibus ignores the good advice of Jugibus and seeks out Reggio instead.
- Reprints
- from Archie Annual (Archie, 1950 series) #26 (1975)
-
- Keywords
- Rome; toga
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, did you finish repairing that chair yet?
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Gag Bag
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie's dad ruins his repair job.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #151 (June 2004)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #268 (June 2016)
- from Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX
-
A Crowd of One
Archie / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (sourced)
- Pencils
- Harry Lucey (sourced)
- Inks
- Harry Lucey (sourced)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (sourced)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (sourced)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Bee himself --- at the beach!
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee; Andy
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee goes to the beach but can't enjoy himself like he used to when he was younger.
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #68 (September 1974)
-
Wake Up Test
Archie / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Some people wake up in the morning grouchy and grumpy -- other times they wake up sunny and happy!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #288 (January 1980)
-
Indexer Notes
Maze puzzle.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Girls, what's your favorite attraction in our park?"]
Archie -
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
The Inner Man
Archie -
3.
Truck 32
Archie -
4.
Hocus Pocus
Archie -
5.
["Hey, Reg! Archie wants his money back!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
6.
Archie Goes Underground
Archie -
7.
The Lonely One
Archie -
8.
["Hi, Dilton! Nice day, isn't it?"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
9.
Pie in the Sky
Betty and Veronica -
10.
The Interpreter
Archie -
11.
["You going bionic, Mr. Lodge?"]
Mr. Lodge Gag Bag -
12.
A Race For Life
Little Archie -
13.
The Two-Edged Ax
Archie -
14.
["Duh--gee, it'd sure be neat to have a bionic arm like the Six-million-dollar Man!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
15.
Things Are Picking Up!
Archie -
16.
Basic Needs
Archie -
17.
["Wow! That's a bargain!"]
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag -
18.
The Detective
Archie -
19.
Playback
Jughead -
20.
A Shore Thing
Archie -
21.
["Mom, come quick!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
22.
They Dye by Night
Archie -
23.
["Archie, I hear the city may be facing a water shortage!"]
Jughead's Gag Bag -
24.
The Party
Little Archie -
25.
["Gee, I'd like to get that fishing rod, but $39.95 is a bit too much!"]
Jughead's Gag Bag -
26.
Saved By the Belle
Ginger -
27.
Till Debt Do Us Part
Jughead -
28.
Archie's Party Scoopers
Archie -
29.
Spy Guy
Archie -
30.
Roman Holiday
Archie -
31.
["Archie, did you finish repairing that chair yet?"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
32.
A Crowd of One
Archie -
33.
Wake Up Test
Archie -
34.
["Hey! Who's Pat the Brat?"]
Pat the Brat Comics Digest Magazine -
35.
[no title indexed]
-
36.
["First in entertainment!"]
Little Archie Comics Digest Annual Magazine
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