Archie 3000 #14 [Direct]
(February 1991)

Archie, 1989 Series
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Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.75 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
7 times a year in Jan., Mar. May, July, Aug., Oct. and Nov.
On-sale Date
1990-12-01
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Series
Editing
Scott Fulop (credited) (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (credited as Richard Goldwater) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Jughead's Double Digest Magazine #6.
This issue has variants:

Merry Christmas (Table of Contents)

Archie 3000 / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan Parent (signed as DAN PARENT [stacked])
Inks
Dan Parent (signed as DAN PARENT [stacked])
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; science fiction; teen
Characters
Archie 3000; Betty 3000; Jughead 3000; Reggie 3000; Rudolph; Santa Claus; Veronica 3000; Bill Yoshida

Indexer Notes

Includes salute to 'Letterer of the Month' Bill Yoshida in the indicia box.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Drugs are uncool!
Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews

Indexer Notes

Anti-drug public service announcement from Archie Comics.
Inside front cover.

Oh, Christmas Transporter, Oh, Christmas Transporter (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie 3000 / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Dan Parent (credited)
Pencils
Dan Parent (credited)
Inks
Jon D'Agostino (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited) (coloring/production)
Letters
Bill Yoshida (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
...And I'll take the lovely Saturnian diamelle bracelet for Betty!
Feature Logo
Archie 3000 [stacked]
Genre
humor; science fiction; teen
Characters
Fred Andrews 3000; Archie 3000; Betty 3000; Mrs. Claus; Alice Cooper 3000; Forsythe Jones II 3000; Jughead 3000; Hiram Lodge 3000; Vicky Mantle 3000; Reggie 3000; Rudolph; Santa Claus; Veronica 3000
Synopsis
Archie and his friends use the home shopping teleportation network to do their Christmas shopping, against their parents' wishes. When a storm knocks out the global teleportation system, Archie and the gang are forced to go out and shop the old-fashioned way. Meanwhile, Santa recruits his old reindeer friends to drive his sleigh to deliver gifts house-to-house.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story is in two parts: Chapter 1 - "Oh, Christmas Transporter, Oh, Christmas Transporter" and Chapter 2 - "Let it Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!"
Includes indicia at bottom of first page.
Includes promotional blurb for Explorers of the Unknown (Archie, 1990 series) #5 on the bottom of page 2.
Includes promotional blurb for Archie Club News (letter column) on the bottom of page 4.
Includes promotional blurb for Riverdale High (Archie, 1990 series) #4 on the bottom of page 6.
Includes promotional blurb for a free catalog of Archie signed and numbered prints on the bottom of page 7.
Includes promotional blurb for Jughead's Diner (Archie, 1990 series) #6; The Jughead Jones Comics Digest (Archie, 1977 series) #67; Jughead's Time Police (Archie, 1990 series) #5.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Capri Sun Juice Drinks / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures [Meet Archie] / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Archie Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Archie Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Archie Double Digest Magazine; Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

The Ultimate Game Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Archie Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

Archie Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Jughead's Double Digest / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Squirm Assignment (Table of Contents: 12)

Archie 3000 / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Castiglia (credited)
Pencils
Dan Parent (credited)
Inks
Pat Kennedy (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
So, Arch, what topic did you choose for our sociology assignment?
Feature Logo
Archie 3000 [stacked]
Genre
humor; science fiction; teen
Characters
Archie 3000; Betty 3000; Dilton 3000; Jughead 3000; Moose 3000; Reggie 3000; Veronica 3000; Waldo Weatherbee 3000
Synopsis
Archie accidentally hands in a sociology assignment based on his dreams, as transcribed by a dict-o-text.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Includes promotional blurb for Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine #23 on bottom of first page.
Includes promotional blurb for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures (Archie, 1989 series) #17 on bottom of page 5.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Capcom USA Games / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Feature Logo
Archie's Club News
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from Angela Bowdridge (Dees Lake, Nfld, Canada) First prize - $10.00 and Fredrica McCoy (Bronx, NY) Second prize - $5.00.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Explorers of the Unknown / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Riverdale High / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Lisa Frank Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Teleportation Troubles! (Table of Contents: 18)

Archie 3000 / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Golliher (credited)
Pencils
Bill Golliher (credited)
Inks
Pat Kennedy (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Pat Brosseau

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hi, Arch! What's the problem?! You look more shook-up than a one-legged Neptunian in a potato transit sack-race?!
Feature Logo
Archie 3000 [stacked]
Genre
humor; science fiction; teen
Characters
Archie 3000; Betty 3000; Dilton 3000; Hiram Lodge 3000; Veronica 3000; Ms. Vanderklump
Synopsis
Archie gets into trouble while using Dilton's wrist teleportation device.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Includes promotional blurb for Archie comics and digests (available at B. Dalton stores, Waldenbooks, comic shops and most supermarket check-outs) on the bottom of first page.
Includes promotional blurb for Archie's R/C Racers (Archie, 1989 series) #10 on bottom of page 3.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Archie's Fan Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

Cap'n Crunch / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

Cycle Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Merry Christmas
    Archie 3000
  2. 1. ["Drugs are uncool!"]
    Archie
  3. 2. Oh, Christmas Transporter, Oh, Christmas Transporter
    Archie 3000
  4. 3. ["Hey dudes! It's new, it's cool!"]
    Capri Sun Juice Drinks
  5. 4. ["Announcing: the teenage team-up of the century!"]
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures [Meet Archie]
  6. 5. ["3 issues for $2.00"]
    Archie Comics
  7. 6. ["Check out Archie's special subscription offer!"]
    Archie Comics
  8. 7. ["Double your fun!"]
    Archie Double Digest Magazine; Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine
  9. 8. ["Extra! Extra! The Ultimate Game Club tells all"]
    The Ultimate Game Club
  10. 9. ["Subscribe and save $2.50 on each five-issue subscription!!"]
    Archie Comics
  11. 10. ["Discount 32 page comic subscriptions!"]
    Archie Comics
  12. 11. ["At last, my own double digest!"]
    Jughead's Double Digest
  13. 12. Squirm Assignment
    Archie 3000
  14. 13. ["Don't dare close your eyes"]
    Capcom USA Games
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Archie Club News
  16. 15. ["Now that's what I call... Sunken treasure!"]
    Explorers of the Unknown
  17. 16. ["Riverdale High #4 has it all!"]
    Riverdale High
  18. 17. ["Live the Lisa Frank lifestyle to the max!"]
    Lisa Frank Products
  19. 18. Teleportation Troubles!
    Archie 3000
  20. 19. ["It's Archie's 50th anniversary Fan Club offer!"]
    Archie's Fan Club
  21. 20. ["The great Cap'n Crunch caper"]
    Cap'n Crunch
  22. 21. ["Turn your bike into a mountain climber."]
    Cycle Products
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Merlin Haas
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Joey Sayer
  • Ramon Schenk