Archie's Pal Jughead Comics #175 [Direct Edition]
(September 2006)

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Volume
2
Price
2.25 USD; 2.65 CAD
Pages
44
Indicia Frequency
Eight times a year in February, April, June, July, August, September, October, and December.
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie 65th Anniversary
Barcode
009128467559 75
Editing
Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

ISSN 10690999. Barcode from Direct Edition.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Jughead / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Rex Lindsey (signed) [as Rex W. Lindsey]
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
So where exactly were you sitting when you set the burger eating record?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate
Synopsis
Jughead ate so many burgers, his weight crushed the counter stool.
Keywords
Chocklit Shoppe

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Antbully
Characters
Exterminator; ants; the Antbully
Synopsis
Ad for The Antbully: The Video Game
Keywords
Game

We Meet Again! (Table of Contents: 2)

Jughead / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Craig Boldman (credited)
Pencils
Rex Lindsey (credited)
Inks
Rich Koslowski (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters
Jack Morelli (credited)
Editing
Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief); Victor Gorelick

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Pop Tate; Trula Twyst
Synopsis
Jughead and Trula each get amnesia after being bonked on the head. Encountering each other as strangers, they don't generate their usual conflict. In fact, they have lots of fun together. Dilton figures out that they're both faking amnesia. They tell him to mind his own business.
Reprints
Keywords
Amnesia; Chocklit Shoppe

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

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Colors
? (photograph)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Let play out. Let adventure in.
Characters
Kids

Indexer Notes

PSA for VERB from the US Department of Health and Human Services.

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Small snacks. Powerful flavor.
Characters
Superman

Indexer Notes

Ad for Superman Fruit Flavored Snacks from Kellogg's.

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

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

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Subscribe now!
Characters
Archie Andrews

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Outrageous original tastes like nothing else except for itself which makes it so original.
Characters
Caterpillar

Indexer Notes

Ad for Hubba Hubba Max bubble gum from Wrigley's.

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Guess who's behind our new Push-Up treat?
Characters
Kid; Scooby-Doo

Indexer Notes

Ad for Push-Up Frozen Slushie from Nestlé.

Quest for Concan's Castle (Table of Contents: 8)

HeroScape / advertisement / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Ty Templeton
Pencils
?; Steve Scott
Inks
?; Nathan Massengill
Colors
?; Carrie Strachan
Letters
Nick J. Napolitano
Editing
Jaye Gardner

Characters
Syvarris; Sgt. Drake Alexander; female fighters; Marro warriors
Synopsis
Alexander and his team fight their way through a mountain tunnel despite mental and physical attacks from Ne-Gok-Sa and the Marro warriors. They think they have won through to the safety of Concan's Castle, but find the way blocked by a horde of monsters and warriors.
Keywords
Game

Indexer Notes

Ad for HeroScape game system. Consists of a glossy center insert with two foldout leaves (eight pages total). The comic story comprises three pages, leading up to a four-page climax spread of single-image computer and/or photo imagery, followed by a page of the direct ad.

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

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

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Just in time for the beach & the pool!
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Indexer Notes

Promo, with order coupon, for Archie Combo Bag.

The Appealing Appalling Jughead Jones (Table of Contents: 10)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Craig Boldman
Pencils
Rex Lindsey
Inks
Rich Koslowski
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Jack Morelli

Genre
teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Ethel Muggs; Moose Mason
Synopsis
Jughead tries scheme after scheme to make himself unappealing. When Ethel sticks with him through it all, he realizes she's just the person he should be around.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Creator credits from GCD record at Jughead's Double Digest #173.

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Justice League frozen novelties for unlimited adventures!
Characters
Justice League [Superman; Batman; the Flash [Wally West]; Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; Hawkgirl; Wonder Woman]

Indexer Notes

Ad for Justice League Sugar Free Pops.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Brush with Colgate get a free comic book!
Characters
Superman

Indexer Notes

Ad, with discount shopping coupon, from Colgate.

Behind the Panels (Table of Contents: 13)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Craig Boldman
Pencils
Rex Lindsey
Inks
Rich Koslowski
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Jack Morelli

Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; the writer
Synopsis
Puzzled as to why nothing is going on in Riverdale, Jughead and Archie go behind the panels to discover that the writer is missing. Jughead whips up wild plots and wild solutions, all of which take effect in Riverdale, until the writer returns and chases them back to their own side of the panels.
Reprints
Keywords
Meta-fiction

Indexer Notes

Creator credits from GCD record at Jughead's Double Digest #172.

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

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

Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Archie's collector sets

Indexer Notes

Promo, with order coupon, for back issues.

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Like having your own baseball card only cooler.
Characters
Baseball player

Indexer Notes

Ad for Big League Chew Bubble Gum.

How to Stamp Out Boredom (Table of Contents: 16)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Bored kid; boring adult
Synopsis
The adult is so boring that the kid clobbers him with a bottle of Aquapod.

Indexer Notes

Ad, in comic story form, for Aquapod Natural Spring Water from Nestlé.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["So where exactly were you sitting when you set the burger eating record?"]
    Jughead
  2. 1. ["The Antbully"]
  3. 2. We Meet Again!
    Jughead
  4. 3. ["Let play out. Let adventure in."]
  5. 4. ["Small snacks. Powerful flavor."]
  6. 5. ["Subscribe now!"]
  7. 6. ["Outrageous original tastes like nothing else except for itself which makes it so original."]
  8. 7. ["Guess who's behind our new Push-Up treat?"]
  9. 8. Quest for Concan's Castle
    HeroScape
  10. 9. ["Just in time for the beach & the pool!"]
  11. 10. The Appealing Appalling Jughead Jones
    Jughead
  12. 11. ["Justice League frozen novelties for unlimited adventures!"]
  13. 12. ["Brush with Colgate get a free comic book!"]
  14. 13. Behind the Panels
    Jughead
  15. 14. ["Archie's collector sets"]
  16. 15. ["Like having your own baseball card only cooler."]
  17. 16. How to Stamp Out Boredom
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Kirk House
  • Keith Alan Morgan