(May 1991)
Archie,
1984 Series
- Price
- 2.25 USD
- Pages
- 260
- Indicia Frequency
- 6 times a year
- On-sale Date
- 1991-02-26
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Digest Library; Archie 50th Anniversary
- Barcode
- 071896469516 52
- Editing
- Nanci Tsetsekas; Victor Gorelick
Issue Notes
On Sale date from Life With Archie #284.
Forget Me Not
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski
- Pencils
- Dan Parent
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman; Nanci Tsetsekas
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
Reflection Correction
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Jughead paints a picture of Archie.
- Reprints
-
from Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #78 (June 1986) which is reprinted - from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #45 (September 1975)
-
Come Clean
Jughead's Dipsy Doodles / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead paint a mat onto the floor and sweeps dirt under it.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #40 (May 1959)
-
Memorandumb
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now, Archie - please try to remember what I told you to do after school!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #41 (July 1959)
-
Mucho Macho
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee tries to convince Archie to stop spending all his free time talking to girls.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #277 (February 1979)
-
Rhythm and Blues
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Forsythe P. Jones; Gladys Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead has a talk with parents about why he avoids girls.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #249 (February 1976)
-
An Open and Shut Case
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen; children
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #195 (January 1972)
-
Archie Power
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Ethel Muggs; Miss Grundy; Prof. Flutesnoot
- Synopsis
- Betty does whatever Archie says, literally.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #21 (June 1969)
-
Indexer Notes
formerly a Betty and Me story.
Anchors Away
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #272 (July 1978)
-
A Star is Born
Reggie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Daryl F. Zonkbottom
- Synopsis
- Hollywood's Daryl F. Zonkbottom is conducting a search for the handsomest man in the world, and Reggie assumes that that's him.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #62 (May 1973)
-
Indexer Notes
formerly a Reggie and Me story.
Light Struck
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie tries to help the Lodges economize by saving electricity.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #102 (September 1959)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #55.
Skull Session
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- The guys make fun of the girls' weird hats, though they themselves have some pretty weird taste in hats (especially Jughead).
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #260 (August 1977)
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The Package
Jughead / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Jughead tries to return a mail-order sweater.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #212 (January 1973)
-
The Lesson
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Coach Kleats; Floyd Clayton
- Synopsis
- Coach Kleats shows Archie and Reggie a thing or two after they imply that he's too old to be a good athlete.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #223 (December 1972)
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Waste Not!
Li'l Jinx's Pal Greg / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Whew, Charley! Making this pile of snowballs was a lot of work!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Greg; Charley Hawse
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #479 (January 1979)
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Stamp of Approval
Archie / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Reprints
- from Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #58 (September-October 1952)
-
Shampoo
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica doesn't want her father to test an experimental shampoo on her hair, so she gets Betty to try it instead.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #211 (July 1973)
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Split Fit
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #45 (September 1975)
-
Unkindest Cut
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead try every possible trick in their attempt to sneak out of school and play catch, and Mr. Weatherbee foils them every time.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #146 (June 1974)
-
Indexer Notes
formerly a Life With Archie story.
Rescue Mission
Josie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Josie McCoy; Valerie Brown; Alexander Cabot III; Melody Valentine
- Synopsis
- Alexander tries to show that he can be just as socially conscious as the girls while still retaining his expensive toys.
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #57 (April 1978)
-
- Keywords
- snowmobiles
Stick with Me, Sir
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Svenson the janitor; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie accidentally breaks one of Mr. Weatherbee's mementos, then tries to glue it back together with an instant-setting epoxy.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #104 (May 1976)
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A Big Fat Compliment
Archie's Dad / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Mary tells Fred that she's putting him on a diet.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #199 (April 1970)
-
- Keywords
- diet
Say It with Flowers
Reggie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Mr. Reynolds; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- Reggie tries to pull a prank on Archie, but it backfires.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #148 (March 1981)
-
The Great Equalizer
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi there, Ronnie! Little bite in the old air, eh? How does it feel to have Jack Frost nipping at your nose?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jeffrey; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Fairy Godmother No. 1
- Synopsis
- After Veronica is mean to her again, Betty starts to think that she's a born loser.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #173 (May 1970)
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Wheel Man
The Archies / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (credited)
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)
- Inks
- Jim DeCarlo (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- The Archies play a show at a roller rink.
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #73 (February 1980)
-
- Keywords
- roller skating
Room for Improvement
Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Darn! I looked everywhere for Ronnie so I could be the first to invite her to the spring dance! And now I'm late for school!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Geraldine Grundy
- Synopsis
- In and out of the Detention room.
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #50 (August 1972)
-
Indexer Notes
formerly an Archie and Me story.
China Bound
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Jason Clark; Mr. Clark
- Synopsis
- Jughead helps a runaway reunite with his father.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #285 (February 1979)
-
Catch 2
Reggie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #51 (October 1971)
-
Indexer Notes
formerly a Reggie and Me story.
Can You Top This?
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Fred Williams; Mary Williams; Principal Waldo Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Reggie talks Principal Weatherbee into trying a hair piece.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #134 (June 1973)
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[no title indexed]
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Poor Mr. Weatherbee has a bad headache!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 1972 series) #102 (April 1985) which is reprinted
- from Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX
- from Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX
-
Born in the Saddle
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #65 (September 1962)
-
Little Orphan Adam
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle ?
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo Jr.
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo Jr.
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Adam; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Jughead finds Archie palling around with an alien teen named Adam. Then they run into Reggie.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #288 (May 1979)
-
Misunderstood
Reggie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's funny how almost everybody has me pegged wrong...
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Reggie tells us he's not the heel everybody thinks he is.
- Reprints
- from Archie Annual (Archie, 1950 series) #13 (1961-1962)
-
What Price Archie?
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica has Archie picked up by two private detectives and brought to her house for tea. Incensed, Archie leaves but not before he gets a radio bug put on him so Veronica can hear everything he says.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #164 (June 1966)
-
Robinson Gruesome
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- In a parody of "Robinson Crusoe," Archie is the shipwreck survivor stranded on a desert island and Jughead is the only other human being on the island. Except things don't go quite the way they did in the book.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #238 (September 1974)
-
- Keywords
- desert island
I See
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx Holliday; Hap Holliday
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx and her dad go to a ghost house.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #173 (June 1970)
-
Bats over Cats
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Smithers; Buddy The Cat; Mr. Cooper; Mrs. Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty brings home a stray cat much to her dad's dismay but he gets a soft spot for the little guy.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #234 (June 1975)
-
Indexer Notes
No credits, but art appears to be by DeCarlo.
Pep Rally
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Dilton Doily; Coach Kleats; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Geraldine Grundy
- Synopsis
- Coach Kleats finds Archie, dressed in his uniform, giving Dilton a pep talk to psych him up for a chess match.
- Reprints
- from Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 1972 series) #17 (July 1974)
-
I Understand
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's with needlenose?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
- Synopsis
- Jughead unveils a "Kindness through understanding" campaign, but Reggie thinks the idea of being kind and understanding all the time is ridiculous.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #180 (May 1970)
-
Lip Service
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #55 (February 1974)
-
Indexer Notes
formerly a Betty and Me story.
Hey Look Me Over
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Betty Cooper; Mr. Loomis
- Synopsis
- Pop Tate butters up a customer thinking it is the health inspector.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #285 (February 1979)
-
The Sellout
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Fred Andrews
- Synopsis
- Fred is transferred to another city and the Andrews' family must sell their home. Not wanting to move, Archie tries to sabotage the sale.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #281 (June 1979)
-
A Special Breed
Hot Dog / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Hot Dog; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Big Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Hot Dog takes orders only from Jughead.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #266 (June 1972)
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Subject Matters
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Artist Jughead paints realistic portraits of Veronica and Betty, then an abstract one of Ethel.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #15 (November 1969)
-
Vicious Cycle
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Jughead takes an unplanned ride on Archie's unicycle, causing lots of property damage in the process.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #96 (May 1963)
-
- Keywords
- unicycle
Indexer Notes
Writer credit from the reprint in Jughead and Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #1.
Formerly a Jughead story.
Art for Art's Ache
Jughead / comic story / 6.75 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Jughead is forced to sign up for art class, and tries to get out by painting the worst stuff imaginable.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #99 (August 1963)
-
Where There's Smoke
Moose / comic story / 0.25 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Moose is asked if his parents will take a survey on chain smoking.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #99 (August 1963)
-
Guessing Game
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Midge Klump; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty gets five sets of advice on how to snag Archie from five different friends, and follows them all.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #111 (March 1965)
-
Indexer Notes
Feature in reprint is just 'Betty'.
Curtain Going Down
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Miss Coe; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Betty Cooper; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Reality keeps intruding into the rehearsals in Miss Coe's drama class.
- Reprints
- from Archie Annual (Archie, 1950 series) #25 (1973-74)
-
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["I've taught your principal that he can achieve anything through meditation!"]
Archie -
1.
Forget Me Not
Archie -
2.
Reflection Correction
Jughead -
3.
Come Clean
Jughead's Dipsy Doodles -
4.
Memorandumb
Archie -
5.
Mucho Macho
Archie -
6.
Rhythm and Blues
Jughead -
7.
An Open and Shut Case
Li'l Jinx -
8.
Archie Power
Betty -
9.
Anchors Away
Archie -
10.
A Star is Born
Reggie -
11.
Light Struck
Archie -
12.
Skull Session
Betty and Veronica -
13.
The Package
Jughead -
14.
The Lesson
Archie -
15.
Waste Not!
Li'l Jinx's Pal Greg -
16.
Stamp of Approval
Archie -
17.
Shampoo
Betty and Veronica -
18.
Split Fit
Jughead -
19.
Unkindest Cut
Archie -
20.
Rescue Mission
Josie -
21.
Stick with Me, Sir
Archie -
22.
A Big Fat Compliment
Archie's Dad -
23.
Say It with Flowers
Reggie -
24.
The Great Equalizer
Betty and Veronica -
25.
Wheel Man
The Archies -
26.
The Fall of a Forest Empire
Archie's Digest Writers Contest -
27.
Room for Improvement
Mr. Weatherbee -
28.
China Bound
Jughead -
29.
Catch 2
Reggie -
30.
Can You Top This?
Archie -
31.
["Poor Mr. Weatherbee has a bad headache!"]
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag -
32.
Born in the Saddle
Archie -
33.
Little Orphan Adam
Jughead -
34.
Misunderstood
Reggie -
35.
What Price Archie?
Archie -
36.
Robinson Gruesome
Archie -
37.
I See
Li'l Jinx -
38.
Finger Zinger
Archie -
39.
Bats over Cats
Betty and Veronica -
40.
Pep Rally
Archie -
41.
I Understand
Jughead -
42.
Lip Service
Betty -
43.
Hey Look Me Over
Jughead -
44.
The Sellout
Archie -
45.
A Special Breed
Hot Dog -
46.
Subject Matters
Jughead -
47.
Vicious Cycle
Archie -
48.
Art for Art's Ache
Jughead -
49.
Where There's Smoke
Moose -
50.
Guessing Game
Betty and Veronica -
51.
Curtain Going Down
Archie
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