(November 2002)
Archie,
1984 Series
- Price
- 3.29 USD
- Pages
- 196
- Indicia Frequency
- 8 times a year in Jan., Feb., Apr., June, July, Sept., Oct. and Nov.
- On-sale Date
- 2002-09-24
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Digest Library; Archie 60th Anniversary
- Barcode
- 762816469517 13711
- Editing
- Nelson Ribeiro (editor); Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (editor-in-chief)
A Beautiful Mind
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Marty; Penelope
Favorite Lamps of Archie and the Gang
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doiley; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Each member has a specific type of lamp.
- Reprints
-
from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #242 (March 1978)
-
Morning Mayhem
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Fernando Ruiz (credited)
- Pencils
- Fernando Ruiz (credited)
- Inks
- Bob Smith (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie makes his parents breakfast in bed.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #235 (January 2013), #304 (January 2020)
-
Monkey Business
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren (credited)
- Pencils
- Dick Malmgren (credited)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie buys a stuffed monkey for Veronica but it is destroyed by Moose.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #109 (October 1978)
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Footwork Frolic
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Smithers; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie brings a soccer ball to the Lodge mansion.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #89 (July 1997)
-
- Keywords
- soccer
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #302, no credits listed in this digest.
Role Extoll
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (credited)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited)
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie does Betty's household chores so she will have time to fix his jalopy.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #94 (July 1981)
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Lame Game
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- On the golf course, caddy Archie gives Mr. Lodge advice.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #83 (December 1964)
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- Keywords
- golf
Thyme on My Hands
Archie and the Gang / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (credited)
- Pencils
- Samm Schwartz (credited)
- Inks
- Samm Schwartz (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Samm Schwartz
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Herb Doyle
- Synopsis
- When Veronica finds out that Jughead is an expert on herbs, she expresses an interest in learning more.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #258 (November 1976)
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- Keywords
- herbs
Peachy Keen
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren (credited)
- Pencils
- Dick Malmgren (credited)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie criticizes Betty for being too nice to solicitors and salesmen.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #70 (October 1975)
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Lip Service
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty and Archie discuss the film they've just seen.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #113 (August 1980)
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Monday, Monday
Archie and the Gang / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (credited)
- Pencils
- Samm Schwartz (credited)
- Inks
- Samm Schwartz (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Betty Cooper; Professor Flutesnoot; Geraldine Grundy; Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- Jughead and Archie have the Monday blues.
- Reprints
- from Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #96 (January 1990)
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It's a Lost Course
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Mr. Buncombe
- Synopsis
- Archie takes the art of insincere flattery to heart after his new Business Studies course, and gets everyone angry at him and each other.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #187 (May 1987)
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Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #271, no credits listed in this digest.
What a Development
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Coach Kleats; Moose Mason
Indexer Notes
In this story, Coach Kleats’ known relatives are his niece Mimi and his elderly grandmother.
Water Water Everywhere
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Ethel Muggs; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Reggie cons Archie with a divining rod.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #73 (September 1974)
-
- Keywords
- divining rod
Right for the Part
Archie and the Gang / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (credited)
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)
- Inks
- Jim DeCarlo (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- When Betty tells Archie she doesn't want to be in the history pageant, Archie gets Miss Grundy to switch her out. However, Veronica then decides that she doesn't want the part either-and enlists Archie for help.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #1 (June 1987)
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Indexer Notes
Original story is credited to Frank Doyle and Dan DeCarlo. Changes were made to the credits in this printing.
Golf Gaff
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie forgets Mr. Lodge's golf clubs.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #194 (March 1974)
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Spat Chat
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee's watch takes precedence over Archie's watch.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #194 (March 1974)
-
Pushing the Right Button
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Reprints
- from Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #96 (December 1997)
-
Grade Aid
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Geraldine Grundy; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie will try any method to improve his grades except studying.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #389 (June 1983)
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- Keywords
- biorhythm; horoscope
Sounds Incredible
Archie / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Nate Butler (credited)
- Pencils
- Nate Butler (credited)
- Inks
- Nate Butler (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Smithers; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie gets a new guitar and takes it to Veronica's house to show it off, but Mr. Lodge is not too happy about it.
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #161 (February 1987)
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The Image
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (credited)
- Pencils
- Harry Lucey (credited)
- Inks
- Harry Lucey (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Fearing that Reggie will spread the rumor that he's a "klutz," Archie tries to improve his relationship with Reggie, but his attempts to make amends just cause Reggie serious pain.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #196 (December 1969)
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Meet Holly Graham!
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley; Holly Graham
- Reprints
- from Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #142 (August 1996)
-
The Cart Before Remorse
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Svenson; Miss Beazley
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee punishes Archie for pushing Veronica on a cart around school.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #350 (August 1987)
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The Reluctant Teacher
Little Archie / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Reprints
- from The Adventures of Little Archie (Archie, 1961 series) #51 (January 1969)
-
Nuts at the Chok'lit Shop
Little Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Reprints
- from The Adventures of Little Archie (Archie, 1961 series) #53 (May 1969)
-
Indexer Notes
Two short strips plus "Little Archie's Poetry".
The Music Master
Little Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Dexter Taylor (credited)
- Pencils
- Dexter Taylor (credited)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Professor Flutesnoot; Little Jughead Jones; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Dilton Doiley; The Mayor of Riverdale
- Synopsis
- Professor Flutesnoot wants Little Archie out of the school band, so he assigns him the large and heavy tuba.
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #99 (February 1985)
-
- Keywords
- tuba
Popcorn
Little Jughead / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Reprints
- from The Adventures of Little Archie (Archie, 1961 series) #51 (January 1969)
-
The Last Laugh
Little Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Moose Mason; Little Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Little Archie tries to get the boys to smile so he can take their picture.
- Reprints
- from Little Archie Giant Comics (Archie, 1957 series) #18 (Spring 1961)
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Carsick
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski
- Pencils
- ? [as DeCarlo]
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge is trading in his old car for a new one, and he and Archie reminisce about old cars they wish they still had.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #203 (December 2009)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #292 (November 2018)
-
Uptight Sight
Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee is tired of seeing Archie everywhere he goes.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #262 (November 1979)
-
Time After Time
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Reprints
Love in Bloom
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Professor Flutesnoot
- Synopsis
- As the faculty think of a way to separate Archie and Veronica, Veronica comes storming into Mr. Weatherbee's office. She wants him to do something about a student that's bothering her -- Archie!
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #136 (April 1963)
-
- Keywords
- kissing
The Wrong Track
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (credited)
- Pencils
- Tim Kennedy (credited)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead try to get a photo of an old steam locomotive as it travels past Riverdale.
- Reprints
- from Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #58 (July 1991)
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- Keywords
- train
So Long, Baby
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; "Baby"; unidentified neighbors
- Synopsis
- Archie offers to stay with Betty while she baby-sits for her neighbors, not realizing that "Baby" is a four foot tall sheep dog.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #151 (May 1986)
-
Hair
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee; Coach Kleats
- Synopsis
- The teachers try to annoy Archie by pretending not to notice his long blond hair. He foresaw this, and is amusing himself. He pretends to give it up, but only sells the wig to Jughead, who now sports it around the school.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #229 (May 1969)
-
- Keywords
- high school
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie & Friends Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #22.
The Fault Finder
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Coach Kleats; Big Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie points out to the gang how they can improve their games, but they end up injuring themselves following his advice.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #128 (June 1962)
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Indexer Notes
Script credit from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #248.
Sheer Poetry
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee instructs Miss Grundy to put on a school performance of the poet Percy Shelley but Miss Grundy intentionally misunderstands and puts on a performance of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #75 (July 1975)
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- Keywords
- school play
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #71, no credits listed in this digest.
Hearts and Foulers
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate; Gladys Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead falls for a girl and Archie is jealous. He manages to break up the pair by convincing Jughead that he doesn't need romance, but in the process convinces Betty and Veronica that they don't need romance either.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #107 (February 1960)
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- Keywords
- romance
Depressed Mess
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Pop Tate; Waldo Weatherbee; Svenson; Jughead Jones
- Reprints
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Celebration (Archie, 2014 series) ([October] 2014)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #255 (November 2014)
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- Keywords
- accidents; bad days
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["It must be true love!"]
Archie -
1.
A Beautiful Mind
Archie -
2.
Favorite Lamps of Archie and the Gang
-
3.
Morning Mayhem
Archie -
4.
Monkey Business
Archie -
5.
Footwork Frolic
Archie -
6.
Role Extoll
Archie -
7.
Lame Game
Archie -
8.
Thyme on My Hands
Archie and the Gang -
9.
Peachy Keen
Archie -
10.
Lip Service
Archie -
11.
Monday, Monday
Archie and the Gang -
12.
It's a Lost Course
Archie -
13.
What a Development
Archie -
14.
Water Water Everywhere
Archie -
15.
Right for the Part
Archie and the Gang -
16.
Golf Gaff
Archie -
17.
Spat Chat
Archie -
18.
Pushing the Right Button
Archie -
19.
Grade Aid
Archie -
20.
Sounds Incredible
Archie -
21.
The Image
Archie -
22.
Meet Holly Graham!
Archie -
23.
The Cart Before Remorse
Archie -
24.
The Reluctant Teacher
Little Archie -
25.
Nuts at the Chok'lit Shop
Little Archie -
26.
The Music Master
Little Archie -
27.
Popcorn
Little Jughead -
28.
The Last Laugh
Little Archie -
29.
Carsick
Archie -
30.
Uptight Sight
Mr. Weatherbee -
31.
Time After Time
Archie -
32.
Love in Bloom
Archie -
33.
The Wrong Track
Archie -
34.
So Long, Baby
Archie -
35.
Hair
Archie -
36.
The Fault Finder
Archie -
37.
Sheer Poetry
Archie -
38.
Hearts and Foulers
Archie -
39.
Depressed Mess
Archie
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