(August 2004)
Archie,
1984 Series
- Price
- 3.59 USD; 4.29 CAD
- Pages
- 196
- Indicia Frequency
- 9 times a year in Jan., Feb., Mar., May, June, Aug., Sept., Oct. and Nov.
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Digest Library
- Barcode
- 762816469517 15211
- Editing
- Nelson Ribeiro (editor); Victor Gorelick (editor)
Spirit Sprites
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (credited)
- Pencils
- Pat Kennedy (credited)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Vickie Williams (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Nancy Woods; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Chuck Clayton; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- The girls wonder why the guys like games so much.
- Reprints
-
in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #292 (November 2018)
-
Exercise
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #118 (December 1992)
-
Flipped Out!
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Smithers
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge blames Archie when his rare Maldavian coin disappears.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #205 (April 1989)
-
- Keywords
- coin collecting
Error Terror
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie is kicking the ball around.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #247 (August 1978)
-
- Keywords
- baseball
Quick Shtick
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie's speed reading abilities need work.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #247 (August 1978)
-
Dial a Date
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie gets a phone message that he's to meet his date 30 minutes later than scheduled. However, Archie doesn't recall who he's supposed to be seeing.
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #41 (July 1976)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint of this story in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #244.
What Would You Say
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- No, no, Chuck!
- Genre
- drama; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Coach Clayton
- Synopsis
- Chuck wants to quit school because his father works there.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #169 (May 1976)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from Archie and Me Comics Digest (Archie, 2017 series) #10, no credits listed in this digest.
Take a Chance
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie is so love-sick that he can't sell any raffle tickets for the Student Council. Reggie and Betty convince Veronica to give Archie a pep talk to sell tickets. That works for Archie, but then the rest of the boys are hanging around Veronica instead of selling their tickets.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #107 (February 1960)
-
- Keywords
- love-sick; pep talk; raffle
The Pitch-Men
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Coach Kleats
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee finds himself both pleased and dismayed by the varsity baseball team.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #320 (December 1976)
-
- Keywords
- baseball
How to Be...Megapopular!
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Bill Golliher (credited)
- Pencils
- Bill Golliher (credited)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- Archie reads a book on how to be popular.
- Reprints
The Finer Things
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Synopsis
- Veronica tries to teach Archie about the finer things in life, like sushi and polo.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #361 (October 1988)
-
Player Plight
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Coach Kleats
- Synopsis
- Archie stands up for a teammate, but only so far.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #355 (November 1979)
-
Lava Come Back to Me! or Getting Sedimental Over You!
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Midge Klump; Professor Flutesnoot
- Synopsis
- Archie gives Veronica a piece of obsidian, which starts a rumor that Archie and Veronica are engaged.
- Reprints
- from World of Archie (Archie, 1992 series) #9 (June 1994)
-
- Keywords
- volcano
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #89, no credits listed in this digest.
Ringmaster
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Reprints
- from Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 1972 series) #90 (February 1983)
-
A Day to Forget
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yahoo! Today is my lucky day!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #156 (July 1998)
-
Course Remorse
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oops! I dropped my bowling ball!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee; Professor Flutesnoot; Fred Andrews
- Synopsis
- Various experts are invited to the school to give one-day courses in various fields.
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #97 (December 1977)
-
Quote and Unquote
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Ulga
- Synopsis
- Archie goes to Veronica's to get a sweater for her, but the new maid doesn't know him.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #31 (September 1968)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #30.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here's the information you wanted, sir!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Miss Phlips
- Synopsis
- Archie gives the wrong information to Mr. Weatherbee.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #98 (December 1981)
-
Tube Boob
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #267 (July 1988)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie’s Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Pop! Do you believe in heredity?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie asks Fred if he believes in heredity.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #81 (September 1975) which is reprinted
- from Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX, 19XX-XX-XX
-
Peacemaker
Archie and the Gang / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
- Synopsis
- The "Archies" are without a drum after Moose breaks it, but the gang gets him to replace it when they write a song about Moose and Midge.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #88 (August 1969)
-
Love Story
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Geraldine Grundy; Fred Andrews; Smithers (the butler); Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Reggie has turned over a new leaf and goes out of his way to be nice to Archie. Archie can't believe it. Jughead doesn't.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #369 (December 1981)
-
Designers' Choice
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee asks Archie and Jughead for advice on redecorating a room in the school.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #368 (July 1989)
-
Sleepy Time Guy
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Tired of going on cheap dates with Archie, Veronica demands that he get a job so he can afford to take her dancing. But the job he gets leaves him so tired that it ruins their expensive date.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #185 (September 1968)
-
The Thinking Man
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #12 (Spring 1960)
-
Whistle Epistle
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Why was Archie whistling?
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #128 (September 1968)
-
The Last Alarm
Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Dexter Taylor
- Pencils
- Dexter Taylor (signed)
- Inks
- Dexter Taylor (signed)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- adventure; detective-mystery; children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Spotty; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Waldo Weatherbee; Blue-Tooth Baker
- Synopsis
- Little Archie and his friends, as well as their enemies the South Side Serpents, try to solve the mystery of who's been setting off fire alarms at the school.
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #160 (November 1980)
-
Indexer Notes
The only on-panel appearance of Blue-Tooth Baker (though his design and attitude are more like Bob Bolling's version of Fangs Fogarty).
The Big One
Little Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Dexter Taylor ?
- Pencils
- Dexter Taylor
- Inks
- Dexter Taylor
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Dexter Taylor
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Little Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Little Veronica invites both Little Archie and Little Reggie for a day on her father's yacht, where Mr. Lodge shows them how to fish for tuna... but catches a submarine.
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #53 (November 1977)
-
- Keywords
- submarines
A Relative Nuisance!
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Betty Cooper; Horace; Wilma
- Synopsis
- Archie solves the problem of Mr. Weatherbee's obnoxious nephew by introducing him to Betty's cousin.
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #115 (December 1979)
-
It's Not Easy
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Reggie works hard trying to get on Mr. Lodge's good side so that he will have an advantage with Veronica, but she always makes up her own mind.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #132 (November 1987)
-
Indexer Notes
When reprinted in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #240, writer is credited as Mike Pellowski and inks are credited to Costanza.
There's a Bee in My Salad
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Ken Pedersen (credited)
- Pencils
- Doug Crane (credited)
- Inks
- Jim DeCarlo (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Everybody is health-conscious today, and salads are what all the kids are eating!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead ruin Pop Tate's new salad bar.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #270 (January 1989)
-
Everything's Duckie
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Al Hartley (credited)
- Pencils
- Al Hartley (credited)
- Inks
- Al Hartley (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Al Hartley
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie gives Veronica a duck and some ducklings who take up residence in the Lodge pool.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #175 (September 1970)
-
Indexer Notes
Bill Yoshida is credited with lettering but lettering is by Al Hartley.
Serious Cereal
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (credited)
- Pencils
- Tim Kennedy (credited)
- Inks
- Ken Selig (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Dilton Doiley; Reggie Mantle; Loopie Lion
- Synopsis
- Archie wins the grand prize in a cereal company contest.
- Reprints
Love in Bloom
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie buys Veronica a tree for their anniversary.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #353 (November 1987)
-
First Time In-Line
Archie & Friends / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
- Reprints
- from World of Archie (Archie, 1992 series) #8 (April 1994)
-
Waste Not Want Not
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- The boys are fishing on Mr. Lodge's boat while Veronica relaxes in her bikini. After he sees Jughead throw a sandwich wrapper into the water, Mr. Lodge gives the boys a lecture on the evils of water pollution and how individual acts of pollution contribute to a big problem.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #221 (September 1972)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Let me guess!"]
Archie -
1.
Spirit Sprites
Archie -
2.
Exercise
Archie -
3.
Flipped Out!
Archie -
4.
Error Terror
Archie -
5.
Quick Shtick
Archie -
6.
Dial a Date
Archie -
7.
What Would You Say
Archie -
8.
Take a Chance
Archie -
9.
The Pitch-Men
Archie -
10.
How to Be...Megapopular!
Archie -
11.
The Finer Things
Archie -
12.
Player Plight
Archie -
13.
Lava Come Back to Me! or Getting Sedimental Over You!
Archie -
14.
Ringmaster
Archie -
15.
A Day to Forget
Archie -
16.
Course Remorse
Archie -
17.
Quote and Unquote
Archie -
18.
["Here's the information you wanted, sir!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
19.
Tube Boob
Archie -
20.
["Pop! Do you believe in heredity?"]
Archie’s Gag Bag -
21.
Peacemaker
Archie and the Gang -
22.
Love Story
Archie -
23.
Designers' Choice
Archie -
24.
Sleepy Time Guy
Archie -
25.
The Thinking Man
Archie -
26.
Whistle Epistle
Archie -
27.
Do or Diet
Little Archie -
28.
The Last Alarm
Little Archie -
29.
The Big One
Little Archie -
30.
A Relative Nuisance!
Archie -
31.
It's Not Easy
Archie -
32.
There's a Bee in My Salad
Archie -
33.
Everything's Duckie
Archie -
34.
Serious Cereal
Archie -
35.
Love in Bloom
Archie -
36.
First Time In-Line
Archie & Friends -
37.
Waste Not Want Not
Archie
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Peter Croome
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
All portions of the Grand Comics Database™, except where noted otherwise, are
copyrighted by the GCD and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format.