(September 1980)
Archie,
1974 Series
- Price
- 0.75 USD
- Pages
- 132
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Enterprises Inc.
- Barcode
- 0271000699609
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (signed as
DAN DECARLO [block letters]) - Inks
- Dan DeCarlo (signed as DAN DECARLO [block letters])
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- They say you live longer if you jog!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
Indexer Notes
Redrawn from the cover of Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #64.
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Tired of It All
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (sourced)
- Pencils
- Harry Lucey (sourced)
- Inks
- Chic Stone (sourced)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (sourced)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (sourced)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Soda, Arch?
- Feature Logo
Archie- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; the bank robber
- Synopsis
- While rolling his flat tire to the garage, Archie loses control of it, with comic results.
- Reprints
-
from Archie Annual (Archie, 1950 series) #26 (1975)
-
- Keywords
- bank robbery
Indexer Notes
Includes indicia at bottom of first page.
Droopy Sails
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Are you sure you can sail this thing, Arch?
- Feature Logo
Jughead- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead take Veronica and Betty out on a sailboat but both boys end up overboard.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #10 (October 1970)
-
- Keywords
- sailboat
[no title indexed]
Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jug, where are you?
- Feature Logo
Jughead's Gag Bag- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead has his arm stuck under the refrigerator.
- Reprints
- From Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX.
Birthday Boy
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (sourced)
- Pencils
- Harry Lucey (sourced)
- Inks
- Chic Stone (sourced)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (sourced)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (sourced)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wow! Thanks, Betty! I would have let it go right on by without even a card! Ol' Arch would never forgive me!
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Evelyn; Perry
- Synopsis
- Reggie's surprise gift for Archie's impending birthday backfires on the Andrews lad.
- Reprints
- from Archie Annual (Archie, 1950 series) #26 (1975)
-
- Keywords
- Voodoo doll
Confession
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Veronica, where have you been? I waited for over an hour! We were supposed to meet and shop!
- Feature Logo
Betty and Veronica- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- When her friends and father berate her for being so inconsiderate, Veronica announces that she has a shocking secret to reveal about why she acts the way she does.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #204 (December 1972)
-
[no title indexed]
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The top drawer is stuck again...
- Feature Logo
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Miss Phlips; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- The school's office furniture is breaking down.
- Reprints
- From Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX.
A Life for a Life
Reggie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- --And these three birds were beggin', man! Like I mean, pleading!
- Feature Logo
Reggie- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Gladys
- Synopsis
- When Archie saves Reggie's life, Reggie follows Archie everywhere hoping to return the favor.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #76 (January 1975)
-
Nobedience School
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir ?
- Pencils
- Samm Schwartz (sourced)
- Inks
- Samm Schwartz (sourced)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (sourced)
- Letters
- Samm Schwartz (sourced)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jughead! You forgot your lunch!
- Feature Logo
- Jughead
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Geraldine Grundy; Hot Dog; Gladys Jones; Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Hot Dog leads Jughead a merry chase through the neighborhood, clutching Jughead's bag lunch in his mouth.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #246 (November 1975)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie's Pop Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, what are you looking for?
- Feature Logo
Archie's Pop Gag Bag- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie is looking for his skateboard.
- Reprints
- From Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX.
- Keywords
- skateboard
The Quitter
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (sourced)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (sourced)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (sourced)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (sourced)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (sourced)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- They're rough and they're tough and they're hard hitters, men -- but they haven't got the fighting spirit of the ol' Riverdale High team!
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie; Coach Kleats; Reggie; Jughead; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Coach Kleats is worried he is going to get fired and Archie rallies the team by faking quitting the team.
- Reprints
- from Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 1972 series) #18 (August 1974)
-
- Keywords
- baseball
The Nose Knows
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is one picnic that's going to go off without a hitch!
- Feature Logo
- Jughead
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- The girls plan a picnic, but Jughead claims it's going to rain. Archie and Reggie insist that Jughead's nose allows him to predict the weather.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #203 (November 1972)
-
- Keywords
- picnic; rain
[no title indexed]
Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, Arch! I tried out my new skateboard on Hill Street today!
- Feature Logo
- Jughead's Gag Bag
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead tried out his new skateboard.
- Reprints
- From Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX.
- Keywords
- skateboard
Pest Problem
Little Jughead / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Dexter Taylor (sourced)
- Pencils
- Dexter Taylor (sourced)
- Inks
- Dexter Taylor (sourced)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (sourced)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ulp! Here comes Fangs Fogarty... But this time he looks different!
- Feature Logo
Little Jughead- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Fangs Fogarty; Geraldine Grundy; Little Archie; Little Betty; Little Jughead; Little Reggie; Little Veronica; Penny Peabody
- Synopsis
- Fangs threatens all the other boys that he will beat them up if they look at his girlfriend Penny.
- Reprints
- in Little Archie Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1985 series) #47 (March 1991)
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #192 (July 2013)
-
[no title indexed]
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- New gym equipment is being installed today, Mr. Weatherbee!
- Feature Logo
- Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Coach Kleats; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee tries out the new gym equipment.
- Reprints
- From Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX.
- Keywords
- parallel bars
Leo's Not Lying
Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Archie reads Mr. Weatherbee his horoscope.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #10 (October 1970)
-
- Keywords
- astrology; horoscope
That's Romance?
Ethel / activity / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Edwards (sourced)
- Pencils
- Joe Edwards (sourced)
- Inks
- Joe Edwards (sourced)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (sourced)
- Letters
- Joe Edwards (sourced)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Big Ethel tried to get Jughead to look at her in a romantic way ---
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Place the numbered letters into the corresponding numbered slots to find out how Ethel's date went.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #353 (September 1979)
-
Indexer Notes
Letter-number substitution puzzle.
[no title indexed]
Moose Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, Moose --- What are you reading?
- Feature Logo
Big Moose Gag Bag- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Moose is reading a collection of short stories.
- Reprints
- From Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX.
Go Fly a Kite
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Al Hartley (sourced)
- Pencils
- Al Hartley (sourced)
- Inks
- Al Hartley (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Al Hartley
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It'll never fly without a tail!
- Feature Logo
- Jughead
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones; Midge Klump; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Archie and Reggie have a kite flying contest at the beach.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #11 (December 1970)
-
- Keywords
- kite flying
[no title indexed]
Mr. Lodge Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jughead, you should learn to invest wisely!
- Feature Logo
Mr. Lodge Gag Bag- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge gives Jughead some advice.
- Reprints
- From Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX.
A Crushing Victory
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Summeritme!
- Feature Logo
- Betty and Veronica
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- When Archie claims that women have it easy, Betty and Veronica claim to be constantly busy with charity work.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #203 (November 1972)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
[no title indexed]
Dear Betty and Veronica / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Eda Edwards (credited as Betty and Veronica)
- Pencils
- Joe Edwards
- Inks
- Joe Edwards
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Edwards
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There are two girls in my class who like me!
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Indexer Notes
Includes letters from T.M., C.G., and L.P.
Includes promotional blurb for Betty and Veronica Annual Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1980 series) #1 at bottom of page.
Feather Brain
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Daddy, I'll be the bestest girl in the whole world --- I'll even clean up my room every day ---
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Hap Holliday; Li'l Jinx
- Synopsis
- Hap buys Jinx a parakeet. Then she teaches it to talk.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #210 (September 1968)
-
- Keywords
- parakeet
Archie Quizzers
Archie / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Try this "connect the dot" puzzle.
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #284 (November 1974)
-
Indexer Notes
A connect the dot puzzle and three riddles.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, vhere'd you get funny shirt?
- Feature Logo
Archie's Gag Bag- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Miss Phlips; Mr. Svenson
- Synopsis
- Svenson asks Archie where he got his shirt.
- Reprints
- From Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX.
Mean 'n' Mad
Little Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Dexter Taylor (sourced)
- Pencils
- Dexter Taylor (sourced)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ha! I've finally caught you, Reggie!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Fangs Fogarty; Little Archie; Little Jughead; Little Reggie; Penny Peabody
- Synopsis
- Little Jughead give Little Reggie a mixture to give him more strength to take on Fangs, only Reggie doesn't know it only last for a little while.
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #57 (January 1970)
-
[no title indexed]
Katy Keene / comic story / 4.33 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hmm! I think I'll have a foot-long hot dog...
- Genre
- humor; fashion; teen
- Characters
- Billy; Chubby Chuckles; Katy Keene; Sis
- Synopsis
- Katy dreams she is a butterfly.
- Keywords
- butterfly
Katy's Butterfly Pin-Up Parade
Katy Keene / illustration / 0.67 page
- Genre
- fashion; teen
- Characters
- Katy Keene
- Synopsis
- Illustrations of Katy Keene in butterfly-themed outfits.
[no title indexed]
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Coach, what's this I hear about a fight at our hockey match?
- Feature Logo
- Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Coach Kleats; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- There have been fights at all the high-school sporting events... except the boxing match.
- Reprints
- From Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX.
Diamond Fire
Jughead / comic story / 11 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A shielded oil lamp, swinging on a lonely beach on a moonless night!
- Feature Logo
- Jughead
- Genre
- drama; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Marty; smugglers; police
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead gets suspicious of several scruffy types who spend each night on a littered, unpopular beach. Discovering that this is a smuggling gang, they trap them for police.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #162 (October 1975)
-
- Keywords
- beach; diamond; smuggler; smuggling
Indexer Notes
Story is in two parts, of six and five pages each.
[no title indexed]
Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My favorite tv show is Charlie's Angels!
- Feature Logo
- Jughead's Gag Bag
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie discusses his favorite tv show.
- Reprints
- From Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX.
Flight Plan
Reggie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (sourced)
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (sourced)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (sourced)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- So you've got a date with Veronica Friday night!
- Feature Logo
- Reggie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Reggie gets Veronica to break a date with Archie by telling her that something great will be happening at Central High that night. Veronica not only goes, she brings Betty and all the other girls along.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #168 (December 1969)
-
Some Dish
Hot Dog / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Down, Hot Dog!
- Genre
- humor; animal; teen
- Characters
- Miss Beazly; Hot Dog; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead and Hot Dog make a pact to avoid females.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #5 (November 1969)
-
Quiet on the Set
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (sourced)
- Pencils
- Harry Lucey (sourced)
- Inks
- Vincent DeCarlo (sourced) (see note)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (sourced)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (sourced)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That was funneee!
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Miss Beazly (dream only); Geraldine Grundy (dream only); Jughead Jones; Mr. Svenson (dream only); Waldo Weatherbee (dream only)
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead imagine themselves in a slapstick silent comedy set in the halls of Riverdale.
- Reprints
- from Archie Annual (Archie, 1950 series) #26 (1975)
-
- Keywords
- pie fight
Indexer Notes
In the silent movie sequence, Lucey puts Archie and Jughead in their classic '40s and '50s outfits (Archie's bow tie and "R" sweater vest and Jughead's "S" sweater).
The reprint in Archie Spotlight Digest: Archie 75th Anniversary Digest (Archie, 2016 series) #7 lists Chic Stone as the inker, however the reprints in Archie Comics Super Special (Archie, 2012 series) #6 and Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #295 both list Vincent DeCarlo as the inker.
A Dog's Tale
Hot Dog / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How are dogcatchers paid?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Hot Dog
- Synopsis
- Find the hidden letters to find out how dog catchers get paid.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #264 (January 1980)
-
Indexer Notes
Fill in the dotted letters puzzle.
[no title indexed]
Pat the Brat Comics Digest Magazine / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey! Who's Pat the Brat?
- Characters
- Pat the Brat
Indexer Notes
House advertisement for Pat the Brat Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1980 series) #1.
[no title indexed]
Archie Comics Digest / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Stories, puzzles, jokes, pages of fun and laughter in full color!
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones; Midge Klump; Li'l Jinx; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Ethel Muggs
Indexer Notes
House advertisement for Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #44.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["They say you live longer if you jog!"]
-
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
Tired of It All
Archie -
3.
Droopy Sails
Jughead -
4.
["Jug, where are you?"]
Jughead's Gag Bag -
5.
Birthday Boy
Archie -
6.
Confession
Betty and Veronica -
7.
["The top drawer is stuck again..."]
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag -
8.
A Life for a Life
Reggie -
9.
Nobedience School
Jughead -
10.
["Archie, what are you looking for?"]
Archie's Pop Gag Bag -
11.
The Quitter
Archie -
12.
The Nose Knows
Jughead -
13.
["Hi, Arch! I tried out my new skateboard on Hill Street today!"]
Jughead's Gag Bag -
14.
Pest Problem
Little Jughead -
15.
["New gym equipment is being installed today, Mr. Weatherbee!"]
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag -
16.
Leo's Not Lying
Mr. Weatherbee -
17.
That's Romance?
Ethel -
18.
["Hi, Moose --- What are you reading?"]
Moose Gag Bag -
19.
Go Fly a Kite
Jughead -
20.
["Jughead, you should learn to invest wisely!"]
Mr. Lodge Gag Bag -
21.
A Crushing Victory
Betty and Veronica -
22.
["There are two girls in my class who like me!"]
Dear Betty and Veronica -
23.
Feather Brain
Li'l Jinx -
24.
Archie Quizzers
Archie -
25.
["Archie, vhere'd you get funny shirt?"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
26.
Mean 'n' Mad
Little Jughead -
27.
["Hmm! I think I'll have a foot-long hot dog..."]
Katy Keene -
28.
Katy's Butterfly Pin-Up Parade
Katy Keene -
29.
["Coach, what's this I hear about a fight at our hockey match?"]
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag -
30.
Diamond Fire
Jughead -
31.
["My favorite tv show is Charlie's Angels!"]
Jughead's Gag Bag -
32.
Flight Plan
Reggie -
33.
Some Dish
Hot Dog -
34.
Quiet on the Set
Archie -
35.
A Dog's Tale
Hot Dog -
36.
["Hey! Who's Pat the Brat?"]
Pat the Brat Comics Digest Magazine -
37.
[no title indexed]
-
38.
["Stories, puzzles, jokes, pages of fun and laughter in full color!"]
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