(November 1983)
Archie,
1974 Series
- Price
- 1.00 USD
- Pages
- 132
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly in Jan., March, May, July, Sept., and Nov.
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Enterprises Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Digest Library
- Barcode
- 0271000699659
- Editing
- ?
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jughead! We'll rake in the green stuff with the job I got us!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doily
Indexer Notes
Redrawn from the cover of Jughead #187
The Children's Hour
Jughead with Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica are seething because Reggie and Jughead are always childishly trading insults. The boys resolve to insult each other like adults, until Betty and Veronica lose their tempers. Reggie and Jughead smugly regard them as childish and juvenile.
- Reprints
-
from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #262 (January 1973)
-
- Keywords
- Chok'lit Shop
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
A Matter of Degree
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Elvis
- Synopsis
- Sick of Jughead's nasty comments about them because they're women, Betty and Veronica dress up as men to see if he'll react differently to them.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
What Was That?
Archie / activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- from Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 1972 series) #85 (April 1982)
-
Indexer Notes
Decode the message to learn what funny piece of conversation Archie overheard.
Nice Slice
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead demonstrates an unusual way to share a pizza.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #3 (January 1968)
-
- Keywords
- pizza
A Very Good Reason
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie dresses up as a cowboy, complete with lasso, and ends up being tied to a tree by Moose.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #47 (May 1976)
-
- Keywords
- cowboy; lasso
Higher Learning
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Archie Andrews (cameo on television); Hap Halliday
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx borrows her father's dictionary to use as a chair to watch television.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #10 (March 1969)
-
Anyone For Seconds?
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Miss Beazly; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Jughead has had his fill of food and Archie has had his fill of girls.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #242 (June 1970)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie Comics Spectacular: Food Fight (Archie, 2015 series) #[nn], no credits listed in this digest.
Lost And Frowned
activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Miss Grundy; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Help Miss Grundy find out who belongs to the notebook by decoding the word balloons.
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #85 (May 1982)
-
Work Quirk
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Dilton Doiley; Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Dilton fills the chalkboard with equations but Jughead is the one that has to clean it.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #3 (January 1968)
-
The Treat
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Archie is broke, but thinks he can use psychology to treat Betty at Pop's and not spend any money.
- Reprints
- from Archie Annual (Archie, 1950 series) #18 (1966-1967)
-
- Keywords
- psychology
The Answer Man
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Miss Grundy asks Jughead how to find the square root of 64.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #11 (May 1969)
-
Expert Help
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; United Girls Against Jughead [U.G.A.J]
- Synopsis
- The United Girls Against Jughead try to catch Jughead, but Archie and Betty help him escape.
- Reprints
- from Archie Annual (Archie, 1950 series) #18 (1966-1967)
-
- Keywords
- garbage can; lasso; U.G.A.J.; United Girls Against Jughead
Indexer Notes
Credits from reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (2010 series) #17 (June 2012).
Surprise Visitor
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Jughead searches for his love of candy.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #10 (March 1969)
-
Game Aim
Coach Kleats / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Coach Kleats
- Synopsis
- Coach Kleats is happy with the huge guys that have come out for his football team.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #193 (February 1974)
-
Brushing Up
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx decides to help out by painting her room.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #10 (March 1969)
-
Station Break!
Archie / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty tells Archie that Veronica wants him to pick her up at the station, but she doesn't tell him it is the train station and he goes to the bus station instead.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #3 (1954-1955)
-
Model Mania
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Jughead's cousin in building the world's tiniest model car.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #3 (January 1968)
-
Odd for Art's Sake
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- The art teacher wonders why the people are crying in Archie's painting of life at the north pole.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #56 (August 1961)
-
Seer Sucker
Betty / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead pretends to be a fortune teller.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #56 (August 1961)
-
- Keywords
- fortune teller
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sssh! Quiet!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Professor Flutesnoot; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Veronica wonders what Professor Flutesnoot and Mr. Weatherbee are working on.
Road Hog!
Moose / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Professor Flutesnoot
- Synopsis
- Professor Flutesnoot asks Moose and engineering question.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #55 (July 1961)
-
Archie's Round-About Rhymes
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead does a jig, takes a jog, and ends up in the jug.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #55 (July 1961)
-
Rockets Away!
Jughead with Archie / comic story / 24 pages
- Genre
- adventure; humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doily; Waldo Weatherbee; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Coach Kleats; X-23; Y-16
- Synopsis
- When Dilton creates a special fuel for the school rocket, Jughead adds some random chemicals to it, and the new formula causes the rocket to literally go into orbit. Dilton and Jughead work to find out what he added to the formula, and when they write down the secret ingredients, they're confronted by international spies who want to steal this amazing new rocket fuel.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #19 (March 1963), #19 (March 1963), #19 (March 1963), #19 (March 1963)
-
- Keywords
- cold war; enemy agents; goat; rockets; space race; spies
Indexer Notes
Sub-divided into four chapters: "Rockets Away," "Enter Gussie," "The Search Begins" and "A Slap-Happy Ending."
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
The Warning
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie warns Jughead about the dangers of lending money to friends.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #3 (January 1968)
-
Gassy Guess
Jughead's Jokes / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Mr. Waldo Weatherbee; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead tries to outsmart Mr. Weatherbee.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #10 (March 1969)
-
Dues 'n' Don'ts
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Hap Holiday; Li'l Jinx
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx is complaining that her club is always broke.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #19 (March 1963)
-
The Ransom!
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Feeling under-appreciated by Veronica, Archie fakes his own abduction to garner sympathy.
- Reprints
- from Archie Annual (Archie, 1950 series) #15 (1963-64)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
[no title indexed]
Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's time we started to think about our careers...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Miss Grundy asks Jughead what he wants to do when he grows up.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Giant Kids' Joke Book (Archie, 2012 series) (2012)
- in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #19 (December 2012)
-
Clean Sweep
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Svenson
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee tells Svenson to dust everything in the classroom that doesn't move.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #11 (May 1969)
-
Vidiot's Delight
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie missed the end of his TV program while he was in the kitchen.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #11 (May 1969)
-
School Fool
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Miss Grundy asks Jughead about Magellan. Miss Grundy asks Jughead if he was a knight would he help someone in distress. Miss Grundy asks Jughead to use Amazon in a sentence.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #11 (May 1969)
-
Indexer Notes
Three 2-panel gags.
Do Not Disturb!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
- Synopsis
- Hap has just settled down to watch the prize fight on TV and is upset when Jinx wants to watch something else.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #122 (September 1961)
-
- Keywords
- boxing; television
The Old Saying
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie's casual dropping of hoary cliches get taken literally by everybody else.
- Reprints
- from Archie Annual (Archie, 1950 series) #15 (1963-64)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Tough Fluff
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Geraldine Grundy
- Synopsis
- Archie is sick at home, but Jughead can still talk to him.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #11 (May 1969)
-
[no title indexed]
Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Veronica's father is head of a multi-national corporation!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
The Masher
Archie / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie bets that he can kiss Betty in front of Veronica without getting into trouble.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #118 (April 1961)
-
- Keywords
- kissing
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Wit Bit
Jughead's Jokes / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Miss Geraldine Grundy; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper (cameo); Archie Andrews (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Miss Grundy recognizes Jughead's ability to debate.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #10 (March 1969)
-
'Has The Willpower' What He Need Is Won'tpower
Jughead / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie drags Jughead to the gym.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #3 (January 1968)
-
She's Flipped
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx's daddy is concerned about her strange gyrations.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #93 (September 1963)
-
Private Talk
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee overhears Archie and Jughead speaking slang and demands an explanation from Miss Grundy.
- Reprints
- from Archie Annual (Archie, 1950 series) #15 (1963-64)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Present Alms!
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews
- Synopsis
- Fred thinks Archie needs to be more self-reliant.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #48 (August 1960)
-
Popularity Pays
Moose / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Moose takes a popularity course.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #48 (August 1960)
-
The Explanation
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Jughead explains to Mr. Weatherbee that he is not late for class.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #3 (January 1968)
-
Splitsville
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- When Jughead is caught licking ice cream off of Betty's face, the whole town begins believing that Jughead and Betty are going steady.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #11 (December 1967)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Racked Up
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie and Mr. Lodge play billiards.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #54 (June 1961)
-
- Keywords
- billiards
On Your Mark
Miss Grundy / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie is prepared to run from the classroom when the bell rings.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #54 (June 1961)
-
Archie's Puzzle Page
activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- from Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 1972 series) #91 (May 1983)
-
Indexer Notes
Name Game Quiz; Opposites Quiz
Which Witch Is Which
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead see four girls dressed as witches.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #60 (February 1962)
-
- Keywords
- witch
Tennis Anyone?
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Smithers the butler; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica try to keep an appointment with Archie and Jughead while avoiding Reggie, fearing the inevitable conflict between Archie and Reggie.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #92 (August 1963)
-
- Keywords
- tennis
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits printed in this digest.
[no title indexed]
Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, Reggie, I'll give you a buck if you'll open my locker for me!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Jughead wants Reggie to open his locker for him.
- Reprints
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #101 (April 2004)
-
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Jughead! We'll rake in the green stuff with the job I got us!"]
-
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
The Children's Hour
Jughead with Archie -
3.
A Matter of Degree
Betty and Veronica -
4.
What Was That?
Archie -
5.
Nice Slice
Jughead -
6.
A Very Good Reason
Archie -
7.
Higher Learning
Li'l Jinx -
8.
Anyone For Seconds?
Archie -
9.
Lost And Frowned
-
10.
Work Quirk
Jughead -
11.
The Treat
Archie -
12.
The Answer Man
Jughead -
13.
Expert Help
Archie -
14.
Surprise Visitor
Jughead -
15.
Game Aim
Coach Kleats -
16.
Brushing Up
Li'l Jinx -
17.
Station Break!
Archie -
18.
Model Mania
Jughead -
19.
Odd for Art's Sake
Archie -
20.
Seer Sucker
Betty -
21.
["Sssh! Quiet!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
22.
Road Hog!
Moose -
23.
Archie's Round-About Rhymes
Archie -
24.
Rockets Away!
Jughead with Archie -
25.
The Warning
Jughead -
26.
Gassy Guess
Jughead's Jokes -
27.
[no title indexed]
Dear Betty and Veronica -
28.
Dues 'n' Don'ts
Li'l Jinx -
29.
The Ransom!
Archie -
30.
["It's time we started to think about our careers..."]
Jughead's Gag Bag -
31.
Clean Sweep
Jughead -
32.
Vidiot's Delight
Jughead -
33.
School Fool
Jughead -
34.
Do Not Disturb!
Li'l Jinx -
35.
The Old Saying
Archie -
36.
Tough Fluff
Jughead -
37.
["Veronica's father is head of a multi-national corporation!"]
Jughead's Gag Bag -
38.
The Masher
Archie -
39.
Wit Bit
Jughead's Jokes -
40.
'Has The Willpower' What He Need Is Won'tpower
Jughead -
41.
She's Flipped
Li'l Jinx -
42.
Private Talk
Archie -
43.
Present Alms!
Archie -
44.
Popularity Pays
Moose -
45.
The Explanation
Jughead -
46.
Splitsville
Betty -
47.
Racked Up
Archie -
48.
On Your Mark
Miss Grundy -
49.
Archie's Puzzle Page
-
50.
Which Witch Is Which
Archie -
51.
Tennis Anyone?
Betty and Veronica -
52.
["Hey, Reggie, I'll give you a buck if you'll open my locker for me!"]
Jughead's Gag Bag -
53.
["Keep up with the Jones"]
-
54.
[no title indexed]
-
55.
[Archie's Double Digest]
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- Peter Croome
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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