Jughead with Archie Digest #72 [Newsstand]
(January 1986)

Archie, 1974 Series
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Price
1.25 USD; 1.50 CAD
Pages
132
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Enterprises Inc.
Brand
The Archie Digest Library
Barcode
0271000699672
Editing
Victor Gorelick

Issue Notes

Indicia title is "Jughead with Archie Comics Digest Magazine."
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Dan DeCarlo
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Jughead! How do you get your burger paintings to look so realistic?
Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones

Indexer Notes

Redrawn from the cover of Jughead #293

Get the Picture? (Table of Contents: 1)

Jughead and Archie / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis
Jughead acquires a painting by Picasso, but he cuts off the signature so that the canvas will fit in the frame.
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Keywords
Art; painting

Canine Capers (Table of Contents: 2)

Hot Dog / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
humor
Characters
Hot Dog; Veronica Lodge; Fifi; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Hot Dog visits Fifi.
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Jealous (Table of Contents: 3)

Reggie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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?
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Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews
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The Cane Mutiny (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis
After hurting his leg, Archie has to use a cane for a while. Veronica thinks he needs a more sophisticated outfit to go with the cane, so she takes him to her house and loans him some of Mr. Lodge's clothes. Archie looks more sophisticated, but is still a menace with his cane.
Reprints
Keywords
cane; vase

Indexer Notes

Credits from the index to the digest reprint.

Flip Quip (Table of Contents: 5)

Jughead's Jokes / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gus Lemoine
Inks
Gus Lemoine
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Reprints

Past Perfect (Table of Contents: 6)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate
Synopsis
Nobody can stand being around Betty because she's "too perfect."
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Inker credit from the reprint in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #253.

Gift Rift (Table of Contents: 7)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
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The Sound of Jughead (Table of Contents: 8)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Samm Schwartz
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Samm Schwartz

Genre
teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Betty Cooper; Chuck Clayton; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy
Synopsis
Jughead keeps unintentionally annoying Mr. Weatherbee with the noise he's making.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Writer credit confirmed by the credits printed in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #198.

Happy Days (Table of Contents: 9)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
Harry Lucey
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Archie's attempts to spread good cheer backfire.
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Tower of Power (Table of Contents: 10)

Moose / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
George Gladir ?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo ?
Inks
?
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Moose Mason
Reprints

The Price Is Right (Table of Contents: 11)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Samm Schwartz
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews
Synopsis
Jughead finds a way to convince Fred to give Archie $12 for a new skateboard.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Names mentioned in this story include "Victor," referring to Archie art director Victor Gorelick, and "Barry," referring to colorist Barry Grossman.

Diner's Club (Table of Contents: 12)

Chuck Clayton / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
I said it once -- I'll say it again!
Genre
humor
Characters
Chuck Clayton; Nancy Woods; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Coach Clayton
Synopsis
Chuck sets out to prove to Betty and Veronica that men are better cooks than women.
Reprints

Crop Failure (Table of Contents: 13)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Samm Schwartz
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Samm Schwartz

Genre
teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
When Veronica hears that Jughead is making money at farming, she secretly follows him to find out what kind of farm he could have.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Samm Schwartz background joke: A skateboarder gloats about missing a utility pole, only to be thrown from his board when it hits a patch of wet cement.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Mr. Weatherbee Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oops! Don't holler, I served you first, didn't I?!?
Genre
teen
Characters
Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Beazly; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Miss Beazly flips a hot-cake onto Mr. Weatherbee's head.
Reprints

The Liberated Woman (Table of Contents: 15)

Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Malmgren
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Pop Tate
Synopsis
Veronica keeps repeating angrily that she wants to be treated like a liberated woman, so Archie stops holding doors for her and tells her to pay for her own sodas.
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Romantic Antic (Table of Contents: 16)

Reggie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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?
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Letters
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Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Reprints

M.V.P. Spree (Table of Contents: 17)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inks
Jim DeCarlo
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Svenson; Coach Kleats; Moose Mason; Mr. Weatherbee; Chuck Clayton; Jughead Jones; Nancy
Synopsis
When the lights go out at the football game that will determine the MVP for the year, Svenson fixes them and gets the award.
Reprints

Inflation Jubilation (Table of Contents: 18)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Sal Amendola
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I still don't know why you can't come along, Archie!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Betty shows Archie how to have a low cost ski vacation.
Reprints
Keywords
skiing

Jughead's Riddle Page (Table of Contents: 19)

Jughead / activity / 1 page (report information)

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Letters
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Jump for Joy (Table of Contents: 20)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Jim DeCarlo
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
superhero; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews [as Grasshopperman]; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis
A grasshopper scratches Archie and the contamination turns the teen into a superhero.
Reprints

Testy Taste (Table of Contents: 21)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Jughead, I want you to tell the members of the board which of these sodas you like the best!
Genre
humor
Characters
Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Reprints

Repeat Performance (Table of Contents: 22)

Reggie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Jon D'Agostino

Genre
teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis
Reggie comes over to gloat over Archie's previous rude dismissal at the hands of Mr. Lodge.
Reprints

Cool School (Table of Contents: 23)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
Synopsis
Reggie says there is no school where you can graduate by being a dropoout.
Reprints

Alley Tally (Table of Contents: 24)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Samm Schwartz
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Samm Schwartz

Genre
teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
To win a bowling tournament, Jughead uses the same psychological tricks to beat Reggie that Reggie uses to beat Archie.
Reprints

Letter Perfect (Table of Contents: 25)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inks
Jim DeCarlo
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
Synopsis
Mr. Weatherbee convinces Archie and Jughead to reject the free advertising that companies receive by putting their logos on clothes and tires.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 26)

Jughead / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
You haven't tasted hamburger, until you try my pizza-burger!
Synopsis
Jughead's recipe for pizza burger.
Reprints

The Searcher (Table of Contents: 27)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Adam the alien; Smithers the butler; Hiram Lodge; Throg the intergalactic peddler
Synopsis
Still in search of his roots, Adam the alien beams back down to Earth. Veronica invites him to stay over at the Lodge mansion for a while.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Plotline continues from Archie (1962 series) #280 (May, 1979).

The Snow Fool (Table of Contents: 28)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Joe Edwards

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Li'l Jinx; Gigi; Charley Hawse; Hap Holiday
Synopsis
Jinx and Gigi pepper Charley with snowballs, even though there isn't any snow on the ground.
Reprints

Sitter Titter (Table of Contents: 29)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Letters
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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Mr. Brown; Mrs. Brown
Synopsis
Jughead agrees to babysit for Mr. and Mrs. Brown. He then wipes out their fridge.
Reprints
Keywords
babysitting; refrigerator

Gruff Stuff (Table of Contents: 30)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
George Gladir ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee
Reprints

Canine Cutie (Table of Contents: 31)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle ?
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Samm Schwartz
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Samm Schwartz

Genre
teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Hot Dog; Rusty
Synopsis
Jughead offers to introduce Reggie and Archie to Hot Dog's new pal, Rusty.
Reprints

Sheep Sleep (Table of Contents: 32)

Reggie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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?
Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
?
Letters
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Genre
teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason
Reprints

The Swinger (Table of Contents: 33)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inks
Jim DeCarlo
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Archie gets stressed out when he has the house to himself for the weekend and the whole gang decides to visit.
Reprints

Play it again, Jug (Table of Contents: 34)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Jughead? Playing the trumpet?
Genre
humor
Characters
Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Professor Flutesnoot; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doiley
Reprints
Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Jughead! How do you get your burger paintings to look so realistic?"]
  2. 1. Get the Picture?
    Jughead and Archie
  3. 2. Canine Capers
    Hot Dog
  4. 3. Jealous
    Reggie
  5. 4. The Cane Mutiny
    Archie
  6. 5. Flip Quip
    Jughead's Jokes
  7. 6. Past Perfect
    Betty and Veronica
  8. 7. Gift Rift
    Archie
  9. 8. The Sound of Jughead
    Jughead
  10. 9. Happy Days
    Archie
  11. 10. Tower of Power
    Moose
  12. 11. The Price Is Right
    Jughead
  13. 12. Diner's Club
    Chuck Clayton
  14. 13. Crop Failure
    Jughead
  15. 14. ["Oops! Don't holler, I served you first, didn't I?!?"]
    Mr. Weatherbee Pin Up
  16. 15. The Liberated Woman
    Veronica
  17. 16. Romantic Antic
    Reggie
  18. 17. M.V.P. Spree
    Archie
  19. 18. Inflation Jubilation
    Betty
  20. 19. Jughead's Riddle Page
    Jughead
  21. 20. Jump for Joy
    Archie
  22. 21. Testy Taste
    Jughead
  23. 22. Repeat Performance
    Reggie
  24. 23. Cool School
    Jughead
  25. 24. Alley Tally
    Jughead
  26. 25. Letter Perfect
    Archie
  27. 26. ["You haven't tasted hamburger, until you try my pizza-burger!"]
    Jughead
  28. 27. The Searcher
    Betty and Veronica
  29. 28. The Snow Fool
    Li'l Jinx
  30. 29. Sitter Titter
    Jughead
  31. 30. Gruff Stuff
    Archie
  32. 31. Canine Cutie
    Jughead
  33. 32. Sheep Sleep
    Reggie
  34. 33. The Swinger
    Archie
  35. 34. Play it again, Jug
    Jughead
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Merlin Haas
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)