(May 1979)
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
- Close-Up Inc.
- Barcode
- 0271000699705
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
non standard barcode
Spin Out
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Feature Logo
Betty and Veronica- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Smithers
- Synopsis
- All the boys are crazy over baton twirlers, so Betty and Veronica decide to teach themselves how to "kick and twirl".
- Reprints
-
from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #211 (July 1973)
-
- Keywords
- baton twirling
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
The Peacemaker
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Feature Logo
Archie- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Coach Kleats; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Midge Klump
- Synopsis
- At Coach Kleats' request, Archie trains Moose to control his temper.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #224 (February 1973)
-
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
- Where's Jughead?
- Feature Logo
Jughead's Gag Bag- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- Jughead was corridor monitor, but now is missing.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #59 (April 1983)
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Master Plan
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Feature Logo
Jughead- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Jughead is learning how he can be forceful to Ethel.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #218 (July 1973)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Ah-Chew
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
- Synopsis
- The teacher called Charley a beaver.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #211 (July 1973)
-
Super Star
Reggie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Coach Kleats; Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- The Riverdale High School Basketball Team is undefeated due to their Most Valuable Player.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #63 (July 1973)
-
- Keywords
- basketball; cheerleaders
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Archie's New Grouping Puzzle
Archie / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
Indexer Notes
Unscramble the words puzzle.
[no title indexed]
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How you'd make out with your physical?
- Feature Logo
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Coach Kleats; Mr. Svensen; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- Mr. Svensen went to the doctor.
Indexer Notes
Archie daily newspaper strip reprint
Confidence Game
Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages
- Feature Logo
Sabrina- Genre
- humor; teen; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Harvey
- Synopsis
- Sabrina tries to get Harvey to be more assertive and confident.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series) #12 (June 1973)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
The Small Toreador
Little Archie / comic story / 7 pages
- Feature Logo
Little Archie- Genre
- adventure; children
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Betty Cooper; Mrs. Andrews
- Synopsis
- When a bull is let loose in Riverdale, Little Archie leads it away from Little Betty and Little Veronica.
- Reprints
- from The Adventures of Little Archie (Archie, 1961 series) #36 (Fall 1965)
-
- Keywords
- bull; bull fighting
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- And I hear our new teacher was a Sergeant in the Marine Corps!
- Feature Logo
Archie's Gag Bag- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- The new teacher was a marine.
Reluctant Referee
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Feature Logo
- Betty and Veronica
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doily; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- When Veronica breaks up with Archie, Betty is prepared to pounce and get him on the rebound. But Dilton insists that her duty as a friend is to try and bring them back together.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #211 (July 1973)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Cool Water
Super Duck / comic story / 4 pages
- Feature Logo
Super Duck- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Super Duck; Ham Burger
- Synopsis
- Super Duck is thirsty and decides to get some water from a well.
- Reprints
- from Super Duck Comics (Archie, 1944 series) #22 (October 1948)
-
Mail Call
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4.33 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Li'l Jinx's dad
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx wants mail.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #187 (October 1966)
-
Signs Out Puzzle
Josie / activity / 0.67 page
- Feature Logo
Josie- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Josie
- Reprints
- from Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1969 series) #95 (August 1977)
-
Indexer Notes
Only art consists of small head shot of Josie, which appears to be a stat taken from a mid 1960s Josie story.
Decode the words puzzle.
[no title indexed]
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm the principal!
- Feature Logo
- Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee has to wear a hard hat to look at the school's new construction.
Indexer Notes
Archie daily newspaper strip reprint.
Playtime
Miss Grundy / comic story / 6 pages
- Feature Logo
Miss Grundy- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Miss Grundy's students are playing with toys: Saucy Saucer and a Crazy Ball.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #52 (June 1969)
-
Indexer Notes
Toys based on Wham-o's Frisbee and Super Ball.
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Early Morning Blues
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Mr. Andrews is awaken at 6 AM by a phone call for his son.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #144 (April 1974)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
[no title indexed]
Coach Kleats Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I feel blah ...and my eyesight is blurry!
- Feature Logo
Coach Kleats Gag Bag- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Coach Kleats; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Coach Kleats is feeling ill.
Indexer Notes
Archie daily newspaper reprint.
Power Shortage
Josie / comic story / 6 pages
- Feature Logo
- Josie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Josie; Valerie; Alexander Cabot II; Alexandra Cabot
- Synopsis
- Alexandra rubs a Middle Eastern flashlight and out pops Omar, a funky, groovy, finger-snappin' magic genie who does Alexandra's bidding... until he falls in love with Valerie.
- Reprints
- from Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1969 series) #55 (June 1971)
-
- Keywords
- genie
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Fiddler's Choice
That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 6 pages
- Feature Logo
That Wilkin Boy- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Uncle Herman; Tough Teddy; Rebel
- Synopsis
- Mr. Smythe and Teddy try to prove that Uncle Herman is lying about having been a professional baseball player.
- Reprints
- from That Wilkin Boy (Archie, 1969 series) #12 (April 1971)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Taster's Choice
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Feature Logo
- Jughead
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Beazly; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Miss Beazly wants to quit, so Mr. Weatherbee gets Jughead to help.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #216 (May 1973)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
[no title indexed]
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Excuse my glove!
- Feature Logo
- Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Miss Beazley; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Miss Beazley only has one glove.
Indexer Notes
reprinted from Archie daily newspaper strip
Candid Camera
Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Feature Logo
- Little Archie
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Miss Bagly
- Synopsis
- Reggie tries to get Little Archie into trouble, but everything he tries seems to wind up making Little Archie more popular with the teachers.
- Reprints
- from The Adventures of Little Archie (Archie, 1961 series) #26 (Spring 1963)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Wave Length
Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages
- Feature Logo
- Sabrina
- Genre
- teen; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Archie Andrews; Della The Head Witch; Aunt Hilda
- Synopsis
- Sabrina goes to Della for help in controlling her unintentional spell-casting.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series) #12 (June 1973)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
[no title indexed]
Miss Grundy Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's wrong?
- Feature Logo
Miss Grundy Gag Bag- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Miss Grundy; Miss Hagley
- Synopsis
- Miss Hagley's car has problems.
Ring of Ruin!
Evilheart / comic story / 13 pages
- Feature Logo
Reggie as Evilheart- Genre
- humor; superhero; teen
- Characters
- Evilheart [Reggie Mantle III]; Pureheart [Archie Andrews]; The Rotter; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- The Rotter kidnaps Betty and Veronica, but Pureheart and Evilheart rescue them.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #21 (December 1966)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Arty Smarty!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1.67 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Roz
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx and Roz examine modern sculpture.
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #77 (April 1973)
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Statement of Ownership, Management, and Circulation
statement of ownership / 0.33 page
Indexer Notes
credited editors: John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (managing editor)
listed owner of Close-Up, Inc.: Archie Enterprises, Inc
12 month total paid circulation: 142,192
[no title indexed]
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Miss Haggly, teaching is your life!
- Feature Logo
- Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Haggly
- Synopsis
- Miss Haggly is considering leaving teaching to become an organic farmer.
Indexer Notes
reprinted from the Archie daily newspaper strip
Testing 1 ... 2 ...
Reggie / comic story / 6 pages
- Feature Logo
Reggie- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Greg Davis
- Synopsis
- Veronica is hysterical about a big guy who refused to let her pass. Reggie and Archie agree to take care of him.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #62 (May 1973)
-
Indexer Notes
Greg Davis is Veronica's cousin.
Paper Caper
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Feature Logo
- Betty and Veronica
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Coach Kleats; Tom Keith
- Synopsis
- As school paper editor, Veronica assigns Betty to cover a foreign teenager named "Boris Finkelheimer," which turns out to be an alias for rock star Tom Keith.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #206 (February 1973)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Betty wants to see the strange plant I bought you at the flower show.
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Gag Bag
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Indexer Notes
repinted Archie daily newspaper strip
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["I gave the chicks my wishbone!"]
-
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
Spin Out
Betty and Veronica -
3.
The Peacemaker
Archie -
4.
["Where's Jughead?"]
Jughead's Gag Bag -
5.
Master Plan
Jughead -
6.
Ah-Chew
Li'l Jinx -
7.
Super Star
Reggie -
8.
Archie's New Grouping Puzzle
Archie -
9.
["How you'd make out with your physical?"]
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag -
10.
Confidence Game
Sabrina -
11.
The Small Toreador
Little Archie -
12.
["And I hear our new teacher was a Sergeant in the Marine Corps!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
13.
Reluctant Referee
Betty and Veronica -
14.
Cool Water
Super Duck -
15.
Mail Call
Li'l Jinx -
16.
Signs Out Puzzle
Josie -
17.
["I'm the principal!"]
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag -
18.
Playtime
Miss Grundy -
19.
Early Morning Blues
Archie -
20.
["I feel blah ...and my eyesight is blurry!"]
Coach Kleats Gag Bag -
21.
Power Shortage
Josie -
22.
Fiddler's Choice
That Wilkin Boy -
23.
Taster's Choice
Jughead -
24.
["Excuse my glove!"]
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag -
25.
Candid Camera
Little Archie -
26.
Wave Length
Sabrina -
27.
["What's wrong?"]
Miss Grundy Gag Bag -
28.
Ring of Ruin!
Evilheart -
29.
Arty Smarty!
Li'l Jinx -
30.
Statement of Ownership, Management, and Circulation
-
31.
["Miss Haggly, teaching is your life!"]
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag -
32.
Testing 1 ... 2 ...
Reggie -
33.
Paper Caper
Betty and Veronica -
34.
["Betty wants to see the strange plant I bought you at the flower show."]
Archie's Gag Bag -
35.
[Joke Book Comics Digest #4]
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36.
[no title indexed]
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37.
[Archie Digest Offer]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Michael Hoskin
- Edgar Loftin
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Stangas
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