(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
- Close-Up Inc.
- Barcode
- 0271000699709
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Reggie's paddle boat never runs out of gas!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Cosmo the Merry Martian (cameo); Sabrina Spellman (cameo); Li'l Jinx (cameo); Pipsqueak (cameo); Super Duck (cameo); Moose Mason (cameo)
- Keywords
- movie; paddle boat
Indexer Notes
It appears the framing drawing is by a different artist than the main illustration. There's also the aspect of Archie watching himself on the screen.
Redrawn from the cover of Pep #270
![Cover Thumbnail for Laugh Comics Digest (1974 series) #30 [Canadian]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1484/w100/1484979.jpg?-2668392781156834305)
The Beat
The Archies / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- The Archies [Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones]; Mr. Andrews; Mrs. Andrews
- Synopsis
- The vibrations from the music when the Archies practice is too much for Mr. Andrews.
- Reprints
-
from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #4 (September 1969)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie and Me Digest (Archie, 2017 series) #9.
Curtain Going Down
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Water! Help! Water!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #245 (October 1975)
-
[no title indexed]
Veronica's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ssssh -- daddy's having an important financial meeting!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
The Sad Sack
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tsk! Now isn't simply screamingly hideous?
- Genre
- humor; fashion; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Tompkins; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; fashion writer
- Reprints
Veronica - Just Like at Home!
activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #286 (October 1979)
-
[no title indexed]
Big Moose Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Single-cell animals reproduce by splitting into two entities!
- Characters
- science teacher; Moose Malone
A Static Situation!
Super Duck / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Let's go to a movie tonight, Supe!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Super Duck; Uwanna Duck
- Reprints
- from Super Duck Comics (Archie, 1944 series) #54 (February 1954)
-
Tennis Menace
Sabrina the Teenage Witch / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gosh! Imagine being invited to the home of Bruce van Klodd III, the handsomest and richest boy in town!
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina; Greta the Fairy Witch Mother; Bruce Van Klodd III; Rosalind
- Reprints
- from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #28 (September 1963)
-
[no title indexed]
Reggie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I've got some good news and some bad news about the date I got for you!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
For Whom the Bowl Tolls
Reggie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gosh! Half the chicks in town are here to watch our grudge match!
- Genre
- humor; sports; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doiley; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #76 (January 1975)
-
Perfect Pair
Josie / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Whoops! There goes Josie!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Josie; Valerie; Alan M.; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot
- Reprints
- from Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1969 series) #73 (December 1973)
-
[no title indexed]
Mr. Lodge Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Veronica, just look at the amount you’ve charged on your credit card!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Lodge; Veronica Lodge
Weather or Not
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Er...Li'l Jinx,,,
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Greg; Li'l Jinx's father
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #208 (July 1968)
-
Beach Ban
Hot Dog / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hot Dog! Go Home! You can't come to the beach!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hot Dog; beach patrolman
- Synopsis
- Dogs are not allowed on the beach but an exception is made for Hot Dog after he saves a policeman from drowning.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #11 (December 1970)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie and Me Comics Digest (Archie, 2017 series) #19, no credits listed in this digest.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, Jug! How's your vacation going?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Who Do You Trust
That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- No! Sampson Smythe is not a permissive parent!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Sheila Smythe
- Reprints
- from That Wilkin Boy (Archie, 1969 series) #18 (July 1972)
-
Bingo - Some Catch Maze
activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Bingo Wilkin
- Reprints
- in Jughead & Friends Digest Magazine (Archie, 2005 series) #20 (July 2007)
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #200 (April 2014)
-
[no title indexed]
Miss Grundy Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now, class--
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper
Out of Sight
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, will you please...
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Veronica wants Archie to leave her alone so she can spend time with Reggie.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #11 (December 1970)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie and Me Comics Digest (Archie, 2017 series) #19, no credits listed in this digest.
Dream Dust
Jughead / comic story / 2.75 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey droopy-lids!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Pop Tate
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
comic story / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- D-uh! That crook, Reggie tried to sell me that toll bridge that crosses the creek!
- Characters
- Moose; Archie Andrews
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here are a few newspaper articles I've saved pertaining to federal legislation!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy
Venus Bound
Cosmo the Merry Martian / comic story / 22 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Omigosh! A foreign rocketship --- headed this way!
- Genre
- adventure; humor; science fiction
- Characters
- Cosmo; Orbi; Professor Thimk; Astra; Jojo (dog); Moonlings; The Gillywump
- Reprints
- from Cosmo the Merry Martian (Archie, 1958 series) #3 (April 1959), #3 (April 1959), #3 (April 1959), #3 (April 1959)
-
Josie - When and Where Puzzle
activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Josie
- Reprints
- from Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1969 series) #100 (October 1979)
-
[no title indexed]
Mr. Lodge Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, Mr. Lodge! Watching the candidates I see!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mr. Lodge; Archie Andrews
Looks Aren't Everything
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Whoops!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Tony Trask
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #199 (October 1967)
-
[no title indexed]
Dear Betty and Veronica / letters page / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I am 12 years old and very interested in gymnastics.
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
A Day at the Beach
Pipsqueak / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I can't seem to find a spot, dear!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Pipsqueak; nmom; dad
- Reprints
- from Pipsqueak (Archie, 1959 series) #35 (November 1959)
-
A Rude Awakening
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I suppose you have a good reason for this!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #241 (June 1975)
-
If I Had a Hammer
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #4 (September 1969)
-
[no title indexed]
Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- And the gorilla says "No, and at these prices you're not likely to!"
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
[no title indexed]
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
Promotional advertisement for Pat the Brat #1.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Fantastic! Good things come in little packages!
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Indexer Notes
Promotional advertisement for Archie Comics Digest #44 and Jughead with Archie Digest #40.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Reggie's paddle boat never runs out of gas!"]
Archie -
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
The Beat
The Archies -
3.
Curtain Going Down
Jughead -
4.
["Ssssh -- daddy's having an important financial meeting!"]
Veronica's Gag Bag -
5.
The Sad Sack
Betty and Veronica -
6.
Veronica - Just Like at Home!
-
7.
["Single-cell animals reproduce by splitting into two entities!"]
Big Moose Gag Bag -
8.
A Static Situation!
Super Duck -
9.
Tennis Menace
Sabrina the Teenage Witch -
10.
["I've got some good news and some bad news about the date I got for you!"]
Reggie's Gag Bag -
11.
For Whom the Bowl Tolls
Reggie -
12.
Perfect Pair
Josie -
13.
["Veronica, just look at the amount you’ve charged on your credit card!"]
Mr. Lodge Gag Bag -
14.
Weather or Not
Li'l Jinx -
15.
Beach Ban
Hot Dog -
16.
["Hi, Jug! How's your vacation going?"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
17.
Who Do You Trust
That Wilkin Boy -
18.
Bingo - Some Catch Maze
-
19.
["Now, class--"]
Miss Grundy Gag Bag -
20.
Out of Sight
Archie -
21.
Dream Dust
Jughead -
22.
["D-uh! That crook, Reggie tried to sell me that toll bridge that crosses the creek!"]
-
23.
["Here are a few newspaper articles I've saved pertaining to federal legislation!"]
Jughead's Gag Bag -
24.
Venus Bound
Cosmo the Merry Martian -
25.
Josie - When and Where Puzzle
-
26.
["Hi, Mr. Lodge! Watching the candidates I see!"]
Mr. Lodge Gag Bag -
27.
Looks Aren't Everything
Betty and Veronica -
28.
["I am 12 years old and very interested in gymnastics."]
Dear Betty and Veronica -
29.
A Day at the Beach
Pipsqueak -
30.
A Rude Awakening
Jughead -
31.
If I Had a Hammer
Archie -
32.
["And the gorilla says "No, and at these prices you're not likely to!""]
Jughead's Gag Bag -
33.
["Hey! Who's Pat the Brat?"]
-
34.
[no title indexed]
-
35.
["Fantastic! Good things come in little packages!"]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- John Kerry
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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