(September 1984)
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
- Close-Up, Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Digest Library
- Barcode
- 0271000699754
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indicia says "Single Copies $1.00 U.S. Canada $1.00 plus 25ยข for postage and handling." Covers with $1.25 exist.
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[no title indexed]
Jughead / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hot Dog, why can't you just beg for food like other dogs?!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hot Dog
Indexer Notes
Redrawn from the cover of Jughead #244.
![Cover Thumbnail for Laugh Comics Digest (1974 series) #54 [$1.25]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/787/w100/787690.jpg?6705415524211900376)
Ocean Motion
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge needs a third person to crew for the boat race.
- Reprints
-
from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #90 (December 1974)
-
Parched Archie!
activity / 1 page
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #222 (April 1981)
-
[no title indexed]
Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Come on, Jughead, let's box!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #193 (February 1974) which is reprinted
- from Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX
-
Indexer Notes
Reprinted from Archie daily comic strip.
Fairway Fool
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee is doing horrible at a golf game, until Archie volunteers to caddy.
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #78 (October 1975)
-
Live and Learn
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica are upset by Archie and Reggie's violence in sports.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #21 (June 1963)
-
- Keywords
- croquet; hockey
Puzzles That Are All Wet
activity / 1 page
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #74 (June 1975)
-
My Case Rests
That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Dick Malmgren
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe
- Synopsis
- Mr. Smythe tells Bingo to set up a hammock.
- Reprints
- from That Wilkin Boy (Archie, 1969 series) #23 (July 1973)
-
Ban the Body
Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda; Cousin Ambrose; Della The Head Witch
- Synopsis
- Hilda disapproves of Sabrina's bikini and uses her magic to keep the girl from wearing it. Then Hilda gets a dose of her own medicine.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series) #36 (December 1976)
-
Silly Dilly
Betty / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Betty can't wait to pass on the gossip Ethel told her.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #144 (January 1970)
-
A Friend In Need
Big Moose / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Synopsis
- Big Moose is trying to find someone to show his new calculator wrist watch.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #90 (December 1974)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie! They're displaying small craft warnings today!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #78 (October 1975) which is reprinted
- from Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX, 19XX-XX-XX
-
Busy Signal
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Li'l Jinx's father
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx gets in trouble for not hanging up the phone when she is done.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #259 (November 1971)
-
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Jughead and Ethel with Sabrina / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Big Ethel Muggs; Sabrina Spellman; Big Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ambrose
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #3 (June 1970)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #235.
Bright Outlook?
activity / 1 page
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #83 (October 1981)
-
Hike Tyke
Big Moose / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Moose and the junior campers he's in charge of get lost on a hike.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #141 (October 1969)
-
Wanted Man
That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Uncle Herman; Willie Wilkin; Mrs. Wilkin; Rebel
- Synopsis
- After Mr. Smythe is heard yelling "Oh, dad blast the dad blasted dad blast," everyone yells at Uncle Herman for getting Mr. Smythe mad. Herman decides he's not wanted in the Wilkin home.
- Reprints
- from That Wilkin Boy (Archie, 1969 series) #13 (July 1971)
-
A Ride To Doom
Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Coach Kleats
- Synopsis
- Little Archie saves the day when the bus to the away baseball game gets stuck in a puddle.
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #120 (July 1977)
-
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica Pinup / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wow! This boat is fast!
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #21 (June 1963)
-
- Keywords
- water skiing
The Eyes Have It
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Leroy
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #23 (September 1963)
-
Luck Be a Lady
Sabrina the Teenage Witch / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Synopsis
- Sabrina and Salem are bad luck to Reggie.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #38 (October 1971)
-
[no title indexed]
Dear Josie / letters page / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I was so thrilled ...
Indexer Notes
Advice column with letters from K.M, B.W., L.F. and G.M.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Mom's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mary! With this vibrating belt I can finally reduce!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews
Indexer Notes
Reprint from Archie daily newspaper strip.
Whistle Bait
B.E.T.T.Y. as The Girl From R.I.V.E.R.D.A.L.E. / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- teen; humor; adventure
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; The Whistler
- Synopsis
- The latest C.R.U.S.H. villain is The Whistler, a permanently puckered baddie whose whistles can control minds and shatter eardrums.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #55 (November 1966)
-
- Keywords
- spies
[no title indexed]
Big Moose Pinup / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What say, Arch --
- Characters
- Big Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #89 (October 1974)
-
What a Boy
Pipsqueak / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Pipsqueak; Pooch
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #9 (December 1960)
-
Up and At 'Em
That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Synopsis
- Bingo gets permission to wake up Samantha's father.
- Reprints
- from That Wilkin Boy (Archie, 1969 series) #23 (July 1973)
-
Get Happy
That Cute Little Witch Little Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Little Jughead Jones; Little Veronica Lodge; Fangs Fogerty; Little Sabrina Spellman; Pop Tate; Little Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Little Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Little Sabrina casts a spell to make everybody change personalities.
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #124 (November 1977)
-
Mum's the Word
That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe
- Synopsis
- Mr. Smythe complains that today's generation has no gumption or backbone, but then Bingo saves his life.
- Reprints
- from That Wilkin Boy (Archie, 1969 series) #21 (January 1973)
-
That Takes The Cake
Josie and the Pussycats / comic story / 1 page
- Characters
- Josie; Melody; Valerie; Alexandra Cabot
- Synopsis
- Alexandra hints that she'd like something for her birthday.
- Reprints
- from Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1969 series) #59 (December 1971)
-
The Stray
Katy Keene / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; fashion; teen
- Characters
- Katy Keene; Curly Cassidy
- Reprints
- from Katy Keene Comics (Archie, 1949 series) #52 (May 1960)
-
[no title indexed]
Betty's Diary / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Betty, I can't stand it when you drive!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #37 (September 1971)
-
Write On!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Synopsis
- Jinx is writing a letter.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #265 (April 1973)
-
The Ghostly Guardian
Josie / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- adventure; teen
- Characters
- Josie; Melody; Valerie; Alan M.; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot
- Synopsis
- The gang visits an old rock-bound house the Cabots have purchased in Maine. They discover that an old chest leads to a secret cave beneath the house, which may contain old pirate treasure, but also contains many deadly booby traps.
- Reprints
- from Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1969 series) #61 (April 1972)
-
[no title indexed]
Josie Pinup / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Aunt Josie -- what's the color of the sky?
- Reprints
- from Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1969 series) #59 (December 1971)
-
It's a Smash
That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Dick Malmgren
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Mario Acquaviva
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Tough Teddy; Buddy Drumhead
- Synopsis
- Mr. Smythe suspects that Buddy is the one who broke his window.
- Reprints
- from That Wilkin Boy (Archie, 1969 series) #23 (July 1973)
-
Weight Fate
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Synopsis
- At the beach, Archie tries to get Mr. Weatherbee doing exercises to lose weight.
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #78 (October 1975)
-
Fill It Up!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Synopsis
- Jinx is selling lemonade, and Greg tells her how she can sell more.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #37 (September 1971)
-
Suits Me
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Synopsis
- Archie likes the polka-dot swimsuit.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #23 (September 1963)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Would you like a cheeseburger before we walk home?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
- from Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 1960.06.18 [Montana signature removed]
Indexer Notes
Veronica's address is given as 204 Park Lane.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Hot Dog, why can't you just beg for food like other dogs?!"]
Jughead -
1.
Ocean Motion
Archie -
2.
Parched Archie!
-
3.
["Come on, Jughead, let's box!"]
Jughead's Gag Bag -
4.
Fairway Fool
Archie -
5.
Live and Learn
Betty and Veronica -
6.
Puzzles That Are All Wet
-
7.
My Case Rests
That Wilkin Boy -
8.
Ban the Body
Sabrina -
9.
Silly Dilly
Betty -
10.
A Friend In Need
Big Moose -
11.
["Archie! They're displaying small craft warnings today!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
12.
Busy Signal
Li'l Jinx -
13.
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Jughead and Ethel with Sabrina -
14.
Bright Outlook?
-
15.
Hike Tyke
Big Moose -
16.
Wanted Man
That Wilkin Boy -
17.
A Ride To Doom
Little Archie -
18.
["Wow! This boat is fast!"]
Betty and Veronica Pinup -
19.
The Eyes Have It
-
20.
Luck Be a Lady
Sabrina the Teenage Witch -
21.
["I was so thrilled ..."]
Dear Josie -
22.
["Mary! With this vibrating belt I can finally reduce!"]
Archie's Mom's Gag Bag -
23.
Whistle Bait
B.E.T.T.Y. as The Girl From R.I.V.E.R.D.A.L.E. -
24.
["What say, Arch --"]
Big Moose Pinup -
25.
What a Boy
Pipsqueak -
26.
Up and At 'Em
That Wilkin Boy -
27.
Get Happy
That Cute Little Witch Little Sabrina -
28.
Mum's the Word
That Wilkin Boy -
29.
That Takes The Cake
Josie and the Pussycats -
30.
The Stray
Katy Keene -
31.
Frivolous Fashion
Katy Keene -
32.
["Betty, I can't stand it when you drive!"]
Betty's Diary -
33.
Write On!
Li'l Jinx -
34.
The Ghostly Guardian
Josie -
35.
["Aunt Josie -- what's the color of the sky?"]
Josie Pinup -
36.
It's a Smash
That Wilkin Boy -
37.
Weight Fate
Archie -
38.
Fill It Up!
Li'l Jinx -
39.
Suits Me
Betty and Veronica -
40.
["Would you like a cheeseburger before we walk home?"]
Archie's Gag Bag
This issue was modified by, among others
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Michael Hoskin
- Edgar Loftin
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Derek Reinhard
- Jim Van Dore
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