(May 1987)
Archie,
1974 Series
- Price
- 1.35 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
- 027100069973 70
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick; Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
Indicia says "Single copies, $1.35 in U.S., $1.50 in Canada"
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Where exactly is your headache, Mr. Lodge?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- The Archies [Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper]; Mr. Lodge
- Keywords
- doctor; headache; rock music
Indexer Notes
Redrawn from the cover of Everything's Archie #20
![Cover Thumbnail for Laugh Comics Digest (1974 series) #70 [Canadian]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/787/w100/787897.jpg?-2621383734257969353)
Rock Yock
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is daddy's big yacht!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica is showing off her daddy's big possessions and Jughead thinks the boulder in front of her house must be Mr. Lodge's pet rock.
- Reprints
-
from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #64 (July 1979)
-
Pleasant Screams
Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica has a nightmare that she is doing housework.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #264 (January 1980)
-
The Presentation
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie is showing off the trick coat he uses for his magic act. Just then, Mr. Lodge (late for a board meeting) grabs it, thinking it's his own coat. During the meeting, birds and rabbits pop out of the coat at opportune times and make Mr. Lodge's presentation a big hit.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #56 (May 1977)
-
Back Attack
Mr. Lodge / comic story / 1 page
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #240 (January 1978)
-
Extra Sensory Palaver
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Feature Logo
Betty and Veronica- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead don't believe in extra-sensory perception until they notice that the girls can carry on a conversation while never completing a sentence.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #255 (March 1977)
-
Indexer Notes
Inking credit changed from Rudy Lapick to Dan DeCarlo on 8/6/13, per credits on reprint published in Laugh Comics #362. Lettering credit added per same reprint.
Amusing Choosing
Miss Grundy / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie wishes students could pick their teachers.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #240 (January 1978)
-
Paper Caper
Moose / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- Moose wants to help cut the budget.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #240 (January 1978)
-
Hound Bound
Hot Dog / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Synopsis
- Hot Dog hears Jughead in the fridge.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #240 (January 1978)
-
Bus Fuss
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #240 (January 1978)
-
Ah-Chew
Dilton / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Dilton Doiley; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Chuck Clayton
- Synopsis
- While Dilton tells everyone how bubble gum is made, the others enjoy themselves chewing it.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #269 (September 1972)
-
A Clean Sweep
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren
- Pencils
- Dick Malmgren
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Rebuffed by his father, Archie tries to think of a way to earn money for concert tickets.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #362 (May 1981)
-
Mirthful Mayhem
Josie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Josie McCoy; Alexander Cabot III; Valerie Brown; Alexandra Cabot
- Synopsis
- Alex has been given a post-hypnotic suggestion by his psychiatrist that causes any pain or anger toward him to have the opposite effect.
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #50 (July 1977)
-
Chancy Romance
Reggie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Poor Gladys has a date with Reggie!
- Feature Logo
Reggie- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Gladys
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica warn Gladys about Reggie's narcissism.
- Reprints
- from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #39 (October 1976)
-
Ding-a-Ling
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #150 (July 1970)
-
[no title indexed]
Li'l Jinx's Daddy / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey!! What's the story?
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Hap Holliday; Li'l Jinx (flashback)
- Synopsis
- Hap is mystified about when children sleep.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #278 (June 1973)
-
Indexer Notes
This is the only appearance of the "Li'l Jinx's Daddy" feature.
Shape Up
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Mr. Weatherbee; Coach Kleats; Coach Clayton
- Synopsis
- When Mr. Weatherbee insists that the boys be given more time to shower at the end of gym class, the new assistant coach states that he thinks Weatherbee himself could use a good workout.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #56 (May 1977)
-
The Nose Knows
Sabrina the Teenage Witch / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren
- Pencils
- Dick Malmgren
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina; Harvey; Jasper
- Synopsis
- Jasper's new dog keeps barking at Sabrina, so Jasper suspects Sabrina is not what she seems.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series) #58 (February 1980)
-
Indexer Notes
Script/Pencil/Ink credits from the credits printed in Betty and Veronica Double Digest #199.
Muddy Waters
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica think it's awful that there's going to be a female mud wrestler event in town. Veronica is shocked to see that her father's company is holding the event. He says it's not big deal but changes his mind when Veronica tells him that she's going to compete.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #305 (May 1981)
-
- Keywords
- Mud wrestling; wrestling
Pen Yen
Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Reggie brags that his new pen can write underwater. Jughead responds by saying that his pen can write on water. Reggie tells Jughead to prove it, so Jughead sits down on a frozen lake, puts a piece of paper on the ice and starts writing on the paper.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #38 (April 1974)
-
Indexer Notes
This is an unusual layout - two stories each occupying half the page, but instead of being separated horizontally, they're vertical. This gag occupies the left-hand side of the page, being separated from "Cube Boob" by a thick black line in the middle of the page.
Cube Boob
Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead tells Reggie that he can prepare him for the ski season. Reggie says it's a deal and hands Jughead some money. Jughead puts some ice cubes on a chair and tells Reggie to sit on them. When Reggie asks how this will prepare him for the ski season, Jughead says that it will prepare him for sitting on the icy ski lifts.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #38 (April 1974)
-
Indexer Notes
This gag occupies the right half of the page, being separated from "Pen Yen" by a thick black line down the middle of the page.
Enemy Action
That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Willie Wilkin; Sheila Smythe; Wilma Wilkin
- Synopsis
- The Wilkins go to a movie. The Smythes are there too, and Mr. Wilkin and Mr. Smythe start feuding again, until both families are kicked out of the theatre. Upon which the two men bond over having a common enemy -- the theatre manager.
- Reprints
- from That Wilkin Boy (Archie, 1969 series) #27 (April 1974)
-
A Foot Note
Coach Kleats / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #52 (January 1977)
-
Tweeters & Woofers
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren
- Pencils
- Dick Malmgren
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Hot Dog; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge gets annoyed when Archie ties up both his home phone line and his business phone line at once.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #327 (June 1978)
-
Sign of the Times
The Archies / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Chester Snavely
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead meet a storekeeper who agrees to put up a poster for their concert only after they clean his window display, and even then he tries to cheat them.
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #69 (August 1979)
-
Indexer Notes
Writer and Penciller credit confirmed from the credits in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #93.
The Rebel
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Reggie starts speaking with a Southern accent. The other guys laugh at him until they realize that the girls are actually falling for the Southern act. So Jughead finds a way to convince Moose that when Reggie calls him "You all," it's an insult.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #97 (June 1963)
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Mum's the Word
Fat Charley / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Fat Charley Hawse; Li'l Jinx
- Reprints
- from Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1969 series) #92 (October 1976)
-
The Dream Girl
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty has an intense dream about Archie. When Archie and Betty get caught in a wind storm the next day and arrive at the house with their hair and clothes all disheveled Betty's mother wishes their relationship had been kept on a dream basis.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #305 (May 1981)
-
Weight Fate
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Miss Grundy tells Jughead to eat a balanced meal.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #57 (January 1978)
-
Squawk Talk
Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Feature Logo
- Reggie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Reggie talks to his plants the same way he does people.
- Reprints
- from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #52 (January 1980)
-
Charm Chatter
Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Feature Logo
- Reggie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Jughead claims one of his good luck charms earned the buyer a 'C' in algebra. Reggie isn't impressed until Jughead reveals the buyer was Big Moose; Reggie buys 12 charms.
- Reprints
- from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #52 (January 1980)
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Load Episode
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead gives directions.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #57 (January 1978)
-
Canine Caper
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Jughead's new dog, a "sneezer" named Pepper, gets revenge on Reggie for making fun of him.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #97 (June 1963)
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Scheme Scamp
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren
- Pencils
- Dick Malmgren
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Incensed that Archie gave Betty a job on the school paper because he felt sorry for her, Veronica conspires to make her look like the most popular girl in Riverdale.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #346 (January 1980) [with Betty and Veronica logo]
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Flip Quip
Betty / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- George Gladir ?
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Jim DeCarlo ?
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- Archie has the power to send Betty into record-setting gymnastic feats.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #353 (August 1980)
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Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Where exactly is your headache, Mr. Lodge?"]
Archie -
1.
Meeting of the Mimes
Archie -
2.
Rock Yock
Jughead -
3.
Pleasant Screams
Veronica -
4.
The Presentation
Archie -
5.
Back Attack
Mr. Lodge -
6.
Extra Sensory Palaver
Betty and Veronica -
7.
Amusing Choosing
Miss Grundy -
8.
Paper Caper
Moose -
9.
Hound Bound
Hot Dog -
10.
Bus Fuss
Archie -
11.
Ah-Chew
Dilton -
12.
A Clean Sweep
Archie -
13.
Mirthful Mayhem
Josie -
14.
Chancy Romance
Reggie -
15.
Ding-a-Ling
Archie -
16.
["Hey!! What's the story?"]
Li'l Jinx's Daddy -
17.
Shape Up
Archie -
18.
The Nose Knows
Sabrina the Teenage Witch -
19.
Muddy Waters
Betty and Veronica -
20.
Pen Yen
Reggie -
21.
Cube Boob
Reggie -
22.
Enemy Action
That Wilkin Boy -
23.
A Foot Note
Coach Kleats -
24.
Tweeters & Woofers
Archie -
25.
Sign of the Times
The Archies -
26.
The Rebel
Jughead -
27.
Mum's the Word
Fat Charley -
28.
The Dream Girl
Betty and Veronica -
29.
Weight Fate
Jughead -
30.
Squawk Talk
Reggie -
31.
Charm Chatter
Reggie -
32.
Load Episode
Jughead -
33.
Canine Caper
Jughead -
34.
Scheme Scamp
Betty and Veronica -
35.
Flip Quip
Betty -
36.
Whatz my Line?
Archie -
37.
Message Service
Archie
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- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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