(September 1988)
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
- 076956145423 78
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There's something about school that I miss!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Dilton Doily; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Indexer Notes
Redrawn from the cover of Jughead #184
![Cover Thumbnail for Laugh Comics Digest (1974 series) #78 [Canadian]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1484/w100/1484993.jpg?957971897037694942)
Blowin' in the Wind
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (credited)
- Pencils
- Samm Schwartz (credited)
- Inks
- Samm Schwartz (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Samm Schwartz (credited)
Throw Woe
Mr. Lodge / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie is practicing throwing his voice.
- Reprints
-
from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #246 (July 1978)
-
Bell Belle
Big Ethel / comic story / 1 page
- Characters
- Ethel Muggs; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty tells Ethel that exercising with barbells will give her a better figure.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #246 (July 1978)
-
- Keywords
- weightlifting
How Dry I Am
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie travels from his house to Veronica's house in the rain without getting wet.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #319 (August 1982)
-
Kite Fright
Dilton Doiley / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Dilton Doiley; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Professor Flutesnoot
- Synopsis
- Dilton runs into kite flyers everywhere.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #352 (August 1979)
-
- Keywords
- kite
Dig Gig
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Gladys Jones; Jughead Jones; Hot Dog
- Synopsis
- Gladys tells Jughead to dig up the back yard.
Ahoy Joy
Betty / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty and Archie at an amusement park.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #246 (July 1978)
-
- Keywords
- amusement park
Prize Prank
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doily; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Reggie plays a prank on Archie, but Dilton helps Archie get even.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #165 (September 1983)
-
- Keywords
- practical joke; video game
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
On His Toes!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse; Greg; un-named (little league) baseball players
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx tells Charley he should try dancing to help with his clumsiness.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #354 (October 1979)
-
- Keywords
- baseball; tutu
Good News and Bad News
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Gag 1: Good news - you landed somewhere soft, bad news it was in the neighbor's petunias.
Gag 2: Good news - your girlfriend compliments your kissing, bad news you didn't kiss her.
Gag 3: Good news - your girlfriend says she'll go thru anything for you, bad news the first thing she goes thru is your allowance. - Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #248 (September 1978)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #142 (June 2003)
- in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #161 (July 2008)
-
Indexer Notes
Three 2-panel gags.
Topsy Turvy
Moose / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Moose is afraid he might fall off the Earth.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #249 (October 1978)
-
- Keywords
- croquet
The Seat of the Trouble, Part I
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- adventure; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; "Injun" Clyde
- Synopsis
- Archie and the girls go with Mr. Lodge to check out a rustic cabin and land he bought. The Indian caretaker (who is really from the Bronx) tells them the legend of a local creature called Wide End.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #173 (September 1976)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
The Seat of the Trouble, Part II
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- adventure; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; "Injun" Clyde
- Synopsis
- The kids encounter the creature called Wide End, who carries off Betty, so Archie has to come up with a plan to get her back.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #173 (September 1976)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Engine Failure
Josie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Josie; Alexander Cabot III; Alan M.
- Synopsis
- Using terms he learned from a car manual, Alex tries to speak with authority about the features of his car. Alan M. retaliates by making up a bunch of nonsense words and convincing Alex that they're features the manual didn't mention.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #528 (August 1983)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Muscle-Bound
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Stan Goldberg ?
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Midge Klump (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Archie daydreams about having the kind of muscles that the girls seem to admire.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #217 (September 1980)
-
- Keywords
- beach
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Light Blight
Dilton / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- Dilton turns off the light on a date to save energy.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #246 (July 1978)
-
Cool Rule
Mr. Lodge / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie asks Mr. Lodge to borrow his car.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #246 (July 1978)
-
Whistle Whizz
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Miss Haggly; Gary
- Synopsis
- Archie whistles at his teachers rather than pretty girls on the beach.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #249 (October 1978)
-
The High Price of Oil
That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Sampson Smythe; Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Teddy
- Synopsis
- Teddy is trying to kiss up to Sampson.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #363 (July 1980)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Jughead's Double Digest (1989 series) #184, no credits listed in this digest.
Skin Game
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie gets a tattoo and Betty and Veronica bring him clothes and accessories to complete his motorcycle gang look.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #529 (August 1983)
-
- Keywords
- beach; fake tattoo
Jump Trump
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Jughead and Reggie practice skateboarding.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #65 (September 1979)
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #54 (October 1998)
-
- Keywords
- car; jump; skateboarding
Disaster Master
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie only broke three vases.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #249 (October 1978)
-
Toast Host
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Fat Charley
- Synopsis
- Charley's toaster is broken.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #186 (October 1977)
- in Little Archie Digest Magazine (Archie, 1991 series) #10 (September 1993)
-
[Sandwich Art]
Jughead Dipsy Doodles / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead paints a tall sandwich and it falls off the canvas.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #65 (September 1979)
-
[no title indexed]
Reggie Pin-Up / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A karate student?!?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Reggie hits on the wrong girl.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #109 (October 1978)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #80 (September 2018)
-
Star Struck
Big Moose / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Archie knows how to read the sky to tell directions at night.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #249 (October 1978)
-
Fright Sight
Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump
- Synopsis
- Reggie almost tells Moose off, then remembers what happened to the last guy that did.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #249 (October 1978)
-
Mr. Lucky
Archie Andrews / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Jinx Malloy
- Synopsis
- Jinx goes to the beach in disguise but he still causes chaos everywhere he goes.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #319 (August 1982)
-
Skate Fate
Reggie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Reggie sabotages his skateboard before he loans it to Archie, but it is Moose that ends up on the receiving end of Reggie's prank.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #90 (September 1976)
-
- Keywords
- skateboard
Loller Scholar
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- Archie, Reggie and Moose watch girls at the beach.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #249 (October 1978)
-
Bell Knell
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Reggie offers five dollars to anybody who can ring the bell.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #65 (September 1979)
-
The Early Bird Gets the Worm
Josie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Josie; Alan M.; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot
- Synopsis
- When Alexandra discovers that Alan M. and Josie get up at 6 a.m. every day to jog together, she tells Alex that they, too, must get up early to jog if they want to keep an eye on those two.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #528 (August 1983)
-
- Keywords
- jogging
Indexer Notes
In the splash panel, Alexandra is wearing a very '80s "Valley" outfit submitted by a reader.
Josie reverts to her original last name of "Jones" in this story.
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Remote Note
Archie and the Gang / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee takes the boys far from civilization.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #249 (October 1978)
-
Click Pick
Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Reggie is his own best customer.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #249 (October 1978)
-
Crave to Save
Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica bought a $90 swimsuit.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #249 (October 1978)
-
Off Base
Archie / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Coach Kleats; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee observes the baseball team's latest practice.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #90 (September 1976)
-
- Keywords
- baseball
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (2011 series) #27, no credits listed in this digest.
Scheme Theme
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Archie Andrews; Fifi the maid; Guido Ferrangi
- Synopsis
- Veronica dumps Archie on Betty so she can go out with the handsome son of one of Mr. Lodge's business associates.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #508 (September 1981)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Wishy Washy
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Archie, Jughead and Moose go sailing and end up stranded on a deserted island where they find a bottle with a genie who grants them each a wish.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #319 (August 1982)
-
- Keywords
- deserted island; genie; sailing; wish
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Table of Contents
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0.
["There's something about school that I miss!"]
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1.
[no title indexed]
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2.
Blowin' in the Wind
Jughead -
3.
Surprise Ending!
Archie; Capri Sun -
4.
Throw Woe
Mr. Lodge -
5.
Bell Belle
Big Ethel -
6.
[Betty and Veronica Double Digest Subscription Offer]
-
7.
How Dry I Am
Jughead -
8.
[Archie's Super Poster Offer]
-
9.
Kite Fright
Dilton Doiley -
10.
[The Laffy Taffy Bunch]
Laffy Taffy -
11.
Dig Gig
Jughead -
12.
Ahoy Joy
Betty -
13.
[Katy Keene Fan Club]
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14.
Prize Prank
Archie -
15.
[Prizes or Cash]
Sales Leadership Club -
16.
On His Toes!
Li'l Jinx -
17.
Good News and Bad News
Archie -
18.
Topsy Turvy
Moose -
19.
The Seat of the Trouble, Part I
Archie -
20.
[Archie's Double Digest Subscription Offer]
-
21.
The Seat of the Trouble, Part II
Archie -
22.
Engine Failure
Josie -
23.
Muscle-Bound
Archie -
24.
Light Blight
Dilton -
25.
Cool Rule
Mr. Lodge -
26.
Whistle Whizz
Archie -
27.
[Subscribe and Save]
-
28.
The High Price of Oil
That Wilkin Boy -
29.
Skin Game
Betty and Veronica -
30.
Jump Trump
Jughead -
31.
Disaster Master
Archie -
32.
Toast Host
Li'l Jinx -
33.
[Archie's Checklist]
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34.
[Sandwich Art]
Jughead Dipsy Doodles -
35.
["A karate student?!?"]
Reggie Pin-Up -
36.
Star Struck
Big Moose -
37.
Fright Sight
Reggie -
38.
Mr. Lucky
Archie Andrews -
39.
Skate Fate
Reggie -
40.
Loller Scholar
Archie -
41.
Let's Do the Fruit Slush Mush
Fruit Slush; The Archies -
42.
Bell Knell
Jughead -
43.
The Early Bird Gets the Worm
Josie -
44.
[Archie Fan Club]
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45.
Remote Note
Archie and the Gang -
46.
Click Pick
Reggie -
47.
Crave to Save
Veronica -
48.
[Archie Patches]
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49.
Off Base
Archie -
50.
[Archie Annual Digest #53]
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51.
[Katy Keene Digest #3]
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52.
Scheme Theme
Betty and Veronica -
53.
[Discount 32 Page Comic Subscriptions]
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54.
Wishy Washy
Archie -
55.
Health Education
The American Foundation for Aids Research -
56.
Trap Flap
Archie -
57.
[Prizes or Cash]
Olympic Sales Club -
58.
[no title indexed]
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59.
Bedrock Shakedown
Fruity Pebbles; Flintstones
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