(August 1984)
Archie,
1983 Series
- Price
- 1.00 USD
- Pages
- 132
- Indicia Frequency
- 4 times a year in Feb., May, Aug., and Nov.
- On-sale Date
- 1984
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Close-Up, Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Digest Library
- Barcode
- 0271000691409
- Editing
- ?
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Girl's basketball is getting real big!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
- Keywords
- girls basketball; pom pom
Indexer Notes
Redrawn from the cover of Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #244
Blank pages
blank page(s) / 2 pages
Indexer Notes
The inside front cover and the inside back cover are blank.
Problems
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Angelina the maid; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Seeing Betty is depressed, Veronica gives her everything she could possibly want -- except what she really wants.
- Reprints
-
from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #154 (October 1968)
-
What's My Line?
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica manipulates Archie into staying with her at her pool instead of going to the beach.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #23 (September 1963)
-
- Keywords
- swimming pool
Archie, Sign In, Please!
Archie / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews (cameo)
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #93 (June 1981)
-
Indexer Notes
Word puzzle with letters assigned numbers.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Betty, you missed that catch!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty misses a fly ball because she has to apply moisturizer.
- Reprints
- from ?
- Keywords
- baseball
The Tab Hunter
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate; Bill Tate
- Synopsis
- After meeting Pop Tate's gorgeous nephew Bill, Veronica tricks Archie into insisting that she should go on a date with Bill.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #16 (June 1962)
-
Rare Hair Wear
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica can't decide on what hairstyle to wear.
- Reprints
- from Archie Annual (Archie, 1950 series) #16 (1964-65)
-
- Keywords
- hairstyle
Letter Perfect
Moose / activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Hiram Lodge
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #386 (October 1982)
-
Indexer Notes
Solve the letter code to read Moose's comment.
Shot to Pieces
Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie and Veronica are watching TV late at night with the volume too high. Mr. Lodge gets angry and shoots the television with a shotgun.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #26 (September 1956)
-
- Keywords
- shotgun; television; TV remote control
Umpire Batty
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Coach Kleats
- Synopsis
- Archie is the umpire in the girls' baseball game.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #23 (September 1963)
-
- Keywords
- baseball; umpire
The Tiptoe Tip-Off!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx Holliday
- Synopsis
- Jinx leaves muddy footprints when she comes in the house.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #123 (November 1961)
-
- Keywords
- footprints
Nuisance Value
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica begin teasing Archie at the beach to try to get him to show some life.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #92 (August 1963)
-
- Keywords
- beach
A Hole in None
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie's father can't make a putt.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- golf
The Cheerleaders
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Geraldine Grundy; Bubbles McBounce (cameo); Wilson; Washington; Kelley; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Tryouts for the cheerleading squad have been announced. Betty and Veronica are both going to try for captain of the squad. Mr. Lodge mentions that boys were on the cheerleading squad when he was young. At the girls' request, Mr. Lodge shows them some cheers (and almost hurts himself in the process). After the tryouts, Betty catches up with Archie and Jughead and announces that she's the captain. When Archie asks where Veronica is, Betty tells them that she didn't try out because it was raining and she didn't want to get her outfit wet.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #90 (December 1974)
-
- Keywords
- cheerleading
Indexer Notes
On the first page, several girls are shown, each having their last name on her shirt. In the lower right-hand corner, a larger girl is shown wearing a shirt with "McBounce" on it.
Wig Gig
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica tricks Betty into ruining her hair in the ocean, while her own hair is protected by a wig-style bathing cap.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #23 (September 1963)
-
- Keywords
- beach; swim cap; wig
[no title indexed]
Betty's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- No T.V. tonight? What time is it, Pop?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Jughead decides to leave the Choklit Shop to watch the sparks fly when Archie and Reggie both show up for a date with Veronica.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #49 (July 1976) which is reprinted
- From Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 1961-04-22, 1961-06-02
- from Archie daily newspaper strip (King Features Syndicate) 1961-04-22
-
- Keywords
- television
Corpse De Ballet
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Imogene; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Veronica gets suckered into trying to teach Mr. Weatherbee's niece how to dance, so she gets the idea of suckering Betty into taking over for her.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #37 (July 1958)
-
- Keywords
- dancing
Ten into Four
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx Holliday; Hap Holiday
- Synopsis
- Jinx tries to find a way to seat ten people at a picnic table that seats four.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #255 (August 1976)
-
- Keywords
- cookout; picnic table
Speak Your Mind
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty tells Archie you can be honest with friends, even if you are insulting.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #11 (June 1961)
-
- Keywords
- insults
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica Pinup / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well!!! It looks like the bikinis came out second-best again!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- The boys ignore Betty and Veronica to pursue Ethel and her well-filled picnic basket.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #248 (November 1971)
-
- Keywords
- beach; bikinis; picnic basket
English Translation
Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie takes Veronica to a fancy French restaurant, but is in trouble when the menu is written in French.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- French restaurant
Energy Crisis
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica want to be active at the beach, but the boys just want to lie around and relax.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #89 (October 1974)
-
- Keywords
- beach; bikinis; gossip
Indexer Notes
Reggie is reading a "Josie" comic in the splash panel.
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica Pinup / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, I don't mind being sent for ice cream...
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie sends Betty off for ice cream so he and Veronica can make out.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #154 (October 1968)
-
- Keywords
- beach; ice cream; kissing
[no title indexed]
Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm glad we got here before the others, Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Mrs. Lodge
- Synopsis
- While waiting for others at a party, Jughead practices throwing nuts in the air and catching them in his mouth.
- Reprints
- from Archie daily newspaper strip
- Keywords
- nuts; party
Betty and her Diary
Betty / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee (cameo); Mr. Svenson (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Betty writes in her diary about her trials in getting Archie to care about her.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #39 (December 1971)
-
- Keywords
- diary
[no title indexed]
Dear Betty and Veronica / letters page / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I had a 'hang up' for a pretty and popular girl...
- Characters
- Betty Cooper (cameo); Veronica Lodge (cameo)
- Reprints
- from ?
Indexer Notes
Letters from M. B, I. T., and S. B.
Veronica's Party Lines
Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Veronica talks about the party she's throwing--just for Archie.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #37 (July 1958)
-
- Keywords
- party
Poetic Justice
Betty / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge (cameo); Archie Andrews (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Betty is happy to see Veronica leave on a cruise, because that means she'll have Archie to herself.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #37 (July 1958)
-
- Keywords
- cruise
Fancy Dress Brawl
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica both criticize a dress in a store window, hoping to discourage the other so they can buy it for themselves.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- dress
Cherry-ty Bawl
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty tricks Veronica into volunteering to have tarts thrown at her in Jughead's booth at the Riverdale Charity Carnival.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #27 (November 1956)
-
- Keywords
- cherry tarts
Jealous Jumper
Reggie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Reggie tries to hit on Midge while Moose is out water-skiing.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #123 (November 1961)
-
- Keywords
- beach; water-skiing
Sweet Thinking
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx Holliday
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx comes up with a plan to increase lemonade sales.
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #23 (September 1968)
-
- Keywords
- lemonade stand
Picture Plot
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica keeps giving Archie photos of herself.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- photos
The Net Set
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Veronica falls for a handsome new tennis pro and at the last moment gets Archie to take Betty to the big dance, so she can go with the pro. However the pro gets picked to coach a junior tour in Australia, so Veronica has to bribe Jughead to take her to the dance.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #259 (November 1971)
-
- Keywords
- dance; tennis
Surf Savvy
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Betty observes the different surfboards that the boys use.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #5 (November 1969)
-
- Keywords
- surfing
Fly Swatter
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx Holliday; Hap Holiday
- Synopsis
- Jinx uses two trash can covers as a fly swatter.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #64 (August 1973)
-
- Keywords
- fly swatter
Right and Wrong
Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica is angry with Archie for taking Betty's part in an argument, even though Betty was right.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- argument
Hang Ten
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty is an outstanding surfer, but Veronica gets Archie to pay attention to her by saying she needs him to help her with her surfing.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #259 (November 1971)
-
- Keywords
- beach; surfing
[no title indexed]
Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jughead! Pop Tate made you in charge here?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead is running the Choklit Shop because Pop Tate can't fit behind the counter.
- Reprints
- from Archie daily newspaper strip
Terror Island
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- humor; detective-mystery; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica must confront their fears when they're on an island with a mysterious creature.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #23 (September 1963)
-
Bark Lark
Jughead's Dog Hot Dog / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy; Hot Dog
- Synopsis
- Hot Dog guards first base so opposing baserunners can't get to it.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #12 (June 1969)
-
- Keywords
- baseball
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica Fun Page / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Secret Love Notes
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge (cameo); Archie Andrews (cameo)
- Reprints
- from ?
Indexer Notes
Various activities.
As You Were Saying
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx Holliday; Greg
- Synopsis
- Jinx and Greg are arguing when it starts to rain. They continue the argument by phone from their houses.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #89 (October 1974)
-
- Keywords
- argument; rain; telephone
Winner Lose
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Reggie wins a race with Archie, with the privilege of dating Veronica as the prize. Veronica thinks it's great, until her father sets her straight.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #154 (October 1968)
-
Rules of the Game
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica tries to teach Betty to play it cool around handsome strangers.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #23 (September 1963)
-
- Keywords
- beach
Pie Why
Fat Charley / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx, Greg; Fat Charley Hawse
- Synopsis
- The gang chips in for an award for Charley--a pie in the face.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #47 (May 1976)
-
- Keywords
- pie
Postal Stumper
Reggie / activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #384 (June 1982)
-
Indexer Notes
Word puzzle with letters changed to the one next to them in the alphabet.
Eye for Eye
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Veronica pulls tricks to get attention from Archie. When Betty tries that, it doesn't work.
- Reprints
The Mechanical Girl.....
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica and Betty demonstrate their different approaches to car repair: Veronica knows nothing about it, Betty knows too much.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #155 (November 1968)
-
- Keywords
- auto mechanic
No Fish
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx Holliday; Hap Holliday
- Synopsis
- Hap takes Jinx fishing.
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #16 (December 1972)
-
- Keywords
- fishing
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Girl's basketball is getting real big!"]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
Blank pages
-
2.
Problems
Betty and Veronica -
3.
What's My Line?
Betty and Veronica -
4.
Archie, Sign In, Please!
Archie -
5.
["Betty, you missed that catch!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
6.
The Tab Hunter
Betty and Veronica -
7.
Rare Hair Wear
Betty and Veronica -
8.
Letter Perfect
Moose -
9.
Shot to Pieces
Veronica -
10.
Umpire Batty
Betty and Veronica -
11.
The Tiptoe Tip-Off!
Li'l Jinx -
12.
Nuisance Value
Betty and Veronica -
13.
A Hole in None
Archie -
14.
The Cheerleaders
Betty and Veronica -
15.
Wig Gig
Betty and Veronica -
16.
["No T.V. tonight? What time is it, Pop?"]
Betty's Gag Bag -
17.
Corpse De Ballet
Betty and Veronica -
18.
Ten into Four
Li'l Jinx -
19.
Prime Time TV Satire
Archie's T.V. Laugh-Out -
20.
Speak Your Mind
Betty and Veronica -
21.
["Well!!! It looks like the bikinis came out second-best again!"]
Betty and Veronica Pinup -
22.
English Translation
Veronica -
23.
Energy Crisis
Betty and Veronica -
24.
["Archie, I don't mind being sent for ice cream..."]
Betty and Veronica Pinup -
25.
["I'm glad we got here before the others, Archie"]
Jughead's Gag Bag -
26.
Betty and her Diary
Betty -
27.
["I had a 'hang up' for a pretty and popular girl..."]
Dear Betty and Veronica -
28.
Veronica's Party Lines
Veronica -
29.
Poetic Justice
Betty -
30.
Fancy Dress Brawl
Betty and Veronica -
31.
Cherry-ty Bawl
Betty and Veronica -
32.
Jealous Jumper
Reggie -
33.
Sweet Thinking
Li'l Jinx -
34.
Picture Plot
Betty and Veronica -
35.
The Net Set
Betty and Veronica -
36.
Surf Savvy
Jughead -
37.
Fly Swatter
Li'l Jinx -
38.
Right and Wrong
Veronica -
39.
Hang Ten
Betty -
40.
["Jughead! Pop Tate made you in charge here?"]
Jughead's Gag Bag -
41.
Terror Island
Betty and Veronica -
42.
Bark Lark
Jughead's Dog Hot Dog -
43.
["Secret Love Notes"]
Betty and Veronica Fun Page -
44.
As You Were Saying
Li'l Jinx -
45.
Winner Lose
Betty and Veronica -
46.
Rules of the Game
Betty and Veronica -
47.
Pie Why
Fat Charley -
48.
A Bargain for a Buck!!
Archie Comics Digest -
49.
Postal Stumper
Reggie -
50.
Eye for Eye
Betty and Veronica -
51.
The Mechanical Girl.....
Betty and Veronica -
52.
Archie's Official Checklist
-
53.
No Fish
Li'l Jinx -
54.
["Betty? I see you bought a curly wig!"]
Betty's Gag Bag -
55.
The Teenager of the Year
Archie Annual Digest -
56.
Double the Pages! Double the Fun!
Archie's Double Digest
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