(February 1978)
Archie,
1977 Series
- Price
- 0.75 USD
- Pages
- 164
- Indicia Frequency
- Four times a year in Feb., May, Aug. & Nov.
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Barcode
- 0271000695802
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What are you looking for, Archie? This boutique is for girls!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Little Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Li'l Jinx; Little Veronica Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Indexer Notes
Redrawn from the cover of Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #198. Art credits from original art as submitted by Nick Katradis via the GCD Error Tracker.
Spring Fervor
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (sourced)
- Pencils
- Harry Lucey (sourced)
- Inks
- Terry Szenics (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Eeyahoo!! Awake, ye dullards! Winter is on the wane!
- Feature Logo
Archie- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Midge Klump; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Archie has spring fever.
- Reprints
-
from Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #121 (May 1957)
-
- Keywords
- spring fever
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- And now.... student voters!.. I give you our next class president!..
- Feature Logo
Archie's Gag Bag- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie's win for class president in not unanimous.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #11 (July 1984)
- From Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX.
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Fun Time
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Brrr! It's freezing! Come on! Let's run! It will help to keep us warm!
- Feature Logo
Betty and Veronica- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty keeps having accidents, and every time she does, a different handsome man appears to tend to her.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #173 (May 1970)
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Three Cornered Calamity
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Pick me up early tonight, Archiekins!
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Aunt Agnes
- Synopsis
- Archie needs help to learn how to babysit. When Veronica can't get the job done, Betty does.
- Reprints
- from Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #120 (March 1957)
-
- Keywords
- babysitting; boxing; doll; radiator; refrigerator; televison
Archie Puzzlers
activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Two messages to decode.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #233 (June 1977)
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[no title indexed]
Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie is running for president!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Field Day
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Waldo Weatherbee; Coach Kleats; Geraldine Grundy
- Synopsis
- Jughead is turned down for the track team and winds up taking care of the equipment for its star pole-vaulter, Reggie.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #93 (February 1963)
-
Indexer Notes
Schwartz draws in a background gag where Moose causes an explosion in the chemistry lab.
Credits from Archie's Pal Jughead #93.
Unsung Hero
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Midge Klump; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Archie, on his way to school, notices kids skulking around and finds that the kids are playing hooky from school because their moms were mean to them. The kids then decide to drop out, run away and do their own thing. Archie pretends to be a disheveled dropout and convinces the kids to go to school. Unfortunately, Archie's now late for school and he's the one who gets in trouble.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #207 (March 1971)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from Archie #207.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sometimes I wish I’d been a lighthouse keeper!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Miss Grundy; Professor Flutesnoot
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #11 (July 1984)
-
The "Peace" of Paper!
Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 13 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Stop fooling with the head, Archie!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Whenever Mr. Weatherbee starts to get angry at Archie he pulls out and reads a piece of paper and calms down again.
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #13 (February 1967)
-
[no title indexed]
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I thought Archie interviewed you for a biography?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Miss Phlips; Mr. Weatherbee
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #11 (July 1984)
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S'now Joke
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Greg; Hap Holliday; Li'l Jinx
- Synopsis
- Jinx makes a snowman with an unusual feature.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #50 (February 1969)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals #50.
It's Snow Fun Without You
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wheee! I just love the snow, don't you girls?
- Feature Logo
- Betty and Veronica
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty tries to play in the snow with Archie, and winds up repeatedly hurting herself.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #171 (March 1970)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #171.
Archie's Little Mind Twister
Archie / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #99 (September 1977)
-
Indexer Notes
Word puzzle. Credits from Reggie and Me #99.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wow!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Reggie Mantle
Snow Job or He Drifted
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Haven't quite got the feel of the controls!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie and Veronica sell refreshments to ice fishers.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #69 (January 1968)
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Indexer Notes
Credits from Life with Archie #69.
Panicksville
Reggie / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Help! Police! I've been robbed!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Reggie loses his wallet and the most upsetting part of the loss is some irreplaceable photos.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #42 (July 1970)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from Reggie and Me #42.
I Pass
Reggie / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I think the opposing team should pass now.
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie tells Reggie the history of American football.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #45 (November 1970)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from Reggie and Me #45.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, you can't make water disappear!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #16 (December 1985)
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Go Cart Go!
Little Archie / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Bob Bolling
- Pencils
- Bob Bolling (signed as
Bob Bolling) - Inks
- Bob Bolling (signed as Bob Bolling)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bob Bolling
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wah! Aw, please, Mom, Please!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Ambrose Pipps; Effie Fibgabber; Officer McNickle; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; un-named old man
- Synopsis
- While Little Archie's mom is shopping, Little Archie and Ambrose make a kite tail out of sausages, causing havoc at the supermarket. Then, when Mrs. Andrews stops to talk to someone on the way out, the boys get into a shopping cart and wind up going for a high-speed ride along a crowded street.
- Reprints
- from The Adventures of Little Archie (Archie, 1961 series) #21 (Winter 1961-1962)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from The Adventures of Little Archie #21.
[no title indexed]
Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You want to be a doctor like your uncle?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee
Card Shark
Jughead / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Do you need money?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Jughead makes money selling greeting cards.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #83 (April 1962)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from Archie's Pal Jughead #83.
Strategy
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones; Midge Klump; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Archie tries to build some muscles so he can stand up to Moose.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #69 (January 1968)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from Life with Archie #69.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now it's poetry time class...
- Feature Logo
- Archie's Gag Bag
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- Archie recites his poem about oaks and nuts.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #16 (May 1985)
- from Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx
-
- Keywords
- poetry; school; slang
The Demon Dropout!
Pureheart the Powerful / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- superhero; teen; humor
- Characters
- Evilheart [Reggie Mantle]; Pureheart the Powerful [Archie Andrews]; Mad Chemist
- Synopsis
- An embittered dropout turns all the Riverdale High students into overgrown infants.
- Reprints
- from Archie as Pureheart the Powerful (Archie, 1966 series) #2 (November 1966)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from Archie as Pureheart the Powerful #2. The title is Demon Dropout but the villain is only refered to by himself as being called Mad Chemist. He has an F as an emblem on his chest. No mention is made of what the F stands for except Pureheart calling him a Foul Fiend.
[no title indexed]
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Do you really think psychiatry can help backward students?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Doctor Shrinked
- Reprints
Paths to Paradise
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's one of the facts of life, Archie!
- Feature Logo
- Betty and Veronica
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Hal Cooper; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty's father hires Archie to shovel their walk, so Veronica gets her father to hire Archie as well.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #171 (March 1970)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #171.
Reggie's Puzzle Page
Reggie / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Reprints
- from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #33 (May 1975)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ha, ha! Jughead claims he saw a flying saucer tonight!!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #11 (July 1984)
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The Punishment
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Miss Grundy! You didn't! You gave Archie detention? Today?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Geraldine Grundy; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Waldo Weatherbee; Miss Glutz; Mr. Grabowsky
- Synopsis
- The Archies play at a teachers' tea dance.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #74 (June 1968)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from Life with Archie #74.
At this point, before the animated cartoons and the records, the Archies consist only of Archie, Reggie, and Jughead.
Ice-Capades!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Greg; Hap Holliday; Li'l Jinx
- Synopsis
- Jinx makes an ice sculpture but Hap damages it.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #106 (January 1960)
-
Indexer Notes
Credit from Pep Comics #78.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- But you can't launch him on that!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Professor Flutesnoot
Dumb Animal
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead's dog can't hear but he can read lips and read signs, so Archie writes a sign that says "Get Lost."
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #82 (March 1962)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from Archie's Pal Jughead #82.
Animal Mothers
text article / 1 page
- Genre
- animal; nature
- Reprints
- from Adventures of the Fly (Archie, 1960 series) #15 (October 1961)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from Adventures of the Fly #15.
Text article with color illustration of tigers.
Pearls of the Orient
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gluing Reggie's desk closed is a good idea!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Geraldine Grundy; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie tries to play pranks on Reggie, justifying all his risky actions with old Chinese proverbs.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #147 (June 1963)
-
- Keywords
- Chinese proverbs; glue; prank; typewriter
Indexer Notes
Credits from Laugh Comics #147.
[no title indexed]
Archie and His Pals / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Veronica, I hope I didn't just see you looking at Archie's test paper!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #25 (August 1954)
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Tell The Tooth
Little Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Fred Andrews; Little Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Spotty; Detective O'Hara; George; un-named woman
- Synopsis
- When Little Archie puts a tooth under his pillow, "Tooth Fairy" Fred has to go out in the snow to borrow some change.
- Reprints
- from The Adventures of Little Archie (Archie, 1961 series) #22 (Spring 1962)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from The Adventures of Little Archie #22.
[no title indexed]
Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jughead! Don't you wanna learn to defend yourself?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #15 (March 1985)
-
Ask a Foolish Question
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's new Jug?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Reggie seems to be the only one who notices Jughead's strange behavior (wearing a wastebasket on his head, walking a bear, riding a unicycle), but when he confronts Jughead about it, the bear confronts Reggie.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #82 (March 1962)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from Archie's Pal Jughead #82.
The Boy Wonder
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hop on, Angel!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie tries to compete with Reggie's snowmobile by attaching a sail to his sled.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #199 (April 1970)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from Archie #199.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Coach, when is Archie going into the game?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Coach Kleats; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #11 (July 1984)
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["What are you looking for, Archie? This boutique is for girls!"]
Archie -
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
Spring Fervor
Archie -
3.
["And now.... student voters!.. I give you our next class president!.."]
Archie's Gag Bag -
4.
Fun Time
Betty and Veronica -
5.
Three Cornered Calamity
Archie -
6.
Archie Puzzlers
-
7.
["Archie is running for president!"]
Jughead's Gag Bag -
8.
Field Day
Jughead -
9.
Unsung Hero
Archie -
10.
["Sometimes I wish I’d been a lighthouse keeper!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
11.
The "Peace" of Paper!
Mr. Weatherbee -
12.
["I thought Archie interviewed you for a biography?"]
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag -
13.
S'now Joke
Li'l Jinx -
14.
It's Snow Fun Without You
Betty and Veronica -
15.
Archie's Little Mind Twister
Archie -
16.
["Wow!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
17.
Snow Job or He Drifted
Archie -
18.
Panicksville
Reggie -
19.
I Pass
Reggie -
20.
["Archie, you can't make water disappear!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
21.
Go Cart Go!
Little Archie -
22.
["You want to be a doctor like your uncle?"]
Jughead's Gag Bag -
23.
Card Shark
Jughead -
24.
Strategy
Archie -
25.
["Now it's poetry time class..."]
Archie's Gag Bag -
26.
The Demon Dropout!
Pureheart the Powerful -
27.
["Do you really think psychiatry can help backward students?"]
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag -
28.
Paths to Paradise
Betty and Veronica -
29.
Reggie's Puzzle Page
Reggie -
30.
["Ha, ha! Jughead claims he saw a flying saucer tonight!!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
31.
The Punishment
Archie -
32.
Ice-Capades!
Li'l Jinx -
33.
["But you can't launch him on that!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
34.
Dumb Animal
Jughead -
35.
Animal Mothers
-
36.
Pearls of the Orient
Archie -
37.
["Veronica, I hope I didn't just see you looking at Archie's test paper!"]
Archie and His Pals -
38.
Tell The Tooth
Little Archie -
39.
["Jughead! Don't you wanna learn to defend yourself?"]
Jughead's Gag Bag -
40.
Ask a Foolish Question
Jughead -
41.
The Boy Wonder
Archie -
42.
["Coach, when is Archie going into the game?"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
43.
[It'll Be One Big Laugh after Another, When You Order Laugh Comics Digest No 15]
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44.
[no title indexed]
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45.
["One Jughead Digest coming up!"]
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- Katy Hayhurst
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Ron Sadowski
- Joey Sayer
- Jim Van Dore
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