(November 1979)
Archie,
1977 Series
- Price
- 0.75 USD
- Pages
- 132
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
- Barcode
- 0271000695811
Wham Wham Whammy
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie accuses his friends of putting a "whammy" on him.
- Reprints
-
from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #183 (July 1968)
-
Indexer Notes
The truck in the story is from "Doyle's Farm Fresh Eggs," referring to Archie head writer Frank Doyle, and the driver appears to be a caricature of Doyle.
The Brush Off
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Jughead and Reggie annoy Archie while he's painting the house.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #240 (December 1974)
-
Indexer Notes
When reprinted in Archie & Friends Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #29, inks are credited to Harry Lucey.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, Pop!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Archie tells Pop Tate he'll be back for two to go, but never tells him two what.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #121 (January 2001)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #283 (December 2017)
-
- Keywords
- Chock'lit Shop
Sacrifice Play
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica suspects that Betty's new boyfriend is actually a gold digger who's dating Betty to get to her.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #214 (October 1973)
-
The Late Archie Andrews
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee tries an experiment: seeing if Archie can be on time for school if he sleeps overnight in the faculty lounge.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #217 (April 1972)
-
[no title indexed]
Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What’s up?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Keywords
- word game
Frisbee Fracas
Reggie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- George Gladir ?
- Pencils
- Gus Lemoine
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie tells Reggie his secret for meeting girls. But Reggie doesn't get the same results when he tries it.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #73 (September 1974)
-
Nothing but the Tooth
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Geraldine Grundy; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee; unnamed spoiled brat; unnamed brat's mother
- Synopsis
- Jughead practices his part as a vampire in the school play and scares a little child into doing what his mother tells him.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #225 (February 1974)
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Indexer Notes
Transylvania is a historic region in Romania. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transylvania for more information.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- As you can see, I've cut her in half!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie is a stage magician cutting a woman in half. Jughead wants him to do the same with food prices.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #121 (January 2001)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #28 (June 2013)
-
- Keywords
- Magician
Hands Up!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Okay, Daddy! This is the fifth time I've guessed which hand my allowance is in!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday; Greg; Gaga
- Synopsis
- Jinx has ESP.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #208 (August 1967)
-
Lonesome Lou
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie and Dilton study animal psychology at the zoo.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #200 (December 1966)
-
Archie, It Makes Cents
Archie / activity / 1 page
- Reprints
- from Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 1972 series) #62 (May 1979)
-
[no title indexed]
Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jug, you were supposed to bring paper cups for our picnic!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #79 (July 1995)
-
The Secret
Little Archie / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Little Archie; Little Reggie; Little Veronica; Little Betty; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Little Jughead; Fangs Fogerty; Coach Kleats
- Synopsis
- Little Archie tries out for the baseball team for the 12-year-olds even though he is not old enough.
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #73 (September 1972)
-
- Keywords
- baseball
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #19, no credits listed in this digest.
Fleet Feet
Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #61 (December 1973)
-
[no title indexed]
Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- At the tender age of seven, he saved my life!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Mrs. Grundy
- Synopsis
- Archie tells about the time Jughead saved his life.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #118 (January 1995)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Gala (Archie, 2015 series) (2015)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #53 (December 2015)
-
Impossible Journey
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Feature Logo
Archie- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Reggie keeps sabotaging Archie to prevent him from getting to a date with Veronica.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #178 (December 1967)
-
Indexer Notes
This story has no dialogue until the final panel.
Eat Treat
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- To stop Betty from monopolizing the boys with her homemade food, Veronica brings a catering service to the beach.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #213 (September 1973)
-
Indexer Notes
Script identifiable as Gladir by his style and his preference for rhyming titles.
[no title indexed]
Veronica's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sheik Ali Bei and I are concluding a business deal!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #34 (August 1998)
- from Archie daily (King Feature Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX
-
Archie Meets The Kreeps
Archie / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate; The Kreeps [Wendy (a magical shapechanger); Boris (an invisible groundskeeper); Wolfie (a large guard wolf); Igor (a spooky butler); Percy (a singing bat); Mr. Kreep; Mrs. Kreep; Rex (a t-rex)]
- Synopsis
- Archie saves Wendy from being hit by a car, and she then falls for her red-headed knight. She drops a love potion in Archie's soda, and he falls for her. Veronica watches this and hides in the back of his car as he and Wendy go to meet her extended family, the Kreeps.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #39 (July 1965)
-
[no title indexed]
Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boiling rose petals to extract the essential oils!
- Feature Logo
Jughead's Gag Bag- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Professor Flutesnoot
- Synopsis
- Professor Flutesnoot makes a perfume.
- Reprints
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #133 (May 1997)
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #155 (January 2010)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #71 (October 2017)
-
Think Big
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Daddy
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx gets a piggy bank.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #200 (December 1966)
-
Secret Love
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Synopsis
- Jughead tries to confess his feelings for Ethel, but she keeps fainting before he can finish.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #215 (April 1973)
-
Indexer Notes
Script credits confirmed from reprint in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #189.
[no title indexed]
Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Last week the little theatre group did 'Les Miserables'!
- Feature Logo
- Jughead's Gag Bag
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Jughead couldn't make a showing of the local theatre group.
- Reprints
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #96 (March 2020)
-
The Rebel
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews: Fred Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie's dad sends him to his room for talking back, and Archie tries to escape.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #190 (April 1969)
-
Coach's Daffynition
activity / 1 page
- Reprints
- from Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 1972 series) #64 (July 1979)
-
[no title indexed]
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mr. Weatherbee, you know that manuscript you sent to the publisher?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Phlips
- Synopsis
- A publisher thanks Mr. Weatherbee for his manuscript, it cured his insomnia.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #76 (August 2003)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #68 (July 2017)
-
- Keywords
- insomnia
The Haunting Hour
Little Archie / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Little Archie; Little Reggie; Little Betty; Little Veronica; Little Dilton; Little Jughead; Fangs Fogerty
- Synopsis
- The kids picnic next to the old cemetery and tell ghost stories. While pretending to be a ghost, Little Jughead accidentally captures a burglar.
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #73 (September 1972)
-
- Keywords
- cemetery; ghost; gravestone
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #303.
Pool of Loneliness
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge tries to find out why the boys would rather hang out at the beach than his private pool.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #214 (October 1973)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Arch, when did you notice you were maturing?
- Genre
- teen
If the Spirit Moves You
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- The Archies [Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge]; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- The Archies hold a seance.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #190 (April 1969)
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Table of Contents
-
0.
["Veronica, doesn't Archie know how to say good night?"]
Archie -
1.
Wham Wham Whammy
Archie -
2.
The Brush Off
Archie -
3.
["Hey, Pop!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
4.
Sacrifice Play
Betty and Veronica -
5.
The Late Archie Andrews
Archie -
6.
["What’s up?"]
Jughead's Gag Bag -
7.
Frisbee Fracas
Reggie -
8.
Nothing but the Tooth
Jughead -
9.
["As you can see, I've cut her in half!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
10.
Hands Up!
Li'l Jinx -
11.
Lonesome Lou
Archie -
12.
Archie, It Makes Cents
Archie -
13.
["Jug, you were supposed to bring paper cups for our picnic!"]
Jughead's Gag Bag -
14.
The Secret
Little Archie -
15.
Fleet Feet
Mr. Weatherbee -
16.
["At the tender age of seven, he saved my life!"]
Jughead's Gag Bag -
17.
Impossible Journey
Archie -
18.
Eat Treat
Betty and Veronica -
19.
["Sheik Ali Bei and I are concluding a business deal!"]
Veronica's Gag Bag -
20.
Archie Meets The Kreeps
Archie -
21.
["Boiling rose petals to extract the essential oils!"]
Jughead's Gag Bag -
22.
Think Big
Li'l Jinx -
23.
Secret Love
Jughead -
24.
["Last week the little theatre group did 'Les Miserables'!"]
Jughead's Gag Bag -
25.
The Rebel
Archie -
26.
Coach's Daffynition
-
27.
["Mr. Weatherbee, you know that manuscript you sent to the publisher?"]
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag -
28.
The Haunting Hour
Little Archie -
29.
Pool of Loneliness
Betty and Veronica -
30.
["Arch, when did you notice you were maturing?"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
31.
If the Spirit Moves You
Archie -
32.
Lost in Space Maze
Archie
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