(November 1980)
Archie,
1977 Series
- Price
- 0.75 USD
- Pages
- 132
- 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
- 0271000695811
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gosh! What blew up?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Professor Flutesnoot; Reggie Mantle
Indexer Notes
Redrawn from the cover of Archie #218.
![Cover Thumbnail for Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (1977 series) #16 [Canadian]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1483/w100/1483422.jpg?-8128641743910724347)
The Dreamer
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie dreams of getting back at Reggie and Veronica, but Jughead knows how those dreams would really end.
- Reprints
-
from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #213 (December 1968)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie and Me Comics Digest (Archie, 2017 series) #19, no credits listed in this digest.
Up and At 'Em
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Mary wakes up early to get Archie out of bed.
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #22 (October 1973)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Moose, this is the third typewriter...
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Moose wants to be a hard-hitting reporter.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #185 (January 2002)
-
The New Moose
Archie / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Moose Mason; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Moose confesses to an act of vandalism in Mr. Weatherbee's office. Archie thinks Moose is covering for someone.
- Reprints
- from Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 1972 series) #15 (April 1974)
-
- Keywords
- vandalism
By the Phone!
Mr. Weatherbee / activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Waldo Weatherbee
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #110 (June 1979)
-
Indexer Notes
Decode the phrase puzzle.
[no title indexed]
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I've had it with these gag shirts and sweaters.
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Waldo Weatherbee; Moose Mason; Svenson
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee wants to ban gag shirts.
The Lucky Day
Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Archie; Spotty; Jerome; George
- Synopsis
- Spotty saves a little boy from drowning.
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #79 (July 1973)
-
Water Water Everywhere
Reggie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Ethel Muggs; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Reggie cons Archie with a divining rod.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #73 (September 1974)
-
- Keywords
- divining rod
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
[no title indexed]
Reggie Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here's a job for someone who can type sixty words a minute!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead can type sixty words a minute.
Midnight Stalker
Archie / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Goodson (a night watchman); Mr. Slade (the museum director)
- Synopsis
- When Riverdale's museum is plagued with missing artifacts and a kindly watchman is accused of the crime, Archie steps forward to find the real thief.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #161 (September 1975)
-
- Keywords
- armor; guillotine; museum
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Pop Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- These digital calculators are great!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie likes digital calculators.
That Human Touch
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee; Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- The kids discover that Mr. Weatherbee had a wild streak when he was in high school.
- Reprints
- from Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 1972 series) #6 (April 1973)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Tell It to Ron
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Betty writes to an advice columnist for help on how to get Archie. Veronica secretly answers the letter herself.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #147 (August 1967)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
[no title indexed]
Mr. Lodge Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'll tell you why my firm is a huge success...
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge stresses teamwork.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #51 (March 1991)
-
The Fountain of Goof
Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Miss Geraldine Grundy; Jughead Jones; Coach Kleats; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Waldo Weatherbee; un-named psychiatrist
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee and Coach Kleats race around the track to prove that one of them is fit. While the race is going on, Archie gets ink on Mr. Weatherbee's coat, which he replaces with a bigger coat while the first coat is cleaned.
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #22 (August 1968)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Reggie Puzzle
Reggie / activity / 1 page
- Reprints
- from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #33 (May 1975)
-
Indexer Notes
Maze puzzle.
[no title indexed]
Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My uncle Maynard likes his new job---
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Jughead's uncle likes his new job at the US Treasury.
Equitation or 'English vs. Western'
Katy Keene / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- fashion; teen
- Characters
- Katy Keene; Curly; Steve Blando (introduction); Bill Woggon
- Synopsis
- Katy goes to a horse-riding academy that teaches Eastern style horse riding. Cowboy Curley is jealous of Katy's new instructor and challenges him to a contest with western style bucking broncos.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #142 (October 1960)
-
- Keywords
- bucking broncos; equestrian
Getting Ready
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Constantly practicing his dribbling gets Archie in hot water with the three people most important to him at the moment.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #35 (Winter 1965-66)
-
- Keywords
- basketball
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
[no title indexed]
Miss Grundy Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I see you're reading science fiction Mr. Flutesnoot!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Geraldine Grundy; Professor Flutesnoot
- Synopsis
- Professor Flutesnoot tells Miss Grundy about the book he is reading.
Fan Male
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Geraldine Grundy
- Synopsis
- When Archie starts receiving perfumed letters Betty and Veronica are convinced he has another girlfriend and start being extra nice to woo Archie back.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #39 (Winter 1966)
-
A Change of Plans
Little Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Dilton Doiley; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
- Synopsis
- Little Reggie tries to play a prank on Little Archie and ends up getting caught littering.
- Reprints
- from The Adventures of Little Archie (Archie, 1961 series) #45 ([Winter] 1967)
-
- Keywords
- littering
[no title indexed]
Big Moose Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Did you ever hear me play 'Folsom Prison Blues'?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Professor Flutesnoot
- Synopsis
- Archie asks the music teacher for an "A".
- Reprints
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #102 (January 1991)
- in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #26 (May 2017)
-
Show and Tell
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Geraldine Grundy; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Ethel Muggs; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- Miss Grundy asks the class what they did over their summer vacation.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #12 (February 1971)
-
Space Patrol
Archie / activity / 1 page
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #212 (March 1980)
-
Indexer Notes
Find a word puzzle.
Food for Thought
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
- Synopsis
- Studying only seems to make Charley hungry.
- Reprints
- from Archie Annual (Archie, 1950 series) #26 (1975)
-
[no title indexed]
Mr. Lodge Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here's your suit from the tailor's, Mr. Lodge!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge gives Archie clothing advice.
- Reprints
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #23 (February 1991)
-
Brain Washed
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hal Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty has a date for the hayride with Archie but Veronica tricks her into canceling the date.
- Reprints
Wind and Water
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie and Reggie have a contest to see who can hold their breath the longest underwater.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #142 (October 1960)
-
- Keywords
- holding breath; lifesaving; swimming pool
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Point of Order
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Moose Mason; Mr. Svensen; Geraldine Grundy
- Synopsis
- Archie runs through the hallways with a prop spear from the school play.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #83 (January 1974)
-
[no title indexed]
Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Do you know where I could borrow a typewriter?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie is looking to borrow a typewriter.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Gosh! What blew up?"]
Archie -
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
The Dreamer
Archie -
3.
Up and At 'Em
Archie -
4.
["Moose, this is the third typewriter..."]
Archie's Gag Bag -
5.
The New Moose
Archie -
6.
By the Phone!
Mr. Weatherbee -
7.
["I've had it with these gag shirts and sweaters."]
Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag -
8.
The Lucky Day
Little Archie -
9.
Water Water Everywhere
Reggie -
10.
["Here's a job for someone who can type sixty words a minute!"]
Reggie Gag Bag -
11.
Midnight Stalker
Archie -
12.
["These digital calculators are great!"]
Archie's Pop Gag Bag -
13.
That Human Touch
Archie -
14.
Tell It to Ron
Betty and Veronica -
15.
[no title indexed]
Dear Betty and Veronica -
16.
["I'll tell you why my firm is a huge success..."]
Mr. Lodge Gag Bag -
17.
The Fountain of Goof
Mr. Weatherbee -
18.
Reggie Puzzle
Reggie -
19.
["My uncle Maynard likes his new job---"]
Jughead's Gag Bag -
20.
Equitation or 'English vs. Western'
Katy Keene -
21.
Getting Ready
Archie -
22.
["I see you're reading science fiction Mr. Flutesnoot!"]
Miss Grundy Gag Bag -
23.
Fan Male
Archie -
24.
A Change of Plans
Little Archie -
25.
["Did you ever hear me play 'Folsom Prison Blues'?"]
Big Moose Gag Bag -
26.
Show and Tell
Archie -
27.
Space Patrol
Archie -
28.
Food for Thought
Li'l Jinx -
29.
["Here's your suit from the tailor's, Mr. Lodge!"]
Mr. Lodge Gag Bag -
30.
Brain Washed
Betty and Veronica -
31.
Wind and Water
Archie -
32.
Point of Order
Archie -
33.
["Do you know where I could borrow a typewriter?"]
Jughead's Gag Bag -
34.
[Archie Comics Digest #45]
-
35.
[no title indexed]
-
36.
[Jughead Jones Digest #15]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Joey Beretta
- Katy Hayhurst
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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