(February 1985)
Archie,
1977 Series
- Price
- 1.00 USD
- Pages
- 128
- Indicia Frequency
- bimonthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Digest Library
- Barcode
- 0271000695836
- Editing
- John L. Goldwater (editor)
Switch Hitch
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Miss Benchek
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee tries transferring Archie and Jughead to another school.
- Reprints
-
from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #63 (February 1974)
-
A Light Problem!
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Pop! I forgot to tell you before..... I met the mayor and he said they'd probably drop in after dinner tonight!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Fred tries to get the house straightened up when Archie tells him the mayor is coming over.
- Reprints
Jughead's Hi-Diddle-Riddles
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- School children can always count on these...
- Genre
- teen
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #41 (July 1959)
-
Biting Humor
Moose / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews (cameo); Veronica Lodge (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Miss Grundy asks Moose to tell her the best way to combat diseases spread by biting insects.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #53 (May 1960)
-
Late Reason
Moose / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- Moose is late for class, but has an excuse.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #53 (May 1960)
-
The Table's Turn
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie gets two tickets to a fancy dance that Veronica wants to go to but there is a catch, he has to wait tables to earn them.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #97 (May 1970)
-
Mirror Magic
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #63 (July 1962)
-
Indexer Notes
Veronica exhibits mystical powers in this story.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The boys are practicing for the 'High School Olympics'!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #3 (March 1976) which is reprinted
- From Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX.
- from Archie newspaper strip (King Features Syndicate, XX-XX-19XX).
-
Indexer Notes
Archie does not appear in this story.
Dull Skull
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Jughead ask's Moose "what's new".
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #5 (May 1968)
-
Here-Comes Santa Claus
Archie / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You know what I think, Archie! I think the cold weather has shriveled up your brain!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hot Dog; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hubert Smithers
- Synopsis
- Archie dresses up as Santa and had Hot Dog pull him in a sleigh so he can deliver a present to Veronica.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #228 (December 1974)
-
Santa's Helper
Little Sabrina / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Dexter Taylor ?
- Pencils
- Dexter Taylor
- Inks
- Dexter Taylor
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- children; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Little Sabrina; Salem; Aunt Hilda
- Synopsis
- Sabrina mistakes a burglar for Santa Claus.
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #115 (February 1977)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas
How Dairy You
Moose / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #37 (November 1958)
-
Dis-Trust Fund
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #37 (November 1958)
-
The Believer
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren (credited)
- Pencils
- Dick Malmgren (credited)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica catches Betty mailing a letter to Santa Claus.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #229 (December 1974)
-
Great Skate
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #5 (May 1968)
-
Weighty Knowledge
Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Midge Klump; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica invites Betty and Midge over to exercise using their textbooks.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #70 (June 1963)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's Grundy! She's snapped!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #3 (March 1976) which is reprinted
- From Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX.
- from Archie newspaper strip (King Features Syndicate, XX-XX-19XX).
-
Tile On My Hands
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday [as Bill]; Merry Holliday; Hiram
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx's dad buys her a mosaic ash tray kit.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #3 (March 1976)
-
Funny Money
Reggie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
- Reprints
- from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #5 (April 1969)
-
Voice Your Choice
Reggie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doiley; Cora
- Synopsis
- Reggie tries to show Dilton how to succeed with the girls, but Cora turns him down.
- Reprints
- from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #4 (February 1969)
-
- Keywords
- skiing
A Christmas Present
Little Archie / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Sabrina; Little Reggie Mantle; Fangs Fogarty; Little Dilton Doiley; Spotty; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Beazly; Professor Flutesnoot
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee assigns the students to create a book of puzzles that will be handed out to children in the hospital for Christmas.
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #115 (February 1977)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; puzzles
Indexer Notes
Two pages in the middle of this sequence include the puzzles from the students' book.
Most puzzles, riddles, and other activities were submitted by readers: Danna Kolppa, Sandra Gillis, Rochelle Boichot, Suzy Martin, Darren Willett, Stephanie Rhodes, Linda Sklar, Gundrun Haraldso, Mary Krehley.
Arm Alarm
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jughead, I want you to get a Christmas tree that's exactly this high!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Gladys Jones; Forsythe Pendleton Jones Jr
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #218 (January 1974)
-
[no title indexed]
Gags 'n' Gals / text story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How comes it?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Collection of jokes and anecdotes.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #29 (March 1957)
-
Jughead's Sign and Dandy
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Synopsis
- Examples of funny or ironic signs.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #56 (August 1961)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Leroy loves to have Jughead come over and play with him!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #3 (March 1976) which is reprinted
- From Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX.
- from Archie newspaper strip (King Features Syndicate, XX-XX-19XX).
-
Where the Girls Are
Archie and Reggie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie and Reggie go to a ski slope to meet girls.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #194 (June 1966)
-
- Keywords
- ski jump; skiing
Jughead's Double Takes
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jughead, I'm giving a 'burger party!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Ethel throws a burger party. Ethel chases Jughead. Jughead eats all the food at Archie's house.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #5 (May 1968)
-
Indexer Notes
Three 2-panel cartoons.
Food Rude
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Miss Beazley; Sabrina
- Synopsis
- Archie tries to talk to Jughead while Jughead is eating.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #256 (July 1972)
-
Burnt Offering
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- No! No! No! I refuse to go!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Jughead doesn't want to eat Christmas dinner at Veronica's house because her cooking is so bad.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #228 (December 1974)
-
Stop Prop
Reggie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Watch out for this wolf! He's always running out of gas!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #218 (January 1974)
-
Riddle-Dee-Diddles!
Archie / cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- The reader has to follow the dotted line to connect the setup to the punchline.
- Reprints
- from Archie Annual (Archie, 1950 series) #13 (1961-1962)
-
Sitter Titter
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #4 (March 1968)
-
The Free Ski
Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Betty Cooper; Little Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Little Dilton Doiley (cameo); Little Sabrina Spellman (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Little Archie doesn't have enoough money to go skiing, so he and Juggie try tobogganing, with unusual results.
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #118 (May 1977)
-
Puck Luck
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Geraldine Grundy; Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #4 (March 1968)
-
Teen Law Terms
Archie and the Gang / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Ethel Muggs; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Waldo Weatherbee; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Examples of law terms made relatable to teenagers in Riverdale.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #161 (June 1971)
-
Ski Spree
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Jughead tries out what he thinks is a bird call.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #28 (April 1972)
-
Sure Lure
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- A guy claims to be the biggest ski nut in town, until Jughead shows him Archie.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #28 (April 1972)
-
Missed List
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie and Reggie have Jughead find out what Betty and Veronica want for Christmas.
- Reprints
Limerick Land
Archie and Company / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #37 (November 1958)
-
[no title indexed]
Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Any department in school can talk to the office...
- Genre
- humor; teen
Indexer Notes
Jughead does not appear in this story.
Why Fight It?
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
- Synopsis
- Veronica is upset that she's getting a reputation for being boy-crazy and resolves to prove she's not. But circumstances keep making it look like she's pursuing boys.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #21 (June 1963)
-
Pigskin Picks
Coach Kleats / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Coach Kleats; Moose [Malcolm Mason]; Reggie Mantle [Reginald Mantle III]; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones [Forsythe Pendleton Jones III]; Thompson
- Synopsis
- Coach makes plans for the game.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #60 (February 1962)
-
Childhood Snaps from Dilton's Album
Dilton / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I sat in my baby high chair long after I learned to eat at the table...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Little Dilton Doiley; Little Jughead Jones; Little Moose Mason; Little Archie Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Excerpts from the young life of Dilton and friends.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #165 (October 1971)
-
Trust Buster
Reggie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Nominating for treasurer is now opened!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #28 (January 1957)
-
This is Where I Came In!
Archie / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #81 (January 1969)
-
Substitute Santa
Archie / text story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #1 ([December] 1954)
-
Having a Ball
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #72 (August 1963)
-
Letter Perfect
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx has finished a letter, but needs to know one thing to send it.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #141 (February 1967)
-
Snide Aside
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #4 (March 1968)
-
Splendid Spirit
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Those carols really make me feel the spirit of Christmas!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Geraldine Grundy; Professor Flutesnoot; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- The Christmas spirit makes people less selfish.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #228 (December 1974)
-
Pin-Up Psychology!
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead uses a pinup of a pretty girl as a backdrop to distract Archie when the two are playing ping pong.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #53 (May 1960)
-
[no title indexed]
Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The truant officer just brought Hooky Hogan in!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie newspaper strip (King Features Syndicate, XX-XX-19XX)
Indexer Notes
Jughead does not appear in this story.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["I do bird imitations!"]
Archie -
1.
Switch Hitch
Archie -
2.
A Light Problem!
Archie -
3.
Jughead's Hi-Diddle-Riddles
Jughead -
4.
Biting Humor
Moose -
5.
Late Reason
Moose -
6.
The Table's Turn
Archie -
7.
Mirror Magic
Archie -
8.
["The boys are practicing for the 'High School Olympics'!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
9.
Puzzle Page
Archie -
10.
Dull Skull
Jughead -
11.
Here-Comes Santa Claus
Archie -
12.
Santa's Helper
Little Sabrina -
13.
How Dairy You
Moose -
14.
Dis-Trust Fund
Jughead -
15.
The Believer
Betty and Veronica -
16.
Great Skate
Jughead -
17.
Weighty Knowledge
Veronica -
18.
["It's Grundy! She's snapped!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
19.
Tile On My Hands
Li'l Jinx -
20.
Funny Money
Reggie -
21.
Voice Your Choice
Reggie -
22.
A Christmas Present
Little Archie -
23.
Arm Alarm
Jughead -
24.
["How comes it?"]
Gags 'n' Gals -
25.
Jughead's Sign and Dandy
Jughead -
26.
["Leroy loves to have Jughead come over and play with him!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
27.
Where the Girls Are
Archie and Reggie -
28.
Jughead's Double Takes
Jughead -
29.
Food Rude
Archie -
30.
Burnt Offering
Jughead -
31.
Stop Prop
Reggie -
32.
Riddle-Dee-Diddles!
Archie -
33.
Sitter Titter
Jughead -
34.
The Free Ski
Little Archie -
35.
Puck Luck
Jughead -
36.
Teen Law Terms
Archie and the Gang -
37.
Ski Spree
Jughead -
38.
Sure Lure
Jughead -
39.
Missed List
Jughead -
40.
Limerick Land
Archie and Company -
41.
["Any department in school can talk to the office..."]
Jughead's Gag Bag -
42.
Why Fight It?
Betty and Veronica -
43.
Pigskin Picks
Coach Kleats -
44.
Childhood Snaps from Dilton's Album
Dilton -
45.
Trust Buster
Reggie -
46.
This is Where I Came In!
Archie -
47.
Substitute Santa
Archie -
48.
Having a Ball
Archie -
49.
Letter Perfect
Li'l Jinx -
50.
Snide Aside
Jughead -
51.
Splendid Spirit
Archie -
52.
Pin-Up Psychology!
Archie -
53.
["The truant officer just brought Hooky Hogan in!"]
Jughead's Gag Bag
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- Katie
- Katy Hayhurst
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
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