(August 1988)
Archie,
1977 Series
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The Final Test
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Dan Parent
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman; Nanci Dakesian
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Reprints
-
in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #39 (August 1993)
-
Stick Shtick
Betty / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Alice Cooper
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #247 (August 1978)
- in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #40 (August 1993)
-
Gym Vim
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Gladys; Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #247 (August 1978)
- in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #40 (August 1993)
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Rad Pad
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie needs a cheek pad after Veronica slaps him.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #249 (October 1978)
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Knuckle Chuckle
Big Moose / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Reggie says he's going to figure out which is smaller, Moose's IQ or Archie's allowance.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #363 (July 1980)
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Stairway to the Stars
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Smithers the butler; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Veronica has the decorative post on the staircase banister removed so she and Betty can slide down it.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #247 (July 1976)
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Candid Caricature
Li'l Jinx's Chum Russ / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Russ; Miss Tayke; Mort the worry wart; Li'l Jinx; Greg; Charley Hawse
- Synopsis
- Russ's ability to caricature gets him in all sorts of trouble.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #363 (July 1980)
-
Froggy Fracas
Sabrina / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Sabrina; Aunt Hilda
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #278 (July 1981)
- in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #40 (August 1993)
-
Key Glee
Ambrose / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Sabrina; Aunt Hilda; Cousin Ambrose
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #278 (July 1981)
- in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #40 (August 1993)
-
Seat Treat
Moose / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #247 (August 1978)
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Cloud Crowd
Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #247 (August 1978)
-
It Seams Sew Sad
The Archies / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- The Archies [Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle]; Cheryl Blossom; Jason Blossom
- Synopsis
- In another plot to humiliate the Archies, Cheryl Blossom gets Jason to steal her a dress that Veronica designed so she can wear it herself. But Cheryl doesn't realize that while Veronica is a good designer, she's a terrible seamstress.
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #91 (October 1983)
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Indexer Notes
In the original version of this story, Cheryl is wearing nothing under the dress when it falls apart (with her arm strategically concealing this fact). In a digest reprint, the panels were re-drawn so she had a slip on.
When reprinted in Archie & Friends Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #29, writing is credited to George Gladir and pencils are credited to Dan DeCarlo Jr.
The Uninvited
Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina; Harvey; Aunt Hilda; Cousin Ambrose
- Synopsis
- Harvey tags along on a family outing, not realizing that Sabrina and her family are headed to an outing for witches.
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #54 (December 1977)
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Fair Despair
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #247 (August 1978)
- in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #40 (August 1993)
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Bet Vignette
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Jughead bets Reggie that he can catch a fish without using a line.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #65 (September 1979)
-
- Keywords
- fishing
Book Mark
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica are both adamant about not letting Archie go to the library.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #363 (July 1980)
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A Little Bull
Sabrina / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Hilda; Ambrose
- Synopsis
- Ambrose wants to be a bull fighter.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #532 (October 1983)
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Boss Toss
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #25 (September 1971)
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Junk for Joy
Chuck 'n' Nancy / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (credited)
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (credited)
- Inks
- Jim DeCarlo (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Chuck Clayton; Nancy Woods; Betty Cooper; Cricket O'Dell
- Synopsis
- Chuck and Nancy catch a pickpocket at the local flea market.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #165 (September 1983)
-
- Keywords
- flea market
Jive Dive
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Dix
- Synopsis
- Archie's diving needs work.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #249 (October 1978)
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Dog-Gone It
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren (credited)
- Pencils
- Dick Malmgren (credited)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- Archie tries hiring himself out to walk dogs to earn money to take Veronica out. But the plan ends up biting his father.
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #86 (August 1982)
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Shark Lark
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Jughead comes across a shark while scuba-diving. When he comes onto the dock and Ethel is there to greet him he retreats back into the shark infested water.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #65 (September 1979)
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Ban the Body
Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (credited)
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (credited)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Sabrina; Aunt Hilda; Cousin Ambrose; Della The Head Witch
- Synopsis
- Hilda disapproves of Sabrina's bikini and uses her magic to keep the girl from wearing it. Then Hilda gets a dose of her own medicine.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series) #36 (December 1976)
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Flake Outbreak
Moose / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Midge Klump
- Synopsis
- Midge wants to forget about their fight and make up.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #249 (October 1978)
-
Pear Affair
Mr. Lodge / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge doesn't like Veronica's 'pear' group.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #249 (October 1978)
-
Base Bawl
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Coach Kleats
- Synopsis
- Archie drops a fly ball.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #249 (October 1978)
-
- Keywords
- baseball
Jerk for a Day
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (credited)
- Pencils
- Samm Schwartz (credited)
- Inks
- Samm Schwartz (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Samm Schwartz
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Jughead works at the Choklit shoppe with disastrous results.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #330 (October 1983)
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Date Dotty
Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica asks Archie about an important date.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #247 (August 1978)
- in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #247 (November 2016)
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Clean Scene
Mister Lodge / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica's friends clean out the fridge.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #247 (August 1978)
- in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #247 (November 2016)
-
Bubble Trouble
Hot Dog / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Hot Dog
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #249 (October 1978)
-
Wonder Blunder
Big Moose / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #249 (October 1978)
-
Woman's Work
That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe
- Synopsis
- Bingo and Samantha come up with a system to handle other guys hitting on her at the beach.
- Reprints
- from That Wilkin Boy (Archie, 1969 series) #39 (October 1976)
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Indexer Notes
Writer and inker credit from 2014 reprint. Previous indexer felt Frank Doyle had written the story.
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica Pin Up / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- She’s terrific…
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Zelda the Great
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #462 (October 1977)
-
- Keywords
- psychic
The Wild Wooly West
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Old West sayings with humorous modern interpretations.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #249 (October 1978)
-
The Gamblers
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Smithers
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead drive Veronica crazy by placing million-dollar bets on everything they do.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #161 (November 1982)
-
Strange Exchange
Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica wouldn't talk to Archie if he was the last man on Earth.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #249 (October 1978)
-
Boomerang Magic
Josie and the Pussycats / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Josie and the Pussycats [Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine; Valerie Brown]; Alexandra Cabot; Sebastian
- Synopsis
- The Pussycats pool their money for a weekend at a luxurious resort hotel. Alexandra secretly follows them and uses her witchcraft to cause them to have accidents, and then, to ruin their weekend completely, she turns all their cash into play money.
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #94 (April 1984)
-
Flub Bub
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #250 (November 1978)
-
Danger Arranger
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica talk about bikinis.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #249 (October 1978)
-
Chore Flaw
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Gladys Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead's mother asks him to mow the lawn.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #249 (October 1978)
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Tent Comment
Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Miss Grundy challenges Mr. Weatherbee to say something nice about Archie.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #249 (October 1978)
-
[no title indexed]
Mr. Lodge Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ahhh --- Peace and quiet!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge enjoys peace and quiet on the beach.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #43 (October 1975)
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Green Scene
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Gladys
- Synopsis
- Gladys thinks Archie has a beautiful shape to his head.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #249 (October 1978)
-
Castle Hassle
Big Moose / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Moose will fight anybody who tries to knock down his sand castle, including the tide.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #249 (October 1978)
-
Wheel Wail
Mr. Lodge / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge develops a healthy hatred for roller-skates.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #165 (September 1983)
-
Magic Moments
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie won't go to the beach with Jughead if he wears his "magic" girl attracting pin on his hat.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #531 (September 1983)
-
Hurly Burly
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Archie thinks it is the last week of school vacation.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #236 (September 1977)
- in Archie Giant Comics Bash (Archie, 2018 series) (2018)
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Table of Contents
-
0.
["Aren't you next, miss?"]
Archie -
1.
The Final Test
Archie -
2.
Stick Shtick
Betty -
3.
Gym Vim
Betty and Veronica -
4.
Rad Pad
Archie -
5.
Knuckle Chuckle
Big Moose -
6.
Stairway to the Stars
Betty and Veronica -
7.
Candid Caricature
Li'l Jinx's Chum Russ -
8.
Froggy Fracas
Sabrina -
9.
Key Glee
Ambrose -
10.
Seat Treat
Moose -
11.
Cloud Crowd
Mr. Weatherbee -
12.
It Seams Sew Sad
The Archies -
13.
The Uninvited
Sabrina -
14.
Fair Despair
Archie -
15.
Bet Vignette
Jughead -
16.
Book Mark
Archie -
17.
A Little Bull
Sabrina -
18.
Boss Toss
Jughead -
19.
Junk for Joy
Chuck 'n' Nancy -
20.
Jive Dive
Archie -
21.
Dog-Gone It
Archie -
22.
Shark Lark
Jughead -
23.
Ban the Body
Sabrina -
24.
Flake Outbreak
Moose -
25.
Pear Affair
Mr. Lodge -
26.
Base Bawl
Archie -
27.
Jerk for a Day
Jughead -
28.
Date Dotty
Veronica -
29.
Clean Scene
Mister Lodge -
30.
Bubble Trouble
Hot Dog -
31.
Wonder Blunder
Big Moose -
32.
Woman's Work
That Wilkin Boy -
33.
["She’s terrific…"]
Betty and Veronica Pin Up -
34.
The Wild Wooly West
Archie -
35.
The Gamblers
Archie -
36.
Strange Exchange
Veronica -
37.
Boomerang Magic
Josie and the Pussycats -
38.
Flub Bub
Archie -
39.
Danger Arranger
Betty and Veronica -
40.
Chore Flaw
Jughead -
41.
Tent Comment
Mr. Weatherbee -
42.
["Ahhh --- Peace and quiet!"]
Mr. Lodge Pin Up -
43.
Green Scene
Archie -
44.
Castle Hassle
Big Moose -
45.
Wheel Wail
Mr. Lodge -
46.
Magic Moments
Jughead -
47.
Hurly Burly
Archie
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