(February 1990)
Archie,
1977 Series
- Price
- 1.50 USD
- Pages
- 132
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Digest Library
- Barcode
- 071896468533 66
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, the ski instructor is going to teach us how to fall!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Keywords
- skiing
Think Power!
Archie and the Gang / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Al Hartley
- Pencils
- Al Hartley
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli
- Colors
- Barry Grossman; Nanci Dakesian
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
Brolly Folly
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Reprints
-
from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #157 (February 1971)
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Election Selection
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doiley; Moose Mason
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #182 (March 1973)
-
- Keywords
- election; money; treasurer
Beau Woe
Mr. Lodge / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #182 (March 1973)
-
Reggie's Cam-Pain!
Reggie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Councilman Arthur Van Painter; Archie Andrews; Professor Flutesnoot; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Reggie, campaigning for class president, gets advice from his cousin Arthur, who is running for City Councilman.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #89 (December 1996)
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Spirit Sprite
Ethel / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump; Hot Dog
- Synopsis
- The gang insists that Jughead must ask Ethel to the Christmas dance.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #454 (January 1977)
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Now That I Think of It!
Big Moose / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Midge Klump
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #182 (March 1973)
-
Lib Rib
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #182 (March 1973)
-
Club Flub
Dilton / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Dilton Doiley; Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #182 (March 1973)
-
Project Help
Betty / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Alice Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty lures Archie to her house on the pretext of helping her with a school project.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #65 (April 1975)
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Shopworn
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Mrs. Gotrocks; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie pretends to be rich while shopping at a jewelry store for Veronica's Christmas present.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #240 (December 1975)
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- Keywords
- Christmas shopping; gift; jewelry; present
Indexer Notes
spoofs Tiffany's jewelry store as "Tippany's"
The Real Power
Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina; Aunt Hilda; Cousin Ambrose
- Synopsis
- Hilda tries to play tricks on people to ruin their Christmas spirit, but something keeps ruining her spells.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #220 (December 1973)
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Unclean Scene
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #207 (April 1975)
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Speechless
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Archie and Reggie fix up Mr. Weatherbee on a blind date because he is down in the dumps during Christmas.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #240 (December 1975)
-
- Keywords
- blind date; Christmas
Falling Star
Josie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Josie; Melody; Valerie
- Synopsis
- Melody is already a good skater, but now she's teaching herself to fall down on the ice. Josie and Valerie find out why.
- Reprints
- from Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1969 series) #87 (February 1976)
-
- Keywords
- ice skating
Tree Glee
Archie and the Gang / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
- Synopsis
- The gang only has a few dollars to buy a tree and get refreshments for the school Christmas party so they decide to chop down their own tree.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #216 (December 1973)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas tree
Seat Feat
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #207 (April 1975)
-
Tag Wag
Hot Dog / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Hot Dog; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #207 (April 1975)
-
Mr. Nice Guy
Archie / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee catches Archie sleeping in study hall but takes it easy on him when he mentions all of the school work he had to do the previous night.
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #135 (August 1982)
-
Truth Time
Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina
- Synopsis
- Sabrina tries to convince a disillusioned child that there really is magic to Christmas.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #243 (January 1976)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; mall; Santa Claus
Cast Blast
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- After Veronica outmaneuvers her for Archie at the ski lodge, Betty allows Dilton to practice splinting legs on her. And the cast suddenly makes her the center of attention at the lodge.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #241 (December 1975)
-
- Keywords
- skiing
Phone Fun
Reggie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
- Reprints
- from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #44 (January 1978)
-
Kissless Christmas
Archie and the Gang / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Ethel Muggs; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley; Midge Klump
- Synopsis
- In order to help Ethel out, Veronica proposes a kissing game during the gang's Christmas celebration. But the plan doesn't proceed as she hoped it would.
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #30 (February 1975)
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Candy Dandy
Reggie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
- Reprints
- from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #53 (May 1980)
-
Growl Howl
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica warns Archie and Jughead that loud noises could set off an avalanche.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #63 (April 1979)
-
- Keywords
- avalanches
Chore Score
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie makes a list of the chores he needs to do.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #274 (January 1981)
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Bizarre Car
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie gets a new rear-view mirror for his car.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #274 (January 1981)
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Noteworthy
Life with Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Eeyabbadabba dooby-doo!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- When Veronica breaks her date with Archie, Fred tries to cheer his son up.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #165 (January 1976)
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Indexer Notes
Credits from reprint.
You Know You're a Super Bore If--
Reggie Says / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Four panels, each with a different completion of the sentence begun in the title.
- Reprints
- from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #41 (May 1977)
-
Spirited Sprite
Cousin Ambrose / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Thinking of applying for the job, cousin Ambrose?
- Genre
- humor; children; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Cousin Ambrose
- Synopsis
- Ambrose takes a job as a department store Santa and zaps up presents for everyone.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #515 (January 1982)
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Gift of Gab
Archie / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Santa Claus
- Reprints
The "A" and "B" of It
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Smithers the butler
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead show up to help Betty and Veronica decorate the Lodge Christmas tree - - if you can call that "help".
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #241 (December 1975)
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Deceive Peeve
Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Cousin Elmo; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- In an effort to get Archie away from Betty, Veronica invites him to entertain some orphans, then sends Elmo to recruit some.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #229 (December 1974)
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Indexer Notes
Writer credit taken from digest reprint.
Can You Top This
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica pontificates on the joy of the Christmas season.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #241 (December 1975)
-
Lip Service
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #547 (January 1985)
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Table of Contents
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0.
["Archie, the ski instructor is going to teach us how to fall!"]
Archie -
1.
Think Power!
Archie and the Gang -
2.
Brolly Folly
Archie -
3.
Election Selection
Archie -
4.
Beau Woe
Mr. Lodge -
5.
Reggie's Cam-Pain!
Reggie -
6.
Spirit Sprite
Ethel -
7.
Now That I Think of It!
Big Moose -
8.
Lib Rib
Archie -
9.
Club Flub
Dilton -
10.
Project Help
Betty -
11.
Shopworn
Archie -
12.
The Real Power
Sabrina -
13.
Unclean Scene
Betty and Veronica -
14.
Speechless
Archie -
15.
Falling Star
Josie -
16.
Tree Glee
Archie and the Gang -
17.
Seat Feat
Archie -
18.
Tag Wag
Hot Dog -
19.
Mr. Nice Guy
Archie -
20.
Truth Time
Sabrina -
21.
Cast Blast
Betty and Veronica -
22.
Phone Fun
Reggie -
23.
Kissless Christmas
Archie and the Gang -
24.
Candy Dandy
Reggie -
25.
Growl Howl
Jughead -
26.
Chore Score
Archie -
27.
Bizarre Car
Archie -
28.
Noteworthy
Life with Archie -
29.
You Know You're a Super Bore If--
Reggie Says -
30.
Spirited Sprite
Cousin Ambrose -
31.
Gift of Gab
Archie -
32.
The "A" and "B" of It
Betty and Veronica -
33.
Deceive Peeve
Veronica -
34.
Can You Top This
Betty and Veronica -
35.
Lip Service
Betty and Veronica
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