(April 1991)
Archie,
1977 Series
- Price
- 1.50 USD
- Pages
- 132
- Indicia Frequency
- 6 times a year in Feb, April, June, Aug, Oct, and Dec
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Digest Library; Archie 50th Anniversary
- Barcode
- 071896468533 73
- Editing
- Richard H. Goldwater (editor); Victor Gorelick (editor); Nanci Tsetsekas (editor)
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (signed)
- Inks
- Mike Esposito (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Have you had experience working in a bakery?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
The Key to It All
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Paul Castiglia
- Pencils
- Henry Scarpelli
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Archie is locked out of his house.
- Reprints
-
in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #35 (February 1996)
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A Fine Example
Reggie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Geraldine Grundy; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Miss Grundy teaches about ants.
- Reprints
- from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #11 (February 1970)
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Scratch Catch
Hot Dog / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Hot Dog
- Synopsis
- Jughead warns Reggie to stay away from Hot Dog.
- Reprints
- from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #11 (February 1970)
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Play Sway
Reggie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Mr. Mantle; Mrs. Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Mrs. Mantle likes the Archies practicing at their house, because Mr. Mantle will then take her out to dinner.
- Reprints
- from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #11 (February 1970)
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Near Miss
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty practically attaches herself to Archie and people begin to notice.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #72 (February 1976)
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Indexer Notes
Originally printed in Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #72 with Betty and Me appearing in the title block instead of Betty and Veronica.
Nutty Note
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Edwards ?
- Pencils
- Joe Edwards ?
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Jon D'Agostino
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead overhears two girls gossiping and can't follow the conversation.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #38 (April 1974)
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Beware the Pretty Pirate
comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Chuck Clayton; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Hiram Lodge; Smithers; Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Mid-term is a strange time to be having a school party, but that’s when Mr. Weatherbee and Miss Grundy are scheduled to take their leave! What? You thought they were happy here? Well, that was before “Long Jane Silver“ sailed into view! That was just before our young friends learned to--- Beware the Pretty Pirate!
- Reprints
- from Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 1972 series) #55 (July 1978)
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Flying High
Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda; Cousin Ambrose; unidentified police officer
- Synopsis
- When one too many people take a skeptical view of Hilda's claim that she saw a flying saucer, she uses magic to make him doubt his own skepticism.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series) #54 (August 1979)
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No Sale
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #86 (April 1976)
-
Nice Ice
Little Archie / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Little Betty Cooper; Hermione Lodge
- Synopsis
- Emboldened by smaller successes, Little Archie tries to carve a swan ice sculpture for a Lodge dinner party.
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #105 (April 1976)
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The Cold Shoulder
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie allows Betty to join him on an ice fishing trip, which turns out to be a bad idea for Archie.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #92 (April 1978)
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Groupie Session
The Archies / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's going on?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- The Archies [Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge]
- Synopsis
- Veronica discovers that Reggie is paying girls to cheer for him at performances by The Archies.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #231 (May 1982)
-
Career Wise
Mort the Worry Wart / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Mort; Fat Charley; Li'l Jinx; Gigi; Greg
- Synopsis
- Mort worries about what he is going to be when he grows up.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #334 (January 1979)
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Stocks and Bonds
Sabrina / comic story / 0.67 page
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina; Aunt Hilda; Salem
Spade Aid
Reggie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- While playing a football game in a snowstorm, Reggie comes up with a plan to win on the final play of the game.
- Reprints
- from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #11 (February 1970)
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Prof. Lovett, Prof. Lovett, Wherefore Art Thou, Prof. Lovett...?!!
Archie and the Gang / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee; Mr. Monet; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Dilton Doiley; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Miss Lovett
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee hires a new drama teacher and the gang goes out of their way to impress him...or is it her??
- Reprints
- from Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 1972 series) #108 (April 1986)
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Call to Arms
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren (credited)
- Pencils
- Dick Malmgren (credited)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Reggie thinks he has the secret to beating Moose in arm-wrestling.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #95 (April 1977)
-
- Keywords
- arm wrestling
The Dead Line
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren
- Pencils
- Dick Malmgren
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Don't forget now, Archie! You and I have to work after 3 o'clock today to meet the deadline for the school paper!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie agrees to work with Betty on the school newspaper after school, until Veronica invites him to go ice skating. When Archie declines her invitation, Veronica threatens to invite Reggie instead, so Archie tries to ditch Betty.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #92 (April 1978)
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Required Reading
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie resorts to black magic to make Mr. Lodge like him.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #132 (March 1962)
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Bunny Bully
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #75 (April 1980)
-
Throw Woe
Reggie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doiley; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Dilton builds a snowball throwing machine to get even with Reggie.
- Reprints
- from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #11 (February 1970)
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Sculpture Schemer
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Mr. Frederico
- Synopsis
- Veronica and a professional sculptor enter a snow sculpture contest to prevent Betty and Archie from winning the five hundred dollar prize and spending it together.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #303 (March 1981)
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Pole Toll
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Jughead broke Archie's ski poles.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #38 (April 1974)
-
- Keywords
- skiing
Paper Caper
Reggie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Mrs. Mantle; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Reggie informs his mother that he's hired Archie and Jughead to wallpaper the house for a fraction of what it would normally cost.
- Reprints
- from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #11 (February 1970)
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Broom Boom
Archie and the Gang / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mr. Weatherbee, it's most unfair! Boys are getting more money for athletics than girls!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs; Betty Cooper; Waldo Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Midge Klump
- Synopsis
- To get more money for girls' athletics, the girls challenge the boys to a game of broom hockey.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #92 (April 1978)
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Easy Does It
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Gladys Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead's Mom doesn't want Jughead laying around wasting his time.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #38 (April 1974)
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Indexer Notes
Three panels in a vertical format on the left side of the page.
Wait State
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Jughead has become a snowman while waiting for Pop Tate to open.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #38 (April 1974)
-
Indexer Notes
Three panels presented vertically on the right-hand side of the page.
Turnpike Treachery Part 1
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (credited)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jumpin' juggernauts!
- Genre
- crime; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- A truck full of furs overturns and Archie helps out the men in the truck but they turn out to be crooks.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #231 (May 1982)
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Turnpike Treachery Part II
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (credited)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Drive up into the back of that truck!
- Genre
- crime; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #231 (May 1982)
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Table of Contents
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0.
["Have you had experience working in a bakery?"]
Archie -
1.
The Key to It All
Archie -
2.
A Fine Example
Reggie -
3.
Scratch Catch
Hot Dog -
4.
Play Sway
Reggie -
5.
Near Miss
Betty and Veronica -
6.
Nutty Note
Jughead -
7.
Beware the Pretty Pirate
-
8.
Flying High
Sabrina -
9.
No Sale
Archie -
10.
Nice Ice
Little Archie -
11.
The Cold Shoulder
Archie -
12.
Groupie Session
The Archies -
13.
Career Wise
Mort the Worry Wart -
14.
Stocks and Bonds
Sabrina -
15.
Spade Aid
Reggie -
16.
Prof. Lovett, Prof. Lovett, Wherefore Art Thou, Prof. Lovett...?!!
Archie and the Gang -
17.
Call to Arms
Archie -
18.
The Dead Line
Archie -
19.
Required Reading
Archie -
20.
Bunny Bully
Archie -
21.
Throw Woe
Reggie -
22.
Sculpture Schemer
Betty and Veronica -
23.
Pole Toll
Jughead -
24.
Paper Caper
Reggie -
25.
Broom Boom
Archie and the Gang -
26.
Easy Does It
Jughead -
27.
Wait State
Jughead -
28.
Turnpike Treachery Part 1
Archie -
29.
Turnpike Treachery Part II
Archie
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