(November 1992)
Archie,
1977 Series
- Price
- 1.50 USD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- 6 times a year in Jan., Mar., May, July, Sept. and Nov.
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Digest Library
- Barcode
- 071896468533 83
- Editing
- Nanci Tsetsekas; Victor Gorelick; Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
ISSN 07472668
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, good! Archie must be awake!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Pass It On
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Dan Parent
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman; Nanci Tsetsekas; Caryn Antoniuk
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Tony; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; two unnamed acquaintances of Jughead's
- Synopsis
- Several people have had bad experiences with Jughead and they pass on messages physically to Archie for his friend.
- Reprints
-
in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #95 (October 1997)
-
Tricky Triumph
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; magician
- Synopsis
- A magician get Archie to volunteer for a disappearing act, and makes Archie's clothes disappear.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #239 (December 1977)
-
Tool Fool
Big Moose / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Dilton Doily; Archie Andrews (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Moose fixes a broken toy for someone using Dilton's new book.
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #26 (August 1974)
-
Sky High
Sabrina The Teenage Witch / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda
- Synopsis
- Aunt Hilda takes Sabrina to a witches-only diner.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #3 (August 1987)
-
Limelight Lament
Josie and The Pussycats / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Josie McCoy; Valerie Brown
- Synopsis
- Josie laments that The Pussycats are not as successful as The Go-Go's.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #326 (November 1983)
-
Kidded Kidders
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Sophie Himmeldimmel; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Reggie and Archie try to play a practical joke on Jughead but he turns the tables.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #80 (January 1962)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprinting in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #195. No credits are listed in this digest.
A Gymnastic Twist
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Sylvia; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Betty aces out Veronica for the last spot on the football cheerleading squad, so Veronica talks her into joining the gymnastic squad instead, to get her out of Archie's sight. But Archie injures himself and has to substitute gymnastic squad scorekeeping instead of playing football, so he still ends up spending time with Betty.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #144 (March 1985)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #226, no credits listed in this digest.
The Perfect Fool
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Reggie claims to be perfect, but Archie and Jughead find ways to show him the error of his ways.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #166 (August 1966)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Duck Luck
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie and Reggie get positions on the girls hockey team...as mascots.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #350 (August 1987)
-
Indexer Notes
Bottom of page has 2-line text ad for Archie Digest books at Waldenbooks and other locations.
In Trance Form
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Reggie and Archie try to convince Jughead that he can actually hypnotize people, but lose a bet to Jughead when he turns the tables.
- Reprints
Joke of the Month Club
Archie Presents / cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #211 (August 1975)
-
Indexer Notes
Twelve gags.
Twister: Part I
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie and friends are cought in a tornado, which hurls the car containing Jughead into the air.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #161 (September 1975)
-
Indexer Notes
Continued in Part II.
Twister: Part II
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; radio announcer
- Synopsis
- Archie, Betty, and Jughead are left okay by the tornado and survey the cleanup work to be done.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #161 (September 1975)
-
Indexer Notes
Concluded from Part I.
Have You Seen The New & Improved Archie Newspaper Comic Strip?
Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Dancing Boy
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; female gym instructor; female gym students
- Synopsis
- Archie joins the dance class on a dare and so many girls swoon over his dancing that the whole football team joins to better meet the girls.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #305 (June 1981)
-
- Keywords
- ballet
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Outgoing
Sabrina The Teenage Witch / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Aunt Hilda; Sabrina Spellman; Harvey (cameo); nephew of Aunt Hilda's; Wanda; purse-snatcher
- Synopsis
- Aunt Hilda is lonely when everyone else appears to be out on a date, so she zaps up a man but he is a bust. She then captures a purse-snatcher and keeps him for awhile to enjoy the afternoon with.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series) #48 (September 1978)
-
Just A Simple Melody
Josie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine; Valerie Brown; Alexandra Cabot; Mr. Cabot; thieves; Bruno (a dog); police officer
- Synopsis
- The Cabots are lured away from home by a scam, but the rest of the Pussycats are house-sitting, and Melody captures the thieves using Bruno.
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #65 (March 1979)
-
Picture Road Signs For Teens
Reggie Presents / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle
- Reprints
- from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #48 (January 1979)
-
Indexer Notes
Phony highway-type signs with gag messages.
Sweet Tooth
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Dr. Wilson; Dr. Wilson's nurse
- Synopsis
- Jughead gets a toothache from eating hard candy, so Archie rushes him to a dentist. Instead of getting the tooth repaired Jughead merely wants novocaine so he can continue eating, but the novocaine makes everything taste like cardboard.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #232 (September 1974)
-
Go For It
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Coach Kleats; student trying out for football team
- Synopsis
- A new student tries out for kicking on the football team and does better than Reggie, though small in stature.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #346 (March 1987)
-
- Keywords
- football
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #243.
Laugh-In
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday (Li'l Jinx's father)
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx is watching the weather and laughing at the inaccurate forecast.
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #13 (August 1972)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from interview with Jim Amash.
Pin-Up Page
Archie / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica is testing lipstick and Archie is enjoying the kissing.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #151 (December 1964)
-
Recycling With Veronica
Veronica / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Pre-Consumer Recycling Fairy; Post-Consumer Recycling Fairy; Archie Andrews (cameo on cover of comic only)
- Synopsis
- Veronica gets a lesson in recycling after noticing that Archie comics use recycled paper.
Cooking Up a Story
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Archie Andrews; Chef Gratin (on TV); Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Fred is confused when Archie takes up cooking and Betty fixes his car, reversing the roles Fred has been used to.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #349 (July 1987)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from original printing.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Oh, good! Archie must be awake!"]
Archie -
1.
Pass It On
Archie -
2.
Tricky Triumph
Archie -
3.
Tool Fool
Big Moose -
4.
Sky High
Sabrina The Teenage Witch -
5.
Limelight Lament
Josie and The Pussycats -
6.
Kidded Kidders
Jughead -
7.
A Gymnastic Twist
Betty -
8.
This Year...Take Home a Club Med Vacation!
Archie and The Gang -
9.
The Perfect Fool
Archie -
10.
Duck Luck
Archie -
11.
In Trance Form
Jughead -
12.
Joke of the Month Club
Archie Presents -
13.
Twister: Part I
Archie -
14.
Twister: Part II
Archie -
15.
Have You Seen The New & Improved Archie Newspaper Comic Strip?
Archie -
16.
Dancing Boy
Archie -
17.
Outgoing
Sabrina The Teenage Witch -
18.
Just A Simple Melody
Josie -
19.
Picture Road Signs For Teens
Reggie Presents -
20.
Editor's Notebook
Editor's Notebook -
21.
Sweet Tooth
Jughead -
22.
Go For It
Archie -
23.
Laugh-In
Li'l Jinx -
24.
Pin-Up Page
Archie -
25.
Recycling With Veronica
Veronica -
26.
Cooking Up a Story
Archie
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- Hector G. Dueñas G.
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Donald Dale Milne
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Per Sandell
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
- Gregg Whitmore
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