Everything's Archie!
#F4493
(August 1969)
Bantam Books,
1969 Series
- Price
- 0.50 USD
- Pages
- 132
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Bantam Books Inc.
- Brand
- A Bantam Book
- Editing
- ?
[no title indexed]
The Archies / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- America's No. 1 Favorite!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- The Archies: Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Hot Dog
Visit to a Small Panic
The Archies / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- The Archies: Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Lou Scheimer; Norm Prescott; Hal Sutherland; Charlie - Synopsis
- The Archies visit Filmation, the animation studio that produces their Saturday morning cartoon. The producers and director are astonished to find that the real Archies are crazier than the TV cartoon versions.
- Reprints
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from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #1 (May 1969)
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- Keywords
- animation; Filmation
Indexer Notes
Filmation producers Lou Scheimer and Norm Prescott, and their primary director Hal Sutherland, are caricatured here; Harry Lucey uses a more realistic drawing style for the real people than he does for the regulars.
When reprinted in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #260, writing is credited to George Gladir.
The Music Man
The Archies / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- The Archies: Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Hiram Lodge; Don Kirshner - Synopsis
- Veronica convinces her father to get the Archies an audition for music producer Don Kirshner.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #189 (March 1969)
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- Keywords
- music
Indexer Notes
Don Kirshner was the producer and owner of Calendar records, which produced the Archie record albums.
Power Play
The Archies / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- The Archies: Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate - Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge has just taken up the guitar and wants to practice with The Archies, but the boys have had an accident and their instruments are unplayable.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #76 (August 1968)
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Indexer Notes
In this story, Betty and Veronica are not part of the band.
Howling Success
The Archies / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- The Archies: Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Fred Andrews; Betty Cooper; Hot Dog; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate - Synopsis
- When Hot Dog howls during a music practice, Fred Andrews tells the Archies that their music is improving. Insulted, they leave the Andrews home, only to be insulted wherever they go.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #188 (February 1969)
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Indexer Notes
Reggie is on drums in this story and Jughead is on guitars.
In this story, Hot Dog is Archie's dog, not Jughead's.
In this story, Betty and Veronica are not part of the band.
Labor of Love
The Archies / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- The Archies: Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate; Roving Eye discotheque manager - Synopsis
- The discotheque that the Archies are playing at is robbed.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #72 (April 1968)
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Indexer Notes
Betty and Veronica are not yet members of the Archies at this time.
The Generation Gap
The Archies / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- The Archies: Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Fred Andrews; Betty Cooper; Hal Cooper; Hiram Lodge; Mr. Mantle - Synopsis
- The Archies try to find a place to practice, with Reggie's dad finally coming through for them.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #73 (May 1968)
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Indexer Notes
In this story, Betty and Veronica are not part of the band.
Fleeting Fame
The Archies / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- The Archies: Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Hiram Lodge; Boots Barker; Tonight Show booking agent; Johnny Carson (on phone, no dialog) - Synopsis
- Jughead accepts an invitation for The Archies to play at "The Riverboat," thinking it's the swanky New York club. When they realize they've been cheated, Jughead gets rid of another guy who offers a spot on "The Carson Show."
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #191 (June 1969)
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Indexer Notes
This story features the more familiar Archies membership with all five main characters.
Drum Beat
The Archies / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- The Archies: Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
gypsy; Dingbat Discotheque manager - Synopsis
- Jughead's drum has been stolen by another musical group trying to get a gig at the discotheque that already booked The Archies.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #219 (June 1969)
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Indexer Notes
Cannot tell from story whether Betty and Veronica are part of the band or not.
Poverty Program
The Archies / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- The Archies: Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Story set in prehistoric times where Hiram Lodge invents money in the form of large stone discs with holes in them. The Archies, except Veronica, decide they prefer poverty to carting around the heavy stones.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #192 (July 1969)
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Indexer Notes
Feature may be The Prehistoric Archies.
The Tune
Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- The Archies: Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Coach Kleats; Benjamin Flutesnoot; Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee - Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee decries the sudden popularity of The Archies.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #216 (March 1969)
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Indexer Notes
Text quotes some lyrics from The Archies' hit song "Bang Shang A Lang".
Uncertain if Veronica is part of the band, but Betty clearly is.
Songs for Sale
The Archies / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- The Archies: Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge - Synopsis
- Veronica objects to the fact that the Archies keep playing music for free.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #192 (July 1969)
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Indexer Notes
Veronica does not play in the band, though she is acting as a booking agent or manager.
Ode to Santa
The Archies / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- The Archies: Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Smithers - Synopsis
- Fed up with listening to the boys practice, Mr. Lodge rents them a practice hall far from his home, as a Christmas present.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #215 (February 1969)
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Indexer Notes
In this story, Betty and Veronica are not part of the band.
Everything's Archie
Mr. Lodge / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- The Archies: Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Smithers; Riverdale Gazette photographer - Synopsis
- Archie's face is everywhere and Mr. Lodge is not happy about it.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #227 (March 1969)
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Indexer Notes
The Archies appear only on a giant photographic mural.
Riverside Lament
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- The Archies: Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge - Synopsis
- The girls find the boys ready to quit being "The Archies," because they feel unappreciated as lyricists.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #157 (January 1969)
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Indexer Notes
In this story, the Archies consist only of the three boys. Betty and Veronica were added to the group later to tie in with the Archies records and cartoon show.
Quiet Zone
Archie / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- The Archies: Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Smithers - Synopsis
- Archie's father demands Archie stay around the house to help his mother with chores, rather than spend his time at the Lodge estate. Complying with his father's demands, Archie invites his friends along, which doesn't help his father's attempt to sleep.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #50 (February 1969)
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Indexer Notes
In this story, Betty and Veronica are not part of the band.
Record Breaking
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- The Archies: Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Veronica Lodge; Slipped Disk Recording Co. employee - Synopsis
- The Archies try to make a recording of their music for a TV audition.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #227 (March 1969)
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Indexer Notes
For this story, the Archies do not include Betty or Veronica, just Archie, Reggie and Jughead.
Band-Aid
Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- The Archies: Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Smithers - Synopsis
- Veronica volunteers to book a band at the last minute for her father's party for important business contacts. What Mr. Lodge doesn't know is that she plans to book "The Archies."
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #157 (January 1969)
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Indexer Notes
In this story, Betty and Veronica are not part of the band.
Christmas Present?
Archie / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- The Archies: Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs - Synopsis
- The boys don't want to sing the same old Christmas carols with the girls, so they go off on their own, but the people of Riverdale don't respond well to their modern lyrics.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #158 (January 1969)
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- Keywords
- Christmas; Christmas carols
Indexer Notes
Credits from the printing in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #256.
In this story, Betty and Veronica are not part of the band.
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Table of Contents
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0.
["America's No. 1 Favorite!"]
The Archies -
1.
Visit to a Small Panic
The Archies -
2.
The Music Man
The Archies -
3.
Power Play
The Archies -
4.
Howling Success
The Archies -
5.
Labor of Love
The Archies -
6.
The Generation Gap
The Archies -
7.
Fleeting Fame
The Archies -
8.
Drum Beat
The Archies -
9.
Poverty Program
The Archies -
10.
The Tune
Mr. Weatherbee -
11.
Songs for Sale
The Archies -
12.
Ode to Santa
The Archies -
13.
Everything's Archie
Mr. Lodge -
14.
Riverside Lament
Betty and Veronica -
15.
Quiet Zone
Archie -
16.
Record Breaking
Archie -
17.
Band-Aid
Veronica -
18.
Christmas Present?
Archie
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Jochen G.
- Katy Hayhurst
- Donald Dale Milne
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Dan Stevenson
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