(December 2009)
Archie,
1984 Series
- Price
- 3.99 USD
- Pages
- 180
- Indicia Frequency
- 10 times a year (monthly except Jan. and July)
- On-sale Date
- 2009
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Library
- Barcode
- 762816469517 20311
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
Archie Goodbye Forever
Archie / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Norm Breyfogle (signed)
- Inks
- Norm Breyfogle (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Chuck Clayton; Dilton Doily; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Indexer Notes
New Look art.
![Cover Thumbnail for Archie's Double Digest Magazine (1984 series) #203 [Newsstand]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1291/w100/1291976.jpg?5720345468590838390)
Archie Goodbye Forever Part 4
Archie / comic story / 27 pages
- Script
- Melanie J. Morgan
- Pencils
- Norm Breyfogle
- Inks
- Norm Breyfogle
- Colors
- Stephanie Vozzo
- Letters
- John Workman
- Genre
- teen
Indexer Notes
Listed on cover.
Forward Pass
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's not Jughead's fault, Dad!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead helps himself to all of the mashed potatoes.
- Reprints
-
from Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #67 (October 1995)
-
Byte the Dust
Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Compared to Moose's mind, my brain is a master computer!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Reggie compares his mind to Moose's.
- Reprints
- from Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #67 (October 1995)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Which soda flavor should I choose?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #293 (December 2018)
-
Indexer Notes
Unscramble the letters puzzle.
The People's Choice
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Nancy Woods; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie and Chuck run against each other for class president.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #182 (June 1977)
-
Indexer Notes
When reprinted in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #271, writing is credited to George Gladir.
Fall Guy
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (credited)
- Pencils
- Tim Kennedy (credited)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Nancy Woods
- Synopsis
- Archie is clumsy outside the skating rink but is perfect when roller blading.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #282 (October 2017) which is reprinted
-
- Keywords
- roller blades
Fleet Meet
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, Gloria! Have you seen Archie!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Dilton Doily; Jughead Jones; Gloria; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Jughead asks Gloria if she has seen Archie.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #271 (August 1980)
-
- Keywords
- rollerskates
Woe Foreknow
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There's a 20% chance of rain tomorrow!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie listens to the weather forecast.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #271 (August 1980)
-
Wheels of Fortune
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie! It's poor Mrs. Trimble! She's being dispossessed! Put out in the street!!
- Genre
- drama; humor; teen
- Characters
- Mrs. Trimble; Orson Wales
- Synopsis
- An old woman is being kicked out of her home by her landlord, Orson Wales. Archie manages to turn the table on Wales when it turns out that one of her few possessions is his beloved childhood wagon, "Thunderbolt."
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #168 (April 1976)
-
Indexer Notes
A take-off on the movie "Citizen Kane."
The Grand Opening
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Ethan Andrews; Thomas Jefferson; Benjamin Franklin; John Adams; John Livingston; Roger Sherman
- Synopsis
- Fred tells Archie about how their ancestor, Ethan Andrews, helped Thomas Jefferson come up with the opening lines to the Declaration of Independence.
- Reprints
- from World of Archie (Archie, 1992 series) #15 (June 1995)
-
- Keywords
- Declaration of Independence; Revolutionary War
Man with a Horn
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mr. Waldo Weatherbee; Chuck Clayton; Phil Harmonic; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Archie has ambitions to learn to play the trumpet, but his tin ear gets in the way.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #418 (December 1993)
-
Someone You Can Count On
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie is determined to help Mr. Lodge launch his yacht, no matter what Mr. Lodge wants.
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #62 (November 1978)
-
Indexer Notes
Writer credit from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #271. The same reprint lists Rudy Lapick as the inker.
What's the Story
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
- That was some terrific little league ball game! Fourteen innings, wow!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Synopsis
- After accidentally standing up the girls, Archie and Reggie try to concoct a good cover story.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #115 (July 1979)
-
Revolutionized Chemistry
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Professor Flutesnoot
- Synopsis
- Archie is eager to get to chemistry class.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #144 (January 1970)
-
- Keywords
- chemistry
Archie's Greetings Puzzle!
activity / 1 page
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #124 (July 1986)
-
The Resistance Movement
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- drama; humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Charlie Goodwill
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee is being promoted to a better-paying job at another school. His replacement, the deceptively-named Charlie Goodwill, is an authoritarian who tells the kids that he's had it with their generation doing their own thing, and that they'll have to do everything his way, or else.
- Reprints
- from Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 1972 series) #12 (December 1973)
-
- Keywords
- student protest
Saving Time
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #96 (July 1998)
-
Indexer Notes
Information on this sequence supplied by Lou Maldonado via the GCD Contact form.
Sorry, Coach
Archie / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Coach Kleats; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Without Archie in the race, Reggie has no motivation to win.
- Reprints
- from Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 1972 series) #65 (August 1979)
-
- Keywords
- track meet
The Grim Creeper
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- ? [as Kennedy]
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Reggie's performance creeps into people's hearts and souls.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #464 (October 1997)
-
An Interest in Business
Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- children
- Synopsis
- Little Archie wins a shopping spree for sporting goods.
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #81 (May 1981)
-
The Fortune
Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The crystal ball shows much misfortune and disaster --- --- It will happen to Little Archie tomorrow!
- Feature Logo
Little Archie- Genre
- humor; children
- Synopsis
- A phony fortune teller tricks Little Archie into getting his family out of the house so that it can be robbed.
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #179 (December 1982)
-
- Keywords
- fortune telling
A Home Grown Gal
Little Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen; children
- Characters
- Little Archie; Little Veronica; Little Jughead; Smithers; Professor Flutesnoot; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Veronica is mad at Archie because she thinks he has a new girlfriend.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #390 (August 1985)
-
A Sorry Affair
Little Archie / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You did a fine job raking my lawn, little Archie!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Archie loses the money that Mr. Weatherbee paid him.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #545 (January 1985)
-
Trance Stance
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Archie Andrews; Dr. Wise
- Synopsis
- Dr. Wise implants a hypnotic suggestion to help Archie be less clumsy but Archie's parents decide to have it removed when they don't like the change in Archie.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #146 (November 2003)
-
The Big Thinker
Archie / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty cannot decide if Archie is a deep thinker or just aggravating.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #32 (April 1974)
-
The Cookie Conspiracy!
Archie & Friends / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren
- Pencils
- Dick Malmgren
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Veronica creates some fortune cookies with special messages for her and Archie and plans to have them during a meal at the Chinese restaurant.
- Reprints
- from Archie & Friends (Archie, 1992 series) #32 (December 1998)
-
Time After Time
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Reprints
The Nose Knows
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie's mom knows how to get him out of bed.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #243 (April 1978)
-
Heaven Scent
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead plan to have a final barbecue before it's too cold. Events, however, conspire against them.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #418 (December 1993)
-
Carsick
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski
- Pencils
- ? [as DeCarlo]
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge is trading in his old car for a new one, and he and Archie reminisce about old cars they wish they still had.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #137 (November 2002)
-
The Error of His Ways
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Pop Tate; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie has his trip to school timed so that he can arrive at the precise moment the bell rings.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #107 (August 1976)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the 2015 digest reprint.
Sporting Goods Search!!
Archie's Sports Page!! / activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- from Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #2 (February 1987)
-
Indexer Notes
Find a word puzzle and a hockey themed maze.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here's the information you wanted, sir!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Miss Phlips
- Synopsis
- Archie gives the wrong information to Mr. Weatherbee.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #98 (December 1981)
-
You Know It's Not Your Day When...
Archie Says / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You win the door prize at a charity bazaar...
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley; Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Pop Tate
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #392 (January 1984)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #271 (September 2016)
-
Indexer Notes
Six two-panel gags.
Tricky Triumph
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #239 (December 1977)
-
Triangle Angle
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #211 (December 2004)
-
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Archie Goodbye Forever
Archie -
1.
[no title indexed]
Archie -
2.
Archie Goodbye Forever Part 4
Archie -
3.
Forward Pass
Archie -
4.
Byte the Dust
Reggie -
5.
["Which soda flavor should I choose?"]
Archie -
6.
The People's Choice
Archie -
7.
Fall Guy
Archie -
8.
Fleet Meet
Archie -
9.
Woe Foreknow
Archie -
10.
Wheels of Fortune
Archie -
11.
The Grand Opening
Archie -
12.
Man with a Horn
Archie -
13.
Someone You Can Count On
Archie -
14.
What's the Story
Archie -
15.
Revolutionized Chemistry
Archie -
16.
Archie's Greetings Puzzle!
-
17.
The Resistance Movement
Archie -
18.
Saving Time
Archie -
19.
Sorry, Coach
Archie -
20.
The Grim Creeper
Archie -
21.
An Interest in Business
Little Archie -
22.
The Fortune
Little Archie -
23.
A Home Grown Gal
Little Archie -
24.
A Sorry Affair
Little Archie -
25.
Trance Stance
Archie -
26.
The Big Thinker
Archie -
27.
The Cookie Conspiracy!
Archie & Friends -
28.
Time After Time
Archie -
29.
The Nose Knows
Archie -
30.
Heaven Scent
Archie -
31.
Carsick
Archie -
32.
The Error of His Ways
Archie -
33.
Sporting Goods Search!!
Archie's Sports Page!! -
34.
["Here's the information you wanted, sir!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
35.
You Know It's Not Your Day When...
Archie Says -
36.
Tricky Triumph
Archie -
37.
Triangle Angle
Archie
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