(December 2011)

Archie, 2010 Series
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On-sale Date
2011-10-12
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Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
The Archie Library
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071896468502 11
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World of Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Fernando Ruiz (signed)
Inks
Rich Koslowski (signed)
Colors
Rosario Peña (signed)
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Wow, Betty! Love the hair!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper

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Archie Comics Digital Universe

Indexer Notes

Promoting Archie Comic's digital download app.

Inside front cover.

What the 'Do Did! (Table of Contents: 2)

World of Archie / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Craig Boldman (credited)
Pencils
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Inks
Rich Koslowski (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters
Phil Felix (credited)
Editing
Victor Gorelick (editor/editor-in-chief)

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Tomoko; Trula Twyst
Synopsis
Archie believes Betty has the blues after he breaks a date with her because her hair style keeps changing.
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Sound the Alarm (Table of Contents: 3)

Svenson / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
George Gladir (credited)
Pencils
Pat Kennedy (credited)
Inks
Ken Selig (credited)
Colors
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Genre
humor
Characters
Svenson; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis
Svenson warns the principal about a storm brewing.
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Archie Meets KISS

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Promo for the Archie Meets KISS mini series.

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Archie Wall Art now available

Indexer Notes

Information on ordering Archie Wall Art.

Rare Scare (Table of Contents: 6)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Craig Boldman
Pencils
Rex Lindsey (credited)
Inks
Rich Koslowski (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters
Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Miss Beazly; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Reggie thinks Jughead is trying to scare him so he's trying to catch Jughead in the act.
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Indexer Notes

Script credit from Craig Boldman. Script credited to George Gladir in this printing.

Test Tube Tizzy (Table of Contents: 7)

Dilton / activity / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
teen
Characters
Dilton Doiley
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Indexer Notes

Unscramble the words puzzle.

Double Talk (Table of Contents: 8)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir (credited)
Pencils
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Inks
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters
Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Archie takes care of the Lodges' parrot.
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How to Keep Physically Fit (Without Doing Anything) (Table of Contents: 9)

Prof. Jughead's Educational Corner / comic story / 3.67 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir (credited)
Pencils
Samm Schwartz (credited)
Inks
Samm Schwartz (credited)
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Letters
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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Jughead teaches exercises that require no actual work.
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Baddie Daddy (Table of Contents: 10)

Moose / comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Miss Grundy; Moose Mason
Synopsis
Miss Grundy asks Moose to define "recreation".
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Kevin Keller Four Issue Mini-series

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Order form for the 4 issue Kevin Keller mini series.

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The Best of Archie Comics

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House ad for The Best of Archie collection.

[Adventures of Young Dr. Masters #2] (Table of Contents: 13)

Young Dr. Masters / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
adventure; medical; drama
Characters
Dr. David Masters
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Operation Plane Crash! (Table of Contents: 14)

Young Dr. Masters / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Bernstein (credited)
Pencils
John Rosenberger (credited)
Inks
John Rosenberger (credited)
Colors
Sal Contrera (credited)
Letters
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Genre
adventure; medical; drama
Characters
Dr. David Masters; Nurse Sally Redmond; Peter Valant; Paula Valant; Victor Raleigh; Chuck
Synopsis
Dr. Masters parachutes in to help the victims of a plane crash, but finds himself dealing with a crazed murderer.
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Keywords
plane crash

A Case of Bad Blood! (Table of Contents: 15)

Young Dr. Masters / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Bernstein (credited)
Pencils
John Rosenberger (credited)
Inks
John Rosenberger (credited)
Colors
Sal Contrera (credited)
Letters
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Genre
medical; drama
Characters
Dr. David Masters; Nurse Sally Redmond; Bill Redmond; Andy Roper
Synopsis
Sally tells Dr. Masters' about the rivalry between her uncle, a construction foreman and the man he works for. Later, David and Sally are called to the construction site where both men have been injured in an accident, and one needs a transfusion from the other.
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Life with Archie Magazine

Indexer Notes

Subscription information for Life With Archie magazine.

Mystery Date (Table of Contents: 17)

Miss Beazly / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Golliher (credited)
Pencils
Rex Lindsey (credited)
Inks
Rich Koslowski (credited)
Colors
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Letters
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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Miss Beazly; Svenson; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Pop Tate
Synopsis
Miss Beazly meets a man on an internet dating service.
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Autumn in Riverdale (Table of Contents: 18)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Greg Crosby (credited)
Pencils
Pat Kennedy (credited)
Inks
Ken Selig (credited)
Colors
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Letters
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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Miss Grundy; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley; Chuck Clayton; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Miss Grundy asks her class to explain what Autumn means to each of them.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Craig Boldman (credited)
Pencils
Henry Scarpelli (signed)
Inks
Henry Scarpelli (signed)
Colors
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Archie's throwing a "No Frills" Halloween party.
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis
Archie throws a cheap Halloween party.

Indexer Notes

Strip reprint?

"Coach" Weatherbee (Table of Contents: 20)

Archie / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Bolling (credited)
Pencils
Bob Bolling (credited)
Inks
Chic Stone (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters
Marty Epp (credited)

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Coach Kleats
Synopsis
After recalling his days playing football at University, Mr. Weatherbee tries to relive his youth vicariously by training Archie to become Riverdale High's star football player. But Weatherbee's training doesn't make Archie a better player, just very tired.
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Keywords
football

Indexer Notes

Unusually for an Archie story (but like a number of Bolling's Little Archie stories), the lettering in this story mostly uses full stops rather than exclamation points.

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Archie the Married Life

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Order form for Archie the Married Life collection.

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The original seven Archie Will You Marry Me issues

Indexer Notes

Ordering information for the issues that make up the Will You Marry Me storyline.

Star Flaws (Table of Contents: 23)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards (credited)
Pencils
Joe Edwards (credited)
Inks
Jon D'Agostino (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters
Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre
humor; science fiction
Characters
R. Chee [Archie Andrews]; V. Ron [Veronica Lodge]; J. Ugh [Jughead Jones]
Synopsis
Archie dreams that he and his friends are space explorers.
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Keywords
Atlantic City; dream; slot machine

Model Muddle (Table of Contents: 24)

Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir (credited)
Pencils
Samm Schwartz (credited)
Inks
Samm Schwartz (credited)
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Letters
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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Professor Flutesnoot; Miss Beazly; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason
Synopsis
Mr. Weatherbee wants to teach the kids to conserve energy and his computer says Jughead would be the perfect model student.
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Archie's Weird Mysteries

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House ad for the Archie's Weird Mysteries collection.

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Archie World Tour

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House ad for the Archie World Tour collection.

She's Josie (Table of Contents: 27)

Josie / illustration / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
teen

Indexer Notes

Illustration used as the title page for the next section featuring Josie reprints.

The Schemers/The Dreamers (Table of Contents: 28)

Josie / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle (credited)
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo (credited)
Inks
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Colors
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Letters
Vincent DeCarlo (credited)

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Josie; Melody; Pepper; Albert; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot
Synopsis
Alex pays to have Albert taken out of commission so he can make a date with Josie. To get revenge, Albert gets Alexandra to sabotage Alex's car. But when she realizes that all she's done is help Albert's chances with Josie, Alexandra takes Josie out into the desert to find Alex and make her keep the date.
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Now You See It/Now You Don't (Table of Contents: 29)

Josie / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle (credited)
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo (credited)
Inks
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Colors
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Letters
Vincent DeCarlo (credited)

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Josie; Melody; Pepper
Synopsis
Melody is offended when a boy doesn't make a pass at her, until she realizes that he can't see her without his glasses. She strikes up a potential relationship with him, but some big thugs try to push the bespectacled weakling out of the way.
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The Archie Babies

Indexer Notes

House Ad for The Archie Babies collection.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 31)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Craig Boldman (signed)
Pencils
Henry Scarpelli (signed)
Inks
Henry Scarpelli (signed)
Colors
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Think, Moose!
Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Coach Kleats; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Jughead helps Moose with his history homework by using football terms.
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Indexer Notes

Comic strip reprint?

Clean Sweep (Table of Contents: 32)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Kathleen Webb (credited)
Pencils
Doug Crane (credited)
Inks
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters
Rod Ollerenshaw (credited)

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Svenson; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Moose Mason; Dilbert Doiley
Synopsis
Archie sweeps Betty off her feet, which leads to Jughead demonstrating it to Veronica and then poor Moose being sent to detention for helping Dilton.
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Indexer Notes

Frank Doyle is credited as writer in the original story.

Big City Blues (Table of Contents: 33)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)
Pencils
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Inks
Bob Smith (credited)
Colors
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Letters
Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Archie spends time in the big city with his cousin and meets his strange neighbors.
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Indexer Notes

The strange neighbors he meets are all based on characters from the TV shows Friends, Seinfeld, Drew Carey Show and Everybody Loves Raymond.

The Uninvited Guest Part 1 (Table of Contents: 34)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Malmgren (credited)
Pencils
Stan Goldberg (credited as Stan G.)
Inks
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters
Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre
adventure; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper; Amy Stuart; School Spirit
Synopsis
A ghost is haunting Riverdale High.
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Archie Christmas Classics

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House ad for the Archie Christmas Classics collection.

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Comic Book Fairs

Indexer Notes

Information on holding an Archie themed book fair at your school.

The Uninvited Guest Part 2 (Table of Contents: 37)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Malmgren (credited)
Pencils
Stan Goldberg (credited as Stan G.)
Inks
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters
Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre
adventure; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper; Amy Stuart; School Spirit
Synopsis
The gang learn who is behind the spirits haunting Riverdale.
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Art Car Carnival (Table of Contents: 38)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir (credited)
Pencils
Pat Kennedy (credited)
Inks
Jon D'Agostino (credited)
Colors
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Letters
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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Archie, Reggie and Veronica all build custom "art cars" for a contest.
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Indexer Notes

The judge for this contest is a parody of Donald Trump from the TV show The Apprentice and uses his catch-phrase "You're Fired" when each contestant has a mishap.

The Ultimate Pep Talk (Table of Contents: 39)

Coach Kleats / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir (credited)
Pencils
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Inks
Al Milgrom (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters
Phil Felix (credited)

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Coach Kleats; Mr. Weatherbee; Coach Clayton; Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Coach Kleats is interviewed to celebrate his 25th year of coaching at Riverdale.
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Keywords
football

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Subscribe Today

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Subscription information for Archie titles.

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The Best of Archie Comics

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House ad for The Best of Archie Comics collection.

Inside back cover.

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The Empire of Gut and Bone

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Ad for a series of books written by M.T. Anderson.

Back cover.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Wow, Betty! Love the hair!"]
    World of Archie
  2. 1. ["Archie Comics Digital Universe"]
  3. 2. What the 'Do Did!
    World of Archie
  4. 3. Sound the Alarm
    Svenson
  5. 4. ["Archie Meets KISS"]
  6. 5. ["Archie Wall Art now available"]
  7. 6. Rare Scare
    Jughead
  8. 7. Test Tube Tizzy
    Dilton
  9. 8. Double Talk
    Archie
  10. 9. How to Keep Physically Fit (Without Doing Anything)
    Prof. Jughead's Educational Corner
  11. 10. Baddie Daddy
    Moose
  12. 11. ["Kevin Keller Four Issue Mini-series"]
  13. 12. ["The Best of Archie Comics"]
  14. 13. [Adventures of Young Dr. Masters #2]
    Young Dr. Masters
  15. 14. Operation Plane Crash!
    Young Dr. Masters
  16. 15. A Case of Bad Blood!
    Young Dr. Masters
  17. 16. ["Life with Archie Magazine"]
  18. 17. Mystery Date
    Miss Beazly
  19. 18. Autumn in Riverdale
    Archie
  20. 19. ["Archie's throwing a "No Frills" Halloween party."]
    Archie
  21. 20. "Coach" Weatherbee
    Archie
  22. 21. ["Archie the Married Life"]
  23. 22. ["The original seven Archie Will You Marry Me issues"]
  24. 23. Star Flaws
  25. 24. Model Muddle
    Mr. Weatherbee
  26. 25. ["Archie's Weird Mysteries"]
  27. 26. ["Archie World Tour"]
  28. 27. She's Josie
    Josie
  29. 28. The Schemers/The Dreamers
    Josie
  30. 29. Now You See It/Now You Don't
    Josie
  31. 30. ["The Archie Babies"]
  32. 31. ["Think, Moose!"]
    Archie
  33. 32. Clean Sweep
    Betty
  34. 33. Big City Blues
    Archie
  35. 34. The Uninvited Guest Part 1
    Archie
  36. 35. ["Archie Christmas Classics"]
  37. 36. ["Comic Book Fairs"]
  38. 37. The Uninvited Guest Part 2
    Archie
  39. 38. Art Car Carnival
    Archie
  40. 39. The Ultimate Pep Talk
    Coach Kleats
  41. 40. ["Subscribe Today"]
  42. 41. [no title indexed]
    Everything's Archie
  43. 42. ["The Best of Archie Comics"]
  44. 43. ["The Empire of Gut and Bone"]
This issue was modified by
  • Dwayne Best
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Joey Sayer
  • Jim Van Dore