• Genre:humor; teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:I got home as soon as I could, dear!

Synopsis:

When Mrs. Andrews has a virus and says she hasn't seen Archie in hours, Fred assumes that Archie isn't home until he learns Archie has spent the day doing laundry and cooking to help his mother.

Reprints (3)

• in Pep (Gerald G. Swan, 1956 ? series) #2 ([1957]) [Reprinted in black and white.]
• in Laugh Comics Digest / Laugh Comics Digest Magazine / Laugh Digest Magazine (Archie, 1974 series) #46 (May 1983)
• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #32 (January 1988)

• Genre:teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Watch this super-sensational drive, Veronica!

Synopsis:

Archie is practicing his golf swing with Veronica and hits a ball through Mr. Lodge's window. The reason Archie doesn't get in trouble is because he's knocked Mr. Lodge out.

Reprints (3)

• in Pep (Gerald G. Swan, 1956 ? series) #2 ([1957]) [Reprinted in black and white.]
• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #60 (June 1983)
• in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #18 (May 1996)

• Genre:humor; teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Why do you eat with a knife, Reg?

Synopsis:

Archie and Reggie perform a vaudeville style comedy act, until they are hooked off the stage.

Reprints (2)

• in Pep (Gerald G. Swan, 1956 ? series) #2 ([1957]) [Reprinted in black and white.]
• in Jokebook Comics Digest Annual (Archie, 1977 series) #12 (1983)

Seven one-panel gags.

• Genre:non-fiction

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Word Square

Reprints (3)

• from Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #46 (September-October 1950) [New logo]
• in Pep (Gerald G. Swan, 1956 ? series) #2 ([1957]) [Reprinted in black and white.]
• in Jokebook Comics Digest Annual (Archie, 1977 series) #12 (1983)

A word square and a fill in the blanks grid.

• Genre:humor; teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Out!!

Synopsis:

Betty has a toy flying saucer with spacemen that Mr. Lodge thinks is real.

Reprints (3)

• in Pep (Gerald G. Swan, 1956 ? series) #2 ([1957]) [Reprinted in black and white.]
• in Laugh Comics Digest / Laugh Comics Digest Magazine / Laugh Digest Magazine (Archie, 1974 series) #46 (May 1983)
• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #32 (January 1988)

Pencils previously thought to be Lucey; they match Frese's work.

• Genre:humor; teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Wilbur! What a pleasant surprise!

Synopsis:

Wilbur asks Linda to wrap a box of chocolates for Laurie, which she does, after stuffing the chocolates with hot peppers. Wilbur then asks Slats to deliver the chocolates, which he does, and Slats takes credit for the gift to Laurie, then he gets all the blame.

Reprints (3)

• in Pep (Gerald G. Swan, 1956 ? series) #2 ([1957]) [Reprinted in black and white.]
• in Laugh Comics Digest / Laugh Comics Digest Magazine / Laugh Digest Magazine (Archie, 1974 series) #46 (May 1983)
• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #32 (January 1988)

Reprints (1)

• from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #5 (April 1951) [Signature removed]

Three activities: a find-the-objects picture game, a word play, and a math puzzle

• Genre:humor; fashion; teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Katy, the producers are planning on filming the "Ballet of the Rose" starring Ivan Awfulitch the famous ballet dancer!!

Synopsis:

Lucki Red Lorelei quits the ballet auditions because she's superstitious about the number thirteen and Katy gets the role.

Reprints (2)

• in Pep (Gerald G. Swan, 1956 ? series) #2 ([1957]) [Reprinted in black and white.]
• in Archie's Double Digest Quarterly Magazine (Archie, 1982 series) #7 (July 1983) [with "The Ballet of the Rose" title], #7 (July 1983)

Title from cover.

Lettering by Mrs. Joyce Drennen (Eloy, AZ); Katy's pose and costume by Harold Drennen (Fort Knox, KY); pose and costume by Rosanna Stoll (Joplin, MO); pose by Sharon Foley (El Sobrante, CA); pose and costume by Jane Allen (Fresno 2, CA); negligee by Lenda Norcross (Snyder, TX); outfits on Katy and Sis by Mary Joyce (Chicago, IL); dressing table by Perry Arlene Barton (Dallas 10, TX); Sis' costume and pose by Dorothy Vinarsky (Girard, OH); Lucki's dress by Dayle Vanzante (Redwood Falls, MN); Katy's pose, screen, mirror, etc. by Rhea Tomlin (Stratford, Ontario); ballet costumes on Katy and Lucki by Mary Ingram (Evansville, IN); Sis and Katy's pose and flowers by Patti Moody (Berryville, AR).

• Genre:fashion; teen

Reprints (1)

• in Archie's Double Digest Quarterly Magazine (Archie, 1982 series) #7 (July 1983)

Designs by Romota Trojan (Winnipeg, Manitoba); Sylvia Spurgin (Dallas, TX) and Patricia Stevens (Wellsville, NY); Georgia Baker (Chehalis, WA); Willa Watson (Ajo, AZ); and Annette DeChamplain (Jewett City, CT).

• Genre:teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Fellow males - I give you a few ideas designed to make life easier for the average teen-ager!

Synopsis:

A few fashion ideas from Archie to make a teen's life easier.

Reprints (2)

• in Pep (Gerald G. Swan, 1956 ? series) #2 ([1957]) [Reprinted in black and white.]
• in Jokebook Comics Digest Annual (Archie, 1977 series) #12 (1983)

• Genre:teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Betty, I see by your program card you've switched from the academic course to the science!

Synopsis:

When Betty decides to transfer from the academic program to the science program, Mr. Weatherbee lauds her decision to enter the field, until she says she switched because of Archie.

Reprints (1)

• in Jokebook Comics Digest Annual (Archie, 1977 series) #12 (1983)

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Look what you get by joining the Archie Club, boys and girls!

• Archie Andrews

Promo for Archie Club membership featuring first-prize report from Wayne Jones (Chamblee, GA) on collecting money for the Red Cross and second-prize report from Marilyn Seal (Woodland Hills, CA) on making diapers for babies in Korea.

• Genre:teen

Synopsis:

Archie shows the way that a dictionary defines a word compared to a teenager's definition.

Reprints (1)

• in Pep (Gerald G. Swan, 1956 ? series) #2 ([1957]) [Reprinted in black and white.]

• Genre:teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Archie stared broodingly at the chocolate soda in front of him without touching it.

• Archie Andrews
• Jughead Jones
• Veronica Lodge
• Mr. Lodge

Synopsis:

Jughead helps Archie get in Mr. Lodge's good graces.

Reprints (1)

• in Pep (Gerald G. Swan, 1956 ? series) #2 ([1957]) [Reprinted in black and white.]

• Genre:teen

• Feature Logo:Archie's Pal Jughead
• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Your rabbit costume is all ready, Jug!

Synopsis:

The gang is putting on a play for charity. Jughead has to play a rabbit and after he puts on the costume, Archie tells him the zipper is stuck, even though it really isn't. There are a few hours before the play starts and Jug has to run some errands for his mom, panicking the town that a giant rabbit is on the loose.

Reprints (3)

• in Pep (Gerald G. Swan, 1956 ? series) #2 ([1957]) [Reprinted in black and white.]
• in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #61 (August 1999), #107 (December 2004)

• Genre:teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Archie, did you hear about Doctor Bandade's accident?

Synopsis:

Archie comments on Dr. Bandade's accident falling down a well.

Reprints (2)

• in Pep (Gerald G. Swan, 1956 ? series) #2 ([1957]) [Reprinted in black and white.]
• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #60 (June 1983)

• Genre:teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Oh, young Archivar is come out of the West-

Synopsis:

Archie runs off with Veronica despite the objections of Mr. Lodge and Reggie, in a Camelot themed story.

Reprints (2)

• in Pep (Gerald G. Swan, 1956 ? series) #2 ([1957]) [Reprinted in black and white.]
• in Jokebook Comics Digest Annual (Archie, 1977 series) #12 (1983)

• Genre:children

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Daddy, there is somebody at the door, selling raffles!

Synopsis:

Bill cant resist a pretty face selling raffle tickets. Upset after he's bought them, he's happy when he finds out he's won and the prize is a car. When he searches for the book of tickets, Jinx informs him that she sold them to Bobo to try and get back some of the money he was upset about spending on them in the first place. Unfortunately for Bill, Bobo doesn't want to sell them back and her dad puts Bill in the hospital after he find out about the prize and thinks that Bill was trying to rip off his daughter.

Reprints (4)

• in Archie's Pal Jughead (Gerald G. Swan, 1956 ? series) #2 ([1957]) [Only the last one-and-a-quarter pages of the original story are reprinted. Reprinted in black and white.]
• in Pep (Gerald G. Swan, 1956 ? series) #2 ([1957]) [Reprinted in black and white. Only first two pages of original story reprinted.]
• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #60 (June 1983)
• in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #20 (August 1996)

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hi, Pen Pals: Our club now has thousands of members who have made many new friends through the mail.

Synopsis:

Names and addresses of other readers to exchange letters with.