Volume: 2
Price: 0.75 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1988-07-05
Editing: Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (editor-in-chief)
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents)

Jughead / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Doug Crane (signed)
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:--for your heroism, may I present you, Riverdale Avenger, with this gift certificate, redeemable at any restaurant in Riverdale!
  • Keywords:dream
Characters:
Jughead Jones [Riverdale Avenger]; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee
This issue has 2 variants

Issue Data

  • Publisher's Brand: Archie Series
  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: 6 times a year in Feb., April, June, Aug., Oct. and Dec.
  • Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Indexer Notes

On sale date from mikesamazingworld.com

Comics
(Table of Contents: 1)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Rod Ollerenshaw (credited)
Pencils:
Doug Crane (credited)
Inks:
Mike Esposito (credited)
Colors:
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters:
Bill Yoshida (credited)
  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hi, Jug! What's going on?
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis:
Veronica pokes fun at Jughead's love of comics, and his fantasy of being the Riverdale Avenger ... until she realizes how much money can be made from collecting them.
Reprints (4)

Surprise Ending!
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie and His Pals; Sunkist Fun Fruits / comics-form advertising / 1 page

Truly Trendy
(Table of Contents: 3)

Sabrina / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:How do I look?
Characters:
Synopsis:
Hilda wears a very old-fashioned swimsuit to the beach.
Reprints (2)

A Public Service Message from Archie Comics
(Table of Contents: 4)

public service announcement / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Characters:
Waldo Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Chuck Clayton

Indexer Notes

AIDS awareness.

Sign Bored
(Table of Contents: 5)

Hot Dog / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Doug Crane (credited)
Inks:
Hy Eisman (credited)
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; animal
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:C'mon boy! Let's go out for a walk!
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Hot Dog
Synopsis:
Jughead takes Hot Dog for a walk and Hot Dog makes comments on all the signs they see.
Reprints (6)

The Long and the Short
(Table of Contents: 6)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Frank Doyle (credited)
Pencils:
Doug Crane (credited)
Inks:
Mike Esposito (credited)
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Summer vacation and you're loaded with books!
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Jughead gets on his friends' nerves by correcting their vocabulary to smaller synonymous words or phrases.
Reprints (5)

Lets Do the FruitSlush Mush!
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 7)

The Archies; Wyler's FruitSlush / comics-form advertising / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 8)

Archie Club News / letters page / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Dating Dilemma
(Table of Contents: 9)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Nate Butler (credited)
Pencils:
Doug Crane (credited)
Inks:
Mike Esposito (credited)
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Jughead? Would you get the phone, please?
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Gladys Jones; Joani
Synopsis:
Jughead's childhood friend Joani has moved back to town and Jughead takes a job to make some money to take her to supper.
Reprints (5)

Bedrockin' Shakedown
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The Flintstones; Post Pebbles cereals / comics-form advertising / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["--for your heroism, may I present you, Riverdale Avenger, with this gift certificate, redeemable at any restaurant in Riverdale!"]
    Jughead
  2. Comics
    Jughead
  3. Surprise Ending!
    Archie and His Pals; Sunkist Fun Fruits
  4. Truly Trendy
    Sabrina
  5. A Public Service Message from Archie Comics
  6. Sign Bored
    Hot Dog
  7. The Long and the Short
    Jughead
  8. Lets Do the FruitSlush Mush!
    The Archies; Wyler's FruitSlush
  9. [no title indexed]
    Archie Club News
  10. Dating Dilemma
    Jughead
  11. Bedrockin' Shakedown
    The Flintstones; Post Pebbles cereals
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