• Genre:humor; teen

• Keywords:bird bath; greenhouse; pogo stick; tulips

Synopsis:

Veronica is planting tulip bulbs. Archie decides he can use a pogo stick to make the holes for the bulbs. As expected Archie loses control of the pogo stick and goes bouncing on path of destruction.

Reprints (4)

• in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #50 (May 1982)
• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #72 (June 1985)
• in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #25 (May 1991)
• in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #302 (October 2019)

• Genre:humor; teen

• Keywords:English; spelling

Synopsis:

Miss Grundy asks Moose a question about English.

Reprints (4)

• in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #50 (May 1982)
• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #72 (June 1985)
• in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #25 (May 1991)
• in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #302 (October 2019)

The title has misspelled words with the wrong letters marked with a slash and the proper ones written above.

• Genre:humor; teen

• Keywords:downspout; hospital; rain; thunderstorm; umbrella

Synopsis:

Veronica sends Archie to pick up a package. It starts to rain so Archie backs up to the house and hits the downspout, causing the water to spill into Archie's car. When Archie opens the car door, all the water spills on Veronica.

Reprints (1)

• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #37 (November 1988)

• Genre:humor; teen

• Keywords:insults

Synopsis:

A couple of little wise guys insult Archie and get him in trouble with Veronica. It turns out the kids were put up to the task by Reggie, so Archie pays them to get Reggie in trouble.

Reprints (2)

• in Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #22 (May 1982)
• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #36 (September 1988)

• Genre:humor; children

• Keywords:groceries; ice cream

• Hap Holliday
• Li'l Jinx

Synopsis:

Hap needs help with the door because his arms are full of bags of groceries. Jinx doesn't response until he says the ice cream is melting.

Reprints (4)

• in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #49 (July 1991)
• in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #59 (August 2001), #105 (October 2006)
• in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #240 (October 2014)

• Genre:humor; teen

• Keywords:hair styles; movie poster

Synopsis:

Betty and Veronica imagine what they'd look like in different hair styles.

Reprints (2)

• in Jokebook Comics Digest Annual (Archie, 1977 series) #10 (1982)
• in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #9 (August 1984)

• Genre:humor; teen

• Keywords:beach; black eyes; jealousy; umbrellas

Synopsis:

Archie has a job setting up umbrellas at the beach. He gets in trouble with both Betty and Veronica and another girl's boyfriend.

Reprints (5)

• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #67 (August 1984)
• in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #21 (October 1990)
• in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #219 (August 2011), #301 (September 2019)
• in Archie Giant Comics Hop (Archie, 2019 series) (2019)

• Genre:humor; teen

• Keywords:choking; hand model

Synopsis:

Jughead has borrowed a model of the human hand from art class. Reggie tries to use it for pranks, but they all backfire on him.

Reprints (2)

• in The Jughead Jones Comics Digest (Archie, 1977 series) #20 (March 1982)
• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #38 (January 1989)

• Genre:humor; teen

• Keywords:bicycles; binoculars; girl-watching

Synopsis:

Archie and the boys have formed a "Girl Watching Club." Betty and Veronica have formed a club to watch the Girl Watchers.

Reprints (2)

• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #37 (November 1988)
• in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #8 (August 1991)

First prize of $5.00 to Dennis Satterfield (Reseda, Calif.) for article on matches. Second prize of $3.00 to Susan Lacoff (Brooklyn, N.Y.) for one long joke. Third prize of $2.00 to Gregory Putz (Santa Barbara, Calif) for three jokes.

• Genre:humor; children

• Keywords:allowance

• Hap Holliday
• Li'l Jinx

Synopsis:

When Jinx says she's too tired to pick up her toys, her father says he's too tired to count out her allowance.

Reprints (2)

• in Laugh Comics Digest / Laugh Comics Digest Magazine / Laugh Digest Magazine (Archie, 1974 series) #53 (July 1984)
• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #35 (July 1988)

• Genre:humor; teen

• Keywords:fad; frying pan; jewelry; marbles

Synopsis:

The newest fad is frying marbles. They are heated on the stove, then dumped into cold water which makes them cracked and sparkly and suitable for making jewelry. When Archie runs out of marbles, he manages to mistake a box of special vitamin balls made for Mr. Lodge's polo pony as a box of marbles.

Reprints (2)

• in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #49 (March 1982)
• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #35 (July 1988)

• Genre:humor; teen

• Feature Logo:Archie
• First Line of Dialogue or Text:I started the backwards fad!
• Keywords:fad

• Archie Andrews
• Betty Cooper
• Geraldine Grundy
• Veronica Lodge

Synopsis:

Betty and Veronica are arguing about which one started the backwards fashion fads.

Reprints (4)

• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #53 (April 1982)
• in Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #32 (June 1984)
• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #33 (March 1988), #43 (November 1989)

• Genre:humor; teen

• Keywords:croquet mallet; electric motor; pay phone; prowler; telephone

Synopsis:

When Veronica is alone in the house, she sees a man lurking in the bushes. Grabbing a croquet mallet, she goes to investigate, only to find it is her father, waiting to make sure that Archie has left. However, Archie manages to cause trouble for Mr. Lodge even when he's not there.

Reprints (3)

• in The Jughead Jones Comics Digest (Archie, 1977 series) #20 (March 1982)
• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #38 (January 1989), #53 (July 1991)

• Genre:humor; teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Professor J.J. Eghedd says the modern teenager is a very poor student! Hmmm...
• Keywords:cigarette lighter; report cards

• Archie Andrews
• Fred Andrews
• Mary Andrews

Synopsis:

Archie's father finds a report card on the table and is upset at how poor the grades are. He starts to yell at Archie, but is interrupted by his wife, who informs him the report card is an old one of his that she found in the attic.

Reprints (3)

• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #53 (April 1982)
• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #34 (May 1988)
• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #112 (January 1992)

• Genre:humor; teen

• Keywords:hitch-hiking; thumb

Synopsis:

Archie and Moose are hitch-hiking. Moose lets Archie thumb for a ride, saying he's saving his thumb for the trip back.

• Genre:humor; teen

• Keywords:acrobatics; artist's model; football; painting; weight-lifting

Synopsis:

Farley Barnswallow is a new kid who has caught Veronica's fancy. Archie wants to thrash him but is unable to do so. When the football team accidentally runs over Farley on the field, Archie sees his chance.

Reprints (3)

• in Laugh Comics Digest / Laugh Comics Digest Magazine / Laugh Digest Magazine (Archie, 1974 series) #39 (March 1982)
• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #32 (January 1988), #58 (April 1992)

• Genre:humor; teen

• Keywords:charm; gypsy

Synopsis:

Archie buys an old gypsy charm, but finds that it only attracts old gypsies.

Reprints (2)

• in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #7 (June 1988)
• in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #8 (August 1991)