• Genre:teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Look! The beach is so empty today!
• Keywords:beach; road

Synopsis:

Archie, Betty and Jughead take an old badly maintained road to a remote beach, not knowing there was a brand new road they could have used.

Reprints (4)

• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #109 (August 1999)
• in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #104 (August 2004), #194 (September 2013)
• in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #332

• Genre:teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Arch, can I have a dollar for the poor guy who's crying over there?
• Keywords:beach; money

• Archie Andrews
• Betty Cooper
• Jughead Jones

Synopsis:

Jughead borrows a dollar for someone who's crying at the beach.

Reprints (1)

• from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #50 (September 1976)

• Genre:teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Jughead, help me carry some doughnuts!
• Keywords:doughnuts

• Jughead Jones
• Big Ethel Muggs

Synopsis:

Ethel finds a hands-free way for Jughead to carry doughnuts for her.

Reprints (1)

• from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #50 (September 1976)

• Genre:humor; teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Ouch!
• Keywords:beach ball

• Archie Andrews
• Betty Cooper
• Jughead Jones
• Veronica Lodge

Synopsis:

A beach ball hit Veronica on the head, and she demands that Archie find the owners and berate them for her. The culprits turn out to be two pretty girls, who Archie is only too glad to keep visiting.

Reprints (1)

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #175 (September 1970)

• Genre:teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Rats! I'm stuck in the mud!
• Keywords:car; mud

• Archie Andrews
• Moose Mason

Synopsis:

Archie asks Moose to push his car, but Moose thinks he's supposed to push Archie.

Reprints (1)

• from Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 1972 series) #81 (August 1981)

• Genre:teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Oh, magic computer on the desk, which of us is more statuesque?
• Keywords:computer; desert; fairy tales; ice cream truck; perfume

• Archie Andrews
• Betty Cooper
• Dilton Doiley
• Jughead Jones
• Veronica Lodge
• Moose Mason

Synopsis:

A parody of "Snow White", where wicked stepsister Veronica has a magic computer, the "dwarfs" are prospectors, and the "prince" is an ice cream vendor.

Reprints (1)

• from Laugh (Archie, 1987 series) #2 (August 1987)

• Genre:teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Miss Veronica, it's time to get up!
• Keywords:childhood; paper route; playhouse; school

• Archie Andrews
• Betty Cooper
• Dilton Doiley
• Fifi
• Jughead Jones
• Hermione Lodge
• Hiram Lodge
• Veronica Lodge
• Reggie Mantle
• Moose Mason

Synopsis:

Mr. Lodge reflects on raising Veronica, and despite her spoiled upbringing, thinks she will turn out alright after all.

Reprints (1)

• from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #190 (August 1987)

• Genre:teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hey! Leave the poor guy alone!
• Keywords:fire; first aid; mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

• Archie Andrews
• Betty Cooper
• Hot Dog
• Jughead Jones
• Veronica Lodge

Synopsis:

Jughead can't bring himself to practice mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on a girl, but doesn't hesitate when his dog needs help.

Reprints (1)

• from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #317 (October 1981)

• Genre:teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hi, Pop!
• Keywords:advertising; banner; flyers; jar; letters

• Archie Andrews
• Pop Tate

Synopsis:

Pop Tate's business has slowed to a crawl, so Archie tries different methods to bring back customers: first handbills, then a guessing game contest, and finally flying over the beach with a banner.

Reprints (1)

• from Laugh (Archie, 1987 series) #3 (October 1987)

• Genre:children

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hello!
• Keywords:echo; mountains

• Li'l Jinx Holliday

Synopsis:

Li'l Jinx has fun with echoes.

Reprints (1)

• from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #40 (June 1967)

• Genre:humor; teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Awful! Disgraceful! She ought to be rated X!
• Keywords:beach; leapfrog; swimsuits

• Archie Andrews
• Betty Cooper
• Jughead Jones
• Veronica Lodge
• Reggie Mantle

Synopsis:

Archie splits his trunks playing leapfrog, and has to borrow a new pair from Moose. Veronica and Reggie find the result hilarious.

Reprints (1)

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #175 (September 1970)

In some reprints, the line "She ought to be rated X!" is changed to "She ought to be taken off the beach!".

• Genre:teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:That was invigorating!
• Keywords:cars; jogging; outfit changes

• Archie Andrews
• Veronica Lodge

Synopsis:

Veronica has to have an outfit specific to every occasion, from jogging to pushing Archie's car.

Reprints (1)

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #351 (September 1987)

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:I understand Spanish!
• Keywords:languages; TV

• Dilton Doiley
• Veronica Lodge
• Moose Mason

Synopsis:

Moose thinks he understands Japanese.

Reprints (1)

• from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #330 (October 1977)

• Genre:teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Ronnie, I think it's real neat of your dad to show us his newest line of talking gadgets and appliances!
• Keywords:appliances; microwave; scale; TV

• Archie Andrews
• Betty Cooper
• Jughead Jones
• Hiram Lodge
• Veronica Lodge
• Reggie Mantle

Synopsis:

The whole gang thinks talking electronics are a great idea until they get to test some of them out.

Reprints (1)

• from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #191 (September 1987)

• Genre:teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Jug, watch out for the bee!
• Keywords:bees

• Archie Andrews
• Jughead Jones
• Professor Flutesnoot
• Waldo Weatherbee

Synopsis:

Mr. Weatherbee thinks Jughead means him when he warns Archie about "the bee".

Reprints (1)

• from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #341 (September 1978)

• Genre:teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Wow! This boat is fast!
• Keywords:boat; water skiing

• Archie Andrews
• Betty Cooper
• Veronica Lodge

Synopsis:

Veronica's speed boat is a bit too fast for Archie.

Reprints (1)

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #21 (June 1963)

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:I don't understand, Alex!
• Keywords:computers; fountain; music videos; zoo

• Valerie Brown
• Alex Cabot III
• Josie James
• Melody Jones

Synopsis:

Alex finds unusual locations for the Pussycats to film music videos, but each one ends in disaster.

Reprints (1)

• from Laugh (Archie, 1987 series) #2 (August 1987)

• Genre:teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Remember, Jug! We want to see the geysers!
• Keywords:food; geysers; hiking

• Archie Andrews
• Betty Cooper
• Jughead Jones
• Veronica Lodge

Synopsis:

Jughead has planned out the gang's hiking trip, making sure to hit all the snack stands along the way.

Reprints (1)

• from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #319 (November 1976)

• Genre:teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Thanks to women's lib we have a record number of girl lifeguards!
• Keywords:lifeguards

• Archie Andrews
• Veronica Lodge

Synopsis:

The beach has more female lifeguards, and consequently more male "drowning" victims.

Reprints (1)

• from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #81 (November 1973)

• Genre:teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Why did you rescue me?
• Keywords:lifeguards; mistakes

• Archie Andrews
• Jughead Jones

Synopsis:

Archie watches a lifeguard rescue a girl who didn't even need help.

Reprints (1)

• from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #81 (November 1973)

• Genre:teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:If you're looking for a job, why don't you get one at that new burger place?
• Keywords:fast food; golf; ice cream; jobs

• Archie Andrews
• Hot Dog
• Jughead Jones

Synopsis:

A new burger restaurant opened by Archie's house, but he thinks he can find a better job elsewhere.

Reprints (1)

• from Laugh Comics / Laugh (Archie, 1946 series) #397 (October 1986)